The murder took the town by surprise, and it shook everyone to their core. There hadn't been such a crime in over 20 years in this isolated community. Only one group knew what it meant, but they were not the ones anyone would listen to. For the first time they had an opportunity to speak out. No one wanted to hear what the Bad Kids had to say. For the secrets within the community were deep and no one wanted to face themselves should others know....

Doctor Perry enjoys his work at Florida's Rose Haven Retirement Home, where the residents are old, lonely, and forgotten. But behind his pleasant bedside manner lies a dark secret.Retiree Elijah Cone spends his days at the Rose Haven seeking solace from a traumatic past and the worsening agony of his arthritis. But he soon discovers he's not the only one hiding something.As danger walks the halls of the Rose Haven, Elijah and his fellow residents...

In a twisty tale of betrayal and vengeance, a cunning scientist orchestrates her escape from the isolated estate of a sociopathic tycoon. When Louise Mortensen's kidnapper, Theo Viklund, drops dead, she glimpses her chance for freedom-by becoming him. Joining forces with Viklund's sinister head of security and her hapless lab assistant, Louise makes a chilling pact to conceal her captor's death. Once Louise assumes Viklund's identity, her path to...

Clara:Therapist by day, and exotic dancer by night, I keep my heart closely guarded for good reason. When I meet Lucas Evans at my night job, he screams untrustworthy. With his oozing confidence and sex appeal, I bet he leaves women scattered in his wake.I have every intention of resisting him. Intimacy is not my greatest strength, and I have secrets to keep, but after one gut-melting kiss, my resolve falters. Lucas:Reeling after the death of my brother,...

"I'm Nicky. Your little sister." With these words from a stranger, Hilda's quiet existence in a marshland cottage with her rescue cats is turned upside down. She resolves to find out the truth about her parents' marriage, her father's secret life and her mother's untimely death. Meanwhile her brother Dunstan is scandalized by Nicky's claim to be the "love child" of his father, a respected doctor who recently died. In his efforts to stave off the threat...

Presque vingt ans de mariage, deux adolescents à la maison et une carrière florissante. Maëlla a tout pour être heureuse. Tout ? C'est ce qu'elle croit. Ce qu'elle ne voit pas c'est qu'elle s'est oubliée elle-même dans son chemin de vie, la charge mentale l'oblige à garder la tête dans le guidon, jusqu'à ce que … Entre drames familiaux, challenges professionnels et soucis de santé, sa crise de la quarantaine va la bousculer au point...

"Bang !" relate les expériences d'Élise, Henri, Emma et Sofiane face à un virus originaire de Chine qui s'est vite répandu dans le monde entier. Un confinement généralisé fut instauré dans l'espoir de contenir la pandémie, impactant des millions de personnes à la fois physiquement et émotionnellement. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Fort d'une expérience variée dans le domaine des relations humaines, Pierre-Michel Richard trouve dans...

Deception's Maternal Embrace is the first collection of short stories written by Phillip Garrett. The stories within all follow a common theme of deception. While that may be more literal in some than others, the idea of something not being what it seems is present throughout. The four stories range from Science Fiction, Adventure, and Horror. "The Staged Couple" is a flash fiction story following George and Mary, a couple on the run whose bad habits...

"Des parcelles d'or" relate les aventures, amours et voyages de l'auteur qui ont eu pour témoins sept chats, des créatures connues pour leurs sept vies. Depuis le premier qui dormait dans son berceau jusqu'au dernier qui observe silencieusement derrière l'écran, ils ont été ses compagnons. C'est avec eux qu'il revoit son passé, sous leur regard constellé de parcelles d'or. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Christian Wacrenier, auteur de recueils de...

Old allies become mortal enemies in a war between pure logic and emotion.John Cannon was once a ruthless killing machine. The Elder Knight for the Kingdom of Novus--a new world where emotions had been eradicated by an implant, and everything that created perceived "inequality" between citizens of Novus was confiscated and destroyed. But John Cannon became a Traitor and killed the King, and rebels destroyed the emitters to the implants, allowing the...