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A collection of True Crime... Amber Guyger, a police officer at the Dallas Police Department, had just returned from a long shift at work, and as she had done countless times, opened her door. On the other side of the door was a black man in his underwear, and Amber realized that there was an intruder in the house. She directed him to put his hands up and when he failed to do so, she shot him. The intruder lay on the floor bleeding, seriously wounded. Amber then realized her mistake. She was not in her own apartment...The case would make headlines around the nation and this is what happened that night...

An anthology of some of history's greatest mobsters and mafia dons...From Paul Castellano to Juan Raul Garza, this is an all-star book of mafiosi who used any method necessary to acquire power and wealth. DANNY GREENE One of the Midwest's most notorious organized crime figures, Danny "The Irishman" Greene started out with various criminal operations - gambling, racketeering, and loan-sharking - and earned himself a coveted spot as a mob strongman. Still, Greene managed to avoid facing real persecution up until his death in 1977, which has triggered speculation that he might have also worked as an FBI informant. TONY SPILOTRO Mafia enforcer Anthony "Tough Tony" Spilotro was the main muscle protecting the Chicago mafia's illegal casino profits in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s, until his death in 1986. Spilotro's time in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, inspired the memorable character Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino. "Ya know, he just - he was just a man, and got caught up in some things that maybe he shouldn't have," said Spilotro's son Vincent, "but he lived it the way he lived it." At only five feet six inches tall and weighing no more than 160 pounds, Spilotro didn't have the look of an intimidating gangster. In fact, he seemed more like a businessman than a mob boss, earning nicknames like "Tony the Ant" and "The Little Guy." But the detached confidence that lurked menacingly behind his blue eyes betrayed the darkness hidden just below the surface. While he managed to quickly claw his way to the top of the Chicago mafia ranks in spite of his somewhat meek physical appearance, Spilotro's reign came to an end just as fast. After just a decade and a half as the "overlord of Sin City," he wound up falling victim to his own paranoia, ambition, and violent disposition. THE PREACHER Clarence "Preacher" Heatley struck fear into the hearts of New Yorkers for over a decade. He was the vicious, ruthless leader of the Preacher crew, a gang that specialized in drug trafficking, extortion, and intimidation. The gang allegedly called Heatley "Preacher" because of his dazzling way with words, and ability to manipulate people into following and fearing him. Heatley didn't only rule the streets through speeches, though. He threatened and intimidated his rivals and enemies. Dissenters would be beaten or murdered. Heatley became a local legend. Although nobody could describe him or knew his movements, everyone knew who he was and everyone was afraid of him. His name on the streets became The Black Hand of Death. ALBERT ANASTASIA Albert Anastasia was one of the most ferocious Cosa Nostra mobsters in the history of the American Mafia. He created both the American Mafia and Murder, Inc while becoming the overlord of the Gambino crime family. "Anastasia loved to look his victim's in the eyes while killing them slowly just to show his ruthlessness. Anastasia would kill anybody, he would kill police, judges, prosecutors, politicians, mayors, governors, even federal agents in a heartbeat, which he did, he did not care who he killed, he just loved to kill. Nobody got on the wrong side of Albert Anastasia and got away with it." PAUL CASTELLANO The American Mafia is a criminal society that is highly organized. It can be otherwise known as the American-Italian Mafia, since so many of its members come from Italian immigrants, or American-Italian people. Most people, however, simply refer to it as the Mob for short.

Miriam and Isaac's marriage is in trouble but they are making progress in communicating better with her former boyfriend out of the picture. Miriam is with child, and her pregnancy is helping to bring them together. But when tragedy strikes and she flees her Amish community in grief, it's not her husband who follows her. It's her former boyfriend, the man she's loved since childhood.

Penelope never thought it was possible to die of a broken heart but it happened to her mother. She had tried to mend that gaping wound inside her chest but, in the end, there was no saving her. With no money or job opportunities, Penelope left her small town to become a mail order bride of Thomas. Like her own father, Thomas is a grieving widow. Can they find common ground both she and Thomas are grieving for their loved ones?

