Download or read book A Step Past Darkness written by Vera Kurian and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING… There’s something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it’s not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn’t be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch Kelly, the bookworm next door James, a cynical burnout Casey, a loveable football player Padma, the shy straight-A student Jia, who’s starting to see visions she can’t explain When they realize that they can’t trust anyone but each other, they begin to investigate what happened on their own. As tensions escalate in town to a breaking point, the six make a vow of silence, bury all their evidence, and promise to never contact each other again. Their plan works – almost. Twenty years later, Jia calls them all back to Wesley Falls—Maddy has been murdered, and they are the only ones who can uncover why. But to end things, they have to return to the mine one last time.
Download or read book Never Saw Me Coming written by Vera Kurian and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel Named a New York Times Best Thriller of 2021 "I devoured this riveting book through a day of travel...My desire to rush to the end clashed with my desire to savor every word. Who would be the last psychopath standing?” — New York Times Book Review "Fresh, fast-paced and fiendishly clever! If you love watching true crime and wonder about the psychopaths among us, this is the book for you!" — Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice? It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements. When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan for revenge into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.
Download or read book A Brush of Darkness written by Allison Pang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into A Brush of Darkness, the first book in the Abby Sinclair trilogy. The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares. Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and sexy-as- sin incubus searching for his sister, convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invade her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish, as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As she is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, Abby realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart—and there’s no one she can trust to save her.
Download or read book Devoured by Darkness written by Alexandra Ivy and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laylah, a half-human, half-demon jinn who is trying protect a child who may be the catalyst in a war between good and evil, binds herself to Tane, a Charon sworn to hunt and kill rogue vampires, who has been hired to capture her.
Download or read book An Inherited Past The Forgotten Darkness written by Demas Huckaba and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of hard work and secrecy, Allen and a group of rogue scientists are ready to test the new development. It's time to make history. They're prepared to flip the switch and activate the ancient artifact. But something goes horribly wrong and the artifact cannot be shut down. Instead of a reactor, they have opened a portal from which spews multitudes of demon-like creatures. The portal leads to a new planet called Prison World, and once opened the portal cannot be closed for five years. Diligence is needed by the military and others to ensure the creatures, called Prisoners, don't infiltrate the world and raise even more havoc. A team of special forces consisting of Damien, JD, and Peter are prepared to go on the offensive and get the problem under control. They understand that by entering the portal their lives could change forever. The first book in The Forgotten Darkness Series, An Inherited Past offers a science fiction story of a war on a planet far from home.
Download or read book Past Darkness written by Laurel Woiwode and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do we turn when tragedy strikes? Gabrielle must wrestle with this question in this uplifting story of healing in the midst of brokenness, of God's grace breaking through the hardness of a human heart.
Download or read book Dawn of Darkness written by Shari L. Tapscott and published by Shari L. Tapscott. This book was released on with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventure continues in Dawn of Darkness, the third book of The Riven Kingdoms. Princess Amalia of Renove expected to find plague and death when she and Rhys entered the kingdom of Draegan, but she didn't realize she'd find herself in a nest of lies and deception. Now the princess's world is crumbling. She must learn to navigate a wicked court, where everyone wants something from her—including the one man she thought she could trust. And Amalia isn't the only one struggling. Newly betrothed Cassia finds herself torn between family, duty, and love. One wrong decision, and the Draeganish princess's world could come to an end. Time is running short for the two riven kingdoms. An army of darkness gathers, preparing to destroy the entire continent. Little do any of the royals know there are more players behind the scenes. Whether they act for the good of the kingdoms, or their destruction, only time will tell… Dawn of Darkness is a 75,000-word fantasy romance and the third book in a connected series that must be read in order. The Riven Kingdoms Reading Order: Forest of Firelight Sea of Starlight Dawn of Darkness Age of Auroras
Download or read book Covered in Darkness written by Heather Sunseri and published by Sun Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now the Director of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, Brooke Fairfax has one objective: Stay on top of all threats to the people and property of the Commonwealth. The position is thankless and never-ending. It even pulls her out of Declan O’Roark’s bed in the middle of the night. A power grid failure has struck Kentucky’s largest city and Brooke assumes the role of lead coordinator for the investigation. The power outage pushes the city to the brink of chaos. Police, fire, and rescue workers are overwhelmed—their efforts crippled by failed communication systems, looters ransacking businesses, hospitals running on emergency generators, and people desperate to find safety in a city quickly eroding into lawlessness. While experts scramble to restore the grid before thousands lose their lives, Declan receives word from an intelligence contact that an eastern European cell of cyber terrorists are looking to take down the power grid for the entire Eastern Seaboard. Brooke and Declan must combine their efforts before the next attack. Just as Brooke and Declan get close to the truth, the attackers turn their attention on stopping their greatest threat—Brooke and Declan.
