Showing results for "Angela" in Anthologies & Short Stories

Stormy Day is the determined and sharp daughter of a retired police officer. With a little help from her dad and her friends, Stormy Day solves crimes using her unique detective methods, plus plenty of humor and wit. Stormy's name is on the series, but the real star is Jeffrey Blue, a gray cat who helps solve mysteries in his own unique way.

Curl up with a paranormal mystery collection that will keep you in good company for many hours. Included in this bundle are seven of author Angela Pepper's suspenseful yet funny paranormal mystery audiobooks, including six that are only available inside this box set.

Love visiting strange new magical worlds? Jump through a portal into these wonderful stories by Angela Pepper, best-selling author of the Wisteria Witches Mysteries.

Truman Capote makes whisky-soaked fruitcake in Alabama; Laurie Lee slides across a frozen pond in Gloucestershire; and Shirley Jackson is outwitted by a wily Santa Claus at the bank. Ghosts haunt the Christmases of Muriel Spark and Elizabeth Bowen, while Dostoyevsky, Daphne du Maurier and Italo Calvino take a cynical view of the season and Selma Lagerlof and Angela Carter celebrate its miracles. Ranging from Cork to Lagos to the Wild West, and from Paris to San Paolo to outer space, this is Christmas as imagined by some of the greatest short-story writers of all time.

Jenna thought becoming a Blood Vice agent would solve all her problems, but now she’s sworn to solve House Lilith’s problems, too. And there’s no shortage of trouble when dealing with the most regal vampire family in the United States. The duke’s first assignment for Jenna and company is to locate Ursula, the estranged Duchess of House Lilith suspected of murdering her sire. It’s a tall order - a wild bat chase, some might say - and the long hours with half-sired agent Roman Knight soon drive Jenna to distraction, and possible destruction.

"Angela" - an intriguing tale by Emma Calin, the author of number-one best-selling short stories "The Chosen" and "Sub-Prime". A very short story. A mystery tale of a late-night taxi ride where the final passenger may not be all that she seems. The fourth story in the Love in a Hopeless Place Collection.

When the bruises appear, a teenage girl knows what they mean. Her mother once told her stories—half warning, half confession. But some legacies don’t stay buried, and some hungers are harder to silence than others. A quiet horror story about the ache for affection—and the monsters we sometimes become to survive.

Quando la polizia ritrova il cadavere di un'assistente sociale uccisa da un'unica letale coltellata, tutto fa pensare a una rapina andata male. Ma la detective Kim Stone è convinta che qualcosa non torni. Pochi giorni dopo, una tossicodipendente della zona viene ritrovata uccisa nello stesso identico modo. L'istinto di Kim le suggerisce che dietro ci sia la mano dello stesso assassino. Eppure non c'è niente a collegare le due vittime, a eccezione dell'inquietante precisione con cui sono state uccise: una singola coltellata.

When Liam is kidnapped alongside nurse Alicen and forced to care for a broken man deep in the Wyoming wilderness, survival becomes a fragile thread. With no communication, no trail to follow, and time slipping away, their only hope lies in being found before the shadows close in.

Sabrina Tucker always gets what she wants...That is, until she meets Sam Michaels. Sabrina, not used to being told no, will stop at nothing to claim Sam. Sam, never having been pursued so ruthlessly, will do anything to keep her away. Sam's family has tried for years to get him to settle down. They say they don't understand why he guards his heart. Why should he wear his heart on his sleeve? They know the reason - hell, everyone knows. Why give your heart to someone only to have it ripped out?

Valerie is an adrenaline junkie with a weakness for surfer boys and long swims at night. As her beach resort honeymoon draws to a close, she sets her sights on three locals for a night of scandal and indulgence.

Tagsüber ist der Gargoyle eine steinerne Statue an der Fassade des Doms, nachts ein Wesen aus Fleisch und Blut. Für die Menschen interessiert er sich wenig, bis eines Tages ein alter Mann eine Bitte an ihn richtet: Der Gargoyle soll ihm beistehen bei seinem Übergang ins Jenseits.

Eight years ago, Dean and Katy shared a hot and heavy kiss in the barn. Katy couldn’t believe her luck when the sexy Dean kissed her. She had dreamt of that day since her father became partners with his family’s ranch. Although Dean had been in love with her all through his senior year he pulled back claiming she was too young. That she was just a kid. Running from the barn hurt and in tears, Katy was determined that one day Dean would see her as a beautiful woman.

Christmas is a lonely time for Kelly Lane. In her thirty's and single, she has given up the dream she'd always had. Mac Brentwell is only going through the motions. Living the high profile life people believe lawyers have, he's a playboy, a different woman on his arm every night. What people don't know is that most nights he goes home alone. And he's lonely, dreaming of the day he might get that Christmas wish he had so long ago.