Nell Goosen, 47, meets Ben Zhang, 50, at a beauty expo/hair show in Montreal. Ben, who immigrated from Hong Kong years ago, is charming and their attraction is immediate. They enjoy a one-night stand, never expecting to see each other again. Shy Nell returns to her factory job and elderly mother in Michigan, while Ben […]

Peter was captivated by Jacinta, an alluring and seductive woman who claimed to be a Russian art collector. She bought his paintings, tempted him to spend the night with her, and persuaded him to go somewhere with her the next day. However, after a strange train journey, he found himself locked in a dark, clinical […]

A body or two… A construction site. A killer or two… Cristi Lennox thought her historic building renovation turned luxury condos would breathe new life into Silver Creek. Instead, human remains are found beneath the foundation, and a second body is discovered there the next day. Are the two deaths connected, or are two killers […]

As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn’t fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience. […]

Mervyn Gower, a naive young Army draftee from an all-white immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles, believes the best way to prove he’s a “real” American is in combat. Assigned to a segregated Army base in the Jim Crow South in 1942, Gower soon finds himself in hot water after a drunken brawl. Instead of being […]

The food you actually want at 11 p.m., ready in fifteen minutes, with no apology attached. You’ve stood in front of an open fridge at 10:43 p.m. wondering what would make this hour feel a little softer. You’ve made tea instead of food and regretted it. You’ve eaten cereal standing up. You’ve told yourself you […]

I only survived high school because of my best friend Mia. Me and her, together against the world. No matter what. The moment I graduated, I left town forever, and erased the girl I used to be. New name. New body. New life. Even my own mom wouldn’t recognize me now. But two years later […]