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Men tremble at the sound of their names while women run, their lives flashing before their eyes. They’re the monsters under your bed, the boogeymen in your closet. Every living soul fears them. They’re relentless and they’re coming to play. They’re the sons of the most notorious mafia boss, the leader of the DeAngelis Family, and they’ve just set their twisted sights on me. They stalked me through my apartment, haunted my hallways, and crippled me with fear. They led me straight into their trap and captured me as though they had every right.

Welcome to Hopkins Bend, the remote little Tennessee town where the backwoods inhabitants are cannibals and the local law operates a sex-trafficking ring. Unlucky travelers are frequently ensnared in the town’s sinister web. Some are held captive and tortured while others face even more gruesome fates. And beneath it all is the town’s darkest secret, the curse of the depraved and mutated Kincher clan.

A DeAngelis family war is brewing and these heathens are the vicious ringleaders, pulling the strings of their pawns for the greatest show of all—a show that will guarantee sweet, sweet victory.

Patricia Cornwell delivers the newest engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Depraved Heart: “Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.” —Mayes v. People, 806 III. 306 (1883) Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene...

Being kidnapped at 12 years old by my stepfather means even the campground where I work and live is never truly safe from my anxiety. If it wasn’t for my dogs, I’d fall apart completely. But then Virgil comes into my life. The masked stalker slides into my room at night and takes what he pleases, making sure I enjoy every second of it. What starts as a fantasy soon becomes something inescapable for us both.

John Edward Robinson was a 56-year-old grandfather from rural Kansas. An entrepreneur and Eagle Scout, he was even honored as "Man of the Year" at a Kansas City charity. To some of the women he met on the internet, he was known as Slavemaster - a sexual deviate with a taste for sadomasochistic rituals of extreme domination and torture...even killing. 

The serial killer obsessed with Deputy Chief Jess Harris has finally been cornered but the body count is still rising. Chief of Police Dan Burnett is on administrative leave, his life is falling apart. Deputy Chief Harold Black has assumed the post of Birmingham's top cop, a dream of his for more than a decade. Private Detective Buddy Corlew is poised face to face with serial killer Eric Spears and Jess Harris has just learned that everything she thought she knew about where she came from is a lie. There's only one way to end this - someone has to die....

Savagery. Sin. Depravity - these are my virtues. My religion. My name is Dante Sovrano, head of the Chicago Mob, and I run this city. Everyone bows down to me. Except her. The moment I saw Sarah, I knew she'd be trouble. She's fiery and cutthroat, wrapped up in a lickable package. There are dark secrets hiding behind those gorgeous blue eyes. And I plan to know them all. She'll have to make a deal with the devil to solve her problems. Too bad the devil always takes your soul. And I'll be keeping it - because Sarah London is mine.

A dark, forbidden romance between a criminal psychologist and her serial killer patient, for those that like their love stories a little devilish. My patient is stalking me … and he’s a psychopath. I’ve dedicated my life to understanding the darkest corners of the human psyche, but nothing...

There’s nothing quite like the smell of a decaying body. Being trapped in a cell with it under the hot, desert sun … now, that’s just sick. One minute, I thought I had everything I needed in this dark world, and the next, I was a prisoner to Giovanni’s wicked plan. I don’t know how, but I will get myself out of here, even if it’s the last thing I do. Giovanni will not win this, and I won’t stop until my fingers are curled around his throat and my knife is sinking into his flesh.

Ciarán White can be summed up in two chilling words: obsessed psychopath. His fixation? Me, Remi Dawson. I would lock him up for his criminal history or just avoid him. But my new reality is that I’m no longer a detective, and I need his help. More specifically, I need the help of the Depraved Wolves MC. I don’t think I’m asking for much, seeing as how I died for them. A few months ago, I had a career, a partner I could trust, and a life that had meaning. I sacrificed it all to protect the Depraved Wolves. Now, I’m standing at the devil’s door, needing their help while also ...

The abandoned house at the end of Millhaven Road stands on blighted and barren ground, as if nature itself shuns this tainted place. It is known simply as Dead End House, and unspeakably terrible things happened there long ago.

Nurse practitioner by day and vigilante killer by night, Tessa Sparks leads a double life as she attempts to escape the haunting nightmares of her past. With each fresh kill and with every vile monster’s death, the peace she so desperately seeks finally comes to her at last. But that peace only stays for a short while. The steady calm she receives from her kills no longer lasts, and when her personal demons threaten to devour her whole, she makes the mistake of letting her guard down and breaking the one solid rule she has always kept.

A madman hurt my wolves and tried to take Elena. There isn't a layer of hell good enough for him. Once I find him, I'm going to exact justice on every single inch of his skin and soul. And then I'm going to put my broken pack back together and heal my sweet, wounded little wolf in the most delicious, depraved ways. I'm going to marry her and make her forget that the world ever held any other monster but me.

The USA Today bestselling author of Once You're Mine delivers the finale of the wickedly steamy, dark romance duet following a criminal psychologist in a game of cat and mouse with her serial killer patient. My monster isn’t locked away anymore. He’s free. And he’s mine. Every wall I once...

The Depraved (Sarah Roberts Book Twenty-Six) A Toronto homicide detective receives a letter threatening multiple murders that are about to occur in horrific ways. He reaches out to Sarah Roberts for help because the letter states that Sarah inspires the murders. While the detective and Sarah try to figure out why he received the letter, the first three bodies are discovered. Brutally murdered, with one of the victims tortured in a depraved manner, they learn why that homicide detective was chosen—he knew the victims personally. Not only that, he knows where the bodies were found—his ...

Some girls grow up in castles with fortresses to protect them from monsters. Other girls grow up in castles with fortresses to protect the monsters. I am both of these girls.

Audible Originals bring you a brand new audiobook adaptation of J. Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic gothic novella, Carmilla - starring Rose Leslie ( Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey), David Tennant ( Doctor Who and Broadchurch) and Phoebe Fox ( Life in Squares and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death)

During his nearly fifteen-year reign of terror, Ronald Lloyd Bailey’s depraved obsession with sexual sadism held communities across southeast Michigan in a shroud of fear. From the early 1970’s to the mid-1980’s, the former patient at one of Michigan’s foremost psychiatric hospitals, abducted as many as fifteen teens and over time became a sadistic serial killer.

In A Better Atonement, theologian Tony Jones debunks the traditional doctrine of Original Sin and shows how that doctrine has polluted our view of the atonement. In an intriguing interlude, Jones distances himself from other progressive theologians and biblical scholars by strongly defending the historical crucifixion and physical resurrection of Jesus. Jones then summarizes various understandings of the atonement, from the ancient church to today, ultimately proposing a view that both takes into account a realistic view of sin and maintains an robust belief in the Trinity.