Laura Afelskie

After a tragic car crash leaves their mother in a coma, 19-year-old Dakota is forced into adulthood as she becomes the primary caregiver for her younger brother, Zach, a young boy struggling with severe ADHD. Torn between grief, guilt, and her own stalled future, she must decide how much of herself she can give without disappearing.

A single mother fears for her life and that of her daughter when they become targets of a serial killer.

Diana Parker learns that a home intruder is none other than her biological daughter, given up for adoption years ago. However, they soon discover that a remorseless killer will do anything to stop the family reunion including murder.

Miriam Gordon lives in a fog of grief while working in a downtown public library branch. When a burgeoning love affair coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters, Miriam's sheltered existence is cracked open.

Fifteen years after Cynthia put her daughter up for adoption, she learns that the girl has gone missing and immediately joins the search, determined to save the daughter she never knew.

When an amateur photographer notices "HELP" scrawled on a fogged window in a picture she took of an old house, she begins to suspect that the man living there isn't as mild-mannered as he seems.

Isolated, directionless and desperate for connection, an all-American teenage boy loses himself in the dark corners of the internet while searching for purpose.

An advertising executive is desperate to create a heartfelt holiday ad for her biggest client. But when the owner of the charity discovers her real motives, she risks losing him—the one person who finally taught her to love Christmas again.