What happened to best-selling fiction author Dennis Ridge? There's a reason they say to never pick up hitchhikers. Even if it is a pretty woman.

Tyler loves the strip clubs, so much that he's nearly destroyed his life for them. But things have changed for Tyler and now he has more money than he can spend. Finally he can do the things he desires and more freely than the average person. When he decides that he wants to use one night to get to know a beautiful stripper by the name of Candice but also use the same night to get so high that he can't function the next morning, he will encounter a number of situations that may enrich the ...

He goes by the name of Solitary John and is just about willing to do anything to get down to the infirmary. Breaking his hand on a cinder block wall isn't a problem for him, especially when it's part of a much bigger plan.

A man pens a note to his wife while stranded in the desert. A man tries to kill a mouse sent from hell. A man finally expresses how he feels to his family in the worst way imaginable. These stories and more are included in J.M. Barber's exciting collection of short stories.

Could you live in a world that put babies to death to eliminate overpopulation? Ten years into the future a mid-twenties man by the name of Albert is forced to live this question. But when a couple of curve-balls come his way he'll have no choice but to break the rules and do everything he can to protect himself and the girl he loves. Will his own mind crack under what seems to be the weight of the entire world or will he keep himself and his girl safe long enough for them to see a better ...

Four stories and one novel by J.M. Barber10 BLOCKS DOWN-He's an old assassin with dementia. But he has one more job and he's willing to go through a new kind of hell to get his target.A COLD WORLD-In a world that kills babies to deal with overpopulation you do whatever you can to fight back. How cold can a person be?THE HITCHHIKER RULE BOOK-What Happened to famous author Dennis Ridge? There's a reason they say never to pick up Hitchhikers.MR. CLEANUP-He's bl...

A hit man that is suffering from Alzheimer's disease is tasked with taking out his next target. He thinks he's ready and when it comes to getting the job done things have been good up until now. When he starts losing his mind in the most critical moments, eliminating his latest target becomes more of a challenge than once imagined.

What would you be willing to do for thirty thousand dollars? Would you be willing to beat someone half to death? How about sweat until you're sure the juices on your brain are frying? Maybe not, but what if you were fooled into a challenge where not completing the task could mean death? You'd be surprised what a person could do with the proper motivation. Welcome to the Love Box

He's an elderly black man that has a disdain for black people. When gang members and police run amok in his hood he sees it all. In his hood there's always something going on, but most seem to miss what's going on just beneath the surface.

In this crime thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks a pair of Bonnie and Clyde copycats whose heated passion for each other is fueled by cold brutality.When Eve Dallas examines a fresh body in a seedy alleyway in downtown Manhattan, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart—initials inside reading “E” and “D”...In Arkansas, Ella-L...

New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer returns to Wyoming with an unforgettable romance featuring one of the ruggedly handsome Kirk brothersRanch owner Cane Kirk lost more than his arm in the war. He lost his way, battling his inner demons in the form of any cowboy unfortunate enough to get in his way. No one seems to be able to cool him down, except beautiful Bodie Mays. Bodie doesn't mind saving Cane from himself, even if he is a...

A biting, funny, and unsettling portrait of need and survival.When a down-on-his-luck drifter meets Betty in a fried-chicken joint, he sees only a mark with a soft spot for broken men. But Betty's tenderness hides a wrath older than either of them. Their affair—part hustle, part haunting—exposes what happens when lust, hunger, and class resentment blur into love.Betty's House is a darkly comic meditation on sex, poverty, and pride in the modern Sou...