Monroe Free Library

In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends.

"When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...

Fifteen-year-old Cassie Streng is determined to expose her stepfather after learning that he is giving a dangerous experimental drug to his teenaged psychiatric patients, but he sends her to a boot camp for troubled teens in Mexico in order to keep her quiet.

The sequel to the highly acclaimed Vita Nostra takes readers to the next stage in Sasha Samokhina's journey in a richly imagined world of dark academia in which grammar is magic--and not all magic is good.

He's an alcoholic freelance art director. And he likes to hurt girls. Mentally, not physically (except for that once...). She's a photographer's assistant. Hurt people hurt other people more skillfully-- and they've both been very hurt. How much will they do to each other-- and allow to have done to themselves?

"Joel's new job at the video store is just what the therapist ordered. But what happens if the first true friend he's made in years finds out about What Was Wrong With Him? Seventeen-year-old Joel Teague has a new prescription from his therapist--a part-time job--the first step toward the elusive Normal life he's been so desperate to live ever since The Bad Thing happened. Lucky for Joel, ROYO Video is hiring. It's the perfect fresh start--Joel even...

"To the outside world, Washington, D.C., television coanchor Maddy Hunter appears to have an enviable life. Married to her boss, former football star-cum-media mogul Jack Hunter, she's got brains, beauty, a prestigious job, a glamorous marriage and all the trappings of success. Yet Maddy - whose current husband saved her from a physically abusive former spouse - is trapped in another relationship that's as devastating and destructive as her first....

Everyone has heard the saying at least once in their life, "What happens in this house stays in this house". Imagine being raised in a household and hearing those words over and over again. Raymond Kramer has anger issues but having grown up in a house where his parents drilled the same motto in his head when he was younger. How Raymond dealt with his kids proves to be a bit more drastic than other parents, but he saw nothing wrong with it. Having...