They All Had a Reason

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte is convinced her life would be perfect if she could only get past the one obstacle holding her back: a girl named Bellany Silverfield, who seems to have it all - beauty, popularity, power, and the boy of Charlotte’s dreams. But when Bellany is murdered, Charlotte’s life doesn't get any better.

Charity has a past full of dark secrets that she keeps buried deep inside her cold heart. Samantha didn’t used to have any secrets, but that’s all about to change. And Roy, who seems to be caught in the middle, may have a haunting past of his own. When the small town they live in is hit with a devastating flood, the isolation and danger they must face will lead the three of them down a path they can never return from. One of them will have to go, for the others to survive.

The strange deaths and dead bodies surfacing in this previously quiet and quaint little beach town are terrorizing the local residents and tourists alike. Everyone is asking if it's safe to go swimming in the ocean, but 18-year-old Winter Covington wonders if there is even more danger lurking on land.

Plain Jane Flowers is a 17-year-old summer camp counselor. This is her second year at Camp Sunshine - only this time, there won't be any campers. Jane will be competing with other counselors in a series of challenges that will test her physical strength, endurance, and mental acuity. If Jane wins, her entire life will change. Jane teams up with some of her fiercest competitors, but soon, mistrust causes a fracture within her alliance. Someone is sabotaging the games. The stakes have never been higher, yet quitting isn’t an option. Jane will have to play the game in order to survive.

Cory has been following her for months. The longer this goes on, the deeper his obsession grows. Experience has taught him that catching this girl won’t be simple. She is too smart, too cunning, and too slippery for an ordinary plan to work. He’ll have to be methodical to slowly gain her trust. Becoming a part of her life will require him to lie, to deceive, and to make promises he can’t keep. Cory thinks he knows what he’s doing. He thinks he’s in control, but it’s not until he has blood on his hands that he realizes he has gone too far.

The beautiful, vibrant, larger than life Paxton is now dead and gone. Her boyfriend and two other girls were with her the night of her tragic accident. All three of them have moved on like Paxton never existed, but Paxton’s best friend, Layla, hasn’t forgotten anything.

The stakes have never been higher. The games are do or die. Cory’s life has become one big gamble, and he’s on a path he never intended to take. Cory must decide whether he's willing to risk his life to save his friends and the one he loves, or save himself. In this deadly game of chance, Cory’s life once again becomes intertwined with the girl who betrayed him. But if he's not careful or misses the clues, he just might make a wager he will certainly lose.