Romance Abuse

Emily Edwards is locked in the basement. Her husband put her there. When she accused him of molesting their seven-year-old daughter, he finally snapped. But Emily isn’t alone in the basement. Her new home is infested with spirits of the dead. And some of them would die again to save her.

I knew I'd ruffle feathers, but the day I walked into Rockport High, I had no idea the cheap shots that were to follow. You see, the Ballers and I have a history. They play basketball. I play basketball. But they hate that I play basketball as good as them. And the only thing they hate more than that, is me. That's right. I'm a girl, and I. Can. Play. Make no mistake about it. The Ballers can do their worst, but I will earn a spot on the RHS boys' team. This is my last resort to make a name for myself, and I can't let them interfere.

The Complete Collection: All 5 Volumes Under One Cover! Every day, countless lives are shattered by the silent menace of stalking—a pervasive threat that transcends age, gender, and social status. It preys on the innocent, leaving victims trapped in fear and anguish. These are their stories. STALKED is a powerful collection of firsthand accounts from survivors who have endured the torment of stalking. Their unfiltered narratives reveal the harrowing realities of obsession—manipulation, intimidation, and shattered security—while also showcasing the resilience and strength needed to ...

One conversation is all it takes to break a world wide open. Seventeen-year-old Macy Lyons has been through something no one should ever have to experience. And she's dealt with it entirely alone. On the outside, she's got it pretty good. Her family's well off, she's dating the cute boy next door, she has plenty of friends, and although she long ago wrote her mother off as a superficial gym rat, she's thankful to have allies in her loving, laid-back dad and her younger brother.

I never knew you could get addicted to people….until I met Seth. I just wanted to escape. I had a huge secret and I was trying to run away from it as fast as I could. I managed to get myself shipped a thousand miles away for the summer to my estranged father and perky new stepmother’s house. Nobody knew me there and that’s the way I liked it. I didn’t have to be the screwed-up girl with the terrible secret anymore; I could be anybody I wanted to be. Being sequestered at Dad’s house turned out to be amazing. I started wondering if somehow I could convince him to keep me forever and...

Previously titled: An Obsessed Kind of Love Jessica is more than the baby momma of Dominic... She's a social media influencer with 1.1 million followers. Many worship her for all the wrong reasons. So does Dominic. What could go wrong... Everything! The more money she makes, the more naked she gets and some of her followers want more... Dominic aint having it! He wants her to stop. He wants her back. But when he realizes that she is enamored with his rival, all bets are off. Jessica doesn’t listen and soon, things start to happen. Dominic is watching. His jealousy is heating up. He ...

When a bad boy brings you hell instead of heaven, call your gay best friend. In a Straight Girls Series twist, this harrowing story is told from the straight girl's perspective. Kary (her name is Karen, but anyone who goes by Karen anymore is a Karen) is eking out young adult life as a bank teller when one lucky transaction brings her Prince Charming. Things heat up fast with Liam, Mr. CrossFit, almost-six-figure car finance guy, and they move in together. Everything’s great, of course, except how much Kary’s best friend, Alex, and Liam hate each other. Liam is alcohol; Alex is fresh ...

Baseball player Kyle Sawyer has many labels: bad boy, delinquent, ladies' man, fearless outfielder . . . Only one of them is actually true. But then sweet ballet dancer Faith Gladwell asks him to help wreck her reputation, and everything goes sideways.

Protecting her is the most important job I've ever had. But I'll have to resist her charms—and her scent—if I want to keep her safe. As an alpha in the Secret Service, I protect important people every day. But none have been quite as important as her—the omega senator I'm tasked to protect. Not just any omega senator—the first since our world changed. Since we all got our designations. Sloane Ashford is independent. Unmated. So why does her scent drive me and my men crazy? I'll have to defend her from an assassination plot and try to keep my sanity—all while tamping down my ...

An international serial killer is at large. Countless murdered victims are being discovered throughout England, France, and Spain. Will the killer or killers ever be caught? SO MANY HAUNTING QUESTIONS ARE LEFT UNANSWERED SO MANY FOOLISH MISTAKES ARE MADE SO MANY BRUTAL KILLINGS ARE LEFT UNSOLVED The year is nineteen eighty-five, and thirty-one-year-old Katherine looks back over her life and asks herself many challenging questions. Where do I belong? Is there any hope for me left? Can I survive another day? Sadly, no answers to her plaguing questions come to her muddled mind. Slumping back ...

