Books with title Come a Stranger

2019 Florida Author Project Winner for adult fiction!2018 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner!Read Freely 50 Best Indie Books of 2019!Unputdownable Faustian thriller! Greed, entrapment, and the world of book publishing."RIVETING"--Kirkus ReviewsWhat price would you pay for success?Witnessing a lightning bolt on a sunny day, author Alexa Wainwright doesn't realize she's been transported to an alternate universe. Here, she meets media mogul, publisher, and possibly the devil himself, King Blakemore, who offers her a lucrative book contract that will guarantee her comeback. Suddenly, the contract's been signed. Now what can she do?Desperate to get her life back, Alexa devises schemes to untether herself from this hellish existence.Buy this book if you're a reader who loves a page-turning, heart-stopping, psychological thriller with some magical realism thrown in.

Skerries is the perfect place to live. No crime, no trouble and almost no reason to lock the door at night. The tranquillity, however, comes at a cost. Every member of the community must hold a centuries old secret that if exposed would tear the heart out of the town. And from every person who lives there. ‘A Stranger’s Welcome’ is a contemporary take on the traditional mythos of the vampire.

A troubled Beany believes that she is a coward. After failing to help Miggs prevent a horse from throwing her, Beany unites with one of Andy's Marine friends, Tony Lombard, who is also deeply troubled. Each believing that he or she is of weak, cowardly character, they are drawn together in mutual misery. Will their unification be broken if circumstances change?

A STRANGER TO COMMAND In this much-anticipated prequel to CROWN DUEL, Vidanric Renselaeus, fifteen-year-old Marquis of Shevraeth, finds himself sent across the continent to a military academy in Marloven Hess, a kingdom known for its violent history. Vidanric is used to civilized life in pleasant Remalna--except that the evidence is increasingly clear that the civilization is only on the surface. Too many young, smart heirs have suffered accidents of late, and the evidence is beginning to point to the king, Galdran, who has grandiose plans for expansion. In Marloven Hess, no one can pronounce his real names, and they assume his title is his name. He becomes Shevraeth--discovering that there are no marquises or dukes or barons in this kingdom, and no one has the slightest interest in Remalna. Or in foreigners. Until very recently, the academy was closed to outsiders. But the king--also fifteen, and recently come to his throne after a nasty civil war--wants him there. Learning about command turns out to be very different than Shevraeth had assumed, and the Marlovens, who are going through political and social change at all levels, are not at all what he expected. He makes friends as well as enemies; experiences terror and laughter as well as challenges on the field and off. He discovers friendship, loyalty--and love. All the while greater events in the world are moving inexorably toward conflagration, drawing the smartest of the young people into key positions--whether they want it or not. They're going to have to be ready. "Involving characters, exquisite world building, politics, intrigue, and choices to be made between love, school and country. A Stranger to Command has everything. Drop what you're doing and read it immediately." --Justine Larbalestier author of HOW TO DITCH YOUR FAIRY "War games. Courtly Vidanric, sent for his own protection to train as a warrior in a foreign land four months' journey from home, considers himself alien, sensitive, weak, and ignorant among his fellow cadets. Remaining a study in courage and integrity, despite the grinding discipline that takes away even his name, Vidanric's soldier's skills grow swordblade sharp even as he also learns lessons of the heart. But capability, responsibility, and all-too-real invasion come together as Vidanric realizes that not only is he being trained for kingship, he's capable of it, too . . . A diamond-bright portrait of a harsh and magical journey to adulthood." --Elizabeth E. Wein, author of THE MARK OF SOLOMON "Sherwood Smith's universe is so detailed at this point that you feel like a traveller in a real foreign land--charmed, sometimes bewildered, and finally at home with no desire to leave. This book deals thoughtfully with the creation of a hero, and also creates an exciting, occasionally-painful, and always absorbing adventure." --Sarah Rees Brennan, author of THE DEMON LEXICON

Survival of the fittest, a phrase that is casually thrown around in every day life, however for Ryan Levesque these words could never ring more true. In this action thriller, high school friends Ryan Levesque and Garland Brooks encounter threats from the once thought fictitious figures that bring death and despair to their lives. Together they must find answers to the tormenting vampires, and ancient evil that is rising to change the world. The vivid nightmares that fill his restless sleep reveal the terrifying reality that Ryan will encounter as he delves deeper into the realm that has been placed before his feet. No longer can he be naïve to the supernatural as it has placed two puncture wounds upon his neck. A Strangers from the Shadows Thriller

Many generations ago, a mysterious cataclysm struck the world. Governments collapsed and people scattered, to rebuild where they could. A mutation, "the Change,” arose, granting some people unique powers. Though the area once called Los Angeles retains its cultural diversity, its technological marvels have faded into legend. "Las Anclas" now resembles a Wild West frontier town… where the Sheriff possesses superhuman strength, the doctor can warp time to heal his patients, and the distant ruins of an ancient city bristle with deadly crystalline trees that take their jewel-like colors from the clothes of the people they killed.Teenage prospector Ross Juarez’s best find ever – an ancient book he doesn’t know how to read – nearly costs him his life when a bounty hunter is set on him to kill him and steal the book. Ross barely makes it to Las Anclas, bringing with him a precious artifact, a power no one has ever had before, and a whole lot of trouble.

