Suspense Drama

The last thing Maria expected when she returned to the United States from France was to be arrested at the airport. Is she fated to spend the rest of her life in prison? Follow the loveable yet eccentric private investigator, Slade Kelly, (a readers' favorite), as he tries to keep Maria from going to prison. The story moves at a rapid pace, from the ghettos of Chicago to the beaches of Florida, from the streets of Los Angeles to the lush gardens of New York city. Each twist and turn comes with its own cast of colorful characters, from sleazy men in the Mafia to hot, desperate women, who ...

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

Tommy "Tee" Treadwell's mission is to beat the odds in a small suburban town through the links that was practiced and taught through his family lineage prior to him overturning a 15–30-year sentence in Pennsylvania's penal system. Can Tee trust the old links? Do they need to be polished, fastened and resealed? Or was the order and loyalty still set in the hearts of his old team. Can Tee really abandon the drug game with his younger Brother Shorty still standing on the code of honor or will territorial zones keep his blood pumping, causing him to want his throne back through intellect and ...

In Hearts Beneath the Ashes of Pompeii, healer Lucia Valerius and Egyptian physician Khai risk everything to uncover a deadly secret—and protect a love society forbids. As Pompeii teeters on the brink, they must fight prejudice, passion, and time itself in a race to heal a city—and their hearts.

The richest man in the world would have to be dealt with! But first someone would need to rob him of the ‘key’ to a mining empire; an empire built on the dwindling and coveted supply of ‘rare earth’ metals and minerals, without which the world’s hi-tech industries will collapse within weeks. A deviously plotting General Boronovsky, head of the much feared Russian SVR, will send his most accomplished professional assassin to do the job. Her name is Anna Petrov and she is Russian by birth. Her success or failure, in this one crucial mission will decide the economic fate of the three...

Denny O’Callaghan is afraid to open his eyes. He’d been out drinking last night with the guys, and his head throbs, his arms hurt, and he can’t remember what he’s done. He opens his eyes. Blood. On his sheets. His pillowcase. Then he gets a call: his ex-wife was murdered last night. He desperately tries to piece together what happened. But he can’t explain how he got the scratches on his arms, the police want to know about the domestic violence report his ex filed against him, and his buddies say he was raging against her last night before he stormed off on his own. Right about ...

Museum curator Pearl Davis always had a strained relationship with her mother, Sally. Growing up, she rarely felt her mother’s love. So many things about her mother’s behavior never added up. But when Sally dies unexpectedly, she leaves Pearl a letter from the grave…confessing to murder. Suddenly, Pearl has even more questions than she has answers. She suspects the letter is just a sign of her mother’s diminished state of mind—until she finds human remains in Sally’s garden.

Charles struggles to get two of his large investments started in America. Charles works in Kansas City and Orlando. Finding the right people for the job is turning out to be more of a challenge than he has experienced up to this time. Charles gets a disturbing message from Maurice Madison. The man he helped get the Indian Post job in the Dakotas. Gold has been found, and the natives are talking of war while the white miners flood onto Indian Reservation land. Charles gets involved to save Madison and his wife and is forced to visit Fort Abercrombie to rescue Maurice and his wife. Charles ...

Murder brings together a suburban community’s embezzlement, prostitution, bigotry, perversion, and black humor in this intense drama. Take a close look into the dark heart of suburban culture. Behind the phony smiles, lie chilling thoughts of murder, embezzlement, prostitution, bigotry, and perversion. This is spiced with black humor. When a sex murder is discovered, the suspects crawl out of the walls. We have a lawyer and his trophy wife, a civic leader with political aspirations, his wife who has her own agenda, the owner of a construction company, and the editor of a scandal rag, ...

In the heart of London's legal elite, an intoxicating game unfolds. A cunning criminal lawyer with a sinister double life and a dogged prosecutor obsessed with uncovering the truth. A renowned lawyer by day, a cunning criminal by night. In London's shadowy underworld, Adrian Cross plays both sides, weaving deceptions like a master puppeteer. Emily Turner, a sharp and relentless prosecutor, sniffs out corruption in the city's elite. When her intuition clashing with Adrian's diabolical games, she knows she's onto something huge. In an attempt to cover up his client’s drug charge, Adrian ...

A vice detective and a sex worker meet on the mean streets. Is it fate or a mistake when the attraction is immediate? Former Detroit homicide detective, Chris Hemmingway, is working vice. He’s also obsessed with renovating an old house in Corktown. The obsession soon has competition when he meets Laura Jerzewski, a nurse who moonlights, trying to maintain visitation of her six-year-old son. Will Chris try to remake her like he’s remaking his old house? The moment their eyes meet, he's smitten with Laura. All he wants is to protect her. There is one stumbling block they must overcome, ...

Sometimes, the pursuit of finding the truth in a secret is not worth the pain from the answer. Henry Hall's life was on the fast track to success until his employer moved his job to another country. Now he's working two jobs to pay bills and take care of his ailing wife who is need of a new Kidney. He hates his life but pushes through until some good news and the hint of a secret come his way. Now his journey to find the truth behind the secret causes a decent into a personal nightmare and a result that will change his life forever. Repeat Offender is the personal narrative of Henry Hall ...

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

Andrea was Leah’s best friend. A strange attraction between a wild, confident, fun-loving, widow and a quiet, insecure housewife.But Leah’s gentle and loving nature hide the depths of an underlying iron-hard mental strength. After surviving her vicious husband’s terrifying games and the mental asylum he committed her to, Leah’s only desire now is for a life of peace with her new partner, and her best friend, Andrea. What could possibly go wrong?Plenty, as it turns out. With her husband now on the run from a mob hitman, and his family each hiding their own secrets, they are prepared ...

Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd trusted him...but never again. Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of ...

Enjoy this exciting 2 book series by mystery thriller author Michelle Files. Madison's bedroom was eerily quiet when the kidnapper lifted her from her crib. The moon filtered through the curtain, illuminating the baby's face in a cold, blue light. The next morning, Madison's parents awoke to an empty crib and police officers knocking at the door. Her disappearance sent shockwaves throughout the town. Determined to find out what happened that night in her bedroom, Madison began digging deeper and uncovered a web of secrets and deception that threatened both her safety and sanity. With each ...

For 10 years, Nick Parker was a legendary black-ops agent for the U.S. government. He was an assassin. After leaving that world behind, he knew that one day, someone from his past would show up seeking retribution. But he could never have anticipated the killer who was finally put on his trail. A man known as El Diablo. A killer employed by the Perez cartel in Colombia with a penchant for beheading his victims. He was an urban legend, and simply seeing the man was a death sentence. But this time, he came for the wrong man.

Janie Sullivan's childhood nightmares are reawakened when she unexpectedly inherits the old homestead she thought had crumbled to the ground decades ago. Seeing the old house, nestled deep in the mountains of West Virginia, brings back a flood of memories. Joyous memories of a carefree childhood spent playing with her brother and sisters in the lush countryside are overshadowed by memories of one dark stormy night when their lives would be changed forever...a night that would pit them against an evil they didn't know existed on this earth. Will she be able to relive that dark night of ...

Just released from prison, Trip Walker’s hopes for a fresh start are shattered after finding his twin sister Rose has vanished without a trace. Determined to uncover the truth, Trip plunges into the dark past he left behind, only to find powerful forces are also hunting for Rose—with sinister intentions. Dodging hired killers and crooked cops, he races to find his sister, all while uncovering secrets of his own family’s past. With time running out and enemies closing in, Trip faces an impossible choice: abandon his search, or risk everything—including his newfound freedom—for the ...