I pushed him back.And for a moment,he looked surprised. "Don't just stand there staring?" I moved around him and pulled my panties down just enough-so they'd drop to the floor. I definitely collected them. Then turned and pushed them into his jacket pocket. A laugh escaped him. "Best pocket square I've owned." "And of course.You've owned more than one." I sat on the stairs pulled my skirt up and spread my legs

Title: ISLAND // OF // SECRETS They chase clout.And find death instead: Twelve strangers, one luxurious island, and a promise: survive the challenges, win a million dollars, and maybe-just maybe-find love along the way. But this isn't just any survival contest. There's Kayla, a disaster-prone optimist with Kaley Cuoco charm, who thinks she's on a dating show. Carmy, the emotionally suppressed chef running from a past he can't plate over. Levon, the brooding teen prodigy with more secrets than sarcasm. Ronnie, the charming sociopath hiding behind Anthony Starr's grin. And Anna, the washed-up actress trying to escape every tabloid and failure that's ever haunted her. The challenges begin light: build a shelter using wedding dresses, flirt to secure firewood, survive a beach obstacle course while handcuffed to your ex. But things spiral fast-romances twist into rivalries, alliances fracture under moonlit betrayals, and buried confessions spill out like blood in the tide. Cameras capture everything... until they don't. As hidden idols lead to ancient ruins, as ghost stories whispered around campfires start becoming real, and as producers mysteriously vanish from the control room, the contestants realize the prize may not be money-but escape. Or survival. One contestant vanishes. Another returns with a cursed journal, claiming the island is alive-feeding on their secrets, puppeteering their confessions. And just when Kayla, Carmy, and Anna unite to blow the whole thing open, they're betrayed by one of their own. As the island's founding myth comes true in fire and fog, the final page closes with the contestants tied to stakes on the beach-ritual masks descending from the jungle, drums pounding like a heartbeat. A voice whispers through the trees: "This isn't a game anymore. It never was."

DEAD QUIET He's not shy. He's starving. Grayson Vale is the charming loner every girl at Rosehill High secretly crushes on-and every missing student never saw coming. Beneath his quiet demeanor hides a monstrous hunger he can't control... until Bree crashes into his life with a coffee order and a laugh that makes him question everything. But love doesn't come easy for a killer. Especially when Bree starts falling for someone else. Now Grayson's darker urges are clawing their way back to the surface-and someone is getting too close to the truth. In the end, silence won't save him. And love might be the deadliest thing of all.