Fiction Drama

Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father’s arrest.

L.A. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. Their three daughters - Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude.

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

A midnight bombing in 1966 Mississippi rocks a rural community, and its echoes reverberate down the decades. Fifty years later, a midnight knock on his door in Oxford drags former cold case detective Arlan Trahan back to that dark night. His visitor is a mysterious Ole Miss law student who calls herself Lennie, and she wants him to reopen the case of a black man she believes was wrongly accused of murdering a white family in the bombing. He initially refuses—and within days the girl is missing. More strangely, the midnight knockings on his door continue, but no one is there. The eerie ...

Having had her heart broken time and time again, ODETTE is about ready to give up on love. That's she meets a trap star named, KREON. A funny, charming, handsome young man that gets his money in the streets. It's a fairytale romance and Odette has never been happier. That's until she finds out that her dream guy isn't so perfect. He's a troubled man with a dark past. And he's harboring a secret, that if revealed, he's afraid will scare the love of his life away forever.

There are still plenty of unanswered questions in Autumns heart…Why would her father hurt yet again? How could her life go back to normal after everything that has happened? Dishonesty and deceit have demolished the long-term friendships between Autumn and Dolly. Meanwhile, Dakota is still dealing with the fact that Dolly betrayed him. Meanwhile, killing Jackboy and his father Savage brings some unwanted enemies to everyone. Danger still lurks in the streets for revenge, but who? All questions will be answered and Autumn will finally get the love she has been searching for. The sun has ...

Following the best-selling novel, The Heartbreak Hotel, Trey, is the much-anticipated sequel in Josh Conley’s emotionally captivating saga of crime drama. Julius, obsessed with revenge for the setup of his cousin Jackson, attempts to kill the person he holds as responsible, Jade. When ambushed in a parking garage, Jade unveils a truth that saves her life, for the moment. Overwhelmed with emotion Julius reveals a truth of his own, that someone close to Jade may be responsible for the murder of their father, Trey. As they search for answers into Trey’s murder, they stumble upon a homeless...

In the enchanting landscapes of Tasmania, "The Secrets Mothers Keep" unravels a captivating tale of three generations bound by a shared purpose—to restore the family manor into a charming bed and breakfast. But beneath the surface lies a lifetime of concealed truths that threaten to tear them apart. Mary, the matriarch scarred by a tumultuous past, made a vow to shield her family from pain and betrayal. Bound by a long-held secret, she believed she was protecting them. However, as the family gathers under one roof and the renovations stir the echoes of the past, the very foundation of her...

Bleakwood, Oregon—once a sleepy, forgotten town—has become ground zero for an unspeakable horror. When Danielle Pryer’s long-lost brother, Bruce, returns from the Vietnam War carrying a monstrous mutation, reality itself begins to unravel. Vines turn to veins, brick to bone, and the laws of physics become mere suggestions. But Bleakwood’s nightmare is just beginning.

Jill was the perfect mother. Tessa was the perfect student. At least until Toby came along, that is. Forty-something pastor’s wife Jill and seventeen-year-old head cheerleader Tessa have more in common than they’d care to admit. Craving the acceptance they didn’t find in their mothers, they seek validation elsewhere—Jill through her flawless parenting and Tessa through her unmatched popularity. Both are putting on the show of a lifetime, too, out to prove to a watching world that life is playing out according to their perfectly manicured plans. And then Jill’s son, Toby, enters ...

Edith Dubois has fought all her life against prejudice in the investment world. Being a woman in a male-dominated environment has made her relentless, stubborn, and... yes, hated by many. But that has never stopped her. Until Norma Queralt storms into her office. Determined to recover her family's properties at any cost, Norma is everything Edith despises: arrogant, defiant, and dangerously captivating. For Norma, this battle is personal - her mother's last wish is at stake. For Edith, it's a battle of wills she's not willing to lose. What neither of them expects is that their greatest ...

When Keyshia and Clyde meet, they are instantly drawn to each other. Forced to pay back a large sum of cash to one nasty Harlem kingpin or risk the lethal consequences, Keyshia and Clyde use their tight game and their loyalty to pull off the impossible. And when Clyde is falsely accused of a bank hit, Keyshia vows to stick by her man - no matter the cost.

1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year’s time she’s fallen in love—both with the High Plains and with a handsome cowboy named Charlie Bacon. Life is not easy in the flat, brown corner of the state where winter blizzards are unforgiving and the summer heat relentless. But Ellen and Charlie face it all together, their relationship growing stronger with each shared success, and each deeply felt tragedy.

Sydney Parks thinks she might be the first person in the world to look forward to serving jury duty. When Margot Kitsch, an OG cast member of the hit reality show Authentic Moms of Malibu is arrested after the untimely death of her cast member husband, Joe, Sydney knows being selected for the jury is the most interesting thing that ever happened to her. However, it doesn’t take long for Sydney to realize that being part of a sequestered jury in a high-profile case is not at all what legal dramas had led her to expect.

In the summer of 1925, Thelma Morgan arrives at the Paris Ritz still stinging from the heartache and humiliation of her failed marriage. Her twin sister, Gloria, newly and blissfully wedded to Reginald Vanderbilt and with a baby in tow, has invited her to spend the summer - and though romance is the last thing on Thelma’s mind, she can’t deny that Reggie’s friend Duke Furness is as charming and dapper as he is keen to win her affection.

Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything—which is why she isn’t initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don’t return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia’s brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.

A historical fiction novel set in ancient Iran during the reign of Cyrus the Great and his successor Darius. The Persian Throne unfolds against a backdrop of vast Asian plains, starting with the anticipation of a battle between Cyrus the Great's Iranian forces and the mounted warriors of the Turanians. The book opens with detailed descriptions of the battlefield and the military formations, setting a tense atmosphere. Cyrus, leading his diverse army comprising Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and other contingents, is prepared to outmaneuver the more numerous enemy with strategic placement ...

Dr. Thomas, an estate doctor in the lush plantations of Kerala, has spent years tending to workers, navigating corporate politics, and handling medical emergencies in remote corners of the countryside. But when a tragic accident shatters the peace, he finds himself at the center of a high-stakes legal battle—accused of a crime he didn’t commit. What begins as a routine day takes a devastating turn when a fatal incident on the highway spirals into a courtroom drama, pitting Thomas against a corrupt system, opportunistic rivals, and unseen forces determined to ruin him. As he fights to ...

When professional hockey player Sig Gauthier’s car breaks down and his phone dies, he treks into a posh private country club to call a tow truck, where he encounters the alluring Chloe Clifford, the manic pixie dream girl who captivates him immediately with her sense of adventure and penchant for stealing champagne. Sparks fly during a moonlight kiss and the enamored pair can’t wait to see each other again, but when Sig finally arrives to meet his dad’s new girlfriend over dinner, Chloe is confusingly also there. Turns out the girlfriend is Chloe’s mother. Oh, and they’re engaged.

A short story that was inspired by real events. When Harry and Faith Wilkens purchase several beautiful acres for building their dream home, they had no idea that they would be sharing their land with a family of rattlesnakes. Within weeks of moving into their abode, incidents begin to happen and both of the families put offense plans into motion. Which family will prevail and be king of their domain?