Kirjahaku

It's our darkest parts that know us best.Alex Alpine is unhappy with her life-a dead-end job, a marriage that's falling apart, and a failed string of self-published books. In an effort to better her life for her and her daughter, she makes the decision to quit writing in order to get a second job. Jamie, a recovered addict and Alex's only fan, can't bring himself to accept her decision.Convinced he can fix her, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his home in the woods. As Alex's captivity extends from weeks to months, Alex finds herself torn between her duties to the daughter she left behind and the life Jamie has made for her. To figure out where her true priorities lie, she must dive into not only her own past traumas but Jamie's as well.For fans of Stephen King's Misery and the You series by Caroline Kepnes

There's a serial killer lurking the streets of Houston.While most of the women in town follow the typical safety guidelines-stay in pairs, don't go out late, carry pepper spray-Claudia has no fear.Even when she comes face to face with the infamous Butcher himself.Will Claudia become his most recent victim or will she and the killer be in for the biggest surprise of their lives?

What would you do to survive? For Jessica, that means going through the motions of life. Doing what's expected of her. On the surface, she's a pretty young woman with her future stretched out before her. In reality? Something is off. Something she's learned is best kept to herself. In her job at the local grocery store, she blends in. Until one day when she's swept up in the crosshairs of an active shooter situation. Faced with staring death in the eye or letting her darkness free, she takes off her mask. To the survivors of the event, she's a hero.To Jessica, the danger has only just begun.

8 artists.1 art residency.1 chance to leave alive.Art is pain. Or so they say.As a struggling artist in New York City, Ira is desperate to get her shot at the big time. When an invitation to a week long art residency on a private island in the Bahamas drops in her inbox, she leaps at the chance.But something is off about Turquoise Bay and its owner, The Curator.When Ira and seven other artists end up locked in an underground bunker, the only way out is to play the Curator's games.Will they survive?Or will they die for their art?

Lynn's always heard voices, but what if she's not the crazy one?Hell is a real place, and it's in Michigan.Lynn spent her life trying to escape the tourist trap of her hometown of Hell, Michigan. After a failed semester at college, she had no choice but to return home. Usually, she made a habit of hanging out in the woods around her mother's home and avoiding the tourists. When a voice calls to her from the woods, she follows it.Hearing voices is nothing new to her but hearing one outside of her regulars isn't. The voice leads her down a rabbit hole of the town's secrets. West Gate Hospital was an urban legend she'd heard about since she was a kid. Except legends don't leave buildings behind.

Sam and Lance have been to Hell and back.Just when they think their lives can finally go back to normal, their biggest problem yet emerges. After learning of the East Coast Pack's existence, they've done their best to lay low, but Riley, brother to the leader of the pack, is urgent to find his girlfriend-recently changed vampire, Ruby. As Riley digs deeper into her disappearance, he comes closer to uncovering the truth about Luxury Island.Desperate to keep Ruby's hiding place a secret, Sam and Lance travel back to where it all began with the hope of saving her. What they find when they arrive makes all their unpleasant memories of the island seem like a daydream. There is a new source of evil on the island. One who is desperate for revenge against all werewolves, Sam and Lance included.

Being a werewolf isn't all it's cracked up to be.After returning to the mainland from the horrible vacation that turned her life upside down, Samantha Lesia craves normalcy. Figuring out how to fit back into her old life with her new ability is more a challenge than she bargained for.Townsfolk turn up dead, and Sam is forced to face the fact that her supernatural trials aren't over yet. With the murders threatening to expose Sam's new secret, she seeks out the help of a young witch to hunt down the creature responsible. But monsters aren't always ugly beasts. Sometimes, they're your friends.

Trapped on an island filled with monsters. What could be scarier than that?When plucky Sam Lesia receives an invitation for a free vacation in the mail, she hops on the opportunity. Determined to find the perfect summer adventure with her friends, Sam thrives on the cruise ship. That is until passengers start to go missing.Sam and her friends aren't prepared for the vacant island the cruise ship takes them to or the nightmare creatures that inhabit it. WIth the help of a handsome yet mysterious island native named Lance, Sam must get to the bottom of the ancient evil threatening the land before she's trapped there forever.

Death can come for anyone at anytime. There's no escaping it. There are a million ways to die, not all of them expected. What starts as a peaceful day can end in the worst possible way.So brace yourself for the inevitable.Memento Mori contains thirteen stories filled with curses, monsters, and deteriorating minds that will leave you with the reminder that one day, you too will die.

Don't use magic for evil and don't cross the boundary.Talia has always followed the two main rules of her Coven. After the thousand year war between demons and witches, the boundary keeps the peace. Until Talia's sweetheart is murdered on the other side.To get to the bottom of his death, Talia must do what she vowed to never do and cross into demon territory. With the help of a hunky but goofy demon named Marcus, Talia follow's Ian's final days into the depths of black magic and despair to learn the most startling discovery of all-not everyone is who they claim to be.**Winner of the Reader's Favorite Award: Five Stars**

Revenge is a fire that consumes everything-even the one who seeks it. Three years have passed since the nightmare in the woods, and Luna Ketz has buried her past beneath layers of time and distance. Her new life, miles away in the college town of Bowling Green, feels like the fresh start she's desperately needed. But as she tries to move on, a dark fear gnaws at her. Chance Welfrey. Every week, she visits him at the hospital, praying he'll never wake from the coma that binds him. She convinces herself she's free... that she's finally left the past behind. Then the unthinkable happens. Chance is awake. And he's standing on her doorstep. But it's worse than she could have imagined. Dating her roommate, Amanda, he's found a way into her life that she can't shake. Although he plays the part of the charming gentleman, Luna knows the truth: Chance isn't here for a normal life. He's here for revenge. One by one, he crosses names off his deadly list, and Luna's is next. As Chance tightens his grip, unraveling everything she's fought to build, Luna must outwit him once again in a brutal game of cat and mouse. But this time, there's a terrifying twist: he's not working alone. The clock is ticking. Luna's only chance to survive lies in confronting a past she's long tried to forget, and a killer she can't escape.

It's our darkest parts that know us best. Alex Alpine's life is unraveling-a dead-end job, a crumbling marriage, and a series of failed self-published books. Desperate for change, she makes the painful decision to quit writing and take on a second job, hoping to rebuild her fractured world for the sake of her daughter. But Jamie, her only fan and a man struggling with his own demons, won't accept her choice. Convinced he can "save" her, Jamie takes matters into his own hands. He kidnaps Alex and locks her away in his isolated home in the woods. What begins as a fleeting act of desperation stretches into weeks, then months. As the days blur into one another, Alex must grapple with her past traumas and with Jamie's. In a desperate bid to reclaim her life, she has to not only confront the man holding her hostage, but the dark corners of herself she's long tried to forget.