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Bain - I could have run her over, and now, I'm going to do a lot worse. I'm going to break her, because that’s what I do. I break women. Standing on the sidewalk in the snow, she looks like an angel. Let’s see how long that lasts. Violet - If your life is going nowhere, like mine, what’s the best thing to do to solve it? Right, get into a car with a mysterious stranger. I could end up in pieces at the side of the road, or worse, but something about that excites me. Something tells me I have to do this.

Ethan finds himself trapped between the world he knows and the world that could be. A sadistic bully, an unsympathetic principal, and an unreachable love interest make high school difficult for Ethan. He feels like he’s living a lie, trying to blend in at school in an effort to keep his head attached to his body. Fear that he’s not the son his father wants negates the support his Wiccan family offers. An impromptu trip into the future saves him from an enraged bully while instilling doubts about where he really belongs.

Vampires, werewolves, and mummies...oh my! Tired of the same old zombie stories? Want something different? Stitched Smile Publications presents Unleashed: Monsters Vs. Zombies, a collection sure to satisfy your craving along with a mash-up of your favorite monsters going head-to-head with every type of zombie you can imagine.

Christopher - Bone is going to kill again, I can feel it. One little bone at a time until the whole skeleton is complete. Maude seems like such a lovely girl too, perfect for what we need her for. I just hope I can get to her before Bone does. It would be a shame to waste this one.

When a man walks into a police station confessing to a series of gruesome murders, lead detective Devizes Marsh doesn't believe he's telling the truth, until he reveals his true identity. As part of his sick game, the killer gives Marsh 48 hours to save the last victim, a prostitute with whom the wayward detective has become romantically involved. Marsh battles against time to try and save the girl from an almost certain fate, while his public and private lives, and his integrity as a police officer, come under severe scrutiny.

Ethan - He’s going to pay for what he’s done to me. No matter what it takes, I'm going to find him, and I'm going to destroy him. Jo - I'm not even a person any more, I'm a number, a statistic. Why would anyone do something like that to me? I just want this to end. I want to be normal again. In the shadows of a broken life, what does it take to find love? This standalone novella explores themes of rape, murder, suicide, violence, revenge, and love.

Jess has fallen for yet another loser, but this one is hiding a secret that puts her and her son in a huge amount of danger. He's a killer from across the state line, with a string of grizzly murders behind him, of young and pretty prostitutes. Jack, a sexy private detective with a checkered past, is on the hunt to bring him back, and save Jess from a similar fate. Can he capture the devil himself, and resist falling in love with the damsel?

Nora Carpenter is a trainee assistant physician, a part-time diner chef, and a witch. Hiding from the memory of a traumatic rape, fueled by prejudice over her eccentric reputation, she keeps to herself. Hard work, study, and a cold shoulder to any guy that crosses her path seem like her best defenses. Nora starts having vivid dreams about a compelling, mysterious stranger with dark curls, sexy eyes, and a charming Irish lilt; her defenses seem to be breaking.

Au lendemain d'une rupture amoureuse, Olivia, jeune femme de 35 ans, se réfugie auprès de sa grand-mère, dans une grande maison du Luberon. Dans cette demeure en pleine campagne, quatre vieilles dames, drôles, parfois indignes, toujours surprenantes, partagent le quotidien de leur infirmière, du jardinier et d'un chauffeur de taxi en retraite. Durant son séjour, Olivia va plonger dans une autre réalité. Aidée de son amie Laure, informaticienne, Olivia comprendra au fil des expériences mystérieuses, que derrière les manies étranges et fantaisistes des vieilles dames se cache le combat de cinq anges contre les forces du Mal.

Adrian was my first love. The boy I'd always compared all the others to. But now he's a man and he's holding me captive. I'd heard the stories for years but I didn't believe them. My Adrian couldn't have done the things they say he did to all the other girls. But now that I'm with him I see that it's true. I know he's a monster...and I'm terrified of him. But I'm also terrified of the feelings I still have for him...and what those feelings mean about me.

Being a teen witch is no sitcom with canned laugh tracks. It's especially hard when your crush's family is old school burn the witches at the stake type. Leah decides not to mention her membership in the black hat society if it will score her points with Dylan. If only life was that easy. Best friend Stella pulls her in to a tolerance project that tests Leah's beliefs by sending her hurtling through time where people really do burn witches. If that isn't enough, everyone back in times old and smelly recognize her as the local mean girl.

In Even Sinners Have Souls, each gritty and profound story is told in a raw and real voice, luring the listeners in by the poignant story lines, themes, and the genuine talents and abilities of each of these prolific authors. The stories have characters who face the same struggles and tragedies that any other person growing up in the hood might endure.

It's a hard knock life for Saucy Sarita Robinson, and the rules of the game are clear: Get yours or get had. When her father gets popped in an armed robbery and her mother turns to drugs, Saucy is left to scratch out a life for herself on the streets of Harlem, and this city-slick vixen refuses to become a victim. Young, hot, and hungry for the spotlight, Saucy uses her assets to get whatever she wants: 128th Street has its own rules, and she knows them well.

Andre "Thug-A-Licious" Williams escaped Harlem’s meanest streets thanks to his stellar hoop moves and explosive mic skills. Now he dominates the rap scene and the ladies, but no matter how many women he takes to his bed, only one has his heart: Carmiesha, his ride-or-die queen, who has stuck by him through thick and thin. But Thug also has a nightmarish history with someone else. Pimp Williams, his cousin and ex-partner in crime, is a cold-blooded killer who spreads havoc all over Harlem and will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Noire pens the intense tale of Eva Patterson, a tragic daughter of the ghetto who finds peril on the streets of New York. With an abusive mother and a heroin monkey on her back, Eva experiences a series of traumatizing events, forcing her to flee her Brooklyn tenement and seek refuge with her beloved cousin Fiyah in Harlem. But fate is not done wreaking havoc in Eva's life yet. Poised on the brink of progress, Eva meets King Brody, a vicious Harlem drug lord who runs Bricks, the hottest rap club in town.

Ein Angelausflug in die schottischen Highlands wird für Holmes und Watson zu einem Wochenende des Schreckens. Auf der Burg, in der sie übernachten, verschwinden nacheinander drei Menschen. Zwei von ihnen findet der Meisterdetektiv am nahe gelegenen Loch Ness tot auf.

Ein berüchtigter Bankräuber plant den Coup seines Lebens. Bevor er das Ding drehen kann, kommen ihm allerdings drei Rookies in die Quere. Jetzt gilt es den Witzfiguren die Beute abzujagen. Doch ahnt der Zirkusclown nicht, dass Sherlock Holmes ihm auf den Fersen ist.

Forty-year-old Trey Channing vowed to never let another woman break him. After his ex-fiancée’s betrayal, he buried himself in his work, keeping his heart—and his body—off-limits. That is, until he meets Patrice "Trice" Oakwood, a fierce, plus-size fashion editor who isn’t looking for love but finds herself captivated by the one man who refuses to touch her.

Ronny Rickenbacker arbeitet in einer Versicherungsagentur. Auch seine heimliche Liebe ist dort angestellt. Als ein neuer Vorgesetzter in der Agentur anfängt und Ronnys Traumfrau den Hof macht, verliert Rickenbacker den Verstand. Nun muss er eine Leiche verschwinden lassen.

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