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A small collection of six short stories, each with its own darkness, born of a desire of one kind or another. For some, it is the desire of the unknown; for others, it is desire through obsession. Each short story is its own volume in the twisted library of desire. Each story a gateway to their new reality.

When your loneliness means your work becomes your obsession. What happens when that obsession becomes real? What happens when the virtual becomes flesh? Sci-Fi meets horror in this terrifying exploration of human dependency and dystopian ideas turned upside down. One man finds out what happens when the lines between humanity and electronic blur. Is emotion a solely human trait? Or can it be attained? Can a computer have a soul? This terrifying novella from the 2016 SIBA award-nominated author Rob Shepherd doesn't hold back the horrifying possibilities of the answers to these questions.

With inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman's Daughter trilogy explores the things we'll sacrifice to save those we love . . . even our own humanity. Juliet has killed the men who tried to steal her father's research and escaped to a remote estate on the Scottish moors. Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, the mansion is full of unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement, secret passages, and fortune-tellers who seem to know Juliet's secrets.

Seven years after the Strangers decimated the planet, Joad is one of the Remaining, the few left unharmed when most of humanity was obliterated. He was halfway around the world when disaster struck and has been trying ever since to get home to Nemo, where he prays his wife waits for him. >Days from his destination, Joad's thrown off-course by four merciless brothers who glide across The Flats in a pirate ship.

Best-selling author and Bible life-coach Sheri Rose Shepherd shares with total transparency and transforming truth how to attain your heart’s desire when it comes to love. This audiobook is for the married woman who desires more for her marriage, for the single woman who desires a godly man to love her, and for the divorced woman who desires and deserves a second chance to find love again. Sheri Rose’s “real life” love coaching is filled with hope, humor, and healing, as well as real love stories.

Wenn er dich bewundert, dann will er dich für immer! Auf einer riesigen, kunstvoll bemalten Leinwand liegt eine Frau. Ihr Blick ist starr in den Himmel gerichtet. Sie atmet nicht mehr. Spezialermittlerin Laura Kern kann kaum die Augen von dem bizarren Fund abwenden. Jemand hat sie in ein Abendkleid und knallrote High Heels gezwängt, um sie in seinem Kunstwerk zu verewigen.

If Jess Stark really knew what was on the other side of the coffin lid, he might just decide to remain six feet under…. Jess stayed away from Palm Springs for seven years, avoiding his family and the girl who broke his heart. It took a desperate call from his mother to force him home to see his ailing father. As soon as he was back, Jess found himself embroiled in two suspicious deaths, emotional turmoil with his family, and a supernatural secret that involved them all. The best Welcome Home he received? Winding up in an unmarked grave in the middle of the Coachella Desert.

Christmastime in London. When three seemingly unconnected victims are murdered with matching sequential Roman numerals carved into their foreheads, Metropolitan Police Commander Austin Grant finds his answer in one of the last places he'd expect: the Holy Bible. Each of the deaths correspond to a transgression of one of the Ten Commandments, and Grant must find the killer before the remaining Commandments are commemorated with homicides.

The last peaceful night’s sleep Luke ever had ended with a bark, and a scream! Archie’s urgent growling roused Luke into unimaginable horror. Gone were the nights around the fireplace cuddling with fiancée, Katie, and in their place...the dead. Now Luke and his German Shepherd, Archie, must survive long enough to find her.

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Er singt ein Lied für dich, doch vorher musst du sterben! Gegenwart: Als Kriminalkommissar Oliver Bergmann zu einem Doppelmord gerufen wird, bietet sich ihm ein schreckliches Bild. Ein Ehepaar wurde brutal ermordet. Es scheint sich nicht um einen Raubmord zu handeln, denn offenbar hat der Täter nichts aus dem Haus entwendet. Ganz im Gegenteil, er hat etwas für Oliver zurückgelassen. Neben der Toten steht ein Lautsprecher, aus dem ein bekanntes Kinderlied erklingt. Ein jahrhundertealtes Wiegenlied, das Oliver zu einem schrecklichen Geheimnis in der Vergangenheit führt.

Er stößt dich in die Dunkelheit und dein Albtraum beginnt! In einer dunklen Winternacht ertrinkt eine junge Frau im eiskalten Wasser. Rechtsmedizinerin Julia Schwarz geht zunächst davon aus, dass sie sich von einer Brücke in den Tod gestürzt hat, denn sie trägt einen Abschiedsbrief bei sich. Doch bei der Autopsie entdeckt Julia etwas an dem Leichnam, das zweifellos auf einen Mord hindeutet. Schlimmer noch, offenbar hat der Täter sein Opfer vor dem Tod gefoltert. In den nackten Fußsohlen der Frau stecken zahlreiche Glassplitter.

As her stultifying marriage is unravelling, and in the midst of mourning the loss of her creative self, Caro Tanner has a nightmare about Peter, an old love whom she hasn't seen in 20 years. She takes this as a sign he still needs her. With her three children safely off to summer camp, Caro embarks on a pre-Facebook pre-cell phone road trip to recapture who she once was and what she thinks she once had.

Romy thought that being kidnapped by a pack of douchebag werewolves was the worst thing that could happen to her. Turns out she's the worst thing that could've happened to them. Romy isn't going to let a little something like getting kidnapped get her down. She's determined to turn the tables on her captors. Using her wits and somewhat questionable charm, Romy uses her time in captivity to learn her captors secrets. But the secrets she discovers still hold her captive. Can she find a way to save more than herself?

Als Rechtsmedizinerin Julia Schwarz in einer eiskalten Winternacht zu einem Leichenfundort gerufen wird, ist sie zunächst ratlos. Auf einem Platz mitten in der Stadt steht eine Eisskulptur, aber eine Leiche ist nicht zu sehen. Erst bei genauerem Hinblicken erkennt Julia einen im Eis eingeschlossenen Frauenkörper. Wie ist die Tote in die Eisskulptur hineingekommen? Und: Wie ist die Skulptur auf den Platz gelangt? Laut Kriminalkommissar Florian Kessler gibt es keinen einzigen Zeugen.

A couple moves into a high-rise residential block, only to find that the reason it is so perfect is because it hides a horrifying secret. A mysterious, yet terrifying, caretaker and a whole lot of horror that keeps residents in check, but who is in control of the horror, and what are the dirty secrets that need to be cleaned up?

Would you like to know the secrets to attracting your soul mate and feeling profound love every day? With this hip and fun guide, you'll learn to use the rules of attraction, magic, astrology, and your intuition to attract the man of your dreams and experience true, soulful love. Jessica Shepherd joyfully reveals the Nine Soul Mate Secrets, offering insight into all aspects of creating and maintaining love, such as how to focus on loving yourself, open up to love from others, and trust your intuition.

Three beautifully crafted short stories that lean to the supernatural. In We'll Always Have Tea & Other Stories by Rajendra Shepherd, narrator John Moran majestically breathes the characters to full-blooded life. "We'll Always Have Tea" is a generous contemplation on love: Derek misses his wife Deidre - is she really still talking to him through signs, or is he imagining things? In "Of Thosalus Born", a baby angel is found in a shanty in the Caribbean.

Sherri Shepherd goes to the Big House. Yes, really.

Sherri's show gets picked up and she buys herself a treat, deals with an uppity extra and goes to stripper school.