Concerned for her sister Kim, whom she is afraid is having a break-down after the death of her husband, Susan Edwards goes to see if she can help her. But soon Susan is caught up in the complicated web of lies and deceit her vengeful sister is weaving. To add to Susan's concerns, there has been an assault and attempted rape on her sister. Asked about it, Kim refuses to discuss it. When Susan is attacked while walking along the beach, she suspects she was mistaken for Kim. Asked if she is in some kind of trouble, Kim just laughs it off. When Susan meets the magnetic Gil Markum, whom Kim holds responsible for her husband's death and is vowing vengeance against, Susan is torn between her increasing attraction for him and loyalty to her sister. Then a dead man is found on Kim's doorstep and Kim has disappeared. Is she a killer or another victim? Along with the police, Susan searches for her sister, not only for her whereabouts but for who Kim really is. Is she a broken woman, emotionally shattered by the death of her husband? Or is she an adulteress, a teller of tales, as she has been accused of being? Is she a murderess?

Warning - this book ends with a cliffhanger ending! Book 3 (Darkesty Designs) picks ups where this one ends off. Drawing is her world...but when she's banished to a deadly new world and needs help, it's his world too. Her... Storey Dalton wants to go home - but something goes terrifyingly wrong and she ends up in her worst nightmare. There's no escape...not without Eric or her stylus. Then she finds someone who needs rescuing even more than she does... Him... Eric Jordan races to save Storey, only to realize a close family member has betrayed them both. Now the enemy is closing in on him. When he meets up with Storey, he knows her plans are a bad idea, but she won't be dissuaded...and it could be their only way of staying alive. It... The stylus, now bonded to Storey's artistic soul, is determined to survive this new chaos - against all odds. But damaged from a prolonged separation, he can't help Story or Eric - without making things worse. Them... Storey is determined to make things right. Eric is determined to help her. Neither counts the personal cost, until their very lives are in danger. Young adult; mystery; Alternate dimension; magic; clean romance; urban fantasy; Action & adventure; Fantasy

The Shadows Between Us meets The Scorpio Races in the epic conclusion to NYT bestselling Kalyn Josephson's This Dark Descent, called "a fierce and darkly magical thrill ride" by acclaimed author Ava Reid. The Illinir may be over, but the race for Enderlain’s future has just begun. The hunt for the old king’s lost heir is on, and the first to find them will win the throne. Mikira has allied herself with the rebels in pursuit of the heir, but the deeper her search takes her, the closer she gets to the royal family's wicked past. Ari is struggling to control her own growing power as she grapples with a dark secret that may be her undoing ― and the truth behind Damien's greatest foe. Damien, the new head of House Adair, joins the race to find the royal successor and secure the crown. But as his influence at court grows, so do his paranoia and hunger for power. Reid is trying his best to stay true to the friend who's always had his loyalty ― and the flame who has his heart ― while trapped in a web of chaos and lies. All the while, a darker force is festering in Enderlain’s underbelly. Mikira, Ari, Damien, and Reid will need to find a way back to one another ― and themselves ― before the kingdom is torn apart. Hearts will be broken and new bonds will be forged in this explosive finale to This Dark Descent, where spellbinding fantasy meets Jewish mythology in a cut-throat race for the throne ― and humanity's survival.

Warning - there is some swearing and this book ends with a cliffhanger ending! Book 2 (Deadly Designs picks ups where this one ends off.) The printed form of this book is 202 pages. Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too. Her...Storey Dalton is seventeen and now boyfriendless after being dumped via Facebook. Drawing is her escape. It's like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive? Him...Eric Jordan is a new Ranger and the only son of the Councilman to his world. He's crossed the veil between dimensions to retrieve a lost stylus. But Storey is already experimenting with her new pencil and what her drawings can do - like open portals. It... The stylus is a soul-bound intelligence from Eric's dimension on Earth and uses Storey's unsuspecting mind to seek its way home, giving her an unbelievable power. She unwittingly opens a third dimension, one that held a dangerous predatory species banished from Eric's world centuries ago, releasing these animals into both dimensions. Them... Once in Eric's homeland, Storey is blamed for the calamity sentenced to death. When she escapes, Eric is ordered to bring her back or face that same death penalty. With nothing to lose, can they work together across dimensions to save both their worlds?

The emotional power of If I Stay meets the survival story of Maze Runner Genetically engineered identical twins Kyle and Connor McAdams were born two years apart. Their parents figured it was safer that way, to increase their odds of survival. Connor was born first, paving an impossibly perfect path for Kyle to follow. He was the best at everything—valedictorian, star quarterback etc. Kyle never thought he’d be able to live up, so he didn’t even try. But when Connor, 18, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, and Kyle learns of other genetically modified kids who’ve also died on their eighteenth birthdays, he’s suddenly motivated—to save his own life. Like Connor and all the rest, Kyle was conceived at the Genesis Innovations Laboratory, where the mysterious Dr. Mueller conducted experiments on them. The clock’s ticking as Kyle searches for answers: who was Dr. Mueller really, and what did he do to cause their hearts to stop at eighteen? He must unravel the clues quickly, before, he too, becomes another perfect, blue-eyed corpse.

What promises to be a perfect summer for Millie Kirchner—a chance to volunteer at the archaeology site at Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson’s secret retreat—turns ominous as first an archaeology intern and then Millie’s housemate are murdered. Millie discovers that the deadly past holds the key to the murders in the continuation of this series that links the doings of a founding father to modern times. [Deadly Design is the second of the Deadly Past books] Mystery by Marion Moore Hill; originally published by Pemberley Press

This is ALL three books of the Design trilogy - an urban fantasy series of action, adventure, other dimensions and of course, with a little...love. Included in this set is: 1. Dangerous Designs 2. Deadly Designs 3. Darkest Designs Young adult; mystery; Alternate dimension; magic; clean romance; urban fantasy; Action & adventure; Fantasy

V. 12 contains: The Archer...Christmas, 1877.