Psychological Horror Thriller

Sarah Myers has a great job! A governess for a rich wealthy Bay Area family comes with its added benefits. A car, a home in a trendy San Francisco neighborhood. Life is divine --until it truly isn’t and the cards fall apart. An unexpected affair and an insane proposal from the wealthy patriarch... and everything hits the fan. Now she is unable to tell what her role is in this mansion. She is surprised by the wealthy wife’s acceptance of her relationship with their perfect doctor husband. She confides in her best friend, a girl she has known since childhood about her love and the strange...

When a star swimmer is found dead, floating face down in a pool. And another one of his teammates goes missing. PI Dean Steele is hired by the parents to investigate the case. It seems the death and disappearance could be connected. Immediately upon arrival at the school, Dean finds evidence that contradicts the official rulings. Upon digging deeper into the cases, he finds a trail of mind blowing corruption. With so much deception, it feels like he is surrounded by a labyrinth of betrayal at every step. Blackmail, hidden intentions, and lies threaten to unravel a dark network within the ...

“If this book doesn’t scare you, I’m not sure anything can.” Then Jesus demanded the demon give its name. And it responded, “I am Legion, for we are many.” – Mark 5:9 As a wave of grisly, ritualistic killings sweeps across Los Angeles, the police have only one lead – a mysterious girl caught at one of the crime scenes. But something’s wrong with her beyond the feral rage in her eyes. It’s something deep inside her. Taken to prison, the guards and police learn she hides terrifying secrets even the prison walls can’t contain. Powers to move objects and compel people. To ...

If death is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to accept it. But if evil is knocking at your door, you have no choice but to kill it. It's been decades since Rebecca Underhill and her late twin sister, Molly, were abducted by a madman in the deep woods behind their farmhouse. It's also been many years since that madman was released from prison and went after Rebecca a second time. It's also been years since a copycat killer called The Skinner tried to murder Rebecca and her young son. Now sixty and alone, Rebecca is battling cancer. But soon she will encounter a third monster who...

Claudia Shephard’s husband died in a fire. Everyone says it was tragic. Accidental. She doesn't remember much—just smoke, panic, the way her lungs burned as she ran. But three weeks after the funeral, a manuscript arrives on her doorstep. A book she didn’t write. A book that describes, in disturbingly intimate detail, her husband’s affair… and the precise steps she took to murder him. It’s written in her voice. With her quirks. Her phrases. Her secrets. And page by page, Claudia feels her grip on reality begin to unravel. As whispers swirl through their coastal town and friends ...

There's something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she's the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. But when their neighborhood suffers a series of terrible accidents, her mother begins to wonder: Why do bad things seem to happen when little Rhoda is around?

The world is full of demons. They lurk in the shadows waiting for their next victim… PI Dean Steele has faced many great losses. Now reconnected with his long-lost son. The void he had all his life is finally full of love and optimism for the future. While attempting to take down The Board, he gets called to a perplexing case. A man was found in a B&B with a fatal head wound and a letter detailing his motive for suicide. With the reason and the clues left behind not quite adding up. Dean begins to suspect foul play behind the man’s death. While working on the case Dean witnesses many ...

When Leslie inherits her family's estate, she uncovers a chilling truth: some legacies never die. Leslie's life spirals into chaos after a fire destroys her apartment, leaving her with nothing—until a lawyer shows up claiming she's the heir to her estranged family's estate, Englewood. Drawn to the house by mysterious dreams, Leslie discovers that her late mother may have left behind more than just secrets—Englewood is rumored to be haunted. As strange occurrences and eerie whispers plague her, she begins to wonder if the ghost stories surrounding the estate are more than local legend. ...

Eleven-year-old Ava O’Brien has always been quiet, observant, and just a little different. But when she tells her parents about a day at school that ended in horror, they’re left shaken and uncertain. Ava’s story is chilling: classmates blindfolded and led into a hidden basement, masked figures performing unthinkable rituals, and a darkness so suffocating that it still haunts her dreams. Her details are vivid, her fear palpable—too vivid to dismiss as fantasy. Teddy and Barbara O’Brien want to believe it’s all in their daughter’s mind. But as cracks form in the facade of their...

They wanted a weekend escape. The forest wanted something else. Jenna sought a quiet retreat in the dense woods of a remote state park, a break from the noise of the city. Her partner, Mark, saw it as another objective to conquer—a master of logistics in a world he believed he understood. But the ancient forest has its own rules. And it has a keeper. It begins with a strange orb of light on a photo, an anomaly Mark dismisses as a technical glitch. Then comes the sharp crack of a branch in the dead of night, followed by the soft thud of a pebble against their tent. Mark’s relentless ...