The world of professional bodybuilding is interesting and intriguing. It is more than just strong and muscular bodies. As a matter of fact, there are many hidden aspects of it which include the use of steroids and other dangerous substances. Kelly Ann Ryan was an all-American girl who started out as a gymnast trained by Béla Károlyi. Her interest in the sport led her to a very successful bodybuilding career...then murder.

Teresa has spent years making her family bakery into a success and because of this, her love life has suffered. She's avoided romance since a bad break-up years earlier but secretly she wants to have a family more than anything else...Luke has known Teresa ever since grade school but there was never any romantic attraction. Returning from the Englisch world where he became a teacher, he arrives in the Amish town eager to rejoin the community...and find his soulmate. He reconnects with Teresa and begins to court her...but soon realizes that there is another man, a farmer named Nicholas, after her heart...Will Teresa listen to her friends who tell her play it safe and marry Nicholas. Or will she follow her heart and take her chances on Luke?

Anna is a widowed Amish woman and her daughter Megan is dying from leukemia. She strikes up a sentimental friendship with Finn, a rich Englischer. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink, takes in the ballet and sight-sees most of the Englisch world to make the most of her last days with her mother...A sentimental journey into the final days of an Amish girl...

It was September 14th 2015 when Jack Taylor, a 25 year old gay man was found dead in St Margaret's church in East London. 'If that's where Jack's been found, someone's put him there,' said Jack's sister, Jen. 'The Police could have put a stop to it, and Jack would still have been here.'Three previous murders had been committed in 2014. In each case, a body was found within a short distance of the others - sometimes in the exact same spot. Yet police assumed there was no connection between the crimes. It was only after the discovery of Jack's body that investigators realised they had a serial killer on their hands. Earlier that month, Jack made contact with the man who would go on to poison him on the gay dating site, Grindr. That person was Stephen Port, a forty year old Chef who lived in Barking, East London.

Marianne meets her old flame near a gold mining town. Is this an act of God or simply a bizarre coincidence?She is working as a missionary in the new town while he is involved in a ministry only a short ride away. Will this chance reunion spark old flames or bury them further into disappointment? When Marianne rides into the gold-mining town, her only goal is to connect help out her brother's family. Meeting up with her old flame is the furthest...and last thing from her mind...And Cal feels the same way, arriving in the town to help care for a elderly family member...The last thing he wants is to drudge up the past...the past of a woman that he has never quite gotten over. Will they both see God's hand at work in getting them together?

Victoria has had bad luck with romance in her small town so she decides to answer an ad for a mail order bride in Wyoming. She finds her would-be husband to be a dutiful man. He's reliable but bland...unlike the man he has working for him, the free-spirited Luke. The rancher makes it clear what Victoria's role will be in the household but she cannot help but develop feelings for Luke...a man that makes her heart skip a beat every time he looks at her. Will she opt for the safety of the rancher's farm or will she follow her heart and run away with Luke?

Englischer Paul gets the wrong directions and accidentally enters the home of a young Amish woman named Emma. He is in the Amish community to collect on his uncle's inheritance, who has a series of properties in the town. His eyes are on the money but when he gets to know Emma and the people in he community he begins to realize that this could be a place he could call home.

Bradley is a former outlaw who has become the town sheriff. Eager for female companionship, he sends for a mail order bride from back east. But his former comrades catch up with him and burn down his home and ranch...on the eve of his bride's arrival. Her name is Angela and Bradley wants to impress her so bad...Angela comes with baggage of her own. Not in the form of a little girl but of her own circle of friends that were not so lawful. When they come to collect a debt long owed, Bradley and Angela are forced to come together and fight for the thing they both want more than anything...A family.

When Annie's long-time boyfriend decides that the Amish way was no longer his way, she is left shattered, but worst of all single. She struggles to overcome rejection and prays for God to help her, but all she gets in return is silence. Barren and a spinster, she had lost all hope of finding love. But through revelation during a Sunday service, she discovers that there is hope, and that is when everything changes.When Seth and his daughter Mary arrive in town, everything changes. A chance meeting with a beautiful woman who adores his daughter was nothing but the grand design of God. God works in mysterious ways, and this is exactly what happens when two souls are meant for each other.

