“I've raped and killed 3 woman this summer so far. These woman only had to do 1 thing… cooperate. Do you think any of them could do that? NO! They wanted to fight, and play hero, and in the end, they paid with their lives. So what about you girls?”He walked up to Cassie, who seemed the calmest out of the girls at this moment. He leaned down, and pulled a piece of her hair away from her eyes.“Are you going to be a good little girl, and do as you’re told to save your life, an...

“Billy, thank you again.” She whispered, but in a harsh tone. “I’ll text you when I get up and we’ll go out tomorrow, now please go before someone sees you!”Just as she got these words out of her mouth, she felt his hand go from her back to the back of her hair, at first, he lightly tugged, and she thought maybe he wanted another kiss, but then suddenly he grabbed a hold of her hair hard. He pulled her head back roughly and growled in her ear.“I’m coming in right now. I hav...

She kneels down by the front of Ally and looks her in her eyes. Ally can’t even cry anymore.“Any last words bitch?” she snarls at Ally.“Go to hell bitch” Ally croaks. Kristen laughs.“Oh, I intend to.”With that, she takes the cruel device, and shoves it down Ally’s throat, cutting and slicing her airway open and eventually cutting her jugular, so she bled out right there on the bed.Kristen looks at the mangled bloody body on the bed, admiring her work...

Nobody had any idea what it meant to truly be a phone actress.This is what the woman who worked the job preferred to be called. I have met a lot of woman in my life who have done it, but none like Linda. An actress is what Linda was the moment she logged in. She would pretend for each and every guy that he was her main interest.How a normal call would go, would be the man would be drunk, or high, heavy breathing, and begging to just hear her. He didn't care what she was wea...

He slowly tried to open his eyes, and when he did, he wondered where she went. In front of him was a plain girl, red hair that hung limply down past her shoulders in no fashionable way, green eyes, not fat or anything, but not a perfect or even sexy body. She was what he and his friends would call a plain Jane.“Are you feeling better?” she asked. Then he knew, that heavenly voice, was hers. He didn't let her know that he was disappointed in who she was, he simply smiled, “Thank you...

“Didn't I tell you that these cars had to be finished and out of the shop by this morning?” screamed Dean. The entire shop cowered as he walked in and began screaming.“What are you low lives doing around here? Oh, I bet I know, are you all gawking at my wife? Anybody want to take a try at getting her? She’s such a whore I bet you she’ll actually let you!!”“I know why you’re all distracted, look at what you’re wearing today?” He grabbed Mary Jane by the arm, pulling her up o...

I met my best friend in jail. Yep, me, in jail. I was 27 at the time, and she was just a few years older than me. Two woman, from 2 very different walks of life, ending up in the same horrible place.My reason, my husband at the time wanted to experience another woman, yet keep my kids, and I was just in the way. So they set me up, and had me arrested.Our secret spot. When my grandmother had passed away 2 years prior, she left me her home. She lived deep in the woods, in a c...

“Is this the fastest you can drive?” Bella said panicking, as they sped towards her family’s home.“It is if you don’t want me to get a ticket.”“Your dad is the Sheriff, let them pull us over, there is something wrong, something very wrong. We only use those words when it is a life or death situation. Please, STEP ON IT!” she was now close to screaming. Terick, understood her panic, and did as she requested and pressed the petal all the way to the floor. Unfortunately he did...

Kristen Nickels has a full plate. She has reluctantly agreed to a blind date with her best friend's brother, literally blind! The timing couldn't be worse, however. She's leaving town in days to face a difficult medical decision—a secret she has shared with no one but her boss.Chase Edwards has been blind since the age of eight. He's currently waiting on a cornea transplant. He has wanted his sister, Margo, to set him up with her friend Kristen for quite some time, and he's far from...

Former Title: The Grimly Queen. From the author of the astonishing young adult novel Home comes a haunting tale of identities taken, lost and found, and an obsessive friendship between two young women who have everything to gain from one another and nothing to lose but themselves. When a shy university sophomore begins to feel that her life is disintegrating around her, she's more than willing to accept glamorous Regan Lathie's offer of an escape - a room in her apartment, away from the ca...

Sexy contemporary romance from the New York Times bestselling author, featuring an innocent but adventurous young woman who knows exactly what—and who--she wants, and the gorgeous dream guy who’s ready to fulfil all her fantasies.Sometimes too much of a good thing is the exact right amount . . .Awkward, insecure Grace Jenkins has had little experience with men. But that hasn’t stopped her from dreaming hard about Noah Harper. Gorge...

Emily Miller knew her life was about to change forever the day her mother said, "I'm pregnant." She'd hear those words again and again--and with every pregnancy Emily's father changed from bad to worse. For years the Miller family suffered through his rages. It took a terrible loss for the family to regroup, and all the love Emily can muster to save her siblings.Bartlett's powerful short story, "Abused: A Daughter’s Story," grabs hold immediately and doesn't let go. This heart-tugg...