college stories

Eighteen-year-old Vince Luca, son of mob boss Anthony Luca, goes away to college in southern California hoping to escape his past, but soon his brother and a series of "uncles" appear at his dorm, and before long he is caught up in criminal activity once again.

It was a zoo the day I left. All I remember is pulling out of the driveway. I thought I was going to crumble into a hundred pieces. I looked at Grant. He looked at me. Mom hit reverse. It all seemed so tragic, like I was being shipped off to war. Still and all, it was a really, really dumb idea to come this far for college. See how it all began.

Eve is chosen to head the planning committee for Salem U's Founder's Day Festival, which will take place under a full moon. When the ferris wheel spins out of control, the results are terrifying and very soon it is clear that someone is after Eve. What was supposed to be a festival of joy and fun has turned into one of horror and death.

Seventeen-year-old Kim, feeling the pressure of maintaining an A average to stay on her college gymnastics team, becomes obsessive about her weight and develops anorexia.

Nora cannot remember her past except in nightmares. Now accused of kidnapping a little girl and victim of attempts at murder, Nora must remember before she dies.

When Missy Cord wins a college scholarship, she has a hard time deciding whether or not to leave the security of her small hometown.

While developing a new system to maintain defenses in Morganville, Texas, seventeen-year-old Claire Danvers discovers a way to amplify vampire mental powers which has an unexpected side-effect of causing residents--both human and vampire--to forget who they are.

College student Claire Danvers discovers that an extreme sport pitting vampire against vampire--and sometimes vampire against human--is being broadcast on the internet from Morganville, Texas.

Unable to make the varsity football team at Midwestern University, freshman Clint Martin decides to buck the athletic organization by starting his own informal team made up of any students who want to play football.

In 1961 at a college for academically gifted women, three roommates who differ substantially from each other are brought together by a common interest in volleyball.