Bridget E. Baker – författare

Lacy Shelton and her sister Hope couldn't be more different, despite being less than a year apart in age. Lacy is captain of the debate team, poised to be Valedictorian of the high school and waiting for an admission letter from Yale any day. Hope is captain of the swim team, but will be happy if she gets into community college.Hope has taken everything Lacy ever wanted, from pacifiers to high heels. But Lacy won't let that happen again, not this time. She won't let Hope take the new guy in school, and she sure as heck won't let Hope ruin her chances with Yale. Until a shocking death changes all of Lacy's plans. Now stuck in a court-mandated psychiatrist's office, she's forced to relive the months leading up to the tragedy to determine whether Hope will take her future, too. Alternating between Lacy's and Hope's points of view, Already Gone pieces together a tense puzzle of sisterhood, betrayal, mistakes, and ultimately forgiving someone who can be gone in a blink.

Superhero capes are OVERRATED.Ruby's ready to ride off into the sunset with Sam. The Marked are cured. The evil within WPN has been conquered. Once she appoints a new leader, she can skedaddle. Except, cockroaches always creep out the second the lights are flipped. The problems Ruby would have gladly fled from a year ago give her pause. Can she really run away if the solutions she fought for won't withstand her departure? The arrival of a surprise visitor throws an added wrench into Sam and Ruby's plan and put a strain on their happily ever after. Can Sam and Ruby remember what really matters and overcome their differences in time? Or will circumstances beyond their control wreck the future they had planned?

The world we knew is GONE.Ruby had barely started kindergarten when the world collapsed, but by now she's over it though, like, really over it. To celebrate their upcoming graduation, the teenagers in Port Gibson are gathering to play a forbidden game from Before, a game called spin the bottle. Pretty much every girl in Port Gibson likes the same two guys, and Ruby knows them both. Wesley, the charismatic son of the town Mayor who's being groomed to step into his dad's job, and Sam, the ripped but terrifying second-in-command to the town's Security Chief. But only Wesley's graduating with Ruby, and if he shows up, she's determined to finally seize her chance to kiss her long time crush.When things go sideways, endangering her dear Wesley's life, there's only one person Ruby can ask for help, no matter how scary and enigmatic he is: Samuel Roth. Can Ruby convince Sam to risk his life to save Wesley's? And can Ruby navigate the post-apocalyptic world in time to save her crush, or will the long forgotten past come back to claim its due? Kirkus Reviews said of Marked, "e;Baker's prose is sharp and vivid, and she manages to immediately plunge her readers into the world of the novel. The story is swiftly paced and features some surprising twists and intriguing characters. The combination of sci-fi, mystery, and teen romance makes for a compelling adventure. A promising YA debut about a girl's search for a future in the wreckage of the past."e;

"e;A fast moving, engaging tale in what promises to be an epic fantasy romance series,"e; Kirkus Reviews.The first time Chancery's twin sister tried to kill her was on their ninth birthday. In the intervening years, nothing improved. In fact, Judica stabbed her hand with a fork just this morning so she could take the last pancake.Then Judica threw it to her dog.But Chancery has a secret.She's been watching their people's finest warrior for years while she was supposed to be studying. He's gorgeous, powerful, and a genius in all military applications—flawless in every way. Chancery thinks he may like her, too.But he's supposed to marry her evil twin, because their mother chose Judica as her heir, the future empress of one-sixth of the earth.Chancery, sick of all the drama, decides to run away from court to live among the humans, but the day before she's supposed to leave, she's helping her prepare for a ball. She tries on her mother's royal ring and the staridium stone reacts to her. She inadvertently fulfills an ancient prophecy of the woman who will unite the six families and save the entire world.There's no way her mother's going to let her leave now, and things just became much more complicated.

What's dark is not always evil.  Judica trained her entire life to be ready to one day rule the Alamecha family. She was nothing less than perfect. She fought, studied, and even dated exactly as her mother directed. Only, now her mother's gone, her sister stole her throne, and her boyfriend abandoned her. Things can't really get any worse, or so she thinks. When Judica's attacked by a hidden enemy, there's only one person she can trust, the one warrior who never followed her for the wrong reasons. With Roman's help, Judica must discover the true circumstances surrounding her mother's attack and find justice, no matter what stands in her way. **Author's note: I know you don't want to read Judica's story. That just means I did my job in book one. But my fans love Judica more than anyone else in this series, and there's a reason. Don't you want to find out?  Still not sure whether you want to give Judica a chance? Check out what other reviewers have said after reading her story:  "e;Judica's story is my favorite in the series!"e; "e;I honestly didn't know how Bridget would be able to redeem Judica in my eyes, but she did it."e;  "e;Of all the directions this series could have gone, this was the most surprising."e; "e;I was on the fence about unForgiven because I really didn't like Judica in the first book. However, I'm so glad I read it!"e;  "e;Book 2 went and flipped the table on all my preconceived ideas! I loved the switch to the POV of the supposed antagonist."e;  "e;All the things we hated about Judica in Displaced are explained in unForgiven and I might like Judica more than Chancery."e;   "e;I wasn't sure how I would feel about reading a book from Judica's perspective. I loved it so much!"e;  "e;I am so glad we got to hear her story. She's actually my favorite character."e;  "e;Book 2 is a flawless move into the POV of Judica. So far, this series is a knock out!"e;