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Its violent, sordid past is what draws best-selling author David Masters to the infamous Victorian mansion called Baudey House. Its shrouded history of madness and murder is just the inspiration he needs to write his ultimate masterpiece of horror. But what waits for David and his 16-year-old daughter, Amber, at Baudey House, is more terrifying than any legend.

The Sorority: They are the envy of every young woman - and the fantasy of every young man. An elite sisterhood of Greenbriar University’s best and brightest, their members are the most powerful girls on campus - and the most feared.

Georgia Rose loves being a schoolteacher, and has no intention of marrying. Compromised in front of the entire town, by a man who has relentlessly pursued her for years, she is forced to flee. Sheriff Drake Calhoun rescues Georgia after an horrific incident where she is the only survivor. Fully aware the town is in desperate need of a school teacher, he tries to convince her to stay. Are his reasons more selfish than he’s willing to admit?

Indiana Gray thought she had it all, a loving fiancé and a substantial inheritance. It was suddenly snatched away when she was inadvertently compromised and her gold digger husband-to-be, dumped her. Fleeing town to avoid the gossip and pitying stares, she arrives at a deserted little ranch.

Engaged to marry her childhood sweetheart, Montana Brown’s world is torn apart when she is compromised by a man who cares little about a woman’s reputation. Fleeing her hometown, she jumps on a train not knowing where it will take her. Montana then finds herself in an even more desperate situation. This time, she has little chance of escape.

Expelled from her prestigious music academy, Dakota will need to fight for survival. After joining a wagon train of brides heading west, she is kidnapped and a life of degradation looms.

When Virginia Black accepted a position as a governess, she didn’t expect it to end so abruptly. After being inadvertently compromised, she is banished before she even meets her charges. Taking the next train out of town, she finds herself in yet another precarious situation.

Forced out of town by a hysterical mob, Nevada joins up with the Hacketts and quickly discovers them ill-treating a little boy who lives with them. When she escapes their clutches, she takes the child with her.

As a former child of the system, Susan Vuichard is committed to making sure no child is forgotten in the foster system. Opening her family farm to three sisters that have nowhere else to go and a low chance of being adopted is a temporary solution.

Madeline Collier, a young, widowed socialite in 1876 Denver City, Colorado, finds solace in charity work and fundraising for a local children’s home. Although her days are full, she longs for her home to be filled with the laughter of children and a husband. In the meantime, she submits the paperwork to adopt an orphan, but is denied because she isn’t married.