Sylvia de Matteo, an American single mother, is taken hostage by terrorists during a political assassination at Stazione Centrale, Milan’s train station. She is seized at gunpoint and thrown into the back of a van.Moments later, a Paris-bound train with Sylvia's fiancé and ten-year old daughter aboard departs Centrale without Sylvia. The terrorists drive Sylvia to a warehouse where she is imprisoned in a cell.When the terrorists discover Sylvia's father is a wealthy Wall St...

Sylvia de Matteo, an American single mother, is taken hostage by terrorists during a political assassination at Stazione Centrale, Milan's train station. She is seized at gunpoint and thrown into the back of a van.Moments later, a Paris-bound train with Sylvia's fiancé and ten-year-old daughter aboard departs Centrale without Sylvia. The terrorists drive Sylvia to a warehouse where she is imprisoned in a cell.When the terrorists discover Sylvia's father is a wealthy Wall St...

A San Francisco wife plots to murder her philandering husband by being in two places at one time.She commits the Perfect Crime -- and starts an exciting life with a sexy new boyfriend, living off her dead husband's generous life insurance policy.Until her doorbell rings one night . . . .

Short story. Sheila and Ryan were lovers until one day Sheila abruptly disappears, leaving Ryan a cryptic note.Six months later, Sheila surprises Ryan by showing up at his apartment and pretending nothing had happened. Over a long weekend, Sheila dazzles Ryan with grandiose stories of her new life, hinting that they can be lovers again. But something isn't right. Sheila's stories change and she starts acting bizarrely. She has several cell phone calls that she hides from Ryan....

Thirteen Days in MilanAn American single mother is kidnapped during a political assassination at Milan's Stazione Central train station.No One SleepsMilan's anti-terrorism police search for a secret cell of Islamic terrorists who have received deadly sarin gas from Pakistan. The terrorists are planning to release sarin gas during the premiere of La Scala Opera House December 7 with high level politicians, executives, and foreign dign...

Milan's elite anti-terrorism DIGOS police receive a tip that a sleeper cell of Muslim terrorists have received toxic chemicals from Pakistan to make deadly sarin gas.DIGOS discovers the terrorist cell leader has access to Milan's centers of finance, technology, commerce, and entertainment -- all high profile targets with hundreds of casualties in a terrorist attack.A team of top DIGOS agents attempts to penetrate the cell and stop them before they act.

Two military school cadets, one a junior and the other a senior, compete in an intense academic competition before the entire academy. When the junior cadet wins, the senior cadet verbally attacks and threatens him.Their paths cross frequently as they attend university and later pursue careers—the junior as a university professor and author, the senior as a corrupt lobbyist in Washington, and eventually, a member of Congress.Years later, hearing that he is about to announce h...

Dane and BJ witness a double meteor streak across the sky the night they begin a summer love affair. They agree to meet the next summer with one condition; no contact over the winter. No phone calls, texts, or letters. One harbors a secret that could destroy the relationship.They renew their affair the second summer and vow to meet the third summer and never part. But the condition remains; no contact over the winter.The third summer arrives and . . . .

Antonella Amoruso, senior deputy of Milan's anti-terrorism police, receives a call to return to her Naples hometown for the funeral of a family member murdered in a Camorra clan feud.Amoruso is plunged into the dangerous culture of Camorra, Naple's violent criminal syndicate, that thrives on illegal drugs, prostitution, extortion, and murder. Her goal is to rescue her family from Camorra's deadly grip.

Antonella Amoruso, senior deputy of Milan's anti-terrorism police, receives a call to return to her Naples hometown for the funeral of a family member murdered in a Camorra clan feud.Amoruso is plunged into the dangerous culture of Camorra, Naple's violent criminal syndicate, that thrives on illegal drugs, prostitution, extortion, and murder. Her goal is to rescue her family from Camorra's deadly grip.

Zoe abandons her husband Valentine's weekend in Monterey. This is not the first time she has run away from a lover or husband. Zoe has a compulsion to flee men who love her and adopt a new identity. Zoe starts a new life in Hollywood's fast lane with new lovers and a career in the movie industry.After Zoe disappears, her husband, Nathan, falls apart. Desperate to find her, he searches for clues to her disappearance. Is she dead? Is she alive but in danger?He's shocked when he...

A married couple is enjoying a Saturday night at their remote home in Central California while the husband's parents take care of their young boys in town. Drinking vino, eating pizza, smoking joints in their hot tub, they witness strange lights in the night sky, lights like at the end of a commercial jet's wings, but no plane, only lights, many, many lights.