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Ava is a young police woman in Washington state who was raised by a prostitute mother. She break her own cycle of abuse and protect women who have fallen into the same trap as her mother. The Green River Killer has just been caught, but a series of teenage girls have disappeared...Now she wants to go undercover and find out who is kidnapping these girls. The police chief refuses her request, but she disobeys his order and uses herself as a decoy on the streets. A man pulls up in the vehicle beside her and she has that *feeling*...he's the one...Can she find out what has happened to the girls or will she become his next victim?

MAIL ORDER BRIDE IN THE BADLANDS The rugged region of Badlands, South Dakota is the last place the pampered Anna Carter wants to spend her time. But her family has fallen upon rough times and she must decide to make the best of things along with her more cheerful sister. Matt, a prosperous rancher, cannot help but notice the beauty of both of the young women. Matt considered Anna the true beauty of the family. No matter that many others, both Anna and Elizabeth included, did not share his opinion. While there was no arguing that Elizabeth Carter's looks were more eye-catching upon first meeting, there was a glow about Anna, a warmth and genuineness, which her older sister lacked. Whenever Matt encountered the Carters, he found his gaze drawn to Anna. A shy woman, she resists his overtures to get to know her better. But when a tragic snowstorm hits the town, she finds herself drawn to the man willing to risk his life and limb for her safety.

Sarah has been in love with a visiting Englischer named Aden ever since she saw him in church over a year ago. Problem is that her best friend Martha has told her that she has an unrequited crush on him as well. When Aden starts to pursue her, Sarah finds herself in a quandary. Should she return the interest of the young man who seems so kind and thoughtful or does she spurn his advances in order to spare the feelings of her friend?

An Amish teenage boy meets a young girl who stays with his family while her father is away sick. Her father is abusive but she doesn't say anything...The boy and girl start to develop feelings for one another until her father returns home and takes the girl back. The girl doesn't really want to go, the boy's family had so much love to give...But then tragedy strikes in the worst way. Will their young romance recover?

Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as "The Milwaukee Cannibal", is infamous for raping, murdering, dismembering, engaging in necrophilia with, and eating parts of at least 17 males, most of them in their teens and early 20s. Despite claiming insanity, Dahmer was convicted of the murders and sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences in Wisconsin on 15 February 1992, for a total of 957 years, as well as receiving another life sentence in Ohio in May 1992.

Abby loves living in Los Angeles and managing a modeling agency. But she needs some extra cash to get the agency to stay afloat since the film industry has gone south...There's only one thing standing in her way. ..The will of her childhood friend, Cody Duggan's grandfather. She hasn't even seen Cody in over ten years, but a recent run-in with his grandfather during a rare visit home, resulted in a new condition to the will. Cody will only inherit the Texas ranch he's been running and the real estate development business that he has expanded, if he marries her and stays married for at least six months...Abby finds the whole stipulation untenable...until she sees the man that Cody has become.

Rachel decided to leave her Amish community to go to college as she has aspirations of being a medical doctor in the Englisch world. But she always planned to return in order to marry Luke. But when she returns, she expects things to have been the way the were before. She's matured and Luke seems different. Will they be able to rekindle the love they had in their innocent teen years?

As a woman who took the law into her own hands years ago, the wanted Tabitha wants only to settle in as a dutiful mail order bride. She warmed quickly to her husband, despite not knowing the first thing about him. They had exchanged but two letters before the proposal had come and while she had been taken aback by the suddenness of his ask, she had been in just as much a hurry to leave New York. All she wanted was to put her past behind her...until a violent situation forces her hand once again...Will her new husband be forgiving when he finds out about her checkered past??

Shunned from her Amish town, Anna runs away with her daughter in a fit of sadness. Lost, she finds shelter at the home of a blacksmith who is a widow. Going against his better judgment, he takes the mother and daughter in. She begins to help around the home and an attraction builds to a mutual love for one another. But when Anna reveals the secret of her past will it be too much for the budding romance to overcome?

Julianne considers her Amish life boring. She's also resigned herself to being a spinster for the rest of her life. There are no men in town she's even remotely interested in even though every single man is pining for her attention.This all changes when a handsome stranger moves into the Amish town. His name is James and he is a former baseball star whose fame and fortune have fizzled out. He comes to the Amish town to get away from all the media but he doesn't count on the Amish people being quite nosy...Particularly when a romance between he and Julianne blossoms.But when an incident from his past life becomes newsworthy, their budding love is put to the test immediately. Can it withstand all of the gossip from the town and the media?

Lila's mother has overstepped her bounds and is trying to play matchmaker...going so far as to set up Lila with her former childhood bully...Going against her mother's wishes, Lila makes up a lie..She gets an acquaintance named Jacob to pretend that he's her boyfriend...The two barely know each other but Jacob plays along when Lila tells him what the trouble is...The two soon discover, however, that the roles they are playing lead to some unintended consequences...

