Some secrets are deadly. Some obsessions are fatal.Jed Thomas has worked hard to rebuild his life after the tragic loss of his fiancée. Now remarried, he has a respected job as a PE teacher, loyal friends, and what looks like the perfect life.But behind closed doors, Jed is hiding a painful secret. Just as he begins to contemplate a way out, a new danger emerges.A fifteen-year-old pupil has become fixated on him, her behaviour crossing lines that ca...

The second installment in the brand new Whistlers Peak series.Previously published as The Magdalene Stone Murders.Readers can't get enough of J.M. Simpson!'Another brilliant book from Jo! Love these characters... More please!' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars'Clear your diary for this original thriller! Yet another corker!... Another absolutely orig...

'Clear your diary for this original thriller! Yet another corker!... Another absolutely original, gripping thriller by this author who combines the cosy with the deadly!' Amazon Reviewer, 5 starsWhen a young woman is found dead, carefully laid out among wildflowers in a remote Highland loch, Detective Sergeant Scott Hansen is sent north to investigate. A city detective out of his depth, Scott quickly learns that in the Highlands, the landscape is a...

Romantic Entanglements:Margaret finds herself in a complex love triangle involving two suitors, each embodying different virtues and vices. Her choices and the consequences of these relationships form a significant part of the plot.Family Loyalty:Throughout the novel, Margaret's loyalty to her family is a recurring theme. She faces numerous challenges that require her to balance her personal desires with her familial duties.Adversity and Resilience:Margaret endures various hardships, inclu...

Hours of great reading await, with ghostly tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned authors. Here is the lineup:AT CHRIGHTON ABBEY, by Mary Elizabeth BraddonTHE HAUNTED MILL, by Jerome K. JeromeTHE GHOST CLUB, by John Kendrick BangsTHE SHADOWS OF THE DEAD, by Louis BeckeTHE ROOM IN THE TOWER, by E. F. BensonTHE HAUNTED AND THE HAUNTERS, by Lord Edward Bulwer-LyttonTHE MIDDLE BEDROOM, by H. de Vere StacpooleTHE DRU...

Emma Chase, New York Times bestselling author of the Tangled series, returns with a funny, romantic, and sexy legal romantic comedy about a defense attorney who unexpectedly finds love and family.A knight in tarnished armor is still a knight.When you’re a defense attorney in Washington, DC, you see firsthand how hard life can be, and that sometimes the only way to survive is to be harder. I, Jake Becker, have a reputation for being cold, c...

CHRISTMAS MYSTERIES - 20 Thriller Classics in One Volume presents a fascinating ensemble of tales that weave the spirit of Christmas with the spine-tingling allure of mystery and suspense. This anthology encapsulates a wide array of literary styles, from the gothic undertones that permeate many of the narratives to the crisp, often whimsical prose illuminating others. Readers will find themselves enmeshed in a tapestry of red herrings, eerie shadows, and the joy of Christmas against a back...

A woman in the grips of post-partum depression must face every mother’s worst nightmare in this novel by the New York Times–bestselling author.Lifestyle guru Chelsea Maynard has always wanted to be a mother. For years, she imagined the bliss of caring for a newborn with her husband in their lovely house. But after a difficult birth, those dreams have evaporated. As little Annabelle cries and cries, Chelsea battles sleep deprivation and feelings of isolatio...

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers-these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world’s leading vampire anthologists and ex...

An unexpected and unusual inheritance sets a young woman on the road to discover her mother's deepest secret. A charming and heartfelt rural romance perfect for readers of Rachael Johns and Karly Lane.When Lou Taylor inherits a quaint country cottage and a mobile library full of books from her birth mother, she heads to the small town of Wagtail Ridge to learn more about the woman she never knew. Curiously, the last piece of the bequest is a handwritten letter, the...

The Dead Witness gathers the finest adventures among private and police detectives from the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth--including a wide range of overlooked gems creating the finest ever anthology of Victorian detective stories. "The Dead Witness," the 1866 title story by Australian writer Mary Fortune, is the first known detective story by a woman, a suspenseful clue-strewn manhunt in the Outback. This forgotten treasure sets the tone for the whole anthology-...

In this paranormal trilogy, witness the collision of good and evil between us and the beings that live just on the other side of the threshold of the haunted Bradford mansion…EDGE OF SHADOWS (Shadows #1)Orphaned at eight years old, Ellie developed an ability to help her navigate the cold, indifferent world where she found herself. Armed with the knowledge of a person's true intentions, she learned it was safer to be alone. Then Jake Coulter slipped through ...