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On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jackson waited for his fiancée, Angila Wilder, to pick him up from work as she always did. But this time, she didn’t show - and Christopher’s calls went unanswered. The police found what looked like a scene from a horror movie at their home. The backdoor kicked in. A bedroom splattered with blood. And a pregnant young woman violently stabbed to death.

It's been three months since Detective Iris Williams has been back to work. She has been on an extended medical leave, battling depression after she'd dropped the ball on the biggest case of her career - the apprehension of the 17-year-old serial killer, Stacey McHill. But instead of seeking treatment for her depression, Iris has been roaming the streets of New York City. The city's streets now haunt Iris, and paranoia has become her constant companion. The captain of the Double 0 precinct has placed Iris and Toni on desk duty, calling Iris an embarrassment to the department.

I knew only bad things would come out of my parents’ boss noticing me. When he threatened to fire them, if I didn’t marry him, I couldn’t see a way out of it. I was prepared to be trapped in a loveless marriage to save them. But Henry found another way: run away with him. He could protect my parents and me. I was all too happy to go with him. He made me feel safe. 

These were the words that the renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Patterson had reluctantly spoken to Detective Iris Williams and her partner Annette Toni. Their topic of discussion: 16-year-old Stacey and Jannifer McHill. A few weeks after Iris and Toni's horrific confrontation with the twins - where Iris was forced to shoot and kill Jannifer - Stacey McHill was sent to a new facility for the criminally insane. 

He needs her submission. She needs his protection. Millie: I can’t believe I’m being forced to marry a monster like Brad. I want nothing to do with someone who runs dogfighting rings. But Brad is too powerful. I can’t escape him. Until a stranger breaks in. And steals me away in the middle of the night. Adam was hired to protect me. I’m just a job for him. But every part of me wanted to submit to him And become his little girl.

Charles Bentley was always due to inherit his late father’s fortune, and he loved to boast about it. He was the typical son of privilege with more money than sense and an appetite for partying that was rarely satisfied - although he did try his hardest. But there’s one thing standing in his way of this fortune; a stipulation that states he must marry before his 25th birthday. With no plans of settling down but every intention of the getting the money, a plan forms in his head.

Oliver spoke first, the only one who could initially find their voice and start what they came here to do. “Is anyone here with us?” And just like that, the planchette began to move. Slowly, it made its way to "yes". "Are you the girl they say haunts this bridge?" Charlotte asked. The night around them suddenly got darker, pitch-black, and it got windy, with the sound it made under the bridge sounding faintly like screams. The planchette then moved from "yes" to "no". Nora gasped, bringing her free hand to her mouth, looking at Oliver for comfort.

Enjoy this short story by Mace Styx. George heaved a great sigh, dragging a hand over his face. “Rebecca...do you recall when your mother was pregnant with Orin?” he asked. “I don’t suppose you do”. Rebecca frowned in thought, then shook her head. “Not very well”, she said. “I would have only been around eight years old at the time. But I remembered she was bedridden during the last couple of months, wasn’t she”? “She nearly died”. George replied, and Amelia visibly flinched".

As the Southwest’s most notorious motorcycle gang goes through a changing of the guard, young Jim Deere, (or Tumbleweed, as the brotherhood calls him) is given a task to track down an estranged daughter and deliver mysterious instructions to her inheritance. Jim’s bravery, integrity, and morals are tested to the full as he strives to break away from his outlaw ways, searches for a better life, rediscovers his Native American roots, and learns to put the safety of another before his own and so on.  

The choice of bringing a book out of the dustbin of history and making it more easily available to the general public should be an easy decision, right? Not in the case of The Wonderful Electric Elephant written by Frances Montgomery. Listeners can hear exactly what Frances Montgomery wrote and decide for themselves what they think of it. Parts of this novel are a vile stain on history and society. But, I must also add that she wrote some innovative ideas and had some imaginative concepts which were ahead of her time.

For fans of Nightmare on Elm Street and the 1989 classic Heathers comes Dead by Morning, a supernatural thriller that combines the angst of a high school drama and the gore of a nightmarish slasher. "He was real, and he was a monster." Obsession is deadly. No one learns that better than Luna Ketz, a pessimistic high school senior. Caught between the intentions of her stern father and business-minded mother, boys are the last thing on Luna’s mind, but this fact doesn’t detour mysterious bad boy Chance Welfrey from trying to gain her affection.

With the wedding preparations fully underway, Jane is feeling rather overwhelmed by it all. She has no choice but to help with certain parts of the organization, and she has to do the one thing that she never had anticipated she would do; try on wedding dresses. What some might have perceived as one of their greatest days out, Jane was dreading it as though it were a dark day for her. Charles can’t wait to get through the day and get it over and done with.

Thumbelina's a long way from home and on campus, studying hard to find her happily ever after. So, when the Tom Thumb of legend asks her out for lunch and Tinker Bell doesn't approve, does Thumbelina go with her gut, or does she run faster out of college than a jack rabbit? Join this funny adventure when Thumbelina crosses over with Tinkerbell, Tom Thumb, Odette from Swan Lake, and other beloved fairy-tale characters!

He would do anything for her. She loved him with all her heart. Allie: I can’t believe it. My parents are making me marry a horrible man. All in the name of money. I want to be in charge of my own life. And I want a strong Daddy to take care of me. When Jonathan helps me run away, it’s a dream come true. I want him more than anything. But would he ever want a Little like me?

In book 5 of the Colony Ship Warren series, Beth and Allen find themselves trapped in a vacant place surrounded by deserts. Yet they soon realize that they cannot sit idly by while the Colony Ship Warren is threatened. They risk a dangerous trek to escape and find some assistance. Yet in the vast recesses of the Warren, there awaits horrors which Beth and Allen cannot imagine. What will happen if Beth and Allen encounter one of those horrors?

This is a story for children of all ages, and is suitable for grandparents or parents to listen to with their children. It is the story of a wondrous electric elephant and the people who encounter it. Big as a house, this wondrous electric elephant is able to move and do amazing things, depending on who is piloting it and whether or not some cats have sneaked into the inside of the electric elephant.

On the Happily Ever After University campus, Goldilocks is one of the harshest critics you'll ever meet. Her scathing reviews have made this fairy-tale character one to avoid. But, when Goldilocks' naturally straight hair is short one curling iron, how is she going to do her hairdo? Can Goldilocks find help in her dormmates, the Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, and Thumbelina, or will she have to change her name to Baldilocks instead? 

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Louie Marston is a infamous womanizer, who will and can hit on any woman wearing a skirt. So, when he wakes up next to "Big" Bertha Henderson, a plus-size coworker and accidentally bumps into her three-year-old toddler, he's in for a rude awakening. But when his only confidant is a conspiracy theorist obsessed with cryptocurrency, how is Louie going to wiggle out of this one? Is Louie meant for a life of one night stands, or can he learn to love Bertha and her family? 

Three short stories in one convenient package! Follow the adventures of Thumbelina in college in these wacky crossovers featuring all sorts of fairy-tale creatures!