The author recounts the events surrounding the murders of her two cousins and brutal assault of her brother in 1991 just outside of St. Louis and the betrayal, harassment, and cover-up that ensued during the investigation and trial of the perpetrators.

Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world and is surrounded by male admirers eager to marry her, but before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman.

With his father absent and his mother working, eleven-year-old Henry "June" Ball must spend the summer on the road with his cousins, "Ford men" who repair old cars.

Though he is a titled nobleman Royal Dewar is singularly unlucky. After years abroad Royal has returned to Bransford Castle to find his father dying and the family treasury nearly empty. Then the old Duke wrests a final promise from his guilt-ridden son: that Royal will marry heiress Jocelyn Caulfield and restore the estate to its former glory. However it is not his fiancé who quickens Royal's pulse but rather her beautiful cousin Lily Moran......

Ravi spends summer vacation with his cousins sharing in all their favorite activities, including eating ice cream.

Mary McScary loves to scare people, but nothing she thinks up seems to bother her cousin, Harry McScary--but Mary will not give up trying.

When Judith and her cousin Renie go on vacation in a remote and possibly haunted Scottish castle owned by a rich whiskey distillery baron strange things start occurring. They meet Harry Gibbs, a dissolute young man who is estranged from his wife and is found smothered to death shortly after Judith and Renie arrive. His widow, Moira, is suspect No. 1, of course, but there are plenty to go around since Harry was a real jerk and wanted to run the petrol...

Grace has a real talent for baking and a passion for making delicious dreams come true. When her mom announces a trip to visit relatives in Paris, Grace isn't so sure about leaving her friends and their cupcake business.

Maisy goes to the library in search of a book about fish and a quiet place in which to read it.

When North Carolina fourteen-year-old Dylan Sands joins his fifteen-year-old cousin Rio in running the Rio Grande River, they face a tropical storm and a fugitive kidnapper.