When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in Mary Jane, a poignant and intimate drama following a single mother’s journey caring for her chronically ill young son. Set in New York City, the play unfolds in two parts—Mary Jane's small Queens apartment and a pediatric hospital. With unflinching honesty and unexpected humor, we witness Mary Jane's tireless devotion, her interactions with medical professionals, and her struggle to maintain her sense of self.

London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl’s disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it’s her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: Her best friend Marisa is a police officer who is assigned to the case. Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One was found murdered in the woods near a train line. The other two were never seen again.

When Heather McKinley dreamed of becoming a doctor, she imagined curing sick kids and sporting pink stethoscopes. She never anticipated the sleepless nights, grueling exams, and endless labs. And she certainly never knew that her medical school earned the nickname Dead Med thanks to the tragic history of students overdosing on illegal drugs. But Heather would never consider doing anything like that. That is, until her longtime boyfriend dumps her, she finds herself failing anatomy, and her world starts to crumble.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

Evicted on a frigid January night from her apartment in Chicago, desperation forces Allie to turn to Kyle, her neighbor, for a place to live. Reluctant to get involved, Kyle refuses Allie until she offers an extreme option, she'll let him have free-use of her body for his pleasure, if he lets her live with him rent free. With little more than a scribbled piece of paper for a 'lease agreement' and her body technically the property of a nerdy virgin in his early twenties, Allie's only hope is that whatever Kyle does to her body inside his apartment will be more merciful than what the winds of...

Summoning souls of the damned is all fun and games until demons catch you stealing souls from the devil and demand you pay up. Unable to produce the money owed for stolen souls, demonic forces repossess Stacey's beloved Toyota sedan, sucking her car down into the bowels of hell itself. This launches her epic quest to discover whose cock she needs to suck to get her car back. This erotic short story is about 16,000 words.

Claire's only chance for survival in 14th century Holy Roman Empire lies in impersonating her deceased father and secretly fulfilling the role of town executioner on his behalf. Her daily dungeon life consists of beatings, mutilations, and castrations all done in the name of the powerful church and government. In the middle of the night, Claire is secretly summoned to the palace to 'conduct a punishment' only to discover that princess Katherine, who Claire has a secret crush on, shared a sadomasochistic relationship with Claire's father. To cheer Katherine up from her grief over the lose of...

Blaze and Slim's simple robbery goes sideways when they discover that Eric Richman's trophy wife, Brandi, is unexpectedly home. At the urging of their crime-boss, they hogtie, blindfold, and kidnap her for ransom. To the shock of the men, her husband only agrees to pay the ransom on one condition... He gets to watch them have sex with his wife. This cuckold, bondage, erotic novella is about 27,000 words.

For three years, women have risen against men in a brutal gender war for control of the British Isles. As the guns fall silent, women reign supreme and the last vestiges of the House of Windsor are captured for public execution. Corporal Lewis, a reluctant recruit recently pressed into service for the United Queendom, discovers that she is to be the one to execute Princess Lilly through a horrifying method known as the Dance of the Red Dress. Locked in the Tower of London with the Princess for the night before the execution, Corporal Lewis grows intimate with the princess as they explore ...

With the lease now firmly in place giving Kyle rights over Allie's body in exchange for her living in his space, the two of them settle in to moving in together. Their relationship grows as they navigate both the ins-and-outs of living together as well as the implications of their unusual arrangement. Both of them struggle with the emotional aspects as Allie comes to grips with her past failures, and what these may mean for her budding relationship with Kyle, while Kyle starts regretting taking advantage of a homeless woman. Bit by bit, they open up to one another in ways they never ...

When Frank's car breaks down in the remote countryside, unlikely aide appears in the form of a beautiful, but slightly unhinged, country-girl named Jolene. As soon as Jolene ascertains that Frank's care is broken beyond repair and no one is expected to come looking for him, she announces her plan to abduct him and hold him as her sex slave for the rest of his life. Frank flees, but realizes that whatever fate rests for him in the hands of this madwoman couldn't possibly be worse than the insurmountable cycles of poverty, debt, and isolation which control his modern life. Frank quietly let's...

Brittany's five friends from high school come to visit her and she discovers that the awkward teenage boys she grew up with have all matured into hunks. Their plans for a short visit get disrupted by an abrupt lockdown which leaves her stranded with five men who want her. Brittany isn't sure how she is supposed to pick, when the truth is she wants them all. This erotic novella is about 20,000 words.

Eve can't believe that Dan is staring at her in her Easter dress. Even less so that she's enjoying his lascivious stare even while they are in church. But is the highest of holy days, when their kids are dangerously nearby, truly the best time and place? As the kids are distracted hunting for eggs in the backyard, Dan spread's Eve's legs open to hunt for her eggs himself. This erotic, breeding-kink, religious-taboo short-story is about 7000 words.

Miss Brianna White tapped her pointer on her left hand as her voluptuous body shifted within her tight blouse and body contoured skirt. She continued, "This is the homework for every single member of this class, except for you, Ken. You receive a free pass on this homework and do not need to do it.” “I don’t have to do the homework?” Ken asked warily. Miss White looked at him. Her eyes narrowed as she replied, “you are to shave.” Ken absentmindedly touched his scruffy cheek with a puzzled stare. “I don’t mean your face.” “What?” Ken asked in shocked confusion. Miss ...