Mickey Hadick – författare

Neither option seems right...

Leah, the daughter of a corporate executive, lives a privileged life in a hive-like city created after nearly all of humanity is wiped out by climate disasters, plague and war. The corporation manages all of society with flawless efficiency, and once Leah opts-in to the terms of service, she''ll be one of the lucky ones enjoying the fruit of other people''s labor, just as her parents planned.

But Leah hopes to spend more time with Abel, the son of the Chief Operating Officer. Leah''s feelings for Abel have grown stronger. Unfortunately, the corporation has different plans for the two teenagers.

When the corporate security team brutally kills innocent bystanders, Leah is awakened to the corporation''s ruthlessness, and realizes she''s living in a dystopian nightmare. Now she wants nothing to do with her parents'' world.

Leah and Abel can only be together if they escape the city and make their way to the rumored settlements beyond the corporation''s reach. Escape won''t be easy: the corporation''s artificial intelligence tracks all movement throughout the city, searching for suspicious activity.

Their only hope is to connect with The Collective, the resistance group trying to overthrow the corporation and restore civil liberties.

All they have to do is pull it off to find a new life.

(Book 1 in the HIVE series.)

No one knew who killed her sister, but that won''t stop Samantha from finding out...even if that means destroying her family in the process.

Samantha and her sister, Lori, are considered royalty in The Village, a suburb of Cleveland. Their grandfather has been mayor for 50 years, their uncle is the Chief of Police, and their aunt manages the city bank.

Everyone understands that the family can do no wrong.

But when Lori and a stranger are found dead after a bizarre boating accident on Lake Erie, Samantha starts to question what happened.

The family quickly close ranks around themselves and lays the blame firmly at Lori''s feet. Even her father turns his back.

When Francine, a plucky reporter, digs into the story, the clues she discovers lead her down a path of death and mayhem. She and Samantha uncover sexual predators and a criminal conspiracy that is more than they can handle.

By working with the father of the young man who died with Lori in the boat, they draw the ire of the quiet suburb''s police force. The three of them must fight together to discover the truth.

But the truth takes them over the thin blue line into a battle for their lives.

Welcome to Willieville is a novelette set in 1998 about a high school graduate, Willie, whose friend is murdered while they party on a warm Friday night, out behind the 7-Eleven.

He''s in a suburb north of Detroit where the primary mission of the police is to keep things just the way they are.

Willie, nearly killed in the attack that took his friend''s life, didn''t see who did it, so the police have little to go on, and assume that it was a drug deal gone bad.

Willie''s mother is doing her best, but when Willie challenges the police, she''d rather he not make trouble.

Forced to investigate on his own, Willie makes a terrible discovery about the murderer. He realizes that the town is not ready to hear what he has learned. In fact, they don''t like his attitude, and Willie is forced to grow up quickly.

MEET LINA, a young woman with a compulsion for excellence. Graduated with honors, MBA, and a nothing but success ahead. Her one weakness, it seems, is...

JOE, the come as you are, roll with the punches guy of her dreams. He''s got six years of community college under his belt, and things are starting to look up, especially because...

They''re getting married. But then they aren''t, because something happened. Joe happened, is what happened, and Lina feels betrayed, RIGHT THERE ON THE ALTAR. Lina runs from the church but falls and hits her head, waking up fine except that she no longer remembers Joe.

Lina has a unique opportunity to start over, but it''s not that simple. (Life is never that simple.)

Joe tries to win back Lina before she remembers what he did. But maybe he needs to figure out why he would do something so dumb to ruin the best thing he ever had.

It''s a story about overcoming the fear of growing up, and the fear of becoming your parents. Some of us avoid those fears our entire lives, and don''t give it a second thought.

For Lina and Joe, they have no choice but to face those fears and push through to learn what''s waiting for them on the other side.

For everybody else, it''s the amnesia love story that will make you forget every other amnesia love story.

NOTE: This book was previously titled FUGUE.

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