Download or read book Darkness Lurks written by J. L. Drake and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily McPhee has struggled to overcome her father's death... It's not easy, but Emily finally has the life she wants. She's an A student at Orange University and has a comfortable home and a great circle of friends. She's also in love with handsome Orange PD officer Seth Connors. He doesn't seem to return her feelings, though, so she tells herself his friendship is enough. Jimmy Lasko is a psychopath, and Emily is his greatest obsession... Lasko knows what he wants-what he deserves-and has the deadly skills and unending patience to get it. What he wants is Emily, and he is watching and waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike. That time is coming soon; he'll make sure of it. A sense of unease settles on Emily, but is the danger real or imagined? When Emily begins hearing noises and suspects someone has been in her house, Seth urges her to get a roommate. But after a search, she realizes a certain attractive cop would be the perfect choice, and Seth moves in. Seth loves Emily, but fears his feelings might make it difficult to protect her. In all areas of his life, Seth sees himself as a protector. He's determined to keep Emily safe, but he pushes the captivating blonde away in an attempt to stay objective. However, after her stalker makes a failed attempt to capture her, Seth can no longer deny his feelings. With help from Seth's police colleagues, he and Emily set out to identify the person hunting her before it's too late. But is it worth the risk to bait the trap with what he wants most?

Download or read book Darkness Series written by J. L. Drake and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emotionally scarred college student fights for her life against a faceless psychopath. When one monster falls, an unlikely one is revealed. Emily McPhee loved her father with all her heart. He was her everything, while her mother was neglectful and wanted nothing to do with her. But her life changed forever when she was fourteen and they were in a head-on collision, killing her father on impact. Emily's world was shattered as she watched her father's life slip through her fingers. With the help of her friends, she rebuilds her life and slowly finds happiness, and even love. At twenty-two, her life takes a terrifying turn when she catches the eye of a psychopath and becomes his greatest obsession. Trouble is, he is being manipulated by someone else-someone who runs in Emily's inner circle. A game of cat and mouse begins, and a trip to a cabin proves to be a dangerous mistake. Two things are certain-no one is safe...and there's nowhere to hide. Just because you can't see evil doesn't mean evil can't see you.

Download or read book Where Evil Lurks written by Robert D. Rodman and published by Bitingduck Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-05-16 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brutally raped and left pregnant and half dead, Ashley Bloodworth wants to find the three men who tortured her. She persuades P. I. Dagny Taggart Jamison to take the case after promising that she merely wants to know who fathered her twins. Dagny must find each man and get a DNA sample. But there is a catch: the assault took place ten years ago.

Download or read book Murder in Small Towns When Evil Lurks in Quiet Places written by ChatStick Team and published by ChatStick Team. This book was released on 2024-08-31 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 🔍 Explore the Dark Secrets Lurking in America's Small Towns! ✨ "Murder in Small Towns: When Evil Lurks in Quiet Places" by the ChatStick Team reveals the shocking truth that even the most tranquil communities can hide unspeakable horrors. Through gripping true crime stories, this book uncovers the chilling murders that have shattered the peace of small-town America. 💀 Behind every quiet facade, a dark secret may lurk. This book dives deep into the psychology of crime in small towns, exploring how tight-knit communities can be blindsided by violence and deception. Discover how evil can thrive in the most unexpected places, leaving a lasting impact on those left behind. 📚 Perfect for true crime aficionados and fans of psychological thrillers! "Murder in Small Towns" will captivate you with its eerie tales of real-life horror in places you’d least expect. Don’t miss your chance to delve into the dark side of small-town America. 🔗 Get your copy today and unravel the mysteries hidden in plain sight!

Download or read book The House Where Evil Lurks written by Brandon Callahan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'll get you. You're mine. This is not a Hollywood tale; it is a true account of one of the most malevolent homes that Brandon Callahan and his team have ever investigated. A former funeral parlour, the demon-infested property had a dungeon and a sinister past that included murder, suicide, and vile rituals. When Brandon Callahan answered the homeowner's plea for help, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. A monstrously tall entity in a dark hooded cloak moves through the embattled home it considers his domain. An expressionless phantom face follows one of the investigators home. Innocent bystanders and paranormal investigators alike are plagued by physical attacks and bleed-through phenomena: inhuman laughter, bloody scratches, disembodied shrieks and growls, horrific nightmares, and escalating threats. The House Where Evil Lurks is Brandon Callahan's terrifying true story.

