The bell above Thunderforks’ garage door didn’t ring when Brian pushed through. It had been broken since March, same as half the things in this place. He stood there for...
Welcome to Silent Queen’s Reckoning. I’m so glad you could join us today. Now, let’s dive right into the story. The twenty-four-year-old mistress stood on the grand stage wearing a...
The fluorescent lights of St. Mary’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon, hummed their indifferent song as Dr. Daniel Brooks stood in the sterile corridor, his eyes fixed on Ethan Cole. The...
At 58, after 33 years of marriage, Ruth Macklin walked out of a courtroom with a cardboard box, a rusted pickup truck, and the deed to her father’s gas station...
The metallic taste lingering in my morning coffee should have been my first warning. But it was the syringe I discovered tucked beneath Benjamin’s pillow that afternoon that turned my...
The rain was the first thing she remembered. Not the plane. Not the goodbyes. Just the rain—hammering against the tiny window, blurring the lights of Minneapolis into a watercolor smear....
Look at this. All this money was paid to me for your daughter, Cristian. Please, don’t hurt her. She’s just a child, I beg you. Look at yourself. You can’t...
**PART ONE** It was 11:47 PM when my entire life collapsed. Not with a bang. Not with a scream. But with a muted television playing a business news channel in...
“So this is where you live, and you have the mind to ask me out? Do you think I date broke men?” Isabella laughed, turning to her friend. “This guy...
She almost walked past him. Ten hours on her feet. Rain coming down like the sky had a personal grievance. One working spoke left on her umbrella—the bent one she’d...
“No, Tenoch, what are you doing?” “Getting rid of this junk. And don’t call me Tenoch again. Now I’m Ricardo.” “But my love, don’t—” “Don’t ever call me ‘my love’...
“You really think this is acceptable?” Olivia Bennett whispered under her breath as she adjusted the hem of her dress for the third time that evening. The grand chandelier above...
They said the job was simple. Change the bandages. Administer the meds. Never look him in the eye. They said the pay could clear a lifetime of debt in a...
The worn tires of John Mallister’s 2004 Ford F-150 crunched against the familiar yet strangely alien gravel of County Road 9. The Montana sky was a sprawling canvas of bruised...
The most dangerous thing a mafia boss can lose isn’t his empire. It’s the woman who finally stops loving him. Rain hit the floor-to-ceiling windows hard enough to sound like...
He suspected his maid was stealing from him. For three weeks, he watched her sneak out with bags she didn’t bring in. So one night, he followed her, ready to...
**Part 1** The library was empty except for the two of them. Nia Monroe had been staring at the same page of her education law textbook for forty minutes, her...
The coffee shop smelled of cinnamon and burnt espresso. A Tuesday afternoon refuge for those avoiding real life. Melissa Hart sat in the corner booth deliberately slouching in an oversized...
The heavy Seattle rain slammed against the tall glass windows of the old church. The sound was loud, drumming a steady beat that matched the pounding in Maya’s chest. The...
Some women learn what they are worth from a mirror. Cassia Karedine, Duchess of Marchmont, learned it from the back of her husband’s head. The October dawn at Roxholm, his...