UNITED STATES AUTHOR · CHILDREN · FICTION
Cathy Hapka
Also known as: Catherine Hapka, Hapka, Catherine
Lauren Brooke is the pen name of popular author Linda Chapman and Beth Chambers who have written the books for "Heartland". Beth Chambers went on to write the series "Chestnut Hill" which Cathy Hapka also contributed toward. In 2007, Heartland was adapted into a television series which began airing on CBC Television in Canada.
"Good morning, miss," I said in Russian.
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Star bright
From the back cover: PLANET EARTH IS BURNING Burning with the pure raging fury of countless suns, energy feeding on everything it touches, growing. Project Star Bright, top secret nuclear experiment, is now beyond control. Is this the way the world ends? DR. OWEN KIMBERLY. Abducted by Federal agents to stop the destruction of the planet... if anyone can. ANGELA DOBSON. Battling at Dr. Kimberly's side, giving more of herself than the world will ever know. DR. RICHARD CLAYTON. Head of Project Star Bright, now living the nightmare he said could never happen. DR. KATHY FARREL. Despite her cool brilliance, unprotected against the fear that grips mankind. ARTHUR WHITESON. President of the United States, grabbing at any means in his power to stop the inevitable...
Luna
"The Moon wants to kill you. Whether it's being unable to pay your per diem for your allotted food, water, and air, or you just get caught up in a fight between the Moon's ruling corporations, the Five Dragons. You must fight for every inch you want to gain in the Moon's near feudal society. And that is just what Adriana Corta did. As the leader of the Moon's newest "dragon," Adriana has wrested control of the Moon's Helium-3 industry from the Mackenzie Metal corporation and fought to earn her family's new status. Now, at the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation, Corta Helio, surrounded by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana's five children must defend their mother's empire from her many enemies... and each other"--
Changing Tides
2007
When his troubled teenage daughter comes to spend the summer with him, marine biologist Ben Ransome struggles to deal with her destructive behavior and finds a soul mate--and lover--in graduate student Hudson Jones, who needs his help in quelling the personal demons that rage inside of him.