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 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.

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...

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...

Serena Lancer and Fox Wolfe are a couple you mightwant to have as friends. Serena is a former teenage Hollywood actress,now an artist, who travels the world to paint landscapes.Serena calls herself Bad News because she brings to Fox her friends who are in a spot of trouble.Fox is a former undercover intelligence officer and private investigator who uses his skills to rescue Serena's Bad News friends.But first he has to rescue Serena.

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 . . . .

The weekend before Memorial Day, Shasta County Sheriff divers recover two decomposed bodies from Lake Britton, a peaceful vacation resort near Mt. Shasta.The first body is that of Rex Royale, a charismatic Las Vegas casino mogul who is building a controversial Indian casino on Lake Britton. The second body is that of an itinerant woman with no apparent connection to Royale.A San Francisco Chronicle reporter, Tyler Bonnard, who discovered Royale's body, links up with freelance...

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 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 . . . .

True crime.When Brad Baker met Andrea Currier, it was classic middle America meets old money. Brad was from Indiana and dabbled in politics; Andrea was the great-granddaughter of Andrew Mellon, former Secretary of Treasury for three Republican presidents. Andrea's net worth was in the range of $500 million.It started out like a romance novel and ended with a shotgun blast New Years Eve.

Max and Amanda are America's dream couple. Former college sweethearts, they marry and embark on exciting careers, Max as a star infielder for the Boston Red Sox and Amanda as an up-and-coming Hollywood actress.But the stress of travel—Max during the baseball season, and Amanda when she flies off to exotic filming locations—takes a toll on their marriage. They purchase homes in Boston and Los Angeles, which only increases the strain.But their marriage suffers and they divorc...