John Benton

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1978
  • Latest Book:
    December 1994
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Full Series List in Order

Living Hope

Cindy (1978)
Kari (Feb-1984)
Lori (Sep-1994)
Patti (Sep-1994)

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Cindy

    Living Hope

  • Vicki

  • Nikki

  • Denise

  • Kari

    Living Hope

    A gripping story of heartache, abuse, and hope. After being raped and beaten by her brutal stepfather, sixteen-year-old Kari Allensworth left home. And like millions of naive runaways before her, she wound up on California's notorious Sunset S...

  • Carmen

    My name is Carmen. Are you wondering who I am? I am every drug addict who ever needed a fix, every destitute girl who had no place to go, every prostitute who ever turned a trick, every delinquent who ever ran away from home, and every alcoholic wh...

  • Debbie

    An exciting new habit carried an unexpected price tag… After her first decent foster father died, sixteen-year-old Debbie took a familiar path back to the city streets where a rapid downward spiral of degradation and despair awaited her. Lower a...

  • Jackie

    "There's no place like home. 16-year-old Jackie Marshall found that out when her parents discovered her drug habit. Vowing to get even with them, she traded her intolerable home life for the streets - and found a lot more than she bargained f...

  • Lefty

    Every choice made by eighteen-year-old Lefty Taggart hinged on one fact: he had an insatiable need for heroin. Teaming up with another streetwise junkie named Oscar, he entered the double-dealing world of drug connections, theft schemes, and fugitive...



  • Lori

    Living Hope

    Beaten and unwanted by her insane mother, Lori ran away from home one night to try and live the way she felt like living. Out of money and not sure which way to turn, a man named Lawrence took her under his wing and provided for her -- but it was a h...

  • Patti

    Living Hope

    Patti Jacobson is a young teenager from Duluth, Minnesota. Hanging out in bars at the age of fifteen, she finds herself involved with wrong type of people. Convinced that she can make 'big money' as a prostitute, she is caught in a miserable,...

  • Sheila

    After losing her four-year-old daughter to the court system, Sheila decided her reason for living was gone. Her life was a downward spiral of heroin addiction, prostitution, dangerous crimes, and degradation. Sheila needed to change her life-style in...

  • Sherri

    Sixteen-year-old Sherri Lenier could see no way out of her miserable family existence. Her anger and resentment multiplied every time her alcoholic father lost a job and squandered the grocery money with more drunkenness. Enraged and desperate, Sh...

  • Terri

    CRIME-PRISON-CRIME You read the papers. You know how it begins for them. The lure of 'easy' money. the perfect set-up--bungled. Bang. They're in jail--or a detention center. They serve their sentences. Some escape the cycle, but not fo...

  • Tasha

  • Marji

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Benton has published 16 books.

John Benton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tasha, was published in December 1994.

The first book by John Benton, Cindy, was published in January 1978.

Yes. John Benton has 1 series.
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