As the oldest of six daughters, Rebekkah's role in the home had grown after the passing of her mother. That left a lot of the responsibility to keep her father from going into the pit of despair on Rebekkah's shoulders. Her younger sisters did what they could, but they were still so young when Mama had died in childbirth with the youngest one, Eliana, that Rebekkah forced them to stay children, get an education, and enjoy all that life had for them. That included getting married, and the next older sister, Rachel, was now in a relationship with a potential beau. But will Rebekkah ever find a romance of her own?

Darla is a high school student known for being a compulsive liar. Her psychiatrist thinks her compulsion to lie may stem from her being abandoned by her mother at birth. Now raised by her foster parents, she can't stop lying...except when she's attacked in the early morning by a werewolf. She had made a vow to everyone around here that she would stop lying but now no one believes her story...except an older homeless man who recognizes Darla as the first in a long line of werewolf hunters...and that her birth parents may be searching for her all along.

Hannah had not said a word about her marriage to John, but Matthew had been able to read between the lines. She had obviously not been happy. She had married John when she was sixteen - to Matthew's dismay, at the time - and had spent her life on their remote farm, rarely coming out into the wider community to make friends...Hannah had been so excited over finally being able to join in with quilting or canning parties, all the simple pleasures that she had not been permitted to pursue before...Matthew had married himself, and was now also a widower, but he and his wife had married as friends. Their love had grown over several years, slowly and with space. With Hannah, Matthew never had to look far for his feelings...He just hoped that she would realise she could enjoy her life while also leaving room for a relationship - but that might take time. Matthew would just have to be patient...This was a difficult decision to make, but he believed that it was the right one. If the love was real, and it was meant to be returned, then it would be...But was it in Gott's plan?

Like so many cases of missing people, the story of Jessie Foster has not ended, either happily or otherwise. Jessie Foster has been missing since 2006 and her sudden disappearance has people raising more questions than the world can answer. Many people point to her past and her shady companions, while other blame the mysterious city of Las Vegas for her missing status. Whatever the case, there leads that have been followed have all ended in dead ends.

Unfairly treated in her medical career, Rachel seeks a place to hide and finds herself in an Amish community. With distant relatives who are Amish, she decides to stay and try the Amish life. She meets a quiet farmer who barely says a word to her but over time she becomes attached to both him and the Amish community. When she receives justice from her employer, she's invited back to her hospital job. But will she return when she's finally found peace and maybe love?

Rachel works at a suicide prevention center. Stuck in a loveless relationship with a man with OCD, she longs for something different. One night, she receives a call at the center from a strange man. He is distraught but not to the point of suicide. He describes what he wants in life and what he's missing. Soon they are talking every night and they develop a bond beyond that is strictly forbidden at the call center. Still, Rachel decides to meet the man...in secret...and finds herself in a world of danger...

A collection of noir thrillers :Jesse is a loud-mouthed serial killer that murders on the spur of the moment. He has a chance meeting with Kelly, quiet and polite but a compulsive serial killer like Jesse. The two form an unlikely bond, sharing an affinity for killing while being complete opposites in personality.Dr. Leila Maxwell is a forensic specialist, her expertise is at getting the story behind a murder and she's recognized as one of the best. But she soon meets her match as a serial killer goes on a rampage in San Francisco as numerous prostitutes are found murdered. Her investigation then takes on a whole new sense of urgency when her troubled younger sister is declared missing.

Heather Elvis was a native of Horry County and she was a graduate of St. James High School in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. After her graduation in the year 2011, Heather moved into an apartment in Carolina Forest. She shared this apartment with her best friend and coworker, Brianna Warrelmann. Heather was making a living by waitressing at the Tilter Kilt in Myrtle Beach and The House of Blue's in North Myrtle Beach. During her time as a waitress, she was pursuing her studies in cosmetology. According to Heather's father, her cosmetology license "was her way of giving back, and making others feel good about themselves". Heather was leading a seemingly ordinary life up until the night of her disappearance on December 17, 2013.

Bunny and Thomas Michaelson had long since made peace with the fact that they would never have children of their own, but at least, they had each other. It had taken Bunny longer to overcome her fate, but she soon focused on changing the things she can, and accepting the things she had no power over. But all of that changes, when her sister Sherryl arrives out of the blue...She leaves her two small children, Lilly and Josh in Bunny's care, and disappears. It doesn't take long before Bunny's walls start to crumble. But when they face the forces of nature with Hurricane Natasha's approach, they would do anything in their power to save the children and their ranch...However, the storm that had left nothing but destruction and chaos in its wake was a mirror image of the storm in Bunny's soul, especially when the children are gone and she has to pick up the pieces of her broken soul...Would life ever be the same?

