Some places in this world are cursed. Is it the land itself or the people? F.B.I. Special Agent Samantha Westfield has returned to her hometown of Calhoun to find out. There have been four children kidnapped, each on the night of a full moon. Faced with a horrific childhood and a town she doesn’t remember, she must put aside her emotions and do what she has dedicated her life to. Not everyone is what they seem and Samantha soon discovers that small town life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be...

~~Amanda Morgan lives a life of seclusion, her only companion her art, until she meets Gracie, whose unbelievable story of her descent into homelessness takes them both on a journey of discovery.Amanda learns that many of the homeless she sees walking the streets, laying on park benches or vents above the subways have made a deal with something evil. In exchange for making their dreams a reality, if only for a brief time, they in turn must repay the debt, by forfeiting their souls....

~~Amanda Morgan is not your typical twenty-three-year-old woman, she’s half-demon, half-angel, and if that’s not bad enough, she’s made a deal with the devil. If she loses, she forfeits her soul. She has agreed to present Lucifer’s bargains to unsuspecting humans, but she insists they have all the facts, good and bad. Amanda questions her ability to do the job properly because she’s never been to heaven or hell and until recently she didn’t believe either one of them existed. She petitions...

What if you went to bed each night and dreamed only of your death? Alyssa Daniels lives this nightmare for three years. When the dreams progress, she becomes agoraphobic with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Once a respected chef at her upscale restaurant, she lives trapped in her home, unable to face the outside world without suffering major panic attacks. When her psychiatrist suggests a research institute, she agrees. This is her last hope, because at ninety-eight pounds, she is lit...

As half-demon, half-angel, Amanda Morgan has taken on the grave responsibility of Guardian to mankind. But this arrangement endangers her when angry demons place a bounty on her head. Although she is immortal, it doesn’t mean they can’t inflict pain. Her newest power, the power of creation, makes her nearly as powerful as God. Afraid of what she might do, she wants this power removed.Along with her job description comes supernatural powers and sacrifices nearly impossible to endure...

~~On a planet named Zantlamont, millions of light-years from Earth there are alien beings who have monitored Earth since its birth in the Universe.Returning from their last trip to Earth, their Scientists ascertain in the year 2258 that the Earth’s Sun will become a Red Giant.Alpha, a designated Anthropologist who reads the memories and minds of humans, wants to save the Earthlings. However, he must first convince the members of his planet to agree to his mission. The Life ...

The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War imagines a future in which most of humanity has abandoned Earth for orbiting man-made habitats.In Worlds, Worlds Apart, and Worlds Enough and Time, Joe Haldeman imagines a near future rife with exhilarating and terrifying possibilities, when hundreds of thousands of human beings have abandoned the Earth's surface to live in man-made ha...

From a producer of 48 Hours Mystery and The Boston Globe reporter comes the full account of the shocking crime spree of the infamous Craigslist Killer.In this “detailed and absorbing” (The Boston Globe) true crime book, discover the many mysteries behind the secret life of the brilliant and well-liked Boston University medical student who came to be known as the Craigslist Killer. How was he able to conceal his dark side to all w...

The New York Times bestselling author of A Gala Event returns with newlyweds Meg and Seth Chapin who should be worried about writing thank you notes, not taking a juicy bite out of crime...With the bushels of time they spent organizing their wedding, Meg and Seth didn’t have a chance to plan a honeymoon. But now that winter has arrived, there’s not much to do at the orchard. So with their shared love of history and all things apple, they pick Thom...

Developing rich, vibrant, realistic and multidimensional characters is the aim of all budding writers. This brief guide offers 123 useful character questions for authors. Questions span a range of topics from biographical questions to questions on family, relationships, money and spiritual beliefs.This is the first book in a 123 series that offers ideas on a given topic.

From senators to summer interns, from all the president’s men to all-powerful women, Margaret Truman captures the fascinating, high-wire drama of Washington, D.C., like no other writer. Now this master of mystery fiction takes us into the capital’s chaotic fourth estate. At the big, aggressive newspaper The Washington Tribune, a young woman has been murdered. And the hunt for her killer is making sensational and lethal headlines.The victim, fresh out of journalism school, hoped to ...

She’s running from who she is…All Jules Scott wants is to live a normal, quiet life—preferably one that doesn’t include ghosts. Jules’s talent for communicating with the dead has brought her nothing but trouble. Despite her best efforts, needy spirits always find her and draw her into their otherworldly drama. When one implicates her in a series of deadly crimes, she may need to entrust her secrets to the person least likely to believe her…He’ll do ...