Download or read book Darkness Follows written by J. L. Drake and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily McPhee is in the clutches of a monster... Despite the protection of her boyfriend Seth Connors and his colleagues with the Orange Police Department, Emily is imprisoned in a basement by her psychopathic stalker Jimmy Lasko. His bizarre behavior adds to her terror, and a video link forces Seth to witness her captivity, leaving him feeling helpless as he, the OPD, and the FBI search for her. Freedom isn't free, and safety is just an illusion... Though Emily escapes the basement, the threat is far from eliminated. In fact, things she learned while being held by Lasko lead her to believe he isn't working alone. Lasko is still out there, determined to get her back, and crazier than ever. If he does have a partner, Emily has no idea where the threat might lie or who she can trust. It's impossible to live a normal life when family ties become tangled. Emily is deeply hurt when Seth is reminded that their relationship might endanger her further and he pulls away again. She's even more frustrated when her globe-trotting mother returns and is charming to everybody...except her own daughter. When Emily meets Seth's family, she loves his mom and little sister, isn't sure what to make of his flirtatious brother-who is also a cop-and finds herself very uneasy around his father, who is a powerful attorney. Sometimes things seem very clear...until you look more closely.

Download or read book Deliver Us From Darkness written by W. Franklin Lattimore and published by BHC Press/Open Window. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brent Lawton's entrance into the occult was an accident...drawn into a darkness that threatens to destroy him. Tara Baker's involvement in the occult was no accident. Painful secrets from her past prompt her to push forward to acquire more dark power. One will encounter an ancient power so boundless that they will come face-to-face with eternity.

Download or read book The lurking fear written by H. P. Lovecraft and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The lurking fear" by H. P. Lovecraft. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book Evil Lurks Beneath written by Jennifer Anne Davis and published by Reign Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon a deathbed, a secret is whispered—breathing life into a long dormant evil. Mabel finds herself locked in the kingdom’s legendary dungeon—not for a crime she committed, but simply for existing. When she manages to escape, she comes face-to-face with the man sent to kill her, righting a wrong committed twenty-one years ago. When Declan discovers something from his father’s past, he realizes it has the power to destroy the kingdom of Valdis. As the Crown Prince, he has an obligation to protect his people. Suddenly torn between duty, family, love, and loyalty, he must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice for what is right. Brielle has always enjoyed living a quiet life at home with her books, despite being the daughter of the duke of Miervades. However, when the king and prince arrive unexpectedly at her father’s doorstep demanding back taxes, a bargain is made, leaving her as the insurance. Finding herself engaged to the Crown Prince Declan, Brielle is thrust into a world she knows little about. One kingdom. Three people. And a secret big enough to destroy it all.

Download or read book Darkness written by Nina Edwards and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness divides and enlivens opinion. Some are afraid of the dark, or at least prefer to avoid it, and there are many who dislike what it appears to stand for. Others are drawn to this strange domain, delighting in its uncertainties, lured by all the associations of folklore and legend, by the call of the mysterious and of the unknown. The history of our attitudes toward darkness—toward what we cannot quite make out, in all its physical and metaphorical manifestations—challenges the very notion of a world that we can fully comprehend. In this book, Nina Edwards explores darkness as both a physical feature and cultural image, through themes of sight, blindness, consciousness, dreams, fear of the dark, night blindness, and the in-between states of dusk or fog, twilight and dawn, those points or periods of obscuration and clarification. Taking us across the ages, from the dungeons of Gothic novels to the concrete bunkers of Nordic Noir TV shows, Edwards interrogates the full sweep of humanity’s attempts to harness and suppress the dark first through our ability to control fire and, later, illuminate the world with electricity. She explores how the idea of darkness pervades art, literature, religion, and our everyday language. Ultimately, Edwards reveals how darkness, whether a shifting concept or palpable physical presence, has fed our imaginations.

Download or read book Dark Rival written by Brenda Joyce and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highland warriors sworn to protect Innocence throughout the Ages—A golden man, he is called Black Royce—a battle-hardened soldier of the gods. His vows are his life—until he is sent to New York City to protect a Healer from those who would use her powers for themselves. The moment Royce sees beautiful, feisty Allie Monroe, he knows she will be his only weakness—and he is right. Destiny is a dangerous thingAllie Monroe is more than an heiress. She is a Healer, willing to do anything to save victims of the evil that lurks in the city at night. But alone, she can do only so much—until destiny sends her the darkest Highlander of them all. Then evil strikes and Royce is destroyed before Allie's eyes. Now Allie will do anything to save Royce—even if it means going back in time to a dark, dangerous world. Confronting their enemies could cost not only their lives, but their love—for all eternity.

