Bonita Stickles is a college senior who decides to start searching for a man. There are many moral standards and religious principles that she must uphold. This high standard of behavior is due to her still Living with her preacher father and missionary mother. Maintaining her beliefs is challenging to do. How she thinks she should carry herself to help attract a man conflicts with her upbringing. She forces herself to disregard her principles. In neglecting her beliefs, she intends to dre...

Former Correctional Officer Bernard Spence is on his way home to his Brooklyn apartment. He encounters three disrespectful teenagers on the subway. He is looking forward to going home to his family, but his commute turns into a flurry of activities that bring back memories of his work at New York's Rikers Island prison.He works as a security guard at a Manhattan firm, but his passion for keeping lawbreakers in check still runs deep. Although he would prefer not to deal with unruly ...

Swirling wind and dusts is no match for a boy and his sister's determination to rescue some animals. Another character's quick thinking to remain calm and tolerant allows him to trap the burglar. A boy determination to see his father, who has a life-threatening illness, pays off. Three kids help stop a bully from frightening the community people at night. Another youngster is relentless in his pursuit of the gift his grandmother promised him if he made it to high school. An eight-grade boy...

Thirty-eight-year-old Pete Mitchell declares to his sons how fortunate they are to grow up with their father. He reveals to his first and third-grade boys that he does not know his dad. He seeks the help of Nigel, his cousin, to find the man who shares the responsibility of his coming into the world. His father left the Caribbean community where he grew up before Pete was born. In his attempts to locate his father, Pete realizes that cooperation from Nigel and other family members is hard ...

Bonita Stickles is a college senior who decides to start searching for a man. There are many moral standards and religious principles that she must uphold. This high standard of behavior is due to her still Living with her preacher father and missionary mother. Maintaining her beliefs is challenging to do. How she thinks she should carry herself to help attract a man conflict with her upbringing. She forces herself to disregard her principles. In neglecting her beliefs, she intends to dres...

She'd been told her fiancé died in a military training accident, but Gina Santino's gut told her otherwise.Still, she never imagined his killers would come after her. Now she is dodging bullets and running for her own life, not sure who to trust. Her fiancé had left specific instructions for her to contact fellow U.S. Army Ranger Ian Masterson should anything happen to him.But how could she trust a man who abandoned his team years ago? With no other choice,...

LOVE AND TRUST DON’T ALWAYS GO HAND IN HAND… HE’S THE RICH BOYYoung love—that was what Nadine and Hayden had. The kind of love that captures the soul and never dies. That is, until Hayden’s father swindled Nadine’s family, and they didn’t see each other for thirteen years. When his father suddenly dies, Hayden returns home to the family’s lakeside mansion—and to his first love.But Nadine and her two young sons aren’t quite ready to trust again. Soon Hayden ...

A DREAM COME TRUESamantha Giovanelli and her husband, Joe, had had a charmed romance. They'd gotten married quickly and moved to an idyllic small town. They'd bought a crumbling shack in the middle of nowhere and turned it into a home. In the yard, Joe had built a tree house for the half-dozen kids he knew they'd have.Except that the tree house remained empty. Their home echoed with silence. And Joe started staying at work later and later. So Sam decided it was time to find a...

Case seen on 20/20"Everybody Loved John. . ."Mary Jean Pearle and John Battaglia's marriage seemed picture perfect from the outside. With their two young daughters, Faith and Liberty, they made their home in a wealthy Dallas suburb. John was handsome, charming, and successful--but behind his mask of normality lay a vicious, violent abuser who'd brutally beaten his first wife--and who made Mary Jean the new target of his irrational rages. Af...

A drug-fueled lesbian love triangle leads to murder in this New York Times–bestselling true crime—updated with shocking revelations and a second trial!In 1995, Austin, Texas was rocked by the brutal murder of Regina Hartwell. Even though Regina's body was burned beyond recognition, police had two suspects within days. One was the beautiful ex-cheerleader who was the object of Regina's desire. The other was a man who would take the fall for murder . . ....

A Love Worth Waiting ForHer neighbors in Dry Creek, Montana, think Gracie Stone is rebuilding her life just fine on the family ranch. But Calen Gray knows better. Foreman of nearby Elkton Ranch, Calen has been sweet on Gracie half their lives. But harrowing circumstances kept them apart—and sent Gracie away.Now she’s back, barely holding her head up, and refusing to believe she has a second chance at happiness. With faith, love and the gentle airing of long...

In this "wild, exhilarating ride" from the New York Times–bestselling author, a prosecutor goes undercover—on the court—after a basketball player's murder ( Chicago Tribune).Marion Simmons is big. He's tough. And he takes a long time to die. Simmons survives the long ride through Queens, clinging to life until the car stops in an abandoned lot, and a hit man puts two bullets in his head. When the police arrive, they recognize the dead man instantl...