Books with author Stephanie Lam

Some Gifts come in Dark packages. The Making gave her wings, but two months later, Lucky's Gift has yet to appear. When it finally does, she's in Lilith's Dark world, and the Gift comes as a deadly power that causes Lucky to question everything she thinks she knows about herself. Her only support is her boyfriend's brother. While Lucky struggles with her Gift and her feelings for Kev, tensions escalate between Dark and Light, and the barriers between worlds start to fail. Can Lucky and the Fallen find their way through the deepening shadows?

It’s been six years since Dylanie and her family visited a Civil War site and the place came alive with cannon fire. Problem was, no one could hear it but her. Now she’s sixteen, her dad’s moved out, her mom’s come out of the closet and Dylan’s got a spot on Paranormal Teen, a reality TV show filming at historic Oakleigh Mansion. She’ll spend a weekend with two other psychic teens—Jake and Ashley—learning how to control her abilities. None of them realized how much their emotional baggage would put them at the mercy of Oakleigh’s resident spirits, or that they’d find themselves pawns in the 150-year-old battle for the South’s legendary Confederate gold. Each must conquer their personal ghosts to face down Jackson, a seductive spirit who will do anything to protect the gold’s current location and avenge a heinous attack that destroyed his family.

For as long as she can remember, fifteen-year-old Lauren Muchmore has always played by the rules. But this good girl, who lives under the thumb of a strict Catholic father, is hiding a dark secret. Lauren's father has a dream for her that she does not share: to become one of the best high school basketball players in Texas. One morning during her freshman year, her father invites a well-known coach from a prestigious Catholic girls school to tell her the supposed good news-she is enrolling at Saint Agnes in the fall and leaving her old school behind. Seemingly destined for greatness on the basketball court-at least in her father's eyes-Lauren reluctantly obeys her father's wishes only to have her world turned upside down. As she struggles to fit in at her new school, she finds acceptance and comfort from an unlikely person-her new coach, Daniel Krum. What starts as an innocent friendship quickly spirals into a passionate love affair that threatens to destroy them both. Riddled by guilt, yet blinded by infatuation, Lauren falls into a complicated double life: one as an obedient daughter and schoolgirl, and the other as the mistress to a married man more than twice her age.

This gentle, sleepytime board book is perfect to share with your little one at bedtime. With beautiful illustrations of woodland animals, a squishy padded cover and sturdy pages for little hands, your toddler will love snuggling up to read this lyrical bedtime rhyme night after night. With a huge glittery moon on the front cover, it’s an ideal gift for 1 to 3 year olds too! As each woodland family gets ready for bed, Little Deer isn’t ready to sleep yet. “Is Fox still awake? Are the squirrels still playing in the trees?” Follow Mummy Deer as she takes her fawn on a bedtime walk, meeting lots of other sleepy animals along the way, before it’s time for everyone to drift off to sleep! The perfect companion to Under the Sleepy Stars, also by Stephanie Shaw and Rebecca Harry.

Crocodiles are some of the craftiest hunters in the world. They lie underwater with only their eyes and nose above the surface and wait for prey to wander by. Then, in the blink of an eye, they leap forward and clamp their vice-like jaws down on the unlucky animal and drag it into the water. Readers will be amazed when they see the dazzling images of crocodiles in the wild.

On a star-sprinkled night, an owl and her owlet watch as the forest animals settle down to sleep. “Who tucks Fawn in? Who cuddles Cub?” asks the wide-awake owlet. But as night turns to dawn, it’s Owlet who needs a goodnight hug . . . This soothing, bedtime rhyme from Stephanie Shaw (Bedtime in the Meadow) is perfect for rocking toddlers off to sleep. Little hands will love the padded, squishy cover and sturdy board pages. With magical illustrations from Rebecca Harry (Foxes in the Snow), this will make an adorable gift for a one- to three-year-olds.