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.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

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.

After the killing of a prominent mob lawyer, NYPD homicide detectives Jacob Jackson and Caitlin Grimes start receive chilling, written “rules” for how to commit the perfect murder. "Rule number one for the perfect murder: Evidence is your enemy. Leave none behind." Jackson (Reid Scott) and Grimes (Cobie Smulders) race to find the killer, setting them on a collision course with the city’s crime underbelly, and a perpetrator who seems happy to toy with them. “Rule number two. No crimes of passion. The perfect murder is always business, never pleasure.”

Kidnappers grabbed Jenna in broad daylight, right in front of her children and their horrified classmates. Her family was issued an insane ransom demand: $25 million in cash and jewels, payable by the end of the school day, otherwise they’ll never see her again. As Jenna’s mother scrambles to gather the money, detectives Mo Butler and George Ortega follow the trail of the kidnappers, which will lead them through a sordid landscape of jealous lovers, broken dreamers, and twisted schemers. But every second counts, and there’s one thing Jenna Wade doesn’t have: very much time.

A killer roams a stretch of road, killing couples at random. Local authorities are at a loss as they attribute these killings to wild animals. Little do they know, this mystery goes far deeper than they could ever imagine. A beast of mythical proportions hunts its unsuspecting victims in the night. A nightmarish creature holds the town prisoner. townsfolk hunt the beast, but still it continues to kill. Will the town survive? Or will the beast continue to have its way? The Beast on Route 116 is the story of newspaper crime journalist William "Willy" Cannon. Join Willy and bookstore owner ...

Werewolves! They're everywhere! In a world infested by monsters, new rules must be obeyed. Jack's job is to protect werewolves from vigilantes. He's good at his job, if a tad reckless. As he discovers what caused the initial outbreak fifty years ago he also uncovers an intricate plot to eradicate what's left of mankind...and it involves his bloodline. Jack is vicious, gifted, and lucky but that might not be enough to stop the end of mankind.

When Sergeant Daniel “Danny” Fontaine’s troop plane is shot down over the coast of France during the Allied airborne invasion on D-Day, he finds himself separated from his platoon and lost behind enemy lines. In his search to rejoin his platoon, he encounters a patrol of Germans who have captured a large animal. Figuring that if the Nazis want it, he has a duty to keep them from having it, he decides to attack while they are distracted. Daniel is severely wounded during the ensuing firefight but awakens the next morning to find himself in the Castle DuMond, not only alive but ...

Zeke Atkins is a good man and a good son, living a quiet life. But, he’s also a killer… Zeke and his father Tom, the local pharmacist, live in Tarton’s Mill. It’s a small town where everyone knows one another, and where neighbor helps neighbor. But, Zeke and Tom are hiding a secret. Zeke is afflicted with lycanthropy. When the full moon emerges, Zeke is turned into a monster, an animal, a creature of legend…the WEREWOLF. Tom’s entire world revolves around his son. As Tom searches for a cure for Zeke’s affliction, a secret Black Ops team, from an organization called ODESSA, ...

Dustin McCord, a world champion bull rider, faced danger every day, but nothing prepared him for the moment a bull named Mudslinger ended his brilliant career. Devastated but determined, Dustin vows to prove everyone wrong, including his doctors. He will walk again. Though he may never ride in another rodeo, he sets his sights on something bigger: the nearby Cheyenne Mountains. He plans to climb them, and then another, until one day, he climbs the tallest mountain on earth. Amazingly, he does just that. In the mountainous town of Nepal, Dustin teams up with Tenzing Sherpa, a seasoned Mount ...

THE DARKNESS IN THE PINES THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES This short story takes place before THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES and SOMETHING IN THE WOODS. After the tragic death of his wife, Howard Ward returned to Fallow Pines to live a life of quiet seclusion. When Howard comes across the mangled remains of a bear in the woods, he discovers that something he thought only existed in campfire legends is stalking the darkness of the pines. For fans of cryptids and monsters in the woods.

SOMETHING IS LURKING IN THE WATER... On the small island of Kalou, Fiji, a rash of disappearances has the local police stumped. Men, women and children seem to disappear without a trace. Mark Whittaker is the island's sole private investigator. A former LAPD detective who moved to the island to get away from the violence of the city, he's now thrust into the middle of the disappearances when he's hired to find the brother of a mysterious client. As Mark digs into the disappearances, he discovers that something sinister and ancient has been awakened on the island. Something that kills ...

The White Wolf, the Beast of Brenton Woods, a legendary creature said to walk like a man. When the full moon rises, it will feast. Unseen for years, truth has turned to rumor, mere folklore. Until something lures the monster from exile, calling it home. For Tyler and Ben, a firsthand encounter leads to an exploration of the forbidden depths of Brenton woods, and for Ben, the discovery of a family secret. When Wendy and her friend's hangout in the abandoned cabin is compromised, the hunt begins.

Troy Turner is a writer living in a secluded cabin in the Rocky Mountains. He believes his new home in the peaceful valley, miles away from the busy resort town of Hawthorn, is the perfect setting for his work. When two of Troy's closest friends join him on a hunting trip, they are caught in an unexpected snowstorm. Eager to reach the safety of the cabin, they are suddenly and viciously attacked by a terrifying creature they never believed existed. Separated from his friends and badly injured, Troy tries to leave the mountain to seek help. The winter storm made the drive down the mountain ...

Extended editions of Port Chatham, In the Valley of Headless Men, and Gates of the Arctic.