Books with author LJ Andrews

"Stitched Heart"A story of girl now a grown woman, who as a child was picked on and harassed for having a disability which came with limitations, this disability is known as epilepsy. In this Nonfictional, yet inspirational story based on actual events. You will get a first hand glimpse of what's it's like to grow up in such a way, and go through the mind numbing depression caused from the ridicule from her adolescent peers. To how she over came it when she met a man that looked past her flaws, and saw a Diamond in the rough. She quickly learned of his ways, seeing his streets smarts mixed with his books smarts, and he taught her and showed her how to live, love, laugh and to say Fuck you when it's necessary.

Rafael Tardeshon was just an ordinary boy in the Zutai Village. But when a mysterious man interrupts his coming-of-age ceremony, his life is changed forever. Now Rafael is banished from his village, accompanied only by his childhood friend Melissa, a crudely drawn map, and his family heirloom, a sword passed down through the Tardeshon house for generations.On his perilous journey Rafael learns of shocking secrets about an ancient Order unfettered by the constraints of fate. As a member, Rafael must shoulder the responsibilities of free will, in a time without it. When the whole known world breaks out into war, Rafael finds himself on the front lines, desperately fighting to rescue his friends. As he struggles to survive, Rafael is burdened with the knowledge that even his smallest mistake could lead to the deaths of those he loves. With surprises and adventure at every turn, young Rafael must learn what it means to be a Walker before his disturbing nightmares become a reality.

The East Lake Series Book Two:It's been a year since Beau, Edgar and Gabe went undercover on earth and found themselves in a battle to protect Heaven and East Lake.It's been a year since Beau and Emma fell in love.It's been almost a year since Beau had to go back to Heaven and the last time Emma saw him.Long distance relationships are hard enough but, when you live in two different dimensions and only one of you is flesh and blood, the odds are stacked against you.Emma is torn between her devotion to Beau and the desperation to live her life.

Tessa O'Leary is the only daughter of a family of fatherless boys. When her mother dies she's her brothers' lifeline to survival. So for Tessa the privations of war are just another battle to be fought for a young woman who was born fighting...Elizabeth Harrison is oppressed by her shopkeeper mother's snobbish expectations and it seems that the coming war could offer her an escape from her family's emotional ties - but at what cost? THE TIES THAT BIND is the unputdownable story of two young girls in the slumlands of war-wracked Liverpool, bound together by a friendship that surmounts disaster, poverty and heartbreak...

The novel that launched Virginia Andrews' superselling career: the tale of four children locked in an attic by their once-loving mother! It was a game of happy families. The four children lived such perfect lives in such a happy, golden family. It was a game of hide and seek. Their father died suddenly. The children now lived alone, hidden in the airless attic. It was a case of tender, loving murder. Their mother promised that they would stay only long enough to inherit her family's fortune. But gradually she forgot how much she adored those children. Millions of readers have been enthralled by this gripping story of a family's betrayal and heartbreak, love and revenge -- which then sows the seeds for the future.

THE EAST LAKE SERIES BOOK 1Beau had never given much thought to idea of dying let alone what might happen when he did. He was a confident eighteen year old and pretty convinced the grim reaper wasn’t out to get him soon. But when Beau and his best friend Edgar found themselves at Heaven’s door one summer night, he was quickly forced to accept two truths. There is most definitely life after death and you don’t necessarily escape what you’ve avoided on Earth...They are faced with a stark choice and for Edgar the choice is clear: Having had a miserable existence once before he is in no hurry to try again, for Beau the magic of Heaven is no match for real life. But his heart overrides his head and Beau agrees to stay with Edgar. When they are offered a secret undercover assignment to protect Emma Havering the boys snatch the opportunity to live as humans once again. With their colleague Gabe, Emma’s Guardian Angel, they attend East Lake High but soon become suspicious about the nature of their assignment and who Emma really is. Their curiosity leads to repercussions that test the limits of friendship, loyalty and the very existence of East Lake. For Beau and Edgar, keeping Emma safe might very well rip them apart.Heaven meets High SchoolAMAZON REVIEWS...What a beautiful story about a loyal friendship, the power of your first love and what may happen on the other side......Fans of Twilight will love this......I liked this book very much....

The East Lake Series Book Three: REVISED EDITIONAfter a summer, quite literally from hell, Emma, Beau, Edgar and Gabe have reached a truce and are enjoying what passes for normality when you live in different dimensions.But it isn't long before past and present collide in more ways than one and leaves the four of them reeling.The last book in The East Lake Series is the dramatic climax to the story of love across the divide and friendships destined to survive eternity.

The bestselling phenomenon of the Dollanganger family saga continues, as the children who escaped the attic build new lives, haunted by their tragic past. The children now growing to adulthood had survived their imprisonment in the dark attic and had broken free to the sunlit world outside. But they found that the horror and pain of their captivity would not leave them. The memory of it would not allow them to lead ordinary lives. Was it their fault? Was there something strange about them? Only their mother could help them. Only revenge could satisfy them!