"We lived in such a perfect world. Why were we so imperfect?"

All Misty ever wanted was a normal family. But like so many others, Misty's parents didn't stay together. Now they use Misty to hurt each other, to deliver tiny cruelties in an endless stream. Misty knows her parents might love her. But Misty has an unspeakable secret that burns in the core of her very being: she hates them.

Misty isn't as alone as she thinks. She's about to meet three other girls who are just like her--each one with their own dark secrets to share....

A link to Misty's chapter one excerpt coming soon.

Copyright (c) 1999 by the Vanda General Partnership. Published by Pocket Books of New York. Front cover illustration by Lisa Falkenstern. 149 pages.

"It would be a cold day in hell before I could ever forgive my parents"

Star hides her pain, like the other girls in the therapy group that's supposed to help them. ut she knows how she feels deep in her heart. Even though her mother and father are still alive, they are dead to her.

Today, it is her turn to reveal her secrets. Star will tell her story to Doctor Marlowe and the others, and she will finally face the dark nightmares of her past....

A link to Star's chapter one excerpt coming soon.

Copyright (c) 1999 by the Vanda General Partnership. Published by Pocket Books of New York. Cover design by Tony Greco, front cover illustration by Lisa Falkenstern. 151 pages.

"Tears are more private than smiles.... Why should I share anything with these girls?"

Jade had listened to Misty and Star tell their stories. Now it is her time to speak. But she can't. For while the others in Dr. Marlowe's thearpy group had exposed their hidden pains and secret pasts, they are nothing like Jade. They don't know what it is like to be a pawn in a courtroom attle too hateful to ever forgive.

Or that escaping the madness had lured Jade into an ordeal too traumatic to forget....

A link to Jade's chapter one excerpt coming soon.

Copyright (c) 1999 by the Vanda General Partnership. Published by Pocket Books of New York. Cover illustration by Lisa Falkenstern. Cover design by Tony Greco. 166 pages.

"I felt like I was going to my own execution...."

Cat had listened patiently as the other three girls in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group shared their innermost feelings. They had described their broken families honestly, to the point of pain. If Cat doesn't tell her own tale, the others will see it as a betrayal. So she has no choice.

Or does she? Maybe she could lie--just make something up. Anything would be better than the truth. For Cat has the darkest, most horrifying secret of them all....

A link to Cat's chapter one excerpt coming soon.

Copyright (c) 1999 by the Vanda General Partnership. Published by Pocket Books of New York. Cover illustration by Lisa Falkenstern. Cover design by Tony Greco. 151 pages.

THEY BEGAN AS STRANGERS--FOUR TEENAGE GIRLS WITH NOTHING IN COMMON BUT THEIR MISERABLE CHILDHOODS. SOON, THEY WOULD REALIZE THAT THEIR SECRET PASTS HAD BOUND THEM TOGETHER FOREVER....

Misty, Star, Jade, and Cat first came together in Dr. Marlowe's group therapy sessions. They trusted no one but each other--and even that bond was fragile at best. One by one, each of the Wildflowers told her own story and bravely unveiled the inner wounds inflicted by years of lies, deceit, and untold family secrets; each revealed the shocking tales of how their parents hurt them, used them, or simply abandoned them. And as they shared their darkest feelings, they no longer felt like lost souls with nowhere to turn. Finally, years of loneliness and pain gave way to therealization that someone else in the world understood them. But then the sessions ended, and the girls didn't know if they would ever see each other again.

Now they are coming together one more time. Jade has sent out invitations to her parents' mansion--the sprawling, opulent home that served as a battleground for much of her young life. There, the four will rekindle their bonds of friendship and trust. But this time, away from Dr. Marlowe's watchful eye, it will be different. Today, in the mansion's attic, Star, Jade, Cat, and Misty will take each other's hands and swear to tell the real truth--the shattering secrets that lie deep within them like smodering coals. And once the darkest secret of all is spoken aloud, there will be no turning back. For there may be some things the Wildflowers should leave buried forever....

A link to Into the Garden's chapter one excerpt coming soon.

Copyright (c) 1999 by the Vanda General Partnership. Published by Pocket Star Books of New York. Front cover illustration by Lisa Falkenstern. 373 pages.