Download or read book A Step Past Darkness written by Vera Kurian and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldn't be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local megachurch Kelly, the bookworm next door James, a cynical burnout Casey, a loveable football player Padma, the shy straight-A student Jia, who's starting to see visions she can't explain When they realize that they can't trust anyone but each other, they begin to investigate what happened on their own. As tensions escalate in town to a breaking point, the six make a vow of silence, bury all their evidence, and promise to never contact each other again. Their plan works - almost. Twenty years later, Jia calls them all back to Wesley Falls--Maddy has been murdered, and they are the only ones who can uncover why. But to end things, they have to return to the mine one last time"--
Download or read book Out of Darkness written by Ashley Hope Pérez and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Michael L. Printz Honor Book "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."—The New York Times Book Review "Pérez deftly weaves [an] unflinchingly intense narrative....A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."―starred, Kirkus Reviews "This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory....Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."―starred, School Library Journal
Download or read book Darkness and Star Light written by Tiffany Henderson and published by ShopEbook. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the night, Leda suddenly woke up. She was dreaming of cherries. Jerking reflexively, shifting uncomfortably to suck in the hard air, muscles spasm making her heart pound as she stares into the dark and tries to regulate her breathing - to be aware. the difference between sleep and reality. Cherries… and plums, right? Or cake filled with fruit? Pudding? How to make tonic wine? No… ah, not… the hat. She closed her eyes. The question of whether to use cherries or plums to decorate the ready-to-wear Olivia beret with a crown can be purchased as soon as this weekend, when Madame Elise pays the day's wages. Emotionally, she found the hat to be a safer and more appropriate subject for contemplation than she knew she had to consider—it was the dark room and its countless nooks and crannies that were even darker, and the disturbance. What disturbance could have happened, to the point of waking her from a much-needed and deep sleep. The night was mostly quiet, except for the ticking of the wall clock and the gentle breeze blowing in the attic windows, which brought the scent of the Thames tonight, instead of the usual vinegar and distillate scents. rate. Queen's weather, as they call this early summer period. Leda felt it on her cheek. Jubilee celebrations make the streets noisier in the evening, the crowds and bustle of entertainment, the most outlandish expats from all over the world, wearing a turban and jewelry that looked like he had just stepped down from an elephant's back.
Download or read book Sweetest Darkness written by Leslie Lutz and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage psychic is drawn deep into the honeycomb of an abandoned hotel—and into a cat-and-mouse game with a predatory entity—in this riveting new supernatural horror novel. "SO SCARY, IT GIVES DARKNESS A BAD NAME! When I finished the last page, I realized I was still shivering."—R.L. STINE, author of Goosebumps and Fear Street Everyone in Gypsum, Texas knows the Hotel Alvarado changes at night—especially Quinn. A teenage clairvoyant, he’s been having dreams about it… dreams that call him to its dark, abandoned halls. The hotel is a monument to the town’s more prosperous past, when celebrities flocked to the mineral spas and films were shot in the desert. The Great Depression killed all of that, it killed the Alvarado, and frankly it killed Gypsum, too. Now, when the sun goes down, things no longer living stir deep within its creaking depths. But the dreams are relentless. When Quinn braves the hotel’s darkness with his best friend June and unrequited love Selena, looking for answers, he gets only one: ghosts aren’t the scariest thing lurking inside the Alvarado (although they’re there, cold and restless and angry). No. He’s been called by something worse: a predatory, inhuman entity that threatens to wipe Gypsum off the map, along with everyone in it. And wrongly—accidentally—he’s let it out. It takes the shape of a handsome young man. It walks. It talks. It laughs. It can even make you laugh. But its appetite for death can never be sated. Quinn has always had the power to see the future… can he find the power to change it? "Mesmeric. Hauntingly beautiful. A must-read for anyone who dares to venture into the abyss."—Robin Alvarez, author of When Oceans Rise "Spooky. Scary. Mysterious. Twisty."—A. Lee Martinez, award-winning author of A Namless Witch
Download or read book Shrouds of Darkness written by Brock E. Deskins and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brooklyn is home to thousands of drug dealers, murderers, rapists, thieves, gang bangers, and mafia. There are also some really unpleasant people—like me. My name is Leo Malone, and I'm a vampire. I've lived in Brooklyn for nearly a century, and I've grown to like the place. I used to be a sheriff; the law enforcement within the vampire enclave. I got fired a few years back for being too violent, and that's saying something when your primary duty is to cut the head off some vampire for stepping out of line. So now I do other things. Officially, I'm a private investigator. Unofficially, I take out the trash when it's too nasty leave on the curb. Anyway, a hot mutt (half-werewolf) and her brother hire me to find their father after he doesn't come home. But even playing dogcatcher for a rabid werewolf running amok and tearing apart the populace is a simple job compared to the giant conspiracy pile I step in trying to find him. Now, not only do I have to track down a creature capable of turning me into a chew toy if I'm not careful, I have an untold number of my own kind out for my head. That's why I live by the motto "do unto others before they do unto you," and I'm damn good at doing unto others.
