Books with title Promises Broken

From the New York Times--bestselling author of No Safe House comes the first novel in an explosive trilogy about the disturbing secrets of a quiet small town. After his wife's death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can't find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David's cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David's mother asks him to check on her, he's horrified to discover that she's been secretly raising a child who is not her own--a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the baby's real mother is found murdered, David can't help wanting to piece together what happened--even if it means proving his own cousin's guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla's mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past . . . in blood.

Brian just couldn’t believe his cousin had got this bad and Sandy didn’t understand why Brian wasn’t ready to help her this time.Desperate for some money to buy a cupcake, Sandy is determined to get a loan to help her enjoy it. However, Brian is convinced there are always better ways to handle one’s money and he was not ready to give in to Sandy’s demands.Will Brian be able to teach a strong-headed Sandy a better way to manage her money?

Kalli and Ellis have survived the destruction of the planet Istriya. As they pilot their craft back towards Earth, Kalli realizes that the deep feelings she’s been experiencing for Ellis are just another example of the aliens’ manipulations. Furious at both Ellis and herself for falling for their lies once again, Kalli is determined to save the other homeless girls the aliens had held captive and unconscious. She swears that once the girls have been returned, she’ll never see Ellis again. Unfortunately, one of the girls wakes up leaving Kalli and Ellis with a tough decision. Can they still let her go without her exposing the Istriyans?

A school play sounds like fun...for some.As she settles into life in the middle school of her new hometown, Zoey agrees to audition for the school play to encourage Louisa. Isn't that what a BFF does? But she's none too sure it'll actually be fun--especially when she's cast as a dog! Louisa really does need her support though when some of the older girls get upset at a sixth grader landing the lead role. Zoey does her best to be supportive and finally begins to feel really at home with her grandparents and at school.Until someone pulls the plug on all her dreams.