Books with author Suzanne Brockmann

"A gripping page-turner from first to last...The start of something that can only be described as 'greater-than.'" -Kirkus Starred ReviewThey could be hunting you.Hunted. Kidnapped. Bled. Someone is snatching girls and draining them for a secret that's in their blood. A hormone that makes them stronger, faster, smarter. A hormone that the makers of a new drug called Destiny will murder to get their hands on. These girls could be anyone. They could be anywhere. They could be you.When Skylar discovers she's a Greater-Than, a girl with terrifying power, her life will never be the same. The only way to stay alive is to join the fight against Destiny and become the ultimate weapon. "Original and exciting, NIGHT SKY propels readers into a dangerous future. Loved it." —Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series "Action-packed, mysterious, charming and witty. I'm ready for more!" — Gena Showalter, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Alice in Zombieland

Night SkyNight Sky Series # 1Young Adult Paranormal with romantic elementsFirst published 2014Sixteen-year-old Skylar Reid’s world is turned upside down when Sasha, the little girl she babysits, is kidnapped. She’s been dreaming about Sasha—weirdly vivid dreams that feel real—even after the police insist that the girl is dead. But Sky and her best friend Calvin are determined to find Sasha—or at least find out who killed her.Then a mysterious bad-ass of a girl named Dana blasts into town on a motorcycle, and things get even weirder. Dana’s got telekinetic powers—she can move things with her mind—and she tells Sky she’s something called a “Greater-Than.” There’s a hormone in the blood of certain girls that makes them stronger, faster, smarter, and gives them amazing super powers. Oh yeah, and Sky’s a Greater-Than, too.But it’s not all fun and games, because there’s a dangerous new drug called Destiny out on the streets. It makes users young, healthy, beautiful—and profoundly evil—and it’s made from the blood of girls who are Greater-Thans. Dana warns Sky to hide her powers carefully, or the very bad people who make Destiny will grab her and bleed her dry.Still, Sky refuses to hide—she’s convinced that little Sasha is still alive. So Dana and her dangerously hot companion Milo reluctantly sign on to help Sky and Calvin… and together they form an unlikely team.Together, they’ll stop at nothing to fight Destiny—to find Sasha and bring her home. Or die trying...Night Sky is the first book in a YA series set in the same dark future as Suzanne Brockmann’s Born to Darkness, the first installment in her Fighting Destiny paranormal romance series. The Night Sky series has the same mix of suspense, romance, humor, and the paranormal, and deals with many of the same themes, including society’s relentless exploitation and devaluation of females, and the empowerment that comes when women and girls recognize their strength and intellect, and stand up, fight back, and save the day. (NIGHT SKY is 120K words or 484 pages.)Don’t miss...Night Sky Series # 2: Wild SkyNight Sky Series Prequel # 0.5: Dangerous Destiny (When Skylar Met Calvin)

Wild SkyNight Sky Series # 2Young Adult Paranormal with romantic elementsFirst published 2015Skylar, Calvin, Dana, and Milo are back, but now their unlikely Destiny-fighting team includes... Garrett Hathaway...?When Garrett’s friend Jilly goes missing, Coconut Key Academy’s most “popular” bully and all-around douche approaches Sky and Calvin to ask for help.From Garrett’s description of the missing girl’s telekinesis, it’s likely that Jilly is a Greater-Than like Sky and Dana—a girl with rare super-powers. And it’s highly likely that Jilly’s been kidnapped for her valuable blood—an essential ingredient in the dangerous, addictive street drug called Destiny, which makes users young, healthy, beautiful—and profoundly evil—before it kills them.When Skylar and her team finally track down Jilly, the girl oddly refuses to be rescued. In the struggle that ensues, Calvin—who’s been in a wheelchair since he was nine—is accidentally injected with Destiny. For the short-term, he can walk again, but the drug will eventually kill him. After it turns him evil...Unless Sky can find a way to save her best friend’s life...Wild Sky is the second book in a YA series set in the same dark future as Suzanne Brockmann’s Born to Darkness, the first installment in her Fighting Destiny paranormal romance series. The Night Sky YA series has the same mix of suspense, romance, humor, and the paranormal, and deals with many of the same themes, including society’s relentless exploitation and devaluation of females, and the empowerment that comes when women and girls recognize their strength and intellect, and stand up, fight back, and save the day. (119K words or 436 pages)Don’t miss...Night Sky Series # 1: Night SkyNight Sky Series # 0.5: Dangerous Destiny (When Skylar Met Calvin)

