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Manchester University, 1989. After his friend’s murder, Daniel is drawn into a Kabbalistic cult. Becky — battling grief and a predatory tutor — must act fast to save him before the cult leader’s obsession turns deadly.
Homes hold onto the history of their families. As a young girl, Lily, is playing in her family’s old house, Lily comes across a hidden chest of antique keepsakes, unaffected by generations of storms and floods across the New Orleans coastal area. Lily’s mysterious odyssey truly begins as a ship sets...
Beth and Cameron have an astonishing power. They can read each other's minds. One day Callum disappears. Beth senses trouble, but can she use their gift to save him? She begins a search which eventually finds Cameron. But then she must deal with the true horror of what has happened to her friend.
Follow the Chameleon across the road in Uganda! There are challenges on the way and doubts in his heart. Will he make it?
Dumped by her husband for a woman half her age, Sally is through with commitment, but not with the bedroom rodeo–far from it. Unfortunately, her first attempt at “just sex” lands her in the arms of a man convinced she is his soulmate.
In the decaying frontier town of Whitepost, a principled U.S. Marshal tracks a phantom outlaw gang, only to find murder, desire, and political treachery colliding over a stolen letter that could change the fate of the West.
A suburban family. A buried secret. A son they never truly knew. When police uncover a mass grave in the Peasedale forest, Scott and Blair Bagby learn their teenage son, Jamie, may be among the victims of a serial killer. But the details of Jamie’s final moments don’t match the killer’s other crimes...
A teenage band is overjoyed when asked to play at the wedding of a wealthy celeb. They'll stay in a luxurious Italian villa, with all expenses paid. It's a painful lesson that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.
Tideswell, once a thriving fishing village, now lies broken, its streets haunted by suspicion and loss. Its decay echoes Alice's failed marriage and her crumbling family relationships. Alice must summon the courage to reclaim her life before she is drowned in Tideswell’s shadows.
Doylean Jenks (DJ) a modern and streetwise detective. A murderer is striking the Grand Eastern Railroad network. Is it linked to a cold case? Nothing makes sense. The more DJ tries to find the Train Demon, the more puzzling it all becomes. There are simply no profiles to build an investigation.
One girl. One choice. One act of kindness that changes everything. When Sita starts at her new school, she wishes she could blend in. But all the comments about her long hair makes it hard . With gentle encouragement from her mom, she begins to see her hair not as something that sets her apart, but...
Lucia Porter emerges from a sheltered background into the life of the wealthy and privileged. It's different from what she was promised or expected. In a tense climax on a lonelt Scottish island she is forced to evaluate her world and choose another.
The past is always present in this time-hopping thriller. In the 1500s astrologer and magician John Dee finds a jar with amazing properties and uses it to save the nation from disaster. 400 years later a honeymooning couple stumble upon the jar. But have they found the jar, or has it found them?
Four naughty novellas for the mature connoisseur.
You can change your name. Change your life. But someone knows exactly who you are. Twenty years ago, Mason Tucker was convicted as the teenage accomplice who helped lure young boys to the serial killer known as the Pied Piper of Peasedale. He was nineteen when he went to prison. Now he’s free —...
Sorrowsmile Meadows is a beguiling witchy tale. An American family are on holiday. They are inexorably drawn into the mysterious and disturbing village of Begin Again. Why does the infamous Marcher Satan from the past still have such a terrible hold and why is this family just so important?
Suzannah is pregnant with her third child. The first is in prison. The second is dead. Suzannah is finally happy — pregnant, engaged, and rebuilding her life. There’s just one problem. Her life is built on lies. Alec thinks this is her first pregnancy. He doesn’t know about the daughter who died. Or...
A decades‑old betrayal drags Becky White into a web of lies, revenge, and murder. She and her team must uncover the truth before her family faces the consequences.
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