Download or read book Where Darkness Lies written by Adrian Perez and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Darkness Lies is a distorted mind altering collection of poems; often disturbing this isn't for those who are looking for sunshine and rainbows. Mr. Perez tackles subjects such as: addiction, depression, death, and fantasies of destruction he sees through his eyes. There are no happy endings here. He gravitates to the demons of his heart and soul bringing out hell in every sense of the word. Captivated by the dark side, he isn't scared to leap into dark realms and chambers that lurk beneath this world. He creates a world full of obscurity and harsh reality that will leave you questioning your sanity.

Download or read book Darkness Watching written by Emma L. Adams and published by Emma L. Adams. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watched by demons no one else can see, college student Ash think she's losing her mind. But the truth is far more frightening: she can see into the Darkworld, the home of spirits, and the darkness is staring back. All Ash wants at university is a second chance at a normal life, but her new home in the small town of Blackstone has secrets of its own. Ash’s quest for answers leads her to a hidden group of sorcerers who warn her against the ruthless magical police who watch the barrier between the Darkworld and our own world. With monsters lurking in the local night clubs and the guy she's crushing on possibly being evil, it's all Ash can do to keep her ordinary friends safe from the supernatural dangers shadowing her every move. As the danger climbs higher, Ash must uncover the truth behind the darkness watching her, before it threatens everyone she knows and cares about. But in a world where darkness lurks beneath the surface, not everyone is what they appear to be... Keywords: free fantasy, free paranormal books, free supernatural books, complete series, new adult fantasy, British fantasy, coming of age, demons, paranormal thriller, supernatural suspense, contemporary fantasy, young adult fantasy, paranormal fantasy, dark fantasy

Download or read book Darkness Falls written by J. L. Drake and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a year after her ordeal, Emily McPhee finally feels safe... Emily's psychological scars are healing. Things are great between her and OPD Officer Seth Connors, and her biggest problem is the X-rated Halloween decorations her best friend Pete has placed all around her house. If only it would stay that way... Seth senses something isn't right, but he doesn't know where the danger is coming from...or why. He's sure Emily's neighbor, Travis McKay, is hiding something, and the man pays way too much attention to Emily. To make things even more complicated, a new female officer appears to have her sights set on Seth, and fellow officer Alexander Avery has some sort of connection to a mysterious brothel employee. Seth has a feeling all these odd things are somehow connected-but he knows he's missing a huge piece of the puzzle. Pull at a thread and everything unravels. Emily's mother shows up with a surprise and a dirty plan to force her to sell the family home...and Seth's father is proven to be the deceitful monster he always believed him to be. Lasko's tainted past and twisted family ties turn out to be more complex than they ever imagined. Every lie has a consequence, and Seth and Emily need the truth. In order to escape with their lives and their love intact, they must answer one critical question... Who is the real target in this deadly game?

Download or read book The House Where Evil Lurks written by Brandon Callahan and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a Hollywood tale, it is a true account of one of the most malevolent hauntings ever recorded. Join experienced paranormal investigator Brandon Callahan as one demon-infested property shocks his team with the intensity of its hostility, especially when the darkness bleeds into their everyday lives. When Brandon Callahan answers an innocent homeowner's plea for help, he has no idea he is about to become entangled with the most malicious supernatural force of his career. The House Where Evil Lurks chronicles a host of alarming activity: disembodied shrieks and growls, threatening EVPs, violent confrontations, horrific nightmares, sightings of spirits and dark entities, and physical attacks that change the lives of these seasoned investigators forever. Praise: "[A] stunning piece of paranormal writing."—Steven LaChance, author of The Uninvited

Download or read book The Lies of Locke Lamora written by Scott Lynch and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.” An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.

Download or read book Dark Horses written by Susan Mihalic and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “sweeping and raw story of courage, resilience, and clear-eyed grace” (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about a teenage girl’s fierce struggle to reclaim her life from her abusive father in the vein of My Absolute Darling and Room. Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. The warped power dynamic of coach and rider extends far beyond the stables, and Roan’s relationship with her father has long been inappropriate. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect of her life, ruthlessly focusing on her ambitions as a rider heading for the Olympics, just as her father had done. However, her developing relationship with Will Howard, a boy her own age, broadens the scope of her vision. “[A] heart-pounding, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it debut novel” (O, The Oprah Magazine), Dark Horses explores the themes of abuse and resilience in a way that will leave you transfixed. This is “a provoking and needed book” (Booklist, starred review).