Thriller Relationship

She thought he was helping her find her voice. He was teaching her to speak with his. Evelyn has spent years building a successful career writing psychological thrillers about women trapped by dangerous men. Her detective, Finch, is disciplined, intelligent, and always in control. Then Evelyn meets Daniel. He sees something in her writing that no one else seems to understand. He pushes her past the safe formulas imposed by her publisher and challenges her to make her characters darker, more reckless, and more dangerous. And it works. The writing becomes sharper. Rawer. More powerful. Soon ...

A newlywed couple each with their own secrets. An abandoned lodge with a horrific decades-old mystery. And a small mountain town where everyone believes they know their neighbors, in this thriller from a master storyteller. "Chilling, gripping." —Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author...

Lauren thought leaving Brian was the hardest thing she would ever do. She was wrong. After years of manipulation, control, and violence, Lauren finally walks away from the man she once believed she could trust. She disappears to a remote lake house owned by her friend Christine, believing the isolation will give her the space she needs to figure out what comes next. Then she discovers her tires have been slashed. Brian has found her. He doesn’t break down the door. He doesn’t attack her. He waits. He talks to her through the walls. He reminds her of the medication she stopped taking. He...

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so...

She moved in to start over. Someone here already knows exactly who she is. Maren Cole has finally escaped—her abusive husband, her old name, her old life. Under a new identity, she moves into apartment 4B of the Alcott, a crumbling Chicago building where nobody asks questions. All she wants is to disappear. But Judith Hale, the sharp-eyed widow in 6A, sees everything. She knows the new tenant is hiding something. What begins as curiosity—watching from the stairwell, memorizing routines—soon becomes something far more dangerous. Because Judith has secrets of her own, and Maren's ...

This program includes extra audio-only material, including duet recordings of the podcast episodes, light sound design, tip-line recordings from guest narrators (including the author), and a bonus podcast episode! "Both a riveting mystery and a love story, This Story Might Save Your Life is one...

After an affair wrecks their marriage, Dan and Miranda Kelly attempt to escape with their young daughter to the remote lake town of Pinewood, Kansas. It’s a new start, a chance to heal and begin a new chapter of their lives. More importantly, it’s an opportunity to forget Abby, the woman who nearly destroyed their family. Unfortunately, Dan and Miranda soon discover that past mistakes cannot be avoided so easily. Shortly after beginning their new life in Pinewood, Dan begins to receive harassing messages from Abby, warning him that she will not be easily forgotten. What begins as ...

Nick hadn't planned on being the prodigal son. But when his father dies and leaves half of Silver Buckle, the Noble family ranch, to Nick's former best friend, he must return home to face those he left behind - and to make sure that the Silver Buckle stays in the Noble family.

Junie and her family arrive in the Caribbean for what should be a week in paradise. Within days, her father and his girlfriend are dead. Her sister Poppy vanishes into the night. All the evidence points to her. But Junie refuses to believe it. Seven years later, Junie is still searching. Her other sister Ruby has tried to move on, haunted by what she witnessed that night. And Poppy? She's been living under a new name, carrying a secret that could destroy them all.

First Daughter By Jamie Quinn A Lesbian/Sapphic Romance I re-edited First Daughter. I saw in the reviews that there were some glitches. I hope I took care of them all. Please leave a review and tell me if there are any more glitches or if you liked the first daughter. I like those. I read all the reviews. When twenty-year-old Charlotte “Charlie” Harrow, daughter of the President of the United States, graduates from her elite all-girls boarding school, she thinks her hardest challenge will be surviving life under the spotlight of the White House. She’s wrong. For months, Charlie has ...

It started with a cup of black coffee. A routine morning. A familiar café. A woman who thought her life was under control. Susan lives by the rules. Quiet mornings. The comfort of repetition. But everything begins to unravel the day a well-dressed stranger walks in — spinning a metal lighter between his fingers and watching her like he already knows her secrets. First come the memory lapses. Then the dreams. Then the bruises she can’t explain. Two men enter her life — one fiery, charming, impossible to ignore. The other calm, collected… and terrifying in his quiet intensity. One of...

Patterson’s greatest crime-solving team since the Women’s Murder Club is the Bird Sisters. Rhonda and Barbara “Baby” Bird are half-sisters—and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving...

When it comes to divorce, forewarned is forearmed. This book delivers both in a story you won't be able to pause. Equal parts suspense thriller and how-to manual, Tim’s memoir is a must read for anyone who’s facing a divorce with children, or loves somebody who is. While most intuitively understand that divorce brings out the worst in people, and many have heard that separating can be extremely costly and frustrating, few approach the process aware of its greatest pitfalls, how truly terrible they are, and just how prevalent they’ve become.

A comedian’s joke sparks outrage. A violent crime exposes corruption. A lawyer searching for redemption takes on his most dangerous case yet. When stand-up comic Verne Slater is brutally attacked after a controversial routine, his injuries ignite a storm of media attention and social debate. Called back into action after a six-month suspension, Chance Cormac—boxer, lawyer, and reluctant hero—steps in to defend Verne and uncover the truth behind the assault. But in a city where justice bends to power and anger hides behind every headline, Chance soon realizes the case is about far more...

Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist saga and new historical essays from a major Butler scholar. This deluxe edition includes: An incredible new cover and package Premium French...

The #1 national bestseller about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage is “one of Stephen King’s most engrossing horror novels. Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated…fueled by an air of danger immediate and overwhelming” (Publishers Weekly). After surviving fourteen years of...

Rule number one: Don't fall for your boss. He forgot to give himself the same rule. Vaughn Sterling is cold. Demanding. The kind of billionaire who fires people for smiling too much. I took the job as his assistant because I needed the money. I stayed because I'm a masochist. Then I catch him watching me like I'm a problem he needs to solve. Like I'm something he wants to devour. He's crossed every professional line: learning my coffee order, memorizing my schedule, sending a driver when I miss the train. When I try to quit, he tells me I'm not allowed. Not allowed. Like he owns me. The ...

Where Dreams Go to Die... or maybe NOT! Lily’s a gorgeous woman vacationing in the last place on earth she wants to be, and she has her husband Judd to thank for this ‘get away’. She wonders why they’re here when they could be anywhere else, like Paris, Italy or even the Caribbean. Determined to make the best of it despite everything, Lily is determined to find some excitement before her unwanted vacation ends. A hotwife romance short, intimacy.

WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist...

She thought she was just an employee. She didn’t know she was the experiment. Kara Sinclair wanted a career, not a leash. But Virellium is no ordinary company and its CEO, Julian Kingsley, plays by rules that blur desire with domination. Behind the polished offices and precision rituals lies a world of power that seduces as much as it scars. Julian, magnetic and merciless, punishes and rewards with equal intensity. Rhea, Kara’s fierce confidante, finds worship in submission and whispers Kara toward her own altar. Marcus, the enforcer, kneels with pride, while Dylan trembles on the knife...