Most Popular Books by Lurlene McDaniel

Pink Angels and best friends Holly, Raina, and Kathleen have been through a lot over the past year. The summer before their senior year promises to be busy but fun, as Holly and Raina return to their full-time volunteer jobs at the hospital and Kathleen, who needs the money, works at the hospital gift shop. Of course, Raina and Kathleen will be spending as much time as possible with their boyfriends, Hunter and Carson. Holly is happy for her friends, but she can’t help feeling a little left out when hanging out with the two couples. She did finally have a boy interested in her, but the e-mails from her secret admirer, Shy Boy, recently stopped coming. What has she done wrong? Will she ever meet her mystery guy in person? But Holly’s world forever changes when tragedy strikes close to home. It’s not fair that the most loving and giving person she knows is the victim of a random crime. She, Raina, and Kathleen will need each other now more than ever.

Desi thinks it''s totally unfair that innocent baby Alicia was born HIV positive. Now the eight-month-old Alicia lives at Childcare because she was given away by her sick teenage mother. Desi can relate to feeling unloved. Her parents give her all the material things she needs, but there seems to be a wall between her mother and herself. Working at Childcare has opened Desi''s heart and allowed her to feel the love that she''s been longing for. But Alicia is not her child and there is no cure for her condition. Can Desi cope with the harsh realities and still believe in love? Working at Childcare has opened Desi''s heart and allowed her to feel the love that she''s been longing for. But Alicia is not her child and there is no cure for her condition. Can Desi cope with the harsh realities and still believe in love? --u003e

Best friends Raina, Kathleen, and Holly volunteer as "pink angels" at the local hospital. Kathleen is at first reluctant. But when she meets a cute fellow volunteer, Kathleen is happy she joined the program. Or, at least, she thinks she is.

HEATHER BARLOW HAS always been idealistic, and now that she has finished high school, she’s ready to make a difference in the world. After graduation she joins a mission group on a hospital mercy ship sailing to Africa. Praise for Angel of Mercy: “There’s a huge audience for McDaniel’s romance fiction, and this one has all the features her readers look for.”—Booklist “Most readers will be caught up in the passion and sorrow of Heather’s missionary experiences.”—School Library Journal Praise for Angel of Hope: “The love between the sisters is realistically portrayed, and Amber’s slow maturation is convincing.”—Booklist

Dawn Rochelle is fifteen, and her leukemia is in remission again following a successful bone marrow transplant. This summer she has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer at the same camp she attended with her best friend Sandy. Now Sandy is gone, and Dawn will have to deal with her memories if she is going to be able to help others.

Leah thinks her battle with cancer is over, but the disease that haunts her past has struck her kind and gentle stepfather. At first, Leah is angry, but soon it turns to fear as she contemplates losing the first real family she''s ever known.

Fourteen-year-old Deanne is not cut out to be the socialite her mother wants her to be. Instead she becomes a VolunTeen at the children''s hospital where her father works, eventually working on the oncology floor, helping kids with cancer deal with their illness. But, when one of her patients dies, can she continue?