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Her world didn't shatter. She did. The explosion that should have ended Moura's life rewired her instead — $4.2 million in surgical reconstruction, but her identity paid the real cost. Her instincts turned lethal. She understands the Fermat Point better than anyone alive, a deadly military secret designed to eradicate unexpected enemies. But now she knows how to think like it. Her carefully controlled world fractures when her protégé, George, a spy convicted of treason, is released from solitary confinement, and an impostor clone of Moura interferes with company operations.

As I walk into the pine-scented air of my seaside childhood home, gripping my husband Neil’s hand tight, I have a brief moment of hope. Maybe this Christmas will be different — for once my family might get on fueled by mulled wine and festive cheer. But the sound of happy carols are replaced by my older sister Christy’s over-loud laugh and slurred words. Rebecca, my younger sister, stalks out of the room as soon as I enter, as though I’m the Grinch here to steal Christmas. And their husbands, brash and arrogant, slap Neil’s back in a way that promises torment rather than welcome.

Most people dread turning fifty. Not me. I’ve been counting down the weeks to our luxury holiday in Aruba – seven sun-soaked days to celebrate not just my own fiftieth birthday, but those of three lifelong friends. Two of them are just as excited as I am. The fourth? She took some persuading. With our partners in tow, we arrive at our lavish villa, bubbling with excitement and Prosecco. We’re here to relax, reconnect, and make memories. But in the heat and haze of paradise, inhibitions slip – and secrets spill.

This collection contains Book 1 - Undercurrents, Book 2 – Drowned Voices, and Book 3 – Emergence.

I stand at the front door and meticulously check my reflection in the glass. I must look perfect to meet Lou’s new boyfriend. I haven’t been invited but best friends don't require invitations, right? Scott's arrival coincides with Donna's, leaving me with no choice but to welcome her in, though I've made it clear she's an unnecessary addition to today's gathering. This meal is about introducing Scott to my mother and daughter – a fact Donna conveniently ignores.

As I stand outside the registry office with my husband-to-be, Hugh, I can tell something isn’t right. He won’t speak to me, he won’t even look at me and it’s almost making me have second thoughts. Almost. Despite the feeling in my gut, I’m sure I’m doing the right thing. After all I’ve been through in the last year—the death of my parents, and my partner of ten years walking out, I deserve this chance of a new start. I can’t return to my lonely life—I don’t want to be alone again.

In the midst of a sea of holidaymakers, I find myself the lone outsider – no companion, no luggage. An enigma among the carefree crowd. I wonder what they’d do if they knew who I am. Who I really am… What is Liz running away from? Who is this woman my father married? Did he have any idea of what she was capable of? My gaze fixates on the once-familiar house that now feels like a distant memory. I can hardly believe how much my life has changed and that Liz, the woman who puts the word wicked into stepmother has completely vanished.

Thirty-two-year-old Catherine Hope has a great memory. But she can't remember everything. She can't remember her ninth year, or when her insomnia started. And she can't remember why everyone stopped calling her Catherine-Maria. With a promiscuous past, and licking her wounds after a breakup, Catherine wonders why she resists anything approaching real love. But when she loses her home to the devastating deluge of 2007 and volunteers at Flood Crisis, a devastating memory emerges.

Forced by her alcoholic mother, Diana, to abort the baby she named Daketta, Miranda's world spirals as she moves in with her aunt and uncle after shocking accusations against her stepdad. Haunted by a traumatic past and a lost chance at motherhood, she clings to her obsession with babies. Her heart races for Rocky, but he is with Nikki. Desperate for love, she weaves a web of lies. As secrets unravel, her stepdad's hidden identity and the cop who changed her life, the stakes rise.

For artist Gabriela Martinez, life has become complicated: She suspects her mentor and friend wants her as his mistress, her husband is neglecting her, and her latest illustration is ruined. Seeking peace, she visits her favorite thinking spot in La Marbriére, the mountain overlooking her home in the Côte d’Azur. Distracted, she winds up in an unfamiliar clearing, where she discovers a 1945 French coin half-buried in the ground. Delighted with its beauty, she has it set on her favorite bracelet.

Ten years ago David and Dawn Michaels purchased a "fixer Upper" in Shady Lane, a 55 plus community. Life was good, simple, affordable and seemingly safe until the day Beverly and her son Robert moved into lot 365. David and Dawn soon get caught up in the aftermath of a heinous act committed by Beverly and Robert. Beverly and Robert meet their match when they target Dawn and her husband. Beverly's childhood dirty deeds are coming back to haunt her. With nothing left to lose, Dawn has a plan that will end Beverly's path of destruction.

Rosa è una bambina nata in una famiglia difficile. Suo padre biologico, “l’Individuo”, è un uomo che fa vivere lei e la sua famiglia nella paura: prima dei figli, aveva portato con sé all’inferno la moglie Filippa, la madre di Rosa, in una Sicilia degli anni sessanta ancora culturalmente arretrata.

Some people are born into what may be considered unfortunate circumstances. Of those people there are those that decide they aren't going to follow that way of living. They want their children to have a better life, to be raised with better values.

All I want is get back to normal. Whatever ‘normal’ is these days. After all, our family will be scarred forever after everything that’s happened. My sister-in-law falling prey to the serial killer that stalked our usual peaceful town is something I’ll never get over. But equally, I’m beyond relieved that my husband has been exonerated of involvement in any of the women’s deaths. Our nightmare is finally over. Or is it?

¿Hasta dónde somos capaces de llegar si cruzamos los límites? Lis de Fez es una psicóloga diferente. Por sus cualidades, fue elegida para participar en un proyecto secreto que podría revolucionar el análisis de la mente humana. Pero eso fue antes de que una misteriosa mujer se suicidara delante de ella en un autobús y su vida cambiara para siempre. Ella está convencida de que la pesadilla que acaba de empezar tiene relación con el proyecto en el que trabajó, pero tendrá que demostrarlo. Y el primer paso para hacerlo es huir.

Eighteen-year-old recent high school graduate Ivy Lancaster now has some negatives to add to her blonde hair, suede blue eyes, alabaster skin, and svelte body. She's recently started rapid-cycling through manic and depressive episodes that leave her with guilt, embarrassment, and shame. Ivy now wakes up, looks around, and doesn't recognize evidence of what she's been up to for the last 24 hours. Add to that the fact that she's obsessed with a recent, local murder of one of her classmates.

The Collegiate Abbey of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception is a college that prepares nuns to serve the world as they serve Christ with professional degrees in theology, teaching, psychology, and various professions in the medical field. The problem within this prestigious institution of education is that someone is murdering sisters attending the abbey.