The dating pool was trash... Sharla was not looking when she came across his profile... He was everything! Fine... Built... Swag... The look of a savage in a good savage kind of way. A bad boy with all the markers. What could go wrong? She swiped right. He responded. They met. And he blew her mind! Knight was everybody's dream guy. His tall perfect frame, kissable lips and eyes that hypnotized had done Sharla in. But... What started off as something wonderful, started to show cracks. The layers peeled back. And what she saw was devastating! What happened? Find out! Read along in this ...

As professional 21st-century historians cede the literary field to the popular amateur, history and its meanings become muddled - especially in the punditocracy championed by modern media. Copious amounts of cherry-picked facts and manufactured heroes are used to create a narrative rather than give any insight into past events. MacMillan offers an antidote to this by providing the necessary tools to help interpret history in constructive ways.

Georgie Burgess has known only neglect and abuse during his seven and a half years of life. His alcoholic mother does little to prevent the bruises and scars inflicted on Georgie by her brutal boyfriend. With each blow, the little boy withdraws further into his dreams. When he wins a small rose bush in a lottery, it seems as if one of his dreams has finally come true. But after a particularly savage beating, he is taken from his mother and placed in a home for boys.

Devaughn Moore had transformed... No longer the bad kid who ended up a juvenile delinquent, his life is devoted to the ministries. And by his side is his beautiful and loyal wife Gabrielle. She stands by him through it all. But when she receives a phone call from one of their young female members, she goes running. The woman answers the door holding a child with eyes like her husband. The young woman tells dark tales. Secrets that would destroy him... her ... everything they've built! . Gabby wants to know who she's married to. The things the woman said could not possibly be true. But ...

A story of survival… Twelve-year-old Alan Smith had everything going for him; he was athletic, popular, and excelled scholastically. The only problem was that his parents were criminals. The lies he was forced to tell to protect his parents isolated him; his entire life was based on deception. On April 23, 1967, the lies ended. That night, the police kicked in the door to his home and took his parents away. With that, every relationship in his life fell apart. His extended family abandoned him out of shame, and friendships based on dishonesty crumbled and collapsed. Alan soon found ...

Adele Woolner has survived more than a year of abuse, both verbal and physical, at the hands of her now ex-husband. Calling on a strength she never knew she possessed, Adele builds a new life for herself and becomes a stronger woman in the process. Now ready to move forward—she never expects love to waltz into her life when she least expects it. Stefano Indellicati feels an instant attraction to Adele and is determined to get to know her better. Something about her calls on his protective instincts, and he realizes he would do anything to call her his own. Willing to stand and fight for ...

His father took my sister so I took him Dusty, the Night Skulls MC President's son, in all his all-muscle, covered-in-tattoos, pierced glory He claims he has nothing to do with my sister, but he'll say anything to get away Once a Night Skull always a Night Skull. I have to tell myself that to justify what I’ve done. What I'm about to do. I have no choice even if I'm going to hell for it. He is my leverage. My only hope to get my sister back. His life for hers. But in the dark night that sealed our fates, I never expected that I'd fall for my enemy We were born enemies I have to hurt her ...

What happens when you were born for the streets.... Exposed to poverty, bad choices and hardships early on... Portia Parker knows all to well. Her drug addicted, trigger happy mother caused scars that never healed. And just when she thought life had nothing wonderful to give... Just when she had sunk as low as a woman could... The love of her life, a kingpin named Miles Murphy, enters and changes her life! The only problem is he's the city's biggest dealer!<\i> Miles Murphy is a notorious kingpin with a notorious reputation. He swoops in like a hero and saves Portia, showering her with love...

The Ballers took everything away from me last year. Riding the bench wasn't what I'd planned, and I don't want a repeat of that this season. I can't have a repeat of that, not if I want to accomplish all those goals I set for myself when I first came to RHS. There's one problem though. One Baller is determined to keep me on the sidelines. I'm broken because of him. Physically broken. I can't let that stop me though. There's so much riding on this year, and I won't let anything - or anyone - get in my way.

In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She’s more concerned with feigning perfection - pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises, not wanting anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Without expecting it, she finds love. It challenges her to recognize her own worth - at the risk of revealing the terrible secret she’s desperate to hide.