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.

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.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

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.

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.

Prepare for a rollercoaster ride through the steamy streets of a small Alabama town in 'Trifling Entanglements,' where sinful secrets and sizzling drama reign supreme. Trinity's three-year romance with the dashing Tyrell comes crashing down when his dark side emerges into the light, revealing a web of lies and deceit that threatens to tear her world apart. But Trinity isn't the only one caught in the whirlwind of chaos. Her best friend, Crystal, raised on survival tactics, harbors her own demons, while young mother Lakeisha struggles to navigate the treacherous waters of motherhood amidst ...

Kayla Jones has it all. A loving marriage, a thriving career, a beautiful daughter, and a home in one of the most sought-after neighborhoods in Maryland. Seemingly, her life is perfect. Until a shocking secret is unraveled, shaking Kayla's perfect world into a spiral of lies, lust, and betrayal. Kayla is soon forced to make a decision that could disrupt everyone and everything around her for the sake of love. Will she be tough enough to handle the backlash? Or will she allow the decision to weaken who she has worked so hard to become? Love is funny that way. Strong enough to build the world...

Four authors. Four stories. Four times the drama. Grab your seat at the table because the authors of BriAsh Media have teamed up to serve a Thanksgiving you'll always remember. Sleeping with the Enemy: A Pre-Thanksgiving Nightmare Thanksgiving was a time for celebration and Veyonna Davis, known as Yonna, couldn’t wait to introduce her new boo thing and share some exciting news with her family. While she was ready to settle with her new man, her baby daddy, Malachi, didn’t seem to take rejection well. With the support from her man, she stood firm against his requests to reunite. Malachi ...

Often, the old adage goes “Keep your friends close but your enemies closer…” However, what if the one you love is the one you should be hating? Claire is a widowed single mother who just moved to Alabama from the Big Apple. Having stepped out on faith and the ultimatum that her job gave her, the grieving woman is on a quest for a better life for herself and her teenage daughter, Jonna. But… her life is suddenly flipped upside down when Jonna disappears into thin air, and she’s left wondering: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, and WHY? Ultimately, Claire is plagued by the grueling search for her ...

His goal is to make her his. Her goal is to resist falling for him. Tate I'm a confirmed bachelor, with zero interest in marriage or settling down. Life is perfect—until she literally crashed into me. One moment, I'm keeping her steady from falling again; the next, she’s laughing with her friends, oblivious to how she has upended my world. Since then, I can’t stop thinking about her. I want her, and I always get what I want. Then, I find out that I either: Marry her or Walk away. Walk away? Not a chance. Lande I never would’ve met Tate if I hadn’t been knocked flat in that ...