The premise of the trip was that her parents were going to fix their broken marriage.Anne knew better, nothing would fix this and a burning in her chest told her tragedy was on the horizon. This would go from worse to hell and she along with her brother, Tom, would be caught in the middle.As they arrive at the cabin surrounded by dense woodland a pair of eyes await her between the trees, a declaration of the chaos to come. Soon she would lose everything.

Morgan Lang has made a mistake. After leaving home and having no where to sleep other than truck stop bathrooms, she has decided to look for a place to live. Unemployed and with few prospects of there being any change any time soon she meets with a realtor and looks at apartment 17 of the Almond Grove Apartment Complex. Her gut warns her she is making a mistake, her financial situation having nothing to do with it.The prospect of having a roof over her head is too good to pass up an...

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With the smart suspense of Emma Donoghue’s Room and the atmospheric claustrophobia of Grey Gardens, this “bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable” (Iain Reid, internationally bestselling author of I’m Thinking of Ending Things) thriller explores the twisted realities that can lurk beneath even the most serene of surfaces.What becomes of a child who grows up without love?Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older broth...

A young man discovers a family secret that turns his world upside down in this dark, emotive, shocking psychological thriller by number-one bestselling author Michael J. Malone.'A tense, immersive thriller that kept me guessing' Ian Rankin, author of A Song for the Dark Times'Malone is the master of twists, turns and the unexpected, with the skill to keep things grounded. So much so, that the reader can picture themselves in the ve...

Ellie Colson is the only one who believes in the end of the world. As an agent of the Department of Advance Analysis, she's one of a handful of people who knows about the spread of a new virus—one she believes will wipe out mankind. With her bosses in denial, she flies to New York to get her ex-fiance Chip to safety. But he's already been scooped up and quarantined—and so has his adopted daughter. Pursued by her own agency, Ellie will stop at nothing to break Chip out befor...

"A different take on small town life . . . a romance with an edge of suspense" from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Cowboy's Claim ( Fresh Fiction)."I'd apologize for kissing you, but I'm not all that sorry."Dancer Melanie Brooks had escaped small-town Oklahoma, giving up the country for Broadway's bright lights. Yet after her mother's funeral called her back, her own health issues forced her to stay. Now her...

Johannes Cabal has faced down the undead, ghosts, monsters, and Satan himself. But before all that, he fought the terrifying Bonewind, a supernatural being that devours life itself, and he did it all without leaving his house."Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was the story that first introduced the necromancer of some little infamy back in 2004. Long out of print, it makes its belated return on Hallowe'en, of course.

A sinister puppet finally makes a new friend.A man learns about his bleak future.A killer has another painful lesson to teach.From the author of LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES comes this terrifying and amusing follow-up. 30 100-word shorts about horrible ghouls, monsters and deranged, bloodthirsty lunatics. In these drabbles, you'll run into kid-hungry goblins, sadistic dolls, zombies and psychopaths who believe that violence can solve just about anything.D...

The morning after brings dangerous consequences in Jennifer Morey's next Ivy Avengers romanceAfter stumbling into the cross fire of a black ops mission, Autumn Ivy is saved by a dark, sexy hero-and swept away for a night to remember. Weeks later, she discovers her secret lover is soon to be a secret daddy, but what's more shocking is when Autumn tracks her mystery man right into the path of a killer.Part of a famous Hollywood family, Autumn comes with paparazzi who threaten...

Juvenile delinquent and budding pyromaniac Max Segredo belongs in juvie hall. At least, that's what his most recent foster family would tell you. Instead, Max ends up on the doorstep of Merry Sunshine Orphanage-their very heavily guarded doorstep. As he begins to acclimate to his new home, Max learns a few things straightaway: first, cracking a Caesar Cipher isn't as hard as it seems; second, never sass your instructor if she's also holding throwing knives; and third, he may not be an orph...

When Frannie notices her aunt's dog limping, she sees it as her big break to be a vet, so it's off to the veterinarian's office, where she can showcase her doggy-diagnostic skills. But in true Frannie form, all she can pull off is a doggy disaster . . .