CAMBRIA

When Cambria Nickson impulsively packs up her entire life and moves across the country to a town called Pine Hills, she meets Jackson Harding, and the two become fast friends. Jackson feels inexplicably familiar to her, and they forge a close and undeniable kinship. Very quickly, he becomes the most integral person in Cambria's life, and she soon realizes the rarity of their bond. But, as is often the case with male/female friendships, the lines blur and complications arise. Cambria soon finds herself questioning everything between her and Jackson.

In an attempt to quell her conflicting feelings, Cambria concludes she must fall in love with someone else—a tangible way to test the depth and nature of her heart. If her feelings for Jackson went away, she'd be safe, the whole thing chalked up to a misunderstanding. However, if she fell in love with someone else and these feelings for Jackson persisted... well, then she'd be doomed.

As Cambria tests the boundaries of love and loyalty, every choice propels her toward heartbreak, betrayal, and unpredictable, life altering circumstances she could have never anticipated. What she discovers along the way challenges everything she thought she knew about love—and herself. And in the end, she must make a decision: follow her head, or surrender to her heart, knowing whichever path she chooses comes at a cost.

During her time in Pine Hills, Cambria makes lasting memories—and plenty of mistakes. She loves and she loses. She betrays and gets betrayed. She discovers herself, countless times, and must decide who she wants to be.

CAMBRIA is a story about growing up, the choices that define us, and the love we find along the way.

And remember—it may look like one, but make no mistake: this is not a love story.

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Under My Skin

When her daughter vanishes without a trace, a mother’s desperate search unearths a secret she’s buried for nearly thirty years – one she vowed to take to her grave.

Jocelyn McLaren wakes up to every mother’s worst nightmare: her sixteen-year-old daughter, McKenzie, is missing.

Their relationship has a habit of being volatile– yelling, slamming doors, and words best left unsaid. Like mother, like daughter. Sometimes Jocelyn has wished her daughter would just disappear. But when McKenzie attends a party one night and never comes home, that fleeting wish becomes a living nightmare.

While the police question whether McKenzie could’ve run away, Jocelyn knows better. Her daughter didn’t run away. And she’s not about to wait around and waste time while McKenzie’s in danger. Desperate and determined, she begins her own search, unwilling to let bureaucracy dictate the fate of her daughter.

However, to uncover the truth, Jocelyn must confront the one place she swore she’d never return to: her own past.

As a teenager, Jocelyn endured something no one should ever have to. She buried it. Moved on. Or so she thought. But now, that long-buried trauma resurfaces with chilling relevance, revealing a link between her past and McKenzie’s disappearance that’s too precise to be coincidence.

In this haunting, twist-filled tale of secrets, survival, and maternal instinct, Jocelyn must confront the person she used to be to save the one person who matters most. But as the past and present collide, one chilling question remains: how well do we really know our children?

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Until Proven Innocent

Following the birth of her first child, Cordelia Waters suffers from a severe postpartum psychosis. When six months later, her baby goes missing, Cordelia becomes the prime suspect.

Cordelia Waters appears to have the perfect life—a thriving career, a loving marriage to Weston, and a spacious home in the suburbs. United in their ambitions, Cordelia and Weston have always agreed on everything, especially on choosing a child-free existence. That harmony shatters when Cordelia unexpectedly learns she is pregnant. While Weston embraces fatherhood with joy, Cordelia’s world is upended by the reality she never wanted.

​Six months after the birth of their daughter Emerald, tragedy strikes: Emerald vanishes from her crib without a trace. As the search unfolds, unsettling questions arise. What happened to Emerald? Why does Cordelia struggle to recall the events of that morning? Suspicion builds as Cordelia’s story unravels, and Weston fears the worst—that his wife, battling her own instability, may be responsible for the disappearance.

