A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with an offbeat private investigator to discover the truth about Melanie and her ex-boyfriend. With her career and life on the line, Sam's search takes her from the blue-collar Baltimore suburbs to the mansions of Gibson Island. Along the way, she learns that false identities can hide dark secrets, and those secrets can destroy lives. This is the first book in the Sam McRae Mystery Series. I'm putting this up online, one chapter per week. But if you just can't wait to read the whole thing, you can buy it at any of the retailers listed here for just 99 cents: http://www.debbimack.com/project/identity-crisis/

Olivia Swift is popular. Olivia Swift is not a good person. Olivia Swift has disappeared on the dawn of her eighteenth birthday. Where could she be? When an investigation starts for her, secrets has started to arise. For some, Olivia is a nuisance and doesn't care for her whereabouts. For Holly Sanders, it's a case she wants to solve. Together with her father as the investigator holding the case, she discovers clues that will soon help her out. And when each clue has been figured out, a new one puts a question in her head--where could she be? Just when Holly thinks she knows the answer, something unexpected comes her way and knocks her with truths. What could those be? What could be behind Olivia's disappearance? Nanowrimo 2016 Participating Novel (c) Kristine Cuevas

He skins his victims alive, taking pleasure from their pain. In the cold, dark nights of Alaska, a hunter is stalking his prey. Once found, he takes them into the woods and skins them alive, prolonging the experience as much as he can, but the satisfaction always wanes. Aislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit have just finished up another case when they get the call. Now they are packing their bags and heading for Alaska in March. The team must overcome the hostile locals and harsh climate to catch a killer before he steals the life of another woman.

Kally is a young girl living in a new house. It gives her the creeps, and she really doesn't like it. The surroundings are ghoulish and dreary, sending a creepy vibe. Demons live off her fears, angels feed off her happiness in every single waking moment she has. She can't let the devil catch up with her nightmares. IMPORTANT NOTE: I wrote this when I was really young. I've edited somewhat, but I'd like to keep it mostly like it was, to show myself how I've improved over the years. --- Highest ranking: #345 in horror. #988 in paranormal

Emma Young, an innocent little girl, suffers restlessly from horrific nightmares. For as long as her parents can remember she has been tormented by terrorizing visions. Soon after her fifth birthday, the night terrors become more gruesome than ever. Emma's behavior makes a disturbing change as a result of her dreams. Her parents don't know where to turn; they finally reach out to a sleep therapist. During a hypnosis session with the doctor, the truly disturbing nature of her dreams is revealed... But there is a deadly element from her past that could possibly explain everything... or be the death of them all.

Iᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴏғғ ꜱᴏ ɪɴɴᴏᴄᴇɴᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱᴏ ꜱɪɴғᴜʟ. Cʜʀɪꜱᴛᴇɴ Cᴀʀᴛᴇʀ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ᴜᴘᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʟ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ϙᴜɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, ᴛᴡᴏ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛ. Sʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴍɪꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏɴ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ϙᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ꜱᴏ ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀ ᴄᴀʀᴇᴇʀ. Sʜᴇ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ Hᴀᴍᴘᴛᴏɴ Gᴇᴏʀɢɪᴀ, ᴇɴʀᴏʟʟꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜɪɢʜꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛʟʏ ʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ, Lᴏʟᴀ. Lᴏʟᴀ ɪꜱ ꜱɪxᴛᴇᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʟᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀ. Sʜᴇ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ϙᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ Cʜʀɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ʜᴀꜱ ꜱᴀᴡ ʜᴇʀ. Lᴏʟᴀ ʜᴀꜱ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴀ ʙᴏʏғʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ Rᴏᴍᴀɴ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ Cʜʀɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. Eᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ, Cʜʀɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜᴇʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴏғғ ᴏғ ʜɪᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀ ᴅᴏᴡɴᴡᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴘɪʀᴀʟ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴏɴ. "I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. . . ʙᴜᴛ I ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴛᴏᴘ." |Cᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ|Sʜᴏʀᴛ Sᴛᴏʀʏ| Highest Rankings: #31 - Liar

Pfeiffer Aura is your typical college girl; enjoying her newfound freedom. But when she discovers that her roommates are vampires, she ends up joining their clan: The Unaligned. After settling into her new clan, she soon finds out that her calling has come. Scared to face her destiny and hiding her relationship with the enemy, she would put her whole clan at risk. When both clans fight for the last time, who will win, who will fall, and will Pfeiffer accept her calling?

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When you're the Volturi's secretary, your greatest challenge is staying alive. After accepting the position, one woman decides that she will do whatever it takes to survive. But the longer she stays, the deeper she sinks. Once you're in, there's no getting out. --- After getting caught trying to loot Volterra's city hall, Dahlia finds herself sitting before Aro, a peculiar man with blood-red eyes and skin as cold as death. Instead of turning her over to the police, he offers her a job as his secretary, and Dahlia hesitantly accepts. As she gets comfortable, however, Dahlia grows suspicious of her new employer and his staff. What secrets are they hiding? And what happened to the secretary before her? Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of Stephenie Meyer. I do not claim any ownership over them or the world of Twilight.