The idea for Conversations with the Wise Aunt was inspired by a story Dr. Coates's best friend told him. When his friend was 12, his uncle took him out for breakfast and told him what to expect during his teen years. He described the physical changes. He talked about peer pressure, risk-taking behavior and the consequences of sex, drugs and alcohol. Afterward, his uncle said, "Now I want you to promise me something. When your friends want you to go along with them and something inside you doesn't feel right, I want you to stop and think about what could happen. I want you to remember the...

Speaking in front of a room full of New York City dignitaries is not Breelyn Grace's idea of a good time-a full scale dental extraction or spinal surgery without anesthesia would be less traumatic. So when she starts to experience spotty vision, increased heart rate, and respirations, she believes it's only a bad case of stage fright... ...until she disappears. And wakes to a future she never expected. Five years before, Detective Jonah Knight was lauded as the Hero of the Bronx, for saving hostages held by Skuttle drug lord, Barto Temple. His reign of terror over the New York-Jersey corridor...