​Facing mounting pressure and desperate to clear her name, Cordelia launches her own investigation into Emerald’s disappearance. She knows that proving her innocence is her only hope. But as the authorities dig deeper, long buried secrets resurface, and Cordelia’s grip on reality is tested. Soon, everyone—Weston, the police, and even Cordelia herself—begins to question what is true and what is imagined.

​This psychological suspense novel explores motherhood, marriage, memory, and the complexities of mental health, weaving an intense narrative that challenges every assumption Cordelia—and the reader—holds.

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Secrets Worth Killing For

While investigating the chilling deaths of three teenage girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley is drawn into the unsolved mysteries of a notorious 1960s serial killer.

Three sixteen-year-old girls have plunged from the roof of their school. The question lingers: did they jump, or were they pushed? Tasked with uncovering the truth, Evan O'Riley—seasoned by years of crime-solving in Riverton—arrives in Briarwood, determined to discover whether he’s facing triple homicide or a heartbreaking suicide.

As he delves into the case, Evan uncovers unsettling whispers about the town’s infamous SAD Killer, whose string of brutal murders left Briarwood haunted—and whose identity was never discovered. Fifty years later, the ghosts of the past resurface as Evan combs through long-buried evidence, tracks down survivors, and seeks out old investigators tied to the original crimes.

Driven to find answers for both the present and the past, Evan is relentless in his pursuit of justice. But as old secrets come to light and the investigation intensifies, Evan realizes the SAD Killer’s legacy isn’t as distant as he believed—the danger may be closer than anyone imagines.

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Missing Like You

When Isabelle Donovan disappears without a trace, her case eerily resembles another woman’s unexplained vanishing just a year before—raising chilling questions about what truly links these two mysteries.

Isabelle Donovan doesn’t show up to work, which causes immediate concern. Known for her impeccable attendance, Isabelle would never miss a day without notice. The police launch a swift investigation, with initial suspicion falling on her estranged husband, Scott Donovan, from whom she separated six months earlier. Scott claims ignorance regarding Isabelle’s disappearance, but his alibi begins to unravel when her best friend comes forward with unsettling new information.

A year earlier, another young woman vanished under eerily similar circumstances. Though her body was never recovered, police remained convinced her husband was responsible—despite lacking proof.

As the search for Isabelle intensifies, troubling questions emerge. What truly led to the end of Isabelle’s marriage? Is Scott harboring secrets, or is he a scapegoat for a deeper mystery? And could Isabelle’s case be linked to the earlier disappearance? If so, does that clear Scott—or deepen his guilt?

In this story, innocence is elusive and every character harbors secrets. Because here, nobody is innocent.

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Bury Me Alive

Sutton Westbrook’s world is turned upside-down when police show up at her door to break the news that her best friend has been murdered—and worst of all, Sutton’s husband is their prime suspect.

At thirty-three, Sutton has everything she thought she wanted: a beautiful home, a powerful marriage, and the glittering success of her husband’s multimillion-dollar tech empire. But when Aurora Scott’s body is discovered, everything starts to unravel.

As the investigation closes in, Sutton clings to the belief that Nathan is innocent. Yet the more she learns about Aurora’s secret life—and about Nathan’s—the more her certainty falters. What was her husband hiding? Is he capable of murder? And the most important question of all: how far is he willing to go to protect the company?

Bury Me Alive is a tense, twisting psychological mystery about loyalty, deception, and the dangerous line between love and fear.

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And Then There Were Five

On a cold, stormy night in the midst of October, six people enter a hotel room. By dawn, only five remain.

Five months earlier, McKenna Macintosh is introduced to Carter Ford and finds herself drawn into an unfamiliar, intoxicating world. As summer unfolds, their friendship deepens—yet unresolved tensions and secrets loom, entwining their lives in unexpected ways. When McKenna and Carter enter the hotel room that October night, everything they once knew has changed, and nothing will ever be the same again.

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Loves Me Not

Catalaina Kittridge vanishes without a trace from her home in the dead of night, leaving behind a flurry of unanswered questions and shattered illusions.

