Bøger af Tressa Messenger

You only get one first of anything, and no matter the time, or space, or age, you never forget your firsts. When thirteen year old Nicky Moore's parents decide to buy a small summer beach cottage at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, she thought her life would end... It didn't matter the beauty of the area-land and water as far as the eye could see-she was bound and determined to make her family's summer vacation as dismal as she felt. That was until she met a boy from down the beach... A beautiful boy, with the most intense brown eyes she had ever seen and a smile that could light the ocean on fire. A summer that Nicky thought was doomed from the start, turned into a summer that she would never forget; one full of firsts. It was impossible for her to know, years later, how one seemingly little decision could change everything forever...

What do you do when everything you've ever known is taken away from you? Do you throw your hands up and just let it be and fade away to nothing or do you fight? I may have technically died but I'm not dead and I refuse to give up everything I used to be or the woman who keeps my memory alive, even if it takes me tag teaming with some unlikely allies to do it. I may not be a human anymore but I am still me; Dylan Williams, a man of substance.

When Detective Carma Jones stepped off the plane to begin her new life, in a new town, she thought the nightmarish ordeal she just went through was something of her past. Little did she know, two years later, she would get a phone call she never expected, causing her to go back home to relive the nightmare all over again. This time, when it hits even closer to home, she may not make it out alive...

When the body of a beautiful and popular senior head cheerleader, Melissa Cooley, is found brutally stabbed to death at the local high school it sends the small coastal community in North Carolina into a frenzy. To make matters worse...another body is found. A slacker boy by the name of Ronald Marks is found hanging from the field goal post on the football field only a day later. Pamlico County native Detective Carma Jones, and her partner Harold Green, set out on a search for this ruthless assailant who is wrecking havoc in a normally peaceful community. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. The twists and turns along the way lead them in a direction Carma would've never guessed. One filled with deep secrets that were meant to stay buried...

Anna-Marie has spent almost her whole life in love with the boy across the creek. From the age of five they have been in each others lives, so when Anna-Marie's boyfriend, Dylan, dies under mysterious circumstances it drives her into a deep depression. She desperately clings to his memories for solace. After reports come out of a another mysterious death, Anna-Marie climbs her way out of despair as she throws herself into a search for the assailant, who is callously tearing so many lives apart. During Anna-Marie's search, she has a chance encounter with a mysterious man who flips her world upside down once again. Alessandro Pierre, the deadly son of the vampire leader of the Brotherhood Order, appears to be just as normal as the next guy, but he is far from it. The further Anna-Marie digs into Dylan's death she is plunged into a world she isn't quite prepared for. She gets caught up in a deadly game from her worst nightmares, and eventually learns that it is her own world as well.

Marissa has carried the dark secrets of high school around with her for twenty years... The party girl lifestyle she hid behind during her senior year led to an eye-opening stint in rehab. She never wanted her friends to know, especially her lost love, Daniel, who triggered her meltdown. Now, the thought of her high school reunion makes her cringe. With the gang back together, old memories and forbidden feelings start to resurface... It doesn't take much to convince Marissa that she belongs back in Pamlico County with her friends. Their weekly girls' night out adventures are better than any therapy. When Katie confesses she wants out of her marriage with Daniel to pursue an online relationship, Marissa knows she can't leave her friend to struggle alone. It's time their group reunited for good. Falling for Daniel the first time was easy, but the second time is absolutely effortless... Determined to prove she's managed to get her life back in order, Marissa attempts to comfort Daniel during this difficult time. She knows too well the havoc a broken heart can wreak on your life. What starts as a mended friendship quickly escalates when neither of them can deny that their old high school flame never really went out. New rules and second chances may prove to make this reunion the best one of all...

Senior Year. Just the thought of it makes Marissa Lou smile... Marissa Lou has everything an eighteen-year-old about to embark on the greatest year of her life could possibly want. She's popular. She has three incredible best friends, plus the picture perfect boyfriend, Daniel. Nothing could possibly ruin her big year. Of course, that's until Marissa Lou notices her best friend Katie has developed more-than-friend type feelings for Daniel... Determined to play the role of the selfless best friend, Marissa Lou steps aside to allow Katie and Daniel a chance to be together. Only one major problem. Marissa Lou forgot to consult her heart, and when she realizes that Katie and Daniel's feelings have grown into something more than just a senior year fling, she starts to self destruct. Enter in resident bad boy, Randy Ferris... In a desperate attempt to soothe her broken heart, Marissa Lou turns to the one boy she knows will help ease the ache. But the further she deviates from the path of the perfect final year of high school she had planned, the closer she comes to imploding in a whirlwind of pain. Marissa must fight to get her life back on track and prove to herself that Senior Year isn't the end, but rather the beginning...