Romance Mystery Psychological

Thirty years of affection. Ten years of soul shattering love. Eight years of happy employment. Two months of turmoil. One week of truth. A lifetime of betrayal. Would you have seen it coming? Annabelle Fortin landed herself in a bit of trouble. Mandated to community service at an assisted living facility for early onset dementia she meets Jezebel, one of the residents. This is the story that unfolds over the course of Annabelle's court ordered six-month sentence. Nothing is what it seems.

It's no coincidence when Grace Elland finds a vodka bottle next to the lifeless body of her boss, motivational speaker Sprague Witherspoon. The bottle is a terrifying - and deliberate - reminder of the horrors of her past. Grace retreats to her hometown to regroup and tries to put everything she’s learned about positive thinking into practice - a process that is seriously challenged on the world’s worst blind date. Awkward doesn’t begin to describe her evening with venture-capitalist Julius Arkwright.

Work is a welcome refuge for New Orleans homicide detective Evangeline Theroux. Feeling suffocated by her new baby, in whose eyes she sees only her dead husband, she throws herself into a high-profile murder case. Reclusive writer Lena Saunders offers Evangeline a provocative theory about the crime: it is the work of a lunatic vigilante. Lena spins the sordid story of Ruth and Rebecca Lemay, whose mother brutally murdered her male children in an insane effort to root out an “evil” gene.

Lisa and Matt can't believe their luck. They have a dream house and a dream marriage, and very soon they'll have a dream family too. But life is rarely that simple. When their beautiful life is rocked by tragedy, they are forced to make an unbearable choice. Suddenly the future they've built together looks fragile and exposed. With aching hearts and their love on the line, they set off on a road trip through the stunning Californian landscape hoping that time and distance will help them start again.

All Lock Gilkenney wants is a family. But he'll have to cross the line to get one. Lock is a dedicated investigator at Child Protective Services. An anonymous report of neglect comes in. He responds and finds the kids in good health. Lock concludes the report was a ruse, possibly part of a scheme to make Natalie Mannheim, the kids' mother, look bad in an upcoming divorce trial. Natalie needs Lock's expertise to help her win custody - and a multimillion-dollar divorce settlement.

How can you pack for the journey of a lifetime? George Baxter has settled for a comfortable life, content as the years unfold predictably - until Win, his wife of 26 years, dies. With his loyal dog Monty by his side, George throws himself into his work as an antiques dealer. His business is at the heart of the village and all sorts pass through the doors, each person in search of their own little piece of history. When George meets local widow Sylvia Newsome, he imagines a different kind of future. But life has more revelations to offer him.

A man who married young, and so never had the chance to sow his wild oats, suddenly breaks out when in his mid-30s - and becomes convinced he has stumbled on the secret of happiness.

For two years, Justice Turnbull has paced his room at Halo Valley Security Hospital, planning to escape. Justice has a mission - one that began with a vicious murder two decades ago. And there are so many others who must be sent back to the hell that spawned them. Laura Adderley didn’t plan to get pregnant by her soon-to-be ex-husband, though she’ll do anything to protect her baby. But now reporter Harrison Frost is asking questions about the mysterious group of women who live at Siren Song lodge. Harrison hasn’t figured out Laura’s connection to the story yet.

Michael hat sich schon immer um seinen kleinen Bruder Joshua gekümmert. Ihre Mutter ist drogenabhängig, der Stiefvater gewalttätig. Eines Tages wird der 14-Jährige Zeuge, wie sein Stiefvater von einem Fremden brutal ermordet wird. Michael flieht mit Joshua, doch er weiß nicht, wem er sich anvertrauen kann. Er ist gehörlos und außer sich vor Sorge. Fußballtrainer Diesel Kennedy ahnt, dass etwas nicht stimmt. Gemeinsam mit der Ärztin Dani Novak, für die er mehr als nur Freundschaft empfindet, gewinnt er langsam das Vertrauen von Michael.

A decade after Cadence Lawrence accused the perpetrator in the brutal murder of her high-school friend, she’s finally put the nightmare to rest. But the ghosts of her past won’t rest, and an unexpected encounter with the killer reawakens demons she thought were long dead. Gripped by paranoia, Cadence fears she’s being stalked and suspects that the murderer has invaded the sanctity of her home. Could her chance encounter have rekindled the savage rage that claimed the life of her friend and now threatens Cadence herself?