Katie is released after being arrested following a suffragette protest. Needing a change, she follows the lead of her friend and answers a mail order bride advertisement. Finding herself in Montana, she ends up at the farm of Daniel...a cowboy who wants a wife but not love. Knowing that this will not work, can Katie heal his past hurts and can they develop the marriage that God intends?

Lamar is a lonely Amish man who has pined for Lovina for years despite the fact that she was married. Now that she is a widow, his guilt still holds him back. He feels responsible for her father's death many years ago and the memory of that day still plagues him. Can he overcome his feelings of unworthiness and proclaim his love for her?

Celia has been living the wrong kind of life. Hanging out with the wrong crowd making the wrong choices, her life is directionless as she longs for a Prince Charming to come save her. She really doesn't know how to make a change until she finds out a family secret that shocks her to the bone. She was adopted and her birth mother is still alive. Wanting to find out about her family origin, Celia journeys to the Amish community of her birth and finds the romance she's always dreamed of.

John Burns has made his mark on the political scene...so much so that he is being groomed for mayor. Things could not be better. His wife is beautiful and doting, his young daughter adores him. He has managed to keep the secrets of his past just that...a secret that only he knows about...until his convict brother escapes from prison...he kidnaps his wife and daughter...John is then forced to confront the dark echoes of his past in order to safe his family and career.

A faded letter found in an attic forces reporter Hannah Foster to delve deeper into an investigation...a pursuit that finds her hot on the trail of a killer. The search leads her to a peaceful Amish town where all may not be as it appears. She finds herself attracted to a handsome farmer named Peter but clashes with his traditional values. Still, after one serendipitous event after the other, Hannah finds her meticulously built emotional walls slowly broken down by a loving God as she delves deeper into the mystery.

Logan is knocked unconscious outside his dorm room. When he awakens he finds himself in a dungeon, strapped to a chair and having the father of his pregnant teenage girlfriend in front of him with numerous torture devices. The angry father brings his girlfriend into the room and plans to torture or kill them both..but neither the father nor the girlfriend know that the young man is a werewolf. Logan must quickly find a way to escape the dungeon before the full moon hits, forcing his transformation which would lead to both the father and his girlfriend's deaths.

It was no secret that Joey and Kristi Fulgham were dealing with some pretty serious marital problems. The couple had even appeared on an episode of "The Montel Williams Show," to address Kristi's many infidelities. The mother of three was facing her own issues, and was looking for a way to get out of the failing marriage...even murder....and even pinning the crime on her own step-child.

It was a beautiful sunny Wednesday morning on May 31st, 2000 and the talented and young Jill Behrman decided to take advantage of the weather and go for a satisfying morning ride. At nineteen years old, Jill was an avid cyclist and enjoyed keeping fit. She had a few hours to spare as her work was only to start later on in the day, around 12pm, so she hauled out her bike, put on her gear and hit the road...When she did not return, her family notified authorities. When her bicycle was found on a field north of town, it was assumed that she had become a crime victim and an extensive search for her was initiated...What happened to Jill Behrman??

When widow Leah Bontrager ventures into the Englisch world, she is robbed and nearly loses her life. She's rescued by Sheriff Eli Jones who is convinced that the robbery wasn't a random act of violence. There is an immediate chemistry between the two but Leah puts aside any thoughts of romance because of her daughter and her bakery business. Sheriff Eli secretly keeps a close eye on Leah and soon realizes that the Amish widow is in more danger than she realizes. Can he put together the pieces of a deadly puzzle in the secretive Amish town before its too late?