Cindy thought she had the perfect marriage. Dean was handsome, kind and thoughtful. A little on the quiet side but she liked that about him. They met during paramedic school, became partners, then went to nursing school together. Everything they did, they did as a team. But Dean grows weary of his stressful career as a registered nurse and begins to dabble in photography. ..

At around 2 a.m. on June 5, 2002, Elizabeth was woken up by a male voice whispering in her ear "I have a gun at your throat. Don't make a sound. Get up and come with me." When she opened her eyes, she saw a tall figure looming over her, and immediately felt something cold against her throat. Afraid of what the man would do to her family if she didn't comply with his instruction, she got out of bed quietly and stood up.Mary Katherine was startled by the sound of movement in the room, but decided to pretend that she was still asleep. She opened her eyes a bit, but the room was too dark for her to make out exactly what was happening. She did see a tall shadow looming, and she became terrified of what would happen to her if the intruder found out she was awake. Now awake and on her feet, the man asked Elizabeth to walk to the closet and take out her shoes. Elizabeth quickly complied. Mary Katherine heard her sister ask the man, "Why are you taking me?" Mary Katherine said she heard the man say something to the tune of "for ransom"....

Rachel is a young Amish woman who is determined not to become like her parents who married each other out of obligation rather than love. She has a crush on a young man in town and she thinks he feels the same way until he inexplicably announces that he is to marry one of her rivals. As if that wasn't an insult enough, the bishop wants her to plan the wedding! Will the two realize they are meant for each other before it is too late?

Four young college students form an experimental group working in controlling dreams through the use of a new form of Transcendental Meditation. They grow to be very close; two are lovers, one is universally despised by the other three, but all four are inextricably linked through their common "dream" adventures in which they interact during their sleep. At a crucial point in their research, the project leader (a professor of paranormal studies) dies, leaving the students to try to further their research on their own. Unfortunately, they don't know what they're doing and they abandon themselves to the temptations of their own fantasies....until one of the students tries to *kill* the others in the dreams.

An anthology of Christian Romance and life drama...some stories to warm the heart, some to make you think...Christine is engaged to be married to a doctor. She soon has second thoughts, however, when her high school boyfriend returns from the Gulf War and sees her in church. They talk and soon nostalgia as well as his charms get the best of her. Will she rekindle the love she had for her old boyfriend or will she follow through with a marriage to the doctor?

Walt is most unique among the detectives in his department because he's, well, dead. A zombie with an inside track at the mortician's office, he goes in for daily maintenance while he sleepwalks through his detective job. But one case brings him back to "life"...the prospect of finding his own daughter.

When Paul Snabel disappeared suddenly after attending a party at the home of Donna Randall in November 1989, his flatmate was not immediately concerned for his well being. After binging on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol, Snabel would sometimes be prone to taking off on impromptu joyrides across the open roads. Even after a week or so without any contact, loved ones did not suspect that Paul could have possibly been the victim of a violent crime. Instead, people assumed that he had finally succumbed to his vices. Suspecting that he may have careened off of a steep cliff in a drunken stupor, local authorities proceeded to conduct an extensive search along Victoria's highways.

Roger Fain is reaching that age when most Americans are thinking of retirement. He is sixty five in 2019, and should be looking forward to a life of leisurely commitments, perhaps time with the grand kids, or enjoying his interests and hobbies.But, instead, the future Fain can see consists of four concrete walls, unpleasant smells and the ever present threat of violence. It is very unlikely that he will set foot in the free world again; instead an old age inside the prison system beckons, which will surely hold him until, unmissed and forgotten, he passes on and his place is taken by the next felon in the unending cycle of US crime.It is hard not to spend time reflecting on how Roger Fain might feel as he approaches this milestone in his life. Does he regret his past misdemeanors, holding some form of guilt for what he has done? According to Dan Anderson, ex husband of one of the woman alleged, but not proven, to have been a victim of Fain's crimes, he does not.

Walker had been a member of a biker gang up North. It was in this gang that he met his friend Kyle, almost one year ago. They became close, spent their days riding together, going to the bars- even having dinner with Walker's wife back at their house. Being part of a biker gang was what they loved- exhilarating, dangerous, and exciting. However, it was a difficult life to maintain. They could find no work, no one would have them. So they found themselves in a tough situation, as they both slowly crept in to debt, spending beyond their means with no income. Until Kyle had a plan...A local crime syndicate had begun earning quite a name for themselves in recent months. They had been involved in drug dealing, armed robbery, trafficking. They were always on the news, always in the papers. And these were no small crimes. These were big crimes, the type of crime that brings in big money- and Kyle knew just where they kept it...But can he trust his girlfriend to keep her mouth shut? And will Walker betray him?

Leah is an Amish young woman who pines for the handsome Enos but he pays her no mind. Meanwhile, she is being courted by the overweight Luke but she ignores him in the same way the Enos is ignoring her. Over time, Enos finally demonstrates some interest in Leah but not before the sweet Luke does something that touches her heart.