Once inseparable, years of resentment and jealousy have driven Alice and Holly apart. But, though they barely speak these days, Alice knows her sister is hiding something. When she hears that a discovery at a soon-to-be-demolished apartment building has led police to re-open an 'accidental death' case, Alice thinks nothing of it. She's distracted by a recent chance encounter with a charismatic man named Damien, and the possibility of romance when she had given up all hope. Until someone knocks at her door, with questions about Holly.

I’m drowning in nightmares. The secrets buried, the secrets revealed. The truth enslaved. How do I claw my way out? I need to be set free. The nightmares that haunt my mind are the same ones that keep me sane. The tyrant king needs to be toppled. This board game we play must be won.

Traveling to be with her fiance's terminally ill mother in her last days, Saoirse Read expected her introduction to the family's ancestral home would be bittersweet. But the stark thrust of Langdon Hall against the cliff and the hundred darkened windows in its battered walls are almost as forbidding as the woman who lies wasting inside. Her fiance's parents make no secret of their distaste for Saoirse, and their feelings have long since spread to their son. Or perhaps it is only the shadows of her mind suggesting she's unwelcome, seizing on her fears while her beloved grieves?

Ex-detective Ray Flowers thinks that all he has to worry about is his overgrown honeysuckle until an unexpected phone call shatters his complacence. The drug supplier known as Angel Eyes is back on the streets. They called him Angel Eyes, after the insignia he left behind at every crime scene. A pair of innocent blue eyes on a shred of paper. Angel Eyes vanished without a trace. But the lives he destroyed are still in ruins.

October Diplomat is a tale of forbidden love wrapped in international intrigue. In the course of 12 days in October, an American intelligence agent falls in love with a Vietnamese spy who helps him untangle a Chinese general’s plot to seize Vietnam's offshore oil and assassinate China’s president.

Aspiring designer Taurus Maxwell learns that her fiancé has been having an affair with her mother on the day of her engagement party. She wonders if she can ever be able to give her heart to someone and have them love her in return. After her home burns down and her dreams of being a designer are crushed by another bad interview, her ex-fiancé's father, Ru Wén, gives her an offer she cannot refuse. With her mother and ex-fiancé trying to fight back into her life will she ever be able to escape them? Is it okay to find love with a man who happens to be your ex-fiance's father?

A woman and a child arrive at a cottage in the Peak District in the dead of night. Alone. Desperate. Hunted. She knows they’re coming for her. It’s only a matter of time. Because her husband kept a secret from her. Until he was ready to destroy her. Now, it’s her turn. The Lost Wife is the jaw-dropping domestic suspense thriller from bestseller Georgina Lees, a scintillating story of a husband’s secret and a wife’s vengeance that will seep into your soul like a love song you’d rather forget.

It is 1965 and young Alexandra Crewe obediently marries the man her father has selected for her. But, very soon, both she and her husband Laurence realize that their marriage is a disaster. When real love finds Alexandra, plucking her out of her unhappy existence, she is powerless to resist. Her home becomes Fort Stirling, a beautiful Dorset castle, but Alexandra fears that there will be a price to pay for this wonderful new life. When tragedy strikes, it seems that her punishment has come – and there is only one way she can atone for her sins.

In the shadow of FrostBite Foods, flavor is power — and submission is only a bite away. Dr. Alessia Lombardi, a disgraced food chemist, uncovers the ultimate betrayal: Giovanni Vitale’s frozen pizza empire is built on human-derived umami and addictive compounds. Her father’s death. Her destroyed reputation. All roads lead back to Giovanni — the Ice King who worships flavor like a dark god. Obsessed, Alessia infiltrates his empire to destroy it from within. But seduction seeps deeper than any sauce.

Kayleigh Carter is starting her life over above a coffee shop in Manhattan. She is also the author of the hit thriller, My Legal Guardian, in which a “bad boy billionaire” plays Fifty Shades of Grey-style mind games on a female protagonist. She discovers the previous tenant, a young college girl, of her apartment went missing - the inspiration for her next thriller. However, someone doesn’t want her found, and she soon attracts a psychopath who only goes by XXX.