Daira Gleeson gave her heart and her virginity to Rory Trent when they were in high school. Twenty years later - reeling from her mother's suicide and the death of her cheating fiance - Daira finds herself in possession of a cursed scrimshaw doll.

Now, Rory is back in town, wanting to pick up where they left off. But, not only is Daira afraid he'll break her heart, the doll's curse has already caused harm to those close to her. If Rory leaves her again, he could pay with his life.

Someone is after the doll and willing to kill to possess it. Can the curse be broken in time to save those Daira loves and to regain the true love she lost a lifetime ago?

A Gothic Mystery Romance
Cassie O'Dey arrives in Virtue, Florida searching for information about Becca, the mother who abandoned her. While staying at the same bed and breakfast where Becca last stayed, Cassie, encounters a familiar ghost.
Walker Thayner, a widower, has returned to Virtue to work on restoring the bed and breakfast his family has owned for generations. Hoping to find solace in his work, Walker has shut himself off emotionally. Despite his sullen demeanor, Cassie finds herself drawn to him.

Even as hopes of a future in Virtue fill her heart, Cassie finds her thoughts drawn to the dark past of this small Florida town. Can she solve a murder that took place a quarter of a century in the past and put the ghost of Becca O'Dey to rest?
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Aubrey Rae is happy on her own, running an antique toy store in Lawton, Oklahoma, until her world is upended. Jim Tanner walks into her store and she falls in love for the first time. How can she tell the man she loves the truth, that she has only months to live?

Following the death of his mother, Jim Tanner returns to Oklahoma to help his father. A chance encounter with a cursed scrimshaw doll brings him to an antique store where he meets Aubrey Rae and falls for her, hard. He knows she feels something for him too, but she's hiding something from him. He won't give up until he unlocks her secret, and her heart.

Aubrey Rae and Jim must battle illness, a jealous ex-lover, an obnoxious parrot, and an ancient gypsy curse if they are to have a life together.

For nearly a decade Maggie has put the needs of her younger siblings ahead of her own. Now she’s willing to accept a marriage without passion in order to protect her brother, but fate has a wicked sense of humor. On the eve of her wedding, Maggie meets the man of her dreams.

When Shamus loses a bet the penalty is a blind date. Shamus is prepared to endure a long, boring night; the last thing he expects is to find the woman who can bring his heart back to life.

But Maggie is keeping secrets--and her engagement is only one of them.

A Friday the 13th Short Story: 13 authors ~ 13 suspenseful stories. Murder and mayhem on Friday the 13th... Find each story in the series on Amazon

Cassidy Dupree’s calm, predictable life is turned upside down when she walks into her sister’s home to find an empty house and a shattered mirror. Cassidy thought her sister and brother-in-law had a good marriage, the kind she hoped to have one day, right up until her brother-in-law walked out on Kathryn. She thought she knew everything about Kathryn, until the moment she vanished and the secrets exploded. Now her sister’s killer has turned his attention to Cassidy.

Seven authors bring you seven delightfully wicked tales of murder and mayhem…Till Death by Maureen Bonatch ~ To protect an innocent man, a dutiful wife defies her vengeful husband…with disastrous results.

~*~Blood and Breakfast by Alicia Dean: ~ A podcaster checks into a bed and breakfast where a horrific murder occurred 13 years earlier. When her fellow guests begin to mysteriously disappear, she fears a psychotic killer has returned…and that she’ll be his next victim.

~*~Retribution by DJ FitzSimons ~ After claiming yet another life, a ruthless serial killer learns that in selecting the wrong victim, he has become a dead woman’s quarry…the hunter is now the hunted…

~*~Shattered Reflections by Tamrie Foxtail ~ A grieving woman must decide which of two men is a killer; the brother-in-law she has always trusted or the handsome stranger who claims to have loved her sister.

~*~Glimpse, the Dinner Guest by Stephen B King ~ Psychologist/Detective Sargent Patricia Holmes attends a Murder Mystery dinner and soon finds herself in a battle with an uninvited guest—a psychotic killer intent on murdering as many guests as he can.~*~Scorned by Anna Kittrell ~ When a woman is accused of murdering her husband’s mistress, her fight to prove her innocence turns into a fight for her life.

~*~Fatal Legacy by Krysta Scott ~ After burying her sister and ending her marriage, appellate attorney Veronica Wiseman discovers she might be facing another disaster...a serial killer is on the loose and she could be his next target. These stories are part of the "A Friday the 13th Story" series, which includes a total of 13 stories.

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Strangers on a Street

Her life is in the hands of a stranger.

Amy Lee dreams of escaping her brutal husband. Following a chance encounter in a grocery store her dream becomes a reality. Or has it become a nightmare? The stranger down the street is threatening to turn over evidence that she’s guilty of murdering her own husband unless Amy helps rid him of his wife.

Can Amy escape a madman’s threats? Or will she be forced to resort to murder to keep the freedom she’s only recently gained?

He only kills women who have thirteen letters in their name; so why is he after Melissa Richardson?

After Lissa’s roommate is murdered, she becomes convinced the killer is after her. The police are quick to point out that Lissa doesn’t quite fit the profile of the Number Thirteen Killer’s victims, but she can feel him watching her.

He collects the souls of beautiful young women. He knows something special about Lissa—something that makes her soul more precious than most. All the others have been leading up to her. Her soul will be the jewel of his collection.

Lissa’s right to be frightened. The killer is someone close to her—and he’s moving closer.