MEMORIES BECOME THE MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON WHEN YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR OWN. Willow Harper has been charged with the brutal murder of her friends. But confined to Bordeaux Behavioral Hospital with no recollection of that tragic night, she is left questioning her own innocence. Public defender Donovan Thomas takes on her case, determined to get to the truth. But Willow's convenient amnesia raises more questions than answers. Why can't she recall any details? And why does it seem like she's hiding something? But to comprehend Willow's unstable grip on reality means confronting the cracks in his ...

At a beloved local theme park, all has not been well. After an inexplicable fire ravaged the park, the community united to rebuild the attractions. The grand re-opening ceremony was filled with excitement and hope. But the laughter soon turned into screams. PI Dean Steele has solved countless cases. Endured life's many tragedies, including the murder of his first love. Just as he begins to piece his life back together and reconnect with his hidden son, he is called into a new, bewildering case. The town is baffled by a series of unexpected fires and an unidentifiable burnt victim. As Dean ...

“Medic! We need a medic now!” Behind bars, the life of a convict is a brutal game of survival. When Dean Steele receives an invitation from Ashford Prison to speak to the troubled men there. He is hopeful that he’d inspire the men to change for the better. But his arrival is met with commotion and chaos. Riots erupt and bodies start dropping. Now, it’s up to Dean to go undercover and infiltrate the prison to find out the truth amid the murderous anarchy. When the tables are turned with the bloodthirsty prisoner running the prison and taking the guards as hostages. Not even Dean ...

Meg wants a normal life. Her new artistic style, born in the depression of her mother's death, is poised to take the art world by storm, if she could just overcome the debilitating anxiety caused by the car accident that scarred her boyfriend, Austin. Encouraged by her therapist, Meg pushes outside her comfort zone to befriend Haley, a guest instructor at the university. Haley is everything Meg wants to be: charismatic, confident, and perfect, but when Austin expresses his worry that Haley is changing Meg too fast, Meg kicks him out of her life. Or at least, she tries.

In the crushing abyss of the Pacific, silence is not peace. It's a prelude to damnation. Captain Ortega commands the USS Caspian, a state-of-the-art nuclear submarine and the apex of naval engineering. His mission is routine, his crew the best in the fleet. But when a sudden, inexplicable power failure plunges them into absolute darkness and silence, their training is put to the ultimate test. It's not a system malfunction; it's a suffocating, complete death of the machine. Stranded miles beneath the surface, the crew's discipline begins to fray as impossible phenomena plague the ship. A ...

Leah was unemployed, broke, and desperate. A few years earlier, a fatal car crash took the lives of Leah’s beloved husband and their two babies, leaving her disabled. Life looked bleak. Then she met Mason. He was charming, charismatic, persuasive, and a successful businessman, well respected in the community. His teenage daughter did nothing to welcome Leah into the family, but life is never perfect. And the nightmares began the day the dog died… Two years into her second marriage, Leah Brand’s world is turned upside down. Inanimate objects move, her clothes are left out for the ...

There’s a dress in Daisy’s closet. Silver. Low-backed. Tiny spaghetti straps. She’ll wear it to prom on the arm of Harris Zandari, the most gorgeous senior at her school. How did quiet, barely-there Daisy, land Harris Zandari? She watched him. She watched him so closely, and for so long, that she saw things no one else did. She saw through his charm, his bright, smiling face, to the sad, broken person underneath just waiting for the perfect sad, broken girl to complete him. Daisy was that girl.

When life keeps throwing you grenades. You don’t stop running. From having a criminal mastermind as a father, to losing his mother when he was young. PI Dean Steele has had to overcome many tragedies in life. After leaving the military, he was determined to continue living a life of service. Since then, he has solved many brutal and shocking cases as a private investigator. Called in to investigate a strange case with missing EMTs dispatched to 871 Ridge Port, he never expected to find the many gruesome twists in the case. What happened to the EMTs or the people who lived in 871? Nothing ...

How far would you go to save your child? This is the impossible question facing Lacey. Would you sacrifice your lover, your mother, your husband? Three families are torn apart, their lives shattered, everything they know turned upside down. when their children are kidnapped, the only communication they receive is a request from the abductor to sacrifice a loved one to be tortured to death. failing to follow the instructions will result in their child suffering that fate instead. Delving into the depths of a damaged mind, this novel contains some graphic scenes of torture and explores some ...

A festive holiday party turns into a nightmare when a guest is found dead, and a snowstorm causes a blackout. PI Dean Steele dedicated a significant portion of his life to serving his country. Now, a story from one of his past missions is on the verge of becoming a TV show. He is invited to attend a Christmas party with his military buddies and some entertainment industry professionals. Soon, a snowstorm hits, and a missing guest from the party is found dead. With the police unable to reach them and another body turning up, Dean does everything in his power to take control of the situation ...