Dangerous Destiny (When Skylar Met Calvin)First published 2014Night Sky Series Prequel Short Story(12,000 words or 50 pages)A prequel short story to the Night Sky series, in which Skylar meets her best friend Calvin.Sky’s just moved to Coconut Key, Florida, in the middle of the school year. She’s busy trying to survive the awkwardness of being the New Girl, and it’s not easy. But the day she meets Calvin out in the quad, they both have to survive a far more deadly challenge—a girl who seems determined to end her own life… and to take Skylar with her.Dangerous Destiny (When Skylar Met Calvin) is a prequel short story in a YA series set in the same dark future as Suzanne Brockmann’s Born to Darkness, the first installment in her Fighting Destiny paranormal romance series. The Night Sky YA series has the same mix of suspense, romance, humor, and the paranormal, and deals with many of the same themes, including society’s relentless exploitation and devaluation of females, and the empowerment that comes when women and girls recognize their strength and intellect, and stand up, fight back, and save the day.The Night Sky YA Series:Night Sky Series Prequel: Dangerous Destiny (When Skylar Met Calvin)Night Sky Series # 1: Night SkyNight Sky Series # 2: Wild Sky

Destiny has chosen Skylar. Now it might destroy her.Skylar is a girl with extraordinary power. A girl with a mission to use her Greater-Than gifts to stop the makers of Destiny from getting people hooked on their deadly drug. But Sky is still mastering her new abilities, and her first mission to destroy a Destiny lab leaves her best friend addicted to the drug. For a few days Cal will be able to walk again ? until it kills him. Time is running out for Sky to save the world without sacrificing her friends, to become truly Greater-Than...New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann and her daughter Melanie Brockmann have written a pulse-pounding novel set in a near future both fantastic and frightening.Praise for Night Sky: "Action-packed, mysterious, charming and witty. I'm ready for more!"-Gena Showalter, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Alice in Zombieland "Original and exciting, Night Sky propels readers into a dangerous future. Loved it."-Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series "Full of adventure, humor, and just the right amount of Brockmann wit and humor. I love this book!"-P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling co-author of The House of Night series. "A gripping page-turner from first to last...The start of something that can only be described as 'greater-than.'"-Kirkus STARRED Review"Bestseller Brockmann takes readers on a pulse-pounding ride...pulls readers in from page one."-Publishers Weekly

In Suzanne Brockmann's pulse-pounding tales of daring, danger, courage, and desire, men and women of action fight fiercely, love deeply, and raise the bar for adventure to new heights. Force of Nature is no exception. Florida private investigator Ric Alvarado's life is spiraling out of control. His beautiful new assistant, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric's best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them. Then one of Ric's clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he's done a very good deed for some very bad people.Suddenly Ric finds himself deep undercover with Annie, working for notorious crime boss Gordon Burns. One mistake from Ric's painfully inexperienced partner could leave them both dead.FBI agent Jules Cassidys life isn't in much better shape. For years the FBI has been trying to prove Gordon Burns' ties to terrorist activity. Now, thanks to Ric and Annie, Jules has found a way into the lion's den. But in the course of his investigation he comes face-to-face with Robin Chadwick, the charismatic but self-destructive and closeted movie star for whom Jules feels a powerful attraction. Robin is in town promoting his latest film -- and Gordon Burns is a star-struck movie buff.With Robin and Jules' help, Ric and Annie are soon entrenched in Burns's organization, surrounded by killers who may already have executed an FBI infiltrator. Before long the couple realizes that many more lives besides their own will be at stake if they make a false move. As the heat between them reaches dangerous levels, so do the risks they're willing to take -- in the line of duty, for the sake of loyalty, and in the name of something that runs even deeper.

Destiny has chosen Skylar. Now it might destroy her.Skylar is a girl with extraordinary power. A girl with a mission to use her Greater-Than gifts to stop the makers of Destiny from getting people hooked on their deadly drug. But Sky is still mastering her new abilities, and her first mission to destroy a Destiny lab leaves her best friend addicted to the drug. For a few days Cal will be able to walk again – until it kills him. Time is running out for Sky to save the world without sacrificing her friends, to become truly Greater-Than...New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann and her daughter Melanie Brockmann have written a pulse-pounding novel set in a near future both fantastic and frightening.Night Sky Series:Night Sky (Book 1)Wild Sky (Book 2) Praise for Night Sky: "Action-packed, mysterious, charming and witty. I'm ready for more!"-Gena Showalter, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Alice in Zombieland "Original and exciting, Night Sky propels readers into a dangerous future. Loved it."-Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series "Full of adventure, humor, and just the right amount of Brockmann wit and humor. I love this book!"-P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling co-author of The House of Night series. "A gripping page-turner from first to last...The start of something that can only be described as 'greater-than.'"-Kirkus STARRED Review"Bestseller Brockmann takes readers on a pulse-pounding ride...pulls readers in from page one."-Publishers Weekly

