Thinking the pristine woodlands and peaceful river would give her the sanctuary she desperately needs, Hannah Davidson, a 56-year-old divorcee, flees from southern Ontario to a northern Canadian wilderness. She soon learns that the four-legged creatures lurking in the shadows are not the only predators to fear. There's a terror outside trying to move inside — or is it just her imagination?When the wilderness closes in and her own sanity is in doubt, her nearest neighbor, the handso...

From the moment Tory's eyes catch the cold steel of Steve's in the smoky mirror of the bar, she experiences an unease she cannot shake. When he blocks her vehicle on a lonely stretch of farm road later that night, she is terrified but determined not to go down without a struggle. As the layers of this man with a history of violence are revealed, Tory wonders if she has bitten off more than she can chew. She came west to comfort an aging aunt, prepared to stay for only two months. She is no...

Two women are murdered a decade apart in the same area of the prairies. No witnesses. No motives. A skid mark at the scene of one, the only clue.Mystery, romance and family are intertwined in this tale of greed, need and heartbreak set in the vast prairie region of southern Saskatchewan. It's the '60s. Corporations are buying farmland. Some farmers sell and find instant wealth. Some farmers don't sell and still prosper. Some farmers don't sell and die in the struggle to survive. Is...

Jo Henderson's idyllic life on a remote, family-operated resort is shattered one April day by a killer snow storm. A happy marriage spanning more than three decades hasn't prepared her for the road ahead - one with seemingly impassable roadblocks painted with the names love, uncertainty, ecstasy and guilt. During the first season on her own, an encounter with sports figure Mike Talbot literally starts off on the wrong foot. One misstep leads to another and tragedy follows. Where to turn? H...

It wasn't the song "The Coldest Night of the Year" that was going around and around in Sarah Eisenboch's brain, plaguing her thoughts night and day. It was the memory of the frigid night she literally gave the boot to a pile of dirty rags outside her downtown Ottawa condo. To her horror, a human form had risen from the mass then limped away and disappeared into a nearby alley. The dark eyes that had momentarily captured hers continued to haunt her.A wealthy, kind-hearted philanthro...

When do dreams become reality?And reality become nightmares?Forty-two-year-old Kathleen Kennedy is on the highway happily planning a future in the city of Ottawa with a new job and a baby on its way. A tragic accident cruelly puts an end to those dreams. The surgeon who repairs her broken bones appears to have more than a professional interest in her … and her dreams. When life goes from bad to worse, a world she never would have thought existed suddenly opens its doors and ...

Edward Joseph Whittaker is dead. He’s lucky. A quick death in a car accident robbed his widow of the satisfaction of killing him slowly. After Helen Whittaker’s husband dumped her for a much younger woman then is killed in an automobile accident, she learns that her finances are as dead as he is. How can a 56-year-old bridge player compete in today’s competitive work force? Several failed interviews and one part-time job later, she starts her own head-hunting agency for seniors. With a lit...

Margaret, you need a man in your life they said. You have to get out more they said. You’ve got to add some excitement to your life they said. So she added Clarke Ingram to her life — her very own superman they called him, sight unseen. Then she abruptly disappeared.So what should her friends do now? After all it was on their advice she sought changes to her simple, uncluttered life. Is Clarke Ingram really a dream catch as Margaret had described him or is he a controller preying o...

A haunted man. A murdered friend. A deadly enemy.Dan Taylor’s career as a bomb disposal expert in the British Army ended when an IED killed three of his team and left him scarred for life. Years later, and on the brink of self-destruction, Dan struggles to cope with the nightmares that haunt him.Until the day an estranged friend leaves a voicemail message for him, moments before he is assassinated in cold blood.Plunged into a global conspiracy, Dan ...

Ever dreamed of winning the lottery? One of those massive, life-altering purses?Join Keith Whipple and his daughter Kate as they do just that, netting ten million dollars in a single-winner draw. Share in their excitement, the dreams that leap into their lives fully-formed, suddenly within easy reach.But that kind of money, the heady sense of power it brings...do we control it? Or does it control us?Join the Whipples and their ill-fated ticket on a blood-fueled ride...

When Savannah, Georgia’s most hated woman is set free, one mother’s long ago crime ignites a new killing spree in #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson’s blockbuster Southern thriller featuring crime writer Nikki Gillette and Detective Pierce Reed. Now in paperback and perfect for fans of Melinda Leigh, Sandra Brown, and Lisa Gardner.The most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago, Blondell O’Henry was convi...

Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strout’s “magnificent gift for humanizing characters.” Now the acclaimed author returns with a stunning novel as powerful and moving as any work in contemporary literature.Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Bur...