Books by Jb Trepagnier

A damaged former child star"Thank God, it hasn't affected my looks," she said as she lined her eyes. Bette Poole, once the biggest child star in the world, is struggling at twenty five. She's got the talent for adult roles, but none of the drive. She can't function without cocaine, booze, and opiates and it's affecting her performance on set. Layers of secrets and psychological damageJerry, her agent, makes one last attempt to help her by getting her on a reality TV show. Bette's studio executive father doesn't want to help, but pulls the plug on the first day of shooting. Jerry inserts himself into her life, moving into her apartment to get her sober and working. It's worse than Jerry thought. Bette has secrets upon secrets. Secrets that could bring down half of Hollywood and involve Jerry directly. He just needs her to trust him and talk, unscripted, so he can bring down everyone who has hurt her

Liam Collins wants to be a writer more than anything else. After unceremoniously being laid off from his job at the paper, he thinks he finally has time to write that book. As his writerÕs block continues, he spends his time gardening and brewing his own beer. One day, he notices someone has been stealing peas in his garden in the idyllic Irish countryside. Only meaning to scare them off, he accidentally shoots someone. Following them to the Hawthorn tree, there is a wailing girl up there dressed in strange, ripped clothing who doesnÕt appear to have the ability to speak except in strange noises.Curiosity wins out after he drops her off at the hospital and he goes back to visit her. This strange, wild girl cannot speak and doesnÕt know what food is when itÕs presented to her. Thinking she appeared in his tree as a shrieking banshee for a reason, Liam claims her and brings her home. He thinks he can help her and teach her to speak and she can help him by giving him the book he knows is inside him.

A forbidden obsessionMax has never had a student quite like Taylor. He's been teaching for a long time and knows potential on the rare occasions he sees it. However, Taylor's personal life has convinced many people in their small town she's not worth the effort. Max sees things differently, though. As he struggles to reach the girl, though, he makes a terrible error in judgment that changes everything, and Taylor disappears. How much does she really remember?Five years later, Taylor returns, and Max sees it as an attempt to make amends for the past. However, Taylor doesn't seem to remember what happened, and as a relationship forms between the unlikely pair, Max worries that telling her the truth will cause irreparable damage to both of them. Taylor's demons creep over to Max. How much does Taylor actually know? And how much is Max willing to deny the past for the sake of an illusory present?