For seventeen-year-old Shaun Treadway, terror and rage are a way of life. Living with the fear that his abusive stepfather will one day kill his mother, Shaun decides to kill him first—by setting fire to his childhood home with his stepfather inside.Fleeing Baltimore to his mother's hometown in West Virginia, he hides out in his family's isolated cabin. Except the small town of Blackthorn Peak is anything but welcoming. The streets are deserted, there is no sign of life, and at the end of Main Street is the creepiest abandoned building he's ever seen: Blackthorn Peak Lunatic Asylum.Investigating the grounds, Shaun meets the elusive and mysterious Cass. Thrilled to find someone his own age, he asks her on a date. On the night they're supposed to meet, though, Cass desperately tries to get him to leave. Running into the asylum, she tells him to never return.He decides to do just that—leave. This girl and this town are far too creepy for him to stay. But when...

In this thrilling conclusion to the Blackthorn Peak duology, secrets and manipulations are revealed, and no one is who they seem. Six months after Shaun Treadway and his friends escaped Blackthorn Peak Asylum, they are hiding deep in the Appalachian Mountains where food is scarce, and help is even scarcer. There is no where they can go, and no one they can trust.Then everything changes one gray October day...When Shaun discovers that the Agency has returned to the asylum and activity has reignited with a vengeance, any hope he had, as fleeting as it was, comes crashing down. The Agency will never stop its mission to rid the world of "problem" teens.Worse, he knows the Agency is coming after them, but so is the law. Shaun and his friends must face two terrifying prospects: be annihilated by the Agency or face the death penalty if arrested. With these odds, what is there to fight for?But Shaun is no quitter. Forced to dig deep into his altruistic nature, Shaun vows...

A young adult thriller set against the backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains, The Reformation of Marli Meade follows the stifling, rigid and often terrifying life of a sixteen-year-old girl desperate for an escape—from her home, her sinister church, and her life. But will time run out before Marli has had a chance to live?

Seven years ago, an innocent act by Rowan Slone turned her life into a nightmare. Since the age of ten she's lived with the burden of her baby brother's death. Now she is seventeen and all she wants to do is graduate high school, go to college, and escape the loveless family she has endured all these years—the same family that holds her responsible for his death. But no one holds her responsible more than herself. When long-time crush Mike Anderson invites her to the Prom, suddenly her future looks brighter. Rowan's younger sister, Trina, however, is determined to ruin her new-found happiness, no matter the cost. And when Rowan discovers her mother’s long-held secret, she finds herself teetering on the edge of an abyss. Can Rowan find the strength to move toward the future or is she doomed to dwell in the past?

Her father is gone. Her mother is in jail. And Rowan Slone has left her dysfunctional, violent past behind. With college looming on the horizon, she has a new job that she loves, and a safe place to call home. She is close to achieving everything she ever wanted—a sense of family, a sense of purpose, and a sense of self.But there are cracks in Rowan’s life that threaten to send her future crumbling to the ground. When her relationship begins to suffer, her father returns, and her long-held secret is discovered, Rowan must find the courage to fight for the most important thing yet—herself.

The award-winning Rowan Slone Series follows teenager Rowan as she struggles to leave her traumatic past behind and move toward a future she’s always dreamed of. To achieve her goals, though, she must overcome self-inflicted guilt over her baby brother’s death, parent-driven blame, and her conniving sister’s constant manipulations to ruin her life.​Things are not all bad, though, as Rowan falls in love, succeeds in getting a college scholarship, and maintains a close-knit relationship with long-time friend, Jess. She even has points of happiness that make her feel things might turn out okay after all.​But the past is never far behind as painful memories continue to haunt her, threatening to destroy her carefully built life.​Can Rowan find the courage to fight for her future or is she doomed to dwell in the past?Contains the following full novels:A Life, RedefinedA Life, ForwardA Life, Freed