The book is a collection of short stories. Each one a complete tale in itself of different situations that make people feel uneasy. These five stories touch on common fears. The fear of being alone, drowning, insects, wild animals, or some unknown lurking in the shadows. What are you afraid of?

4th Down and Forever is a fictional novel that follows the Columbus Capitals football team through their regular season in the current time. The Capitals are torn between playing their veteran QB Adam St. John and the new Phenom first-round pick Ricky Crane. The story centers on their competition for the job of starting quarterback but something happens that gives them a chance to be much than a leader on the field but also in life. Take the journey with them as they discover what it means...

Its the big 3-0. To celebrate, Samantha Silver decides to take three friends from New York City on a Caribbean vacation. Their days are spent snorkeling, scuba diving and just hanging out, but they begin hearing a rumor from the locals about a creature in the water. The story seems too horrific to be true. They do their best to dismiss it and enjoy their trip, but then people begin disappearing. Are the rumors actually true? Stories about treasure and sea monsters are for kids, right? Take...

Two women from Chicago, both in their early thirties, decide to take a vacation to the seaside. They decide on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a relaxing beach vacation like those Stacy remembers from her childhood. Working in the media, Stacy has been covering a rash of kidnappings and rapes and desperately needs a break. There is bad weather in the forecast a hurricane like none the Outer Banks has ever seen. With the overblown reports of the previous storms, theyve decided to risk...

It was a day that started out so differently for so many. Shame for some. Anticipation for others. Conflict for still others. They all arrived at the small court house for different reasons, but in the end, all they wanted to do was make it out alive. The characters must balance their fears against their humanity in order to survive. Experience the chaos as escaped convict Brian Baird returns to Apple Lake to settle a score.

DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud! There is no doubt that some lawsuits must be litigated in court for a number of reasons. However, there are some lawsuits that probably should never see the light of day in a courtroom. Some are funny, some are frivolous and some are just plain outrageous, but they all beg the question: How did this case ever to go trial? If you were the judge, how would you rule in each case? A prison inmat...

In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.The Court: The charge here is theft of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?Defendant: No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens.Attorney: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

Featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Remember When blends present-day romance and futuristic suspense in a thrilling two-part novel that combines the incomparable talents of two #1 New York Times bestselling authors: Nora Roberts and her alter ego J. D. Robb.Antiques dealer Laine Tavish is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life. At least, that's what everyone in the small town of Angel's Gap, Maryland, thinks. They have no idea that she used to be ...

"ONCE YOU'RE MINE is a perfect blend of intrigue, suspense, action and smoldering romance and author Barbara Freethy has outdone herself once again!" RJFirefighter Dylan Callaway is no coward when it comes to running into burning buildings but running into love with a beautiful and seriously annoying brunette is another story.Dylan first met Tori Hayden in high school when she was the irritating little sister of one of his best friends. Ten years l...

“This might be the most gripping, insightful work from the best-selling author Alafair Burke yet. She poses a seemingly impossible, if undeniably compelling, challenge: a woman must either save her life or defend her husband, but not both.” — Entertainment WeeklyFrom New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning psychological domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10—in which a woman must make the impossibl...

To be the hero he once was, he needs to save her...Alex Belgarde has carried the culpability of his father’s death for more than ten years. Every year, as his family’s company falls deeper into debt, the guilt eats away more of his soul until there’s only one answer. Prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his father’s legacy, Alex takes off on a frigid winter day with no radio and very little fuel in his seaplane. He’s using up the last of his reserve tank...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A young FBI agent fights to stop a catastrophic plot that threatens the Earth itself in this scorching novel hailed as “the model of how a thriller ought to be written” (Los Angeles Times) from the award-winning author of The Pillars of the Earth.“The Hammer of Eden will nail readers to their seats.”—PeopleThe FBI doesn’t believe it. The Governor wants the problem to d...