"A gripping page-turner from first to last...The start of something that can only be described as 'greater-than.'" ―Kirkus Starred ReviewSomeone is kidnapping young girls and bleeding them for a secret hidden in their blood. Their searching for a hormone that makes them stronger, faster, smarter. A hormone that the makers of a new drug called Destiny will murder to get their hands on. These girls could be anyone. They could be anywhere. They could be you.When the little girl Skylar Reid babysits is kidnapped, and believed to be murdered, Skylar's world is turned upside down. And when Dana, a girl with extreme abilities, and her dangerously hot partner in crime, Milo, burst into town and claim that Skylar has the hormone in her blood, her life will never be the same. Now, the only way to stay alive is to join the fight against Destiny and become the ultimate weapon.New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann and her daughter Melanie Brockmann have written a pulse-pounding novel set in a near future both fantastic and frightening.Night Sky Series:Night Sky (Book 1)Wild Sky (Book 2)Praise for Night Sky:"Original and exciting, NIGHT SKY propels readers into a dangerous future. Loved it." ―Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series "Action-packed, mysterious, charming and witty. I'm ready for more!" ― Gena Showalter, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Alice in Zombieland

I have to admit that so far this day totally sucks.I’m locked out of school, freezing my tush off. The first bell just rang. And I’m pretty sure I just killed my boyfriend.Crap.A raw and often funny story about anxiety, emotions, and learning to love yourself.Fifteen-year-old Lottie hates her ANXIETY. She hates her strong feelings. She hates who she is.So, she changes. She buries her true self and blossoms into a worry-free, happy-go-lucky teenager. And for the first time in her life, she’s finally the NORMAL GIRL. Until she catches her boyfriend playing tongue hockey with another boy, FREAKS OUT… and almost kills him.Disgusted with what she’s done and who she is, Lottie vows NEVER TO FEEL again. But when she awakens in someone else’s body half-way across the world, she starts questioning what is REAL in her life, and what is not.Including herself. Before her sixteenth-birthday, Lottie will awaken as seven different people around the world.At a wedding in MOROCCO. A bombing in AFGHANISTAN. With elephants in THAILAND. Finding love in PARIS. Losing love in ICELAND. And at her birthday party in SINGAPORE.Will these experiences help Lottie learn to LOVE HERSELF and all her wild feelings? Or will she be forever trapped in someone else’s life?Find out in this brilliant and sometimes gut-wrenching journey middle-school and high-school counselors say is:“… a vivid, gripping picture of how a teenager feels with anxiety disorder.”“… a book about learning to love yourself, even if you don’t like who you are.”“… a powerful, necessary read for anyone living with anxiety.”

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)][Read by Melanie Brockmann]Destiny has chosen Skylar, and now it might destroy her. Skylar is a girl with extraordinary power -- a girl with a mission to use her Greater-Than gifts to stop the makers of Destiny from getting people hooked on their deadly drug. But Sky is still mastering her new abilities, and her first mission to destroy a Destiny lab leaves her best friend addicted to the drug. For a few days Cal will be able to walk again -- until it kills him. Time is running out for Sky to save the world without sacrificing her friends -- to become truly Greater-Than. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann and her daughter Melanie Brockmann have written a pulse-pounding novel set in a near future both fantastic and frightening.

Poppie loves potato chips, cookies, gummy worms and orange soda. Her eating habits aren't the best, but she can snowboard black diamonds and slam dunk a basketball better than most boys in her high school. But none of that matters a flip when you're fat. Because boys don't kiss fat girls. Especially girls who are already six feet tall at age fifteen. But Poppie has a plan. Poppie always has a plan. And wasting her Christmas break at a healthy cooking class better pay off, or she may never get her first kiss. Join Poppie and her Yum Yum Club friends in this playful mix of cookbook and fiction, chock full of lovable characters, a little healthy, a little treat and a whole lot of love and self-confidence. Written by a Registered Dietitian with experience in healthy eating for all ages. Teen-friendly recipes included.

I have to admit that so far this day totally sucks. I’m locked out of school, freezing my tush off. The first bell just rang. And I’m pretty sure I just killed my boyfriend. Crap.A raw, brilliant, and often funny story about anxiety, emotions, and learning to love yourself.Fifteen-year-old Lottie HATES her anxiety. She HATES her strong feelings. She HATES who she is. So, she changes.She buries her true self, and for the first time in her life, she’s the normal girl.Until she catches her boyfriend playing tongue hockey with another boy, TOTALLY FREAKS OUT… and almost kills him.Disgusted with what she’s done, Lottie drifts off to sleep vowing to never feel again. But something beyond her control isn’t going to let that happen. When Lottie awakens in someone else’s body half-way across the world, she starts questioning what is real in her life, and what is not. Including herself. Before her sixteenth-birthday, Lottie will awaken as seven different people around the world.At a wedding in MOROCCO.A bombing in AFGHANISTAN.With elephants in THAILAND.Savoring croissants in PARIS.Glacier trekking in ICELAND.And at her birthday party in SINGAPORE. Will these experiences help Lottie learn to LOVE HERSELF and all her wild feelings? Or will she be forever trapped in someone else’s life and never return to her real family again?Find out NOW in this fascinating, funny, and sometimes gut-wrenching journey middle-school and high-school COUNSELORS say is…“… a vivid, gripping picture of how a teenager feels with anxiety disorder.”“… a book about learning to love yourself, even if you don’t like who you are.”“… a captivating and moving story about self-doubt and self-confidence, and how they can co-exist.”“… a powerful, necessary read for anyone living with anxiety.”