Dark Drama Comedy

As the owner of a quirky bakery in the heart of Manhattan, Ella juggles a playful bet with her friends that pushes her to step outside her comfort zone—one wild fling at a time. When a sexy, mysterious plumber shows up to fix her latest disaster, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of unexpected chemistry, witty banter, and simmering tension. But James isn’t just another notch on her belt. Beneath his rugged charm and magnetic smile lies a tangle of dark secrets that could upend everything Ella thought she knew. As their connection deepens, she must decide if she’s willing to risk...

The world has changed around 79-year-old librarian Millicent Carmichael, a.k.a. Missy. Though quick to admit that she often found her roles as a housewife and mother less than satisfying, Missy once led a bustling life driven by two children, an accomplished and celebrated husband, and a Classics degree from Cambridge. Now, her husband is gone, her daughter is estranged after a shattering argument, and her son has moved to his wife's native Australia, taking Missy's beloved only grandchild half-a-world away.

Combined for great value! The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. Full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. When characters have to ask "Are all the people mad?" you need a guide! Explore this topsy-turvy world to understand, enjoy, and analyse the language, imagery, and themes of Shakespeare's dark comedy.

Victoria Sinclair, New Orleans’ sassiest gossip columnist, thrives on the juiciest scandals. But when her pen starts making headlines literally come to life, she discovers a curse from a long-forgotten interview with a voodoo priest. Now, her words are rewriting reality—stirring up everything from city-wide chaos to a nose-diving tourism industry. With the French Quarter and Garden District teetering on the edge of madness, her three closest friends—funeral parlor queens with their own knack for drama—must join forces to stop Victoria from turning her column into a catastrophe. But ...

When eighteen-year-old Ellie Canning is discovered wandering the countryside, dazed and traumatized, she tells a harrowing story of abduction, captivity, and escape. An overnight symbol of survival and empowerment, Ellie enthralls an outraged nation. Then authorities zero in on an unlikely suspect: high school teacher Suzannah Wells, identified by Ellie as the woman who kept her drugged and bound in a basement. The evidence against Suzannah is damning—vilified by the media, Suzannah’s only defense is that not a single word Ellie says is true. Suzannah has no reason to lie.

It’s winter break at Treemeadow College, and theater professors and spouses Nicky Abbondanza and Noah Oliver, their best friends Martin and Ruben, and their sons, Taavi and Ty, are starring in a television pilot for the Nicky and Noah Mysteries series based on their first caper, Drama Queen. More is shot than footage as cast members drop like giant, flat-screen TVs mounted by an intoxicated carpenter. Once again, our favorite thespians will need to use their drama skills to catch the killer before they get cancelled.

Full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. When characters have to ask "Are all the people mad?" you need a guide! Explore this topsy-turvy world to understand, enjoy, and analyse the language, imagery, and themes of Shakespeare's dark comedy.

Reese Harrington's got 99 problems, and her compulsive lying is definitely one. Her foolproof plan for sophomore year is simple: transfer schools, join a sorority, and leave her painful past (and dating) far behind... Then she meets Cole Prescott: gorgeous, irresistible, and completely off-limits. Turns out, the sorority Reese is desperate to join has one iron-clad rule: No dating Alpha Tau Omega guys. Except keeping Cole in the “friend zone” isn’t easy, especially when the sizzling chemistry between them is so damn combustible. As Reese endures the angst of sorority pledging, she ...

What happens when a man goes from nothing to everything then back to nothing? The agony of mental defeat from the one he wants it from most. Every man has a need that must be met in order to keep him faithful. But what happens when he gets one thing from his wife, however she refuses and withholds another part of his needs. The one thing Devin needed from his wife was respect. She refused to give it to him. But why? Maybe because he isn’t providing like a man should have been at the time. Maybe he doesn’t have enough money.

Things are moving and shaking for Rachael as a new vampire hunter! Rachael was uprooted from her life as an author the day one of her characters knocked on her door and invited her to attend the very academy she invited in her books--Silverwood Academy. How could she pass up the request from the sexy leading man she'd created? Now that she's there, she's not only fighting bloodsuckers, she's trying to figure out how all of this happened. Could it be tied to some magical powers that are passed down through her family? If that's the case, what else can she do? Rachael is doing her best to ...