"Paranoid" is the term often ascribed to those who believe that others are out to get them. Society doesn't tend to take these fears seriously, especially when it comes from someone who doesn't lead a dangerous life. After all, there aren't many people who can definitively say that there are people plotting to do them great harm. But for one Washington woman, the gut feeling that someone was planning her death was more than just paranoia. In fact, it was intuition. Unfortunately, it was familial loyalties and ties that kept her from acting on that intuition in order to stop the grim tragedy that was about to unfold...Long before the fateful afternoon of March 3rd, 2011, a woman by the name of Judy Herbert spoke to her ex-husband, as well as several of her friends, and expressed worry and fear that her daughter was trying to kill her. It seemed that in the weeks leading up to March 3rd, Judy Herbert would tell anyone who would listen that something was amiss in her life and that it was her daughter who was behind it. To some, these worries might have felt blown out of proportion. After all, what would drive someone's adult daughter to murder them?

When a meteorite lands in the hills of an Amish town, it begins to have strange effects on the families of Mary and Aaron who are trying to decide whether or not they should marry. Aaron and his family believe that the star is a sign from Gott that they should be married...while Mary's family believes that the star is an omen that they should call the marriage off...Which one is right?

Being a rockstar comes with a dash of glitz and the occasional fistful of glamour, but Marisa McLaughlin's first meeting with a true fan girl wasn't anything like she would've expected as the fan offers to murder Marisa's cheating husband.

Texas. Two years ago Ruby Portwood had never even left her home state of Georgia - and now here she was, over a thousand miles away in an unfamiliar state, in a town she didn't' know, and about to meet a man she had only ever corresponded with by letter.Her gut twisted as her eyes flickered across the dingy strain station. It was like something was trying to claw its way out of her insides, sharp claws slicing at her stomach. Swallowing, Ruby tried to the uneasiness rising inside of her. She had to find her husband-to-be; all she had was a grainy photograph of a tall man with dark hair and sharp cheekbones. Ruby dug around in her pockets, searching for that tiny piece of paper. Her pockets were empty. Her heart sank.The train station, dark and grimy, quickly emptied as the other passengers disembarked. Soon enough she was one of only a handful of people still waiting, their bored faces blending into each other as Ruby scrutinised. They all looked the same, each face identical and forgettable. Her fiance, Derek, was nowhere to be found.He had died in a tragic accident.And now there was someone to take his place...

Ellen is on the run. She is out of her job as a lounge singer and takes to the road with no money. So she takes the path of least resistance...She becomes a mail order bride to Finn, a rancher in dire need of female company. But with her sights set on becoming a famous opera singer, Ellen's heart is not even half into the marriage...Until Finn's former fiancee arrives. She's willing to do anything to keep the marriage from happening, even when Ellen begins to see Finn for the catch he really is. But will the God-fearing Finn see Ellen as the right choice for him?

A look back at murderous women who had it in for the men dumb enough to marry them. Larissa Schuster - Larissa didn't like her husband much...in fact, she hated him so much that she submerged his body in a tub of hydrochloric acid. She would be dubbed the "Acid Lady Killer" for the horrific crime and be sentenced to life in prison without parole. But how did she get to this point? This book examines the events that led up to her breaking point.Sheena Eastburn - Sheena Eastburn was the mastermind behind a plot to kill her husband Tim Eastburn, accompanied by two of her friends as they shot and killed him. But in police interviews, the two gunmen and another witness were adamant that Sheena plotted the murder.

Sarah has begun a new beginning in her life. She has just begun her lifelong dream of becoming a teacher in her Amish community but one thing is missing. ..Well, maybe just not one thing. But everything...Her sisters have all found husbands but seem unfulfilled. Her boyfriend Isaac is kind-hearted and would make a great husband but Sarah feels that there may be something more out there. Her Rumspringa left her with more questions than answers bringing her to make a very big decision as Isaac gets on his knees to ask for her hand in marriage. Is this what she really wants?

A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE MOST PSYCHOTIC AND DANGEROUS WOMEN IN MODERN TIMESCatherine and her partner, David John Birnie were famously known throughout Australia as: The Killer Couple. They were from Perth, Australia and were found to have murdered four women ranging in age from 15 to 31 years old, over a span of about five weeks. Their fifth victim managed to escape through the bedroom window, while Catherine was distracted by a knock at the front door. The woman immediately ran and found help. The press referred to the heinous murders as the Moorhouse Murders. The victims were taken to Catherine and David's home located at 3 Moorhouse Street in Willagee, in Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.