Her fiancé Ben, desperate and convinced of foul play, struggles to make sense of her disappearance as their wedding looms just months away. Catalaina’s parents admit to long-held fears, while her friends whisper that her relationship with Ben may not have been as perfect as it seemed.

Detective Brett Porter is assigned to the case, determined to unearth the truth behind Catalaina’s disappearance. As he meticulously reconstructs her life, he discovers a web of secrets and hidden struggles—the pristine image of Catalaina’s existence begins to unravel with every clue. The months leading up to her vanishing hold critical revelations, exposing the pressures, desires, and disappointments she kept hidden from everyone around her.

Told in gripping, alternating voices of both Detective Porter and Catalaina herself, LOVES ME NOT dives into the unseen complexities of a woman’s world, exploring how the weight of everyday expectations and forgotten dreams can drive even the happiest lives to break.

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Murder at a Funeral

Funerals usually end the same way: guests depart, families grieve, and life moves quietly forward. But this funeral ends with a murder.

When the wealthy and prestigious Olenna Prescott dies of an apparent stroke, the tragedy seems straightforward. However, rumors around her death begin to arise due to certain unusual circumstances. Like how her will vanished only weeks before. Or how the medical examiner’s report is missing. And most notably, how none of her three children can agree on what really happened the night she died.

Now, as mourners gather to say their final goodbyes, another death shatters the solemn occasion—and the secrets Olenna took to her grave begin to unravel.

Told in reverse chronology, from the moment of the murder back through the seven days leading to it, Murder at a Funeral peels away layers of deceit, jealousy, and family betrayal until the devastating truth finally comes to light.

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Captivated

After being abducted by a sadistic sociopath, Reign O'Connor devises a plan to make her captor's son fall in love with her in order to aid in her escape.

Nineteen-year-old Reign O'Connor has begun to rebuild her life after her mother's death-thriving as a dedicated student at the San Francisco Art Institute, shining on stage in theatre productions, and basking in the warmth of her adoring boyfriend. But when she steps out of her dorm one innocent Sunday morning, she has no idea fate is about to upend everything she knows.

Reign is abducted by Dane Donavon, a sadistic collector of young women he calls his "dolls." Imprisoned in Dane's basement-forced to endure isolation in individual, chained rooms-Reign becomes one of many victims under his cruel control. Dane's twenty-year-old son, Avery, acts as both caretaker and captive; while Avery's chains are psychological, he remains powerless under his father's authority. Gentle by nature, Avery seeks to comfort the imprisoned girls, quietly insisting he is nothing like Dane.

Reign, determined to survive, sees Avery's vulnerability as her only hope and crafts a daring plan: make Avery fall in love with her and secure her escape. But as their bond grows, Reign must face the reality that darkness runs deeper than she ever imagined-and that the line between savior and captor may be more blurred than she's willing to believe.

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Hope and Faith

Angry and bitter about her parent's divorce, sixteen-year-old Faith Everett isn't pleased when her mother packs up their lives and moves them to the small town of Meadow. Faith has a bone to pick with the world and prefers to stay away from the company of others. She has her reasons, but she's not about to share them with anyone.

Hope Chamberlain, often referred to as the Mother Theresa of Meadow, has spent her life devoted to service, tradition, and the unshaken belief that goodness can mend whatever’s broken. She leads her church’s summer camp with a heart full of conviction and the belief that no soul is beyond saving.

When Faith is forced to attend the same summer camp, their lives collide, and the two couldn’t be more different. Hope wants to help Faith rediscover her religion—Faith just wants Hope to disappear. But as the girls’ lives intertwine, what begins as resistance turns into a quiet, fragile connection that neither one of them expects. As the summer unfolds, both girls are forced to confront painful secrets, question their beliefs, and redefine what family and friendship truly mean.

A poignant coming-of-age story about love, loss, and redemption. Hope and Faith explores the beauty of heartbreak, and how two opposites learn that healing sometimes begins in the most unexpected places.

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