His vacation. His rules. Tell that to the woman in the black string bikini.Tristan Hart is the billionaire owner of a luxury NYC hotel, but his ideal vacation is a cruise to blow off steam. He's not expecting to find love, but when a woman falls at his feet (literally), she stirs much more than his sexual desires.Laney's cruise is off to a terrible start. First, she falls on her face in the lobby, and next, a god of a man picks her up. She's there to seduce her boss, but this guy... WHOA. When a cocktail mix-up pulls Laney further into Tristan's world, she admits her devilish plan and asks Tristan for a lesson in the seduction game.Tristan eagerly puts his hands and everything else on Laney, but when their filthy little game starts to feel like more than casual sex, there's no way Tristan is handing Laney over to someone else.She's his and this alpha billionaire always gets what he wants… Views: 563
After enduring years of confinement in a mental institution, Danielle Blake's new doctor attempts to convince her to come to terms with her mental illness, and deny the supernatural phenomena she claims to have experienced. Her doctor devotes her sessions to reliving Danielle's past trauma encapsulated in her journal. Danielle hesitates to divulge the dark times she has not only endured, but also inflicted on the people she loved. She never intended to hurt anyone. As she looks deeper into her past, she wonders more of what has become of her family since she abandoned them, and where was Peyton?The tragic love for Peyton Danielle desperately clung to was stripped away as Danielle's dark side began to take control. Danielle once believed she had the supernatural ability to restore life and extinguish it. Now, she tries to convince not only her doctor but herself as well, that the memories in her head are real. However, when she is confronted with an alternate truth at every... Views: 563
Set entirely at Wybrany College—a school where the wealthy keep their kids safe from the chaos erupting in the cities—Four by Four is a novel of insinuation and gossip, in which the truth about Wybrany's "program" is always palpable, but never explicit. The mysteries populating the novel open with the disappearance of one of the "special," scholarship students. As the first part unfolds, it becomes clear that all is not well in Wybrany, and that something more sordid lurks beneath the surface. In the second part—a diary written by an imposter who has infiltrated the school as a substitute teacher—the eerie sense of what's happening in this space removed from society, becomes more acute and potentially sinister. An exploration of the relationship between the powerful and powerless—and the repetition of these patterns—Mesa's "sophisticated nightmare" calls to mind great works of gothic literature (think Shirley Jackson) and social... Views: 563
In this short story, Caterer River Holloway needs the money from a corporate retreat client but the client is her ex, Pete Merrick. Her sidekick for this adventure is world-famous Trouble the cat, a feline who fancies himself as the Benedict Cumberbatch version of Sherlock Holmes. After the delicious meal, dangerous undercurrents lead to confrontations and all is not as it seems. Join River, Pete, and Trouble in this prequel to the Seafood Caper Mystery series of culinary cozies. This short story was originally released in the Trouble anthology, Trouble with Cupid. Views: 563
