Shadow Within Us is a psychological thriller that delves into the complexities of trust, betrayal, and the dark secrets lurking within even the closest relationships. Set within the confines of a tightly-knit team, the story follows a group of professionals who must work together to accomplish a high-stakes mission. However, as the team progresses, they begin to unravel unsettling truths about one another. Each member harbors their own hidden motives, fears, and ambitions, and soon, the li...

Book 2 of the mega-popular webcomic series, Always Human. Love and Gravity is the finale of Ari North's heartwarming coming-of-age story about love, the future, and charting your own path."Healthy relationships and healthy conversations unfold in a sweet slice-of-life story....These elements reflect a theme throughout this charming work: cultivating satisfying relationships through open, honest communication. The art is mainly in tones of blue and ...

Martin's life was much less interesting than the crime fiction he regularly read, until he decided to write his own mystery, working on the story during his daily commute and writing in a blue spiral notebook. Then an attractive, green-eyed woman struck up a conversation, and Martin's story took a very sharp turn.The Woman on the Train - a short story - was originally published in Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine (Fall, 2003) as The Blue Notebook. Mary Ellen Hughes is the auth...

Sophie MacAllister came to Garnet Creek as a backpacker, planning to stay a week.That was a over a yer ag These days, she’s Miss Sophie to a roomful of four-year-olds at the preschool, and the woman at the front desk of the Happy Outback Hotel who keeps the bookings, the dining-room covers, and most of Jill’s paperwork ticking along.Sophie has spent the past year booking other people’s rooms, setting out other people’s tablecloths, and her days at the preschool rea...

Peggy has spent her life convinced she was never wanted. Abandoned as a baby, betrayed by the man she planned to marry, and left to mourn her adoptive mother’s sudden death she’s certain love only leads to pain. Alone in her childhood farmhouse, she keeps to herself, trying to rebuild what’s left of her heart.Then one stormy night, a cry cuts through the rain. Thinking it’s a wounded dog, Peggy runs into the darkness and finds something far stranger. A woman lies at the edge of the...

Being a sex god isn't easy...Yes has been a sex god for centuries. No one wrote stories or songs about him but they sure do remember to call out his name at the peak of pleasure. He satisfies the world by fulfilling carnal needs, so he is no stranger to Aphrodite's Island. When his sister, troublemaker that she is, calls him home for what she deems a 'special' job, he shudders to think what she could want.Being frigid is worse...Katie can't get off...

Nathan is a high school loser that just got caught up in the latest craze known as FACE PUNCH, where a person can change someone's life by literally punching them in the face! Now he's determined to get the girl of his dreams and change his pathetic reputation, one knuckle sandwich at a time!This is a short story.

When a woman is in trouble, I can't walk awayI've lost a lot of jobs this way, but this is the first time someone has bailed me out and offered me a job.First, though, I've got to make sure the love of my life is safe - even if she refuses my help. When her company sends a hit man after her, I'll be there whether she wants me there or not.***Derek, the third book in Kate Stone's Starke Private Security series, is an instalove romance with an alpha male who w...

When Laura returns to her father’s home after his death, she is ready to sell the house he lived in. Struggling with the emotions she feels over the loss of her beloved father, she is surprised to discover that he was awaiting the arrival of a guest to his house when he died. Irritated by the fact that she now has to welcome her father’s guest and yet knowing that he would have wanted her to be hospitable to a friend, Laura decides to hold back on the sale and entertain her father’s guest ...

Happy Anniversary! Crimson Moon Hideaway has been open for a full year, and Jianna, Merlin, Ruin, Jaziah, and the rest of the staff at the resort are ready to celebrate! This short story duo includes two paranormal short stories of couples finding love while vacationing at the most magical resort in the redwoods!Double-Booked With Her Ex by Mandy RoskoAfter a terrible accident, cheetah shifter Julia kicked out her boyfriend so she could recover in misery alone. Months later,...

A story about an unusual journey and how one girl loved reading again.

Plain and bookish Laura Wood is sure life at her new school won't be any different. Her older sister will slather on the makeup and charm and instantly become Miss Popularity while Laura will end up Loser Girl. Again. But this time she might pull off a new role: Shy New Girl. Will a chance encounter in the hallway ruin everything?Miss Popularity is a short story of about 2500 words or 11 pages.