Reader's Retreat
What happens when an aging serial killer’s mind starts to decay?
His granddaughter is about to find out...
When Tara Helms agrees to help her grandfather catalog his remarkable collection of rare antiquities, she expects to learn about the family business and spend some time with her last living relative.
Instead, she discovers a man desperate to share the stories he's kept buried for decades before it’s too late.
At first, Tara is fascinated. But when death shatters the quiet of her grandfather’s farmhouse one morning, she begins to question exactly who and what Grandpa really is.
As she struggles to find the truth in a web of delusion and lies, she is drawn into a world of darkness and dread that she can’t escape.
But what frightens her most isn’t Grandpa’s past.
It’s the future he has planned for her…
And what she is already becoming.
He’s Leaving Her Everything is a chilling psychological thriller about family, legacy, and the bond of blood.
Content note: This book contains some depictions of violence and abuse within a family that some readers may find disturbing.
Reader's Retreat
Seven thriller fans. One remote island. A dream retreat turned deadly.
Kalah loves her job as a poison control hotline operator. She helps strangers through the worst moments of their lives—without ever putting herself in danger. But when she wins a contest from a mysterious new author, everything changes.
She and six other readers are invited to a secluded island in the Florida Keys for an exclusive retreat to preview the author’s debut thriller. At first, it's paradise—until the island’s caretaker vanishes without a trace. Then one of her fellow readers disappears.
As the group searches for the missing people, Kalah’s paranoia grows. Soon, she believes that someone is hunting them—a deranged psychopath who could be hiding in plain sight. To survive, Kalah must confront her darkest fears, outwit a killer, and uncover the truth before she becomes the next chapter in a real-life horror story.
The Control
A true psychological thriller that will keep you guessing. A twisted ending you won't forget.
It’s the middle of the night when Jim Straub regains consciousness in his psychology professor's office. He can't remember what he's doing there or why his teacher is dead at his computer with his head caved in.
On shaking legs, Jim approaches the body and reads the psych profile that’s open on his professor’s screen. It’s about a student who is mentally ill and getting worse by the day—a fragile time bomb close to losing control and capable of extreme violence.
Jim begins scrolling up through the file, desperate to discover the identity of his professor’s potential killer. But when he reaches the top of the document, his own name is the one that greets him there.
Sickened and in shock, Jim staggers away from his teacher and forces himself to unearth his memories of the last three weeks. Piece-by-piece, they reveal a twisted tale of nightmares, deception, and love that led to this fatal night.
With each new revelation, Jim becomes increasingly desperate to remember what really happened. But will his sanity survive the dark truth? Or will he lose the last bit of control to which he so desperately clings?
Find out...
Darkest Deceit
Three Can Keep a Secret, if Two of Them Are Dead
When Gale enters the abandoned old mansion on Halloween night, she’s ready to celebrate her 26th birthday with her boyfriend and a couple of friends. But as they explore the ancient house, Gale soon begins to question her companions’ intentions and loyalties.
As her paranoia deepens, she becomes more and more convinced that no one is who they say they are and that a dark figure from a fateful night in her past is inside the mansion with them, hungry for vengeance.
Will Gale be forced to relive the deadly events that changed her life forever as she struggles to survive a second time? Or will she at last reveal the horrible secret she’s kept locked inside for the last ten years and embrace her own darkest deceit?