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Dead of Winter

"Old scars sometimes peel back open and weep fresh blood.” Author: Darcy Coates Christa and Kiernan are escaping to the remote Rocky Mountains for a romantic get-away. Christa needs the distraction. Kiernan is her bright spot, her hope, the single luminous wave in a dark ocean. So, when the bus gets stranded, she’s not too worried. She has Kiernan with her – loving, gentle, and yet a tough mountain man. What could go wrong? The answer – pretty much everything. When Kiernan gets lost and the snowstorm starts in earnest, the group is forced to break into the only local cabin [...]

2025-05-07T18:16:59-07:00May 7th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |

To Kill and Kill Again

The Man Who Said He Did It . . . Did It Author: John Coston The “Missoula Mauler” was a serial sex killer of opportunity. During the day, he supposedly moved about his small, Montana town unnoticed: your average next-door guy. But when opportunity presented itself, he became a sadist with a penchant for ropes, rape, and murder. He targeted everyone from the girl next door, to a lost child, to a minister’s unfortunate wife, only meeting his end when his fascination with one potential victim went terribly wrong. I admit, I’d never heard of this particular serial killer before, but [...]

Queen’s Musician, The

Forbidden Love and a King's Schemes Author: Martha Jean Johnson Anne Boleyn stole the scene at court – until she lost her head. All these hundreds of years later, she still captivates us; her story – a grand rise and a horrible, bloody fall – fill both our history books and our lurid imaginations. What’s not to love? A forbidden romance. A thwarted, egotistical king wanting an heir. An ambitious, beautiful young woman wanting to rise in the world and willing to do anything – absolutely anything – to make it happen. A kingdom divided between them. Man and church warring [...]

2025-04-14T19:03:26-07:00April 14th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |
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