Ann Aguirre – författare

''Right now, I''m a redhead. I''ve been blonde and brunette as the situation requires, though an unscheduled colour change usually means relocating in the middle of the night. So far, I''m doing well here. Nobody knows what I''m running from. And I''d like to keep it that way.''Eighteen months ago, Corine Solomon crossed the border to Mexico City, fleeing her past, her lover, and her ''gift'' - for Corine is a handler: she can touch something and know its history, and sometimes, its future. Using her ability, she can find the missing - and that''s why people never stop trying to find her. People like her ex, Chance ...Chance''s uncanny luck has led him to her doorstep. He needs her help. Someone dear to them both has gone missing in Laredo, Texas, and the only hope of finding her is through Corine''s gift. But their search is going to get dangerous as the trail leads them into a strange dark world of demons and sorcerers, ghosts and witchcraft, zombies - and the blackest of black magic.

As a handler, Corine Solomon can touch any object and know its history. It''s too bad she can''t seem to forget her own. With her ex-boyfriend Chance in tow - lending his particularly supernatural brand of luck - Corine journeys back home to Kilmer, Georgia, in order to discover the truth behind her mother''s death and the origins of her ''gift''.But while trying to uncover the secrets in her past, Corine and Chance find that something is rotten in the state of Georgia. Just a few miles away, no one seems to know Kilmer exists. And inside the town borders there are signs of a dark curse affecting the town and all its residents - and it can only be satisfied with death ...

Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. But her own future concerns her more and more. Now back in Mexico, she''s running her pawnshop and trying to get a handle on her strange new powers, for she might need them. And soon.Then former ally Kel Ferguson walks through her door. Heavily muscled and tattooed, Kel looks like a convict but calls himself a holy warrior. This time, he carries a warning for Corine: the Montoya cartel is coming for her - but they don''t just pack automatic weapons. The Montoyas use warlocks, shamans, voodoo priests - anything to terminate trouble. And Corine has become enemy number one ...

Deuce''s whole world has changed. Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she''s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn''t fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight. To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven''t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out. Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They''re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don''t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.

In this sequel to Enclave, Ann Aguirre ramps up the action and horror.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.In Ann Aguirre''s Mortal Danger, Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn''t imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She''s not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he''s impossible to forget. In one short summer, her entire life changes and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and suddenly . . . bad things are happening. It''s a head rush, seeing her tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil''s bargains, she isn''t sure who—or what—she can trust. Not even her own mind.

Sage Czinski is trying really hard to be perfect. If she manages it, people won''t peer beyond the surface, or ask hard questions about her past. She''s learned to substitute causes for relationships, and it''s working just fine . . . until Shane Cavendish strolls into her math class. He''s a little antisocial, a lot beautiful, and everything she never knew she always wanted. Shane Cavendish just wants to be left alone to play guitar and work on his music. He''s got heartbreak and loneliness in his rearview mirror, and this new school represents his last chance. He doesn''t expect to be happy; he only wants to graduate and move on. He never counted on a girl like Sage.But love doesn''t mend all broken things, and sometimes life has to fall apart before it can be put back together again. . . .