Thea's life begins at 16. She awakens in hospital with no memory of herself, her family, or the events that caused her traumatic amnesia. Going home she discovers a family crumbling through neglect and a terrifying mystery lurking... in the dark garden.

Married off to a wealthy landowner for the sake of her family, sixteen-year-old Marnie is soon a widow, lonely and unwelcome in a small fishing village. She finds comfort and friendship with Raver, a wild boy the locals fear as a madman. Marnie's patience and kindness reveal that Raver is not mad but deaf, capable of communicating with sign language. However, the villagers are suspicious and frightened: being different is a crime and Marnie's relationship with Raver may get them both burned for witchcraft.

Owl Tycho is unusual. By day she is an ordinary teenager desperately in love with her science teacher. By night, she is an owl - still desperately in love with her science teacher. She keeps watch nightly over the married, middle-aged object of her affections, but she is not alone in the darkness...

Simon is beautiful, dangerous, and absolutely irresistible. Appearing on her doorstep one night, he quickly becomes part of Zoe's life. Simon seems to understand the pain and loneliness Zoe feels as she watches her mother die. But Simon has a deadly secret: he is a vampire, seeking revenge for the death of his own mother and an end to his tortured existence as a creature of the night.

Mary Urquhart and her cousin Duncan are meant to be together; they have known it all their lives. Yet Duncan emigrated with his family to Upper Canada four years earlier, leaving Mary behind. Now Mary too comes to Canada, running headlong to Duncan in answer to a call so desperate, it rang through her head across five thousand miles. But Duncan is dead and Canada is an inhospitable land "dark with forest". Mary's loss and homesickness, her "second sight" and Highland superstitions set her apart from the rest of the settler community. If something doesn't change, Mary may be swallowed forever by the shadow in Hawthorne Bay.

Laura Chant is prone to warnings (of the psychic kind). The latest involves her younger brother, Jacko, whose life force is being drained through demonic possession. Laura needs the help of a competent witch to save her brother, and where does she turn but to her enigmatic classmate, Sorenson Carlisle. A male witch? Well, stranger things have been known, and more of them will happen soon. Funny, romantic and suspenseful - what more could you want?

1672: Jeanne Chatel has come to Canada as a "Fille du Roi", to marry a stranger and live in a wild, empty country far from all that is familiar. Jeanne's wedding gift from her husband is a musket, a harbinger of things to come. Jeanne's new life holds many surprises, not the least of which is the man she has married.

Seventeen-year-old Kate is eager for romance, and when her older brother's friend Richard comes to stay for Christmas vacation, she sees a golden opportunity. In her own words: "If you are jaded about romance or have PMS or are on the downside of manic depression and can't stand to read about other people's happiness, then get real. This book is not for you." Otherwise... dig in and enjoy!

1558: Kate Sutton is in exile. Her lovely sister, Alicia, has written a very unwise letter to Queen Mary (Bloody Mary, that is), and Kate gets the blame. She is sent to an isolated castle in northern England known as Elvenwood, a place full of sadness and secrets. Kate must unravel the mystery of the terrible rift that has opened between the master of the house, Geoffrey Heron, and his tortured younger brother, Christopher. But Kate's curiosity and courage lead her to the underworld of the "People of the Hill", and a battle of wits with the queen of Elfland herself. Part Cinderella, part Tam Lin, and part "Taming of the Shrew", this fascinating historical fantasy is more than all three together.

"A parcel of patterns brought the Plague to Eyam". So begins Mall's story. It is a tale of tragedy. She and her Thomas are kept apart: she quarantined within the disease-ridden village, he exiled without as they watch the suffering and death of those they have known and loved all their lives. Mall's narrative is based on the true story of an English village that lost two thirds of its residents to the Black Death between 1665 and 1666.

Valerie is beautiful and Bob will promise her anything - like loving her forever. Bob is totally sincere, but he doesn't know what he's getting himself into. Valerie's death is a horrible blow, but the worst is still to come. Valerie may be dead, but she hasn't stopped loving him, needing him, making demands!

Jeremiah is black; Elisha is Jewish. Unexpected, exciting, impossible: love at first sight. But the rest of the world is not so accepting of their interracial romance. In alternating chapters, the two each tell their stories: of finding the courage to admit to love, and to share it with their families, friends, and the hostile world around them.