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She was just trying to confront a liar. Now she’s trying to stay alive. When Faydra Hawkins sets out to catch her boyfriend in a lie, she never expects to become entangled in a jewelry store robbery — or to come face to face with armed criminals and flashing sirens. In a single heartbeat, everything spirals. With the city on lockdown and the cops closing in, Faydra finds herself trapped in something far more dangerous than betrayal.

A short story collection told in audio format.

A rugged, bearded mechanic becomes my knight in shining armor. Traveling three hours to make my twin daughter's Christmas come true. I never expected him. We are the complete opposites and he infuriates me like no one else. Love was never on the cards for me. A blizzard holds up my plans and I end up staying the night with him. Everything I never thought I wanted. I thought being stranded at Christmas was the only surprise I was in for. How wrong was I?

Thirty years hasn't changed Las Vegas - the desert just got dirtier. The biggest game in town centers on a massive, deadly roller coaster that winds its way through the Strip's most famous attractions. On the first Saturday of every month, twenty-four desperate passengers get strapped into the notorious ride and gamble with their lives in a twisted game of chance, to the thrill of webcast audiences worldwide. One of them will win, and one will die, but the other twenty-two will escape with nothing but their lives.

An unplanned murder during a bank robbery has another sheriff on the trail of those on the lam.

It’s 1865 and a band of renegade deserters left over from the American Civil War abduct newlywed Judith Johansen and head to the wilds of Rupert’s Land, soon to become Western Canada. They are about to find out that they have made a huge mistake. Judith is the granddaughter of Moses Munro, a wily old mountain man who survived as a trapper in the Rocky Mountains during the 1820s and ‘30s.

If you take enough rides with the devil, pretty soon, he'll drive. Jake learns this the hard way when the devil gives him a task he thinks he can't finish. Or can he?

Two novellas from award-winning author Hortense Calisher offering very different journeys: the first looking hopefully forward, and the second, into a painful past. The characters in these two novellas take introspective, poignant excursions both to where they want to be (The Railway Police) and where they have been (The Last Trolley Ride).

It is possible to be blinded by the light of another human being. Especially one you love. The seemingly happiest people are often hiding the darkest secrets. Smiling through pain many of us could not even fathom, let alone survive. All the while continuing to bring joy to the people around them, blissfully oblivious to the suffering of their loved one.

Francis Bret Harte was born on 25th August 1836 in Albany New York. As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11, his satirical poem ‘Autumn Musings’. Expecting praise he received anything but and later wrote "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." He was instrumental in propelling the short story genre forward and brought tales of the Old West and the Gold Rush to a greater audience.

Private investigator Curtis Jagger has always had a thing for Alix Harris. She was the darling of their high school—gorgeous, popular, class president . . . and, he suspects, just as naughty as she is nice. Now Jag has the opportunity to show her what she's missing. To show her that sometimes being bad can be sexy as hell . . . Alix has always done what she's supposed to, and it's gotten her exactly nowhere. Determined to please herself—in every way possible—she accepts Jag's mysterious invitation to his ranch.

Emily Haskins has it all—successful career, high-powered job as a marketer for one of New York City’s top advertising firms—but it’s all work, no play. She’s a workaholic, and that’s fine by her… until her free-spirited mother practically drags her to the Mountain Ridge Resort in Virginia for a mother-daughter bonding vacation. Reluctantly, Emily agrees. She needs a break, even if she doesn’t know how to relax. Then he shows up. A tall, dark, and dangerously handsome riding instructor with a grin that promises trouble.

Before the events of Stolen Moments, Justin Blackthorne. was a man with very different tastes....A man with a past that kept him moving forward. Take a glimpse into the journey that finally brought him to Kentucky, and a little pie stall one lazy August afternoon. Strap in, it’s going to be a wild ride.

Kyle is quickly pulled out of his life as a lonely rancher's son when he collides with an alluring young bank robber, sealing his fate. Kyle and Lisa wage a chaotic, decade-long crime spree across the country, forming reputations as "Billy and Beauty, " infamous, unforgettable, always running, and ending up too far from home. Billy's First Ride is the novella-sized tale of an often unwitting and always reluctant former ranch hand turned criminal for love and his partner in crime; the psychopathic object of his affection, disdain, and ultimate instrument of his downfall.

The original Ferris wheel was designed and constructed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Roughly 280 million people visit theme parks every year and take approximately 1.7 billion rides. And there are slightly fewer than 10 Ferris wheel-related deaths each year. So the odds are generally in your favor. But Cody Jackson wasn't aware of any of this.

Abby is a girl in a car, with no desire to settle down and every desire to find sexual adventure in a different place every few days. She is down for just about anything and loves new experiences. Her voracious sexual appetite and perky friendliness take her to places and encounters beyond her dreams. The adventure never stops for the girl in a car. Always looking for a good time, Abby finds a willing partner in a young, buff, on-duty police officer. They cruise through the night until she starts to get naughty. Can the stud keep her in line? And what if he decides to break the rules?