Denise Bartlett: 4 books

Liza Casey called in to report a double homicide today. Sheriff Bobby Knowles had a high-school crush on Liza's mother, Elizabeth, who disappeared without a trace, years ago when Liza was young. Liza's life has been a maelstrom of tragedies, and this seems to be yet another one. But what is behind the latest report? Liza says it's the green-eyed monster.

Taya is a bardess who lives beside the sea, singing to the lonely sailors and townspeople of the seaside village she calls home. Into her life comes a strange and beautiful man, a handsome, wonderful individual who is also one of the sea people - the Selkies - shapeshifters of legend. When...

Four teens, Mom and Dad - the Allen family. Family life revolves around football and learning to work as a unit. Their ability to function is put to the test in Into the Fire.

Football—the Allen family plays it. Larry, the star quarterback from Bobby Layne High School has great prospects of following his father into the pros, but Larry has other goals in mind. For now, he just wants to make it through high school and marry his best girl, Patrice. The violence of football produces physical injuries and he begins to wonder what his future will actually hold.