Books with author Kayla Pearson

Hope Fullerton-Smith's problems are adding up. A psycho on the loose in her neighbourhood. A delinquent foster brother out to get her. A mute Russian girl sharing her bedroom. Hope's new roommate, Vera, is weird. She can't speak and she has horrible nightmares. But she gets under Hope's skin. As details of her cruel life emerge, Hope agrees to help her try to dodge deportation back to Russia. But it's not a good time to be sneaking around town, and Vera's quest to find the one thing she believes will give her a shot at staying in the US leads her toward a vicious trap. As Vera puts herself in the path of mortal danger, Hope never suspects the shocking truth: that she herself stands to win, or to lose, more than she ever dreamt possible. Artful storytelling in a thrilling tale that will grip you to the very last page.

When Vika finds a rare black phantom crystal while caving she's not the only one who feels its pull. The school bullies kidnap her little brother and demand the Black Phantom as ransom. Vika and her fraternal twin are lured into a mine and stumble on a sinister and unearthly industry beneath the ground. Trapped, separated from her brothers and facing unimaginable evil, Vika realises she will not escape the chamber of horrors without losing plenty that is precious to her. Her own life is the very least of what's at stake. What little hope she has rests on her getting the Phantom back. The question is, how much fear can she take and still keep fighting, for the sake of the place and the people she loves?