Nancy Werlin Books in Order

Alison keeps to herself, while Harry hides his own unhappiness behind bullying. After a diving accident forces them to spend time together, these two teenagers begin confronting the loneliness and assumptions that have kept them apart.

Acquitted of murder, David moves into his relatives' attic to finish high school. His young cousin Lily's hostility and unsettling shadows in the house draw him into family secrets while he struggles with his own troubled past.

Orphaned heiress Marnie escapes her private school isolation through an online fantasy game. When a woman claiming to be her famous mother's daughter kidnaps her, Marnie must find ways to survive and hope someone notices her disappearance.

After her brother's apparent suicide, Frances joins the charitable organization he belonged to at their private school. Her search for belonging turns into an investigation as she begins to suspect that the group's good works conceal dangerous secrets.

After graduation, Eli takes a job at a biotechnology company despite his father's unexplained objections. With his mother suffering from Huntington's disease, he discovers troubling connections between his family and the scientist running the laboratory.

Matt tries to protect his younger sisters from their abusive mother's unpredictable behavior. When her former boyfriend offers a possible source of help, Matt must decide how to reach him and keep the children safe.

Lucy discovers that the women in her family face a curse demanding three impossible tasks before childbirth. With support from her foster parents and childhood friend Zach, she searches an old ballad for a way to escape.

Phoebe's friendship with the beautiful Mallory gives her a new sense of belonging. Unknown to Phoebe, Mallory is a fairy sent on a deadly mission, and the arrival of Mallory's brother complicates their friendship and loyalties.

A little girl discovers a photograph of another child in her father’s pocket and fears a threat to her place in his life. Inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca, this story follows her decision to act on that suspicion.

Eighth-grader Lacey learns that Catrine faces danger from Will Brennerman and decides to warn her. Helping a girl she does not like risks Lacey’s uncertain social standing, forcing her to weigh acceptance against responsibility for another person’s safety.

Jo and Lije share a quiet friendship through windows facing each other across a narrow alley. A war game makes that connection newly important, drawing the children into questions of bullying and violence inspired by Lord of the Flies.

Steffie is pleased to join a popular seventh-grade group until its leader demands weekly reports about whom each girl likes. The ritual makes her question whether belonging to the clique is worth surrendering the freedom to express her own feelings.

Still trapped in Faerie after her descendants' curse is broken, Fenella bargains for freedom through three destructive acts. When those acts threaten her own family, she must weigh the chance to escape against the harm she could cause.

Five students barely survive a roof collapse after being summoned to an abandoned building. As further threats emerge, they begin to suspect their own families are targeting them and must rely on each other to stay alive.

Zoe has carefully planned her future with a boyfriend who dismisses her favorite television show. A secret trip to Dragon Con introduces her to new friends and forces her to reconsider whose approval should shape her choices.

After her grandmother dies, young healer Sylvie's attempt to ease her mother's grief has frightening consequences. Leaving her medieval French village to seek a teacher, she encounters dangerous bargains and must learn how to trust her own judgment.