We all search for a way to erase our darkest mistakes—but what happens when the price of absolution is far too high to pay?Redemption is a deeply personal, unpredictable journey. For some, it comes easily; for others, it is a laborious, exhausting uphill climb. In this action-packed and emotionally diverse work of realistic fiction, author Taylor Storm intricately weaves together the lives of five dynamic characters, each desperate to pay the ultimate price for their past crimes an...

Can you imagine a mother orchestrating the horrific murder of her own husband for cold, hard cash—and letting her children take the fall?The fragile peace of a highly dysfunctional family completely shatters when simple domestic arguments escalate into a devastating, explosive crime. The husband is killed in a horrific explosion, and his ruthless wife, Taylor, immediately flees the active murder scene, dragging her teenage twin daughters into a lifetime of running.With her ...

When your sanctuary is violently breached, how do you defend yourself against a threat you cannot see?Sarah and Brad are an ordinary couple living a quiet life until a sudden, brutal home invasion shatters their reality. The terrifying assault leaves their home destroyed and lands Brad in a hospital bed, fighting to recover. But the true nightmare is only beginning—this isn't a random, isolated incident.As the couple scrambles to uncover the hidden motive behind the attack,...

What happens when an ordinary property crime uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that shatters your sense of reality?Sally and Mindy are just looking for a normal day of shopping when their world takes a sudden, bewildering turn. After leaving a strange, elite party, Mindy discovers her car has completely vanished from the lot. Refusing to back down, the two friends spend an exhausting, frantic night driving through the dark searching for the vehicle, eventually concluding it has been ...

What happens when a glamorous lifestyle runs completely dry and the ultimate survival instincts kick in?Paige and Jordan are two deeply devoted lovers who double as a brilliant, high-rolling pair of scam artists. For a long time, their life is absolutely perfect—filled with immense wealth, effortless romance, and zero drama. But the money eventually runs completely dry, and the facade fractures to reveal a much darker, criminal reality lurking beneath their polished surface.

When a sudden tragedy shatters your entire world, how do you find the strength to rewrite your own story?Following the sudden, devastating death of her husband, Susan loses absolutely everything—including her own sense of identity. Standing on the brink of an emotional collapse, she turns to her doctor for guidance. To find peace, healing, and absolute acceptance, she begins a raw, therapeutic journey of writing her own history, focusing heavily on the turbulent path that led her t...

How thick can the walls of domestic pretense become before a household completely implodes?Jenna's parents have perfected the art of a fake marriage. Though bound by mutual hatred, they live under the same roof, sleeping in separate beds while a never-ending cycle of bitter arguments and toxic screaming matches defines Jenna's everyday life. But a hostile household is only the beginning of a much larger, terrifying reality.The darkness deepens when a young child named Elias...

How does an emotionally broken child outrun a toxic legacy to protect his own family?At just nine years old, Jimmy's life is a battlefield of neglect and dark influences. His father is a delinquent substance abuser, his grandmother and primary caretaker, Pat, is trapped in a bitter divorce battle, and his maternal grandparents constantly feed him malicious, destructive ideas. The domestic rot hits a terrifying peak when a young Jimmy is actively pressured by his own family to poiso...

What happens when two master criminals get married, only to realize they are actively conning each other?Chloe and Doug project the perfect image of an ordinary, deeply devoted couple trying to build an everyday life together. But behind their beautiful domestic facade lies a volatile minefield of dark, dirty secrets. They are a perfectly paired match, but for all the wrong reasons: Chloe is a cold-blooded murderer keeping her past buried, while Doug is a deceptive thief, a boy toy...

What happens when a modern woman's love life is hijacked by a pre-arranged match built on control, mystery, and hidden crime?Christina is stunned to learn that her entire future has been bartered away in a pre-arranged marriage. The shock intensifies when she finally meets her fiancé, Gordon Buck, and recognizes him as the gorgeous stranger she had locked eyes with while vacationing at a luxury resort. But Gordon isn't free—he is actively engaged to another woman, sparking a desper...

Chris learns of her pre-arranged marriage; when she meets the man, is surprised that he was the gorgeous hunk that she had seen when vacationing at a resort with a girlfriend. Gordon Buck, Chris’ soon-to-be-husband was engaged at the time, and needed to break off his engagement. As Gordon and Chris get to know each other, at first they don’t like each other, and then, suddenly…strange things happen like… Read the book to find out what happens.

Susan writes her story with her doctor’s encouragement to find acceptance and peace over the loss of her husband. She is working at her uncle’s motel in a small Midwestern town, where she has a lot of time to write and imagines all sorts of things, categorizing people as vanilla, strawberries, and lemon people.Her story begins when she met Harris, and they planned on getting married.Susan’s girlfriends and her sister Anna, were trying to get things together early that morni...