Scandal's Promise, A Romance Book by Pamela Gibson Views: 583
This collection of eighteen short tales, a novelette and a short novel takes the reader inside the dark imagination of Elizabeth Engstrom, author of acclaimed horror classics like When Darkness Loves Us. In these stories, you will read about a woman asked to be complicit in her own mother's death, a grandmother with a macabre hobby, a bizarre, phallic-shaped flower that portends evil for a married couple, a father whose son is caught up in a sinister government experiment. These are weird and unsettling tales that will linger with the reader. In her introduction to this new edition, Lisa Kröger writes, "There are true horrors that await readers in all of Engstrom's works ... reminds me of another giant of horror literature, Shirley Jackson." Views: 583
Carter Hayes is no saint, but he'd do anything to give his four-year-old daughter the life she deserves. It's hard being a single dad and he doesn't like going it alone. But as a closet romantic, he's an easy target for women. Especially the wrong ones. Wedding planner Eliza Bellefonte is good at getting people married. She's also good at predicting just how long that marriage will last and these days? They don't last long. Maybe she is jaded but she will fake her optimism all the way to the bank. When Eliza is forced to rely on Carter in order to pull off a client's wedding, he bargains for a date in exchange and her skepticism ratchets up. The handsome contractor and his adorable daughter check all the boxes on her list, but he's been married twice before and the rules of engagement are simple—three strikes and you're out. MAKE ME A MATCH SERIES:ROMANCE RESETRULES OF ENGAGEMENTTHE MATCHMAKER'S SECRET... Views: 583
This twin's past is a blank...And she might not have a future.Waking up in a bullet-ridden car with a bag of cash and a deputy insisting she's his ex-fiancée, Ashlee Taylor has no memory of what happened—or of Lawson Avery. But with her twin missing and someone hunting her down, she must trust him with her life. Can Lawson save her and her sister—even as Ashlee's forgotten secrets become an inescapable trap? Views: 583
Cal's a hapless watchmaker. Marina's a beautiful scuba instructor. They were friends as kids. Now, not so much. Together they'll solve the secret of Rosalita Flats. If the sharks don't get them first.The Secret of Rosalita Flats is the story of a man trying to unload the football-shaped house he inherited, while dodging the backwater Blacktip Island's quirky collection of con artists, smugglers and other ne'er-do-wells: an ornery housekeeper who refuses to be fired, a rum-soaked attorney with his own agenda, a chair-wielding resort manager who thinks he's an avenging angel, and a self-styled psychic who may be able to see the future. There's also a mysterious someone—or something—trying to scare Cal off the island. Cal has to figure out what his old man was mixed up in, fast, if he's to sell the house and get off the crazy little rock alive.Written with Hiaasen-esque humor, The Secret of Rosalita Flats is a beguiling mystery for anyone who's ever... Views: 583
In the vein of Mary Karr's Lit, Augusten Burroughs' Dry and Sarah Hepola's Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and riveting—and often wryly funny—addiction memoir from one of New York media's most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career.Dan Peres wasn't born to be a media insider. As an awkward, magic-obsessed adolescent, nothing was further from his reality than the catwalks of Paris or the hallways of glossy magazine publishers. A gifted writer and shrewd cultural observer, Peres eventually took the leap—even when it meant he had to fake a sense of belonging in a new world of famed fashion designers, celebrities, and some of media's biggest names. But he had a secret: opiates.Peres's career as an editor at W magazine and Details is well known, but little is known about his private life as a high-functioning drug addict. In As Needed... Views: 583