Kate has invited all her friends over to her bedroom to pull an all-nighter finishing a science project. But when they all dig in to have breakfast first one friend, then the other tries to keep her away from the newspaper. They turn off the radio. On the way to school they try to convince her to go somewhere else. Another friend shows up to block her from getting out of the car in the parking lot. Then she sees it. Johnathan, her old boyfriend who disappeared and could not be found at the beginning of their senior year, suddenly has turned up again. In fact, he's the tour guide for their field trip to Colonial Williamsburg that day! Worse, he doesn't even recognize her.What could be going on here? It isn't possible that Johnathan would not recognize her after only a few months. But he acts like a complete stranger! What has Johnathan been up to? Is it something illegal? Is that why he is so standoffish? Kate had better figure it out soon before the police show up and cart both her and Johnathan away.Stranger is brought to you by Edward Ware Thrillers YA, an imprint of Cheops Books, LLC. If you liked Stranger you will enjoy other young adult thrillers by Linda Cargill such as Sister, Haircut, Whispers, Nameless, and Blues.

Survival of the fittest, a phrase that is casually thrown around in every day life, however for Ryan Levesque these words could never ring more true. In this action thriller, high school friends Ryan Levesque and Garland Brooks encounter threats from the once thought fictitious figures that bring death and despair to their lives. Together they must find answers to the tormenting vampires, and ancient evil that is rising to change the world. The vivid nightmares that fill his restless sleep reveal the terrifying reality that Ryan will encounter as he delves deeper into the realm that has been placed before his feet. No longer can he be naïve to the supernatural as it has placed two puncture wounds upon his neck. A Strangers from the Shadows Thriller

A STRANGER TO COMMAND In this much-anticipated prequel to CROWN DUEL, Vidanric Renselaeus, fifteen-year-old Marquis of Shevraeth, finds himself sent across the continent to a military academy in Marloven Hess, a kingdom known for its violent history. Vidanric is used to civilized life in pleasant Remalna--except that the evidence is increasingly clear that the civilization is only on the surface. Too many young, smart heirs have suffered accidents of late, and the evidence is beginning to point to the king, Galdran, who has grandiose plans for expansion. In Marloven Hess, no one can pronounce his real names, and they assume his title is his name. He becomes Shevraeth--discovering that there are no marquises or dukes or barons in this kingdom, and no one has the slightest interest in Remalna. Or in foreigners. Until very recently, the academy was closed to outsiders. But the king--also fifteen, and recently come to his throne after a nasty civil war--wants him there. Learning about command turns out to be very different than Shevraeth had assumed, and the Marlovens, who are going through political and social change at all levels, are not at all what he expected. He makes friends as well as enemies; experiences terror and laughter as well as challenges on the field and off. He discovers friendship, loyalty--and love. All the while greater events in the world are moving inexorably toward conflagration, drawing the smartest of the young people into key positions--whether they want it or not. They're going to have to be ready. "Involving characters, exquisite world building, politics, intrigue, and choices to be made between love, school and country. A Stranger to Command has everything. Drop what you're doing and read it immediately." --Justine Larbalestier author of HOW TO DITCH YOUR FAIRY "War games. Courtly Vidanric, sent for his own protection to train as a warrior in a foreign land four months' journey from home, considers himself alien, sensitive, weak, and ignorant among his fellow cadets. Remaining a study in courage and integrity, despite the grinding discipline that takes away even his name, Vidanric's soldier's skills grow swordblade sharp even as he also learns lessons of the heart. But capability, responsibility, and all-too-real invasion come together as Vidanric realizes that not only is he being trained for kingship, he's capable of it, too . . . A diamond-bright portrait of a harsh and magical journey to adulthood." --Elizabeth E. Wein, author of THE MARK OF SOLOMON "Sherwood Smith's universe is so detailed at this point that you feel like a traveller in a real foreign land--charmed, sometimes bewildered, and finally at home with no desire to leave. This book deals thoughtfully with the creation of a hero, and also creates an exciting, occasionally-painful, and always absorbing adventure." --Sarah Rees Brennan, author of THE DEMON'S LEXICON

In this prequel to Crown Duel, teenage Shevraeth is invited by a king his own age to train in command at the cavalry academy in Marloven Hess, known for its violent history. Shevraeth is reluctant to leave his own comfortable and civilized Remalna for this warrior kingdom, except that Remalna is slowly becoming less civilized and more violent under a bad government. In Marloven Hess' elite academy, Shevraeth finds every assumption overturned, including his own identity. He discovers action, laughter, terror, enemies, friendship—and even romance—as world events move inexorably toward conflagration.

The Van Duren girls were all very smart and good at sports. Haylie and Rachel were ten-year-old twins. Haylie was strong and could even beat up the boys if she wanted to. Rachel could think her way out of any situation. She was the all-city checkers champion, and could even play chess and beat grownups, something that no other kid in her grade could do. Kayla was only seven, but she was a quick thinker and could keep up with her sisters, both on their bikes and using her brain.