Secrets. Lies. A man. There's always a man. And there's always a truth to be told. I'm Hailey Anne Monroe. I'm twenty-eight years old. An artist, who found her muse on the canvas because I wasn't allowed to have friends or even keep a journal. And yes, if you haven't guessed by now, I'm that Hailey Anne Monroe, daughter to Thomas Frank Monroe, the man who was a half-percentage point from becoming President of the United States. If you were able to ask him, he'd probably tell you that I was the half point. But you can't ask him, and he can't tell you. He's dead. They're all dead and now I can speak. Views: 156
"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page." —Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone) THE PERFECT LIE is book #5 in a new psychological suspense series by bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has over 1,000 five-star reviews. When a gorgeous, popular gym trainer is found murdered in a wealthy suburban town, criminal profiler and FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 29, is called in to find out who killed her. Yet the twisted secrets that this affair-ridden town holds is unlike anything she has encountered before. Who was this woman sleeping with? How many marriages did she shatter? And why did they want her dead? A fast-paced... Views: 156
A witness targeted...and on the runThe first Protected Identities novelWhen key witness Corporal Holly Asher is abducted, Detective Noah Wilder risks everything to rescue her. Now they're undercover as an engaged couple, hiding from a sinister hacker group—who plan on exposing every witness in protection on Christmas Eve. But can Noah and Holly stop a deadly conspiracy...without tipping off those who want to kill her? Views: 156
Shadow Academy has many secrets… and I'm one of them.Plucked from foster care and offered a scholarship to an elite school, I figured I had it made.It didn't take me long to discover how this school worked. Scholarship kids at the bottom, and way at the top, Ren Worthington. With his breath-taking good looks and bottomless pit of family money, you'd think he'd have better things to do than bully us poor kids. Not so.Ren and the other human students live their lives unaware of the creatures lurking in the dark. I wasn't given that scholarship just for my academic skills. All of us scholarship students have other abilities, abilities we keep hidden. And, in return for our free ride, we keep the rich brats unaware of paranormal dangers.With one student missing and threats made on Ren's life, I get an offer. Become Ren's tutor/bodyguard and my future becomes assured. But if Ren dies or discovers what I am, I'm out of here.I don't want to get close to him, I don't want to get to know him, but I have no choice. And so many things aren't what they seem on the surface.Shadow Academy has many secrets… and maybe Ren is one of them. Views: 156
She was headed to college. He was an up and coming pitcher in the majors. Life had other plans and threw them a curve ball... Abbey Jayne has always been a bit of a nerd. She prefers books and computers over people. Especially boys. She hasn’t worried much about dating and is content taking a backseat to her sister Cassie, the social butterfly. Abbey’s headed to college in the fall anyway. Views: 156
Friendship, heartbreak, and defining what family means are rarely as sensitively, beautifully portrayed in middle-grade fiction. Shaunta Grimes is an extraordinary new talent. Gideon hates the idea of moving to Nevada from the East Coast. It's so empty and hot in his new neighborhood. Only one person his age lives nearby: the girl next door, Roona.Gid notices right away that Roona is . . . different. She wears roller skates and a blanket as a cape when she needs to feel strong. What he doesn't bargain for, however, is how far outside his comfort zone Roona will take him as she enlists his help in finding her long-gone father. For a kid who's not allowed to ride his bike more than a few blocks from home, this will be the adventure of a lifetime. Views: 156
Juliana can't wait to attend her first season in London. Her close neighbor and childhood friend Peter is expected to join her. But when Peter's father dies unexpectedly, Peter must stay behind to help his mother and take on his late father's role as heir to his family home.After staying behind for the funeral, Juliana arrives late to London, the festivities well underway. But her expectations dim quickly at seeing how title-hungry society can be.The only person who has made her visit tolerable is her new friend, a girl her own age who longs for her former fiancé.When Peter unexpectedly arrives, Juliana makes a plan to get her friend back together with her lost love, though with little experience, she's only able to muddle things up. Worse yet, Peter still sees her as the child from their youth who needs constant scolding's.As her heart turns to Peter, she forces herself to become the sedate, sophisticated woman she feels he desires. But as her reckless behavior causes irrevocable damage to her reputation, she's afraid she's too late to earn his affections.Peter, the new Earl of Alder Court gets more than he bargains for when Juliana talks him into a pretend courtship with her new friend. Instead of keeping other women at bay from ambitions of catching his title, it traps him into many of Juliana's foolhardy schemes.When Juliana's attentions turn in another direction, his pretend courtship might inevitably entrap him. He must do something quickly or risk everything he has come to hold dear about his lovely friend. Views: 156
