Books in Avon Flare book series

Book Three: Flare - The BridgeWhat would a mother do to give her kids peace and safety in a dangerous new world? What bridges will she be willing to build to make that happen? Build them or burn them, she would do anything for her kid's future. All Lila wants to do is get her kids far away from the city to her father's farm where they can rest and be safe from the chaos that has consumed the world. She is shocked beyond belief by the changes he's made to the property since she was last there for her mother's funeral. Not only has her childhood home been completely changed but she arrives just as an old feud is kicked up into an all-out war. There are family and community bridges that she will have to build and if that doesn't work, she'll not only set them on fire, she'll blow the damn things up!

Bonnie Shaster, fourteen years old and recently orphaned,has happily come to live with her mother's family in Seattle,never expecting to find such chaos. Her charming, haplessrelatives have been forced to take in gentleman boarders tomake ends meet. The progressive ladies crusade for causes likewomen's suffrage, yet they are quite inept at managing thehousehold. Money is always a problem and the boarders arefrequently at odds with one another and with the household ofwomen, not one of whom knows how to cook. Yet whenhandsome young boarder Carson Young, a blind veteran of theGreat War, jokingly warns Bonnie to run for her life,she knows she isn't going anywhere.After escaping from the misery of living with herdisagreeable aunt, Bonnie has found a home where sheis happy and where she is valued-often for taking chargeof problems that threaten to become disasters. And as sheties her wishes on scraps of paper to the family's"ornament tree," Bonnie dares to believe that her newhome and the people in it are the beginning of a new lifewhere her fondest wishes can come true.

Flare - The Line Book 2What would a mother be willing to do to rescue her children?What Line would she cross to find and protect them?All of them…she would cross all the lines.Lila Duncan fought her way over the Rocky Mountains to get back to her kids. She made it through the gruelling elevation changes of the mountains. Pushed through the injuries she sustained from her accident. Lived to tell the tale of a grizzly bear encounter and escaped from a raging forest fire to make it home.Finding her kids missing and her home empty, Lila now has to change from being just a determined mother to something else. She will need to be a soldier, a mercenary, and be willing to cross any Line to get them back because she has to face her biggest challenge so far…a city that has descended into madness.

Just two years ago, Annie's sister Mog was happily looking forward to graduation day, the excitement of college, and planning for the future.But all Mog's dreams ended on the eve of her graduation. She was murdered.Now Annie is about to finish high school. But how can she just go on, right at the point where her sister's life ended? Annie's not alone in her grief, but she finds little help from those who share her loss.Her mother, unable to accept the tragedy, never speaks of what happened. Mog's boyfriend Bobby has become a good friend to Annie, yet her attraction to him leaves her feeling guilty and confused.Can Annie ever begin to let go of the hurt, yet hold on to her happy memories of her sister?