Download or read book Facing Darkness written by B.L. Hurst and published by B.L. Hurst. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In book one of the series, Left for Dead, an unknown enemy attacked the world—leaving society without modern technology. Without the internet, air travel, and few running vehicles of any kind, regional conflicts redefine modern warfare. Forces of darkness moved into the vacuum of power left in the wake of the global disaster, reeking havoc on an unsuspecting civilian populous. Facing Darkness picks up where book 2, Steps Back left off as survivors, Asher Latham, aka Polar Bear and his small group of former prison inmates, struggle to deal with the after-effects of the disaster. Latham and his former prisoners swore an oath to keep a new moral code he hoped would keep them unified and safe as they tried to reunite with their loved ones. They would help one another—or anyone else they came in contact with who was in need. They would only take from what was obviously abandoned, and they would not rob, rape, or murder. A group of church members hide out inside Budcamp’s RV dealership, but they are on the verge of starving to death. They pray to God for help, not knowing what that help might look like. Other survivors, Vanderbilt University students, Bethany Johnson and Cooper Allen work together to identify and battle the unknown forces who attacked the world. Can they build a computer capable of their lofty goal? Will the groups of survivors overcome the odds against them? Read along and follow the drama and action.
Download or read book By Reason of Darkness written by William P. Simmons and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BY REASON OF DARKNESS is the new acclaimed collection of dark and fantastic fiction by William P. Simmons! Features the author's best, award-recommended stories of supernatural horror, suspense, and dark fantasy, including those given Honorable Mentions in volumes of THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR. From chilling suggestive horror to daring, hard-edged suspense, this celebration of twilight people living midnight lives proves there is as much fear in a well placed whisper as in a scream. Featuring 23 stories, several of them new, BY REASON OF DARKNESS has already received praise from such macabre masters as Graham Masterton, Hugh B. Cave, and Al Sarrantonio.
Download or read book Darkness and Demon Song written by M.R. Fournet and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cemetery-boy-turned-monster-hunter must race against time to save his recently-resurrected mother in Darkness and Demon Song, M.R. Fournet’s eerie middle grade follow up to Brick Dust and Bones. Marius Grey’s mom is back from the dead. After hunting monsters and performing forbidden spells, Marius is just happy she's there, helping him to take care of their Louisiana cemetery again. But it soon becomes clear that something has gone wrong. Marius's mother is growing more distant and strange things start happening around her. Worse yet, sometimes it feels like she’s a completely different person–one who definitely isn’t his mom. If Marius wants to save her, he’s going to need help. Serious help. Good thing he has a flesh-eating mermaid for a best friend and a classmate with extra strong magic. Add in mysterious clues for new hunts, graveyard hopping from Louisiana to Texas, and a tough ex-hunter he doesn’t know if he can trust, and it’s clear that Marius has his work cut out for him.
Download or read book What the Night Knows with bonus novella Darkness Under the Sun written by Dean Koontz and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the late summer of a long-ago year, Alton Turner Blackwood brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy. Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is murdering families again, re-creating in detail Blackwood’s crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino is certain that his own family—his wife and three children—will be targets, just as his parents and sisters were victims on that distant night when he was fourteen and killed their slayer. As a detective, John is a man of reason who deals in cold facts. But an extraordinary experience convinces him that sometimes death is not a one-way journey, that sometimes the dead return. Includes the bonus novella Darkness Under the Sun and an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City!
