Mitchard, Jacquelyn

Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn have always shared one another's thoughts, but the connection between them fades when one begins to see the future and the other the past.

When psychic twin Mallory Brynn starts seeing images of a white wildcat in her dreams, she tries to figure out the connection of her images to an injured cheerleader and her Native American friend Eden.

Fifteen-year-old Hope describes events leading her to agree to her boyfriend's plan to stage her abduction, and the consequences for their relationship, her family life, and her budding career as an actress.

With loving words, a mother bat lulls her baby to sleep.

Twenty-four-year-old single man Gordon McKenna, reeling from the tragic death of his sister and her husband--and adjusting to his newfound parenthood of their one-year-old daughter--takes another unexpected blow when his late brother-in-law's parents sue for custody of the child.

The Banner family draws together to celebrate their lives together when Laura, a wife and mother, suffers a brain aneurysm two days before Christmas that leaves her with only hours to live.

Beth Cappadora finds herself in the midst of every parent's nightmare when her three-year-old son vanishes without a trace from a Chicago hotel lobby, throwing Beth, her husband Pat, and their son Vincent into a turmoil that ravages their lives.

Veronica Swan, a sixteen-year-old Mormon, attempts to avenge the deaths of her younger sisters, who were brutally killed four years before by a deranged man her parents have forgiven.

Losing her father in a school fire that disfigures her face, Sicily is raised by a dynamic aunt who urges her to pursue a normal life, an effort that is influenced by her fianc?, a terrible drunken revelation, and an opportunity for a risky full-face transplant.

A nine-year-old girl named Henry, who lovingly cares for her pet duckling Rosalie, faces a difficult decision after Rosalie grows to adulthood.