Local Women Missing

Small town girl Rayne Summers just wants to make enough money working her parttime job at the local diner to pay her way through her last semester of college. But everything changes when her best friend Emma takes her on a birthday getaway for her twenty first birthday to her old hometown of Ridgewood. As Rayne and Emma enjoy a night out at the local bar called Rider’s, the one person that has plagued her dreams for years walks into the bar and their eyes meet for the first time in six years. Everything that happens that night will change Rayne’s life forever and she will realize the ones you trust the most are the ones that will betray you.

Violetta lives with her mother and her step-father, lived was a loose term in her book. she had just turned 21 and her life had been nothing but hell and abuse. Her stepfather was a judge, but not a good one, most of his money came from bribes and money under the table. Her mother just live off his money. Where does Violetta fit in? Well, she is the child her mother never wanted, he father left her when she was a a toddler. Her mother said he was disgusted she was a girl and not a boy and couldn't stand to be around them anymore. Violetta works at the local café, trying to save money so she can move out of the hell hole she calls home, but her step father expects her to pay her way by handing over most of her earning so its taking longer than she would like. Dimitri is the eldest son of the head of the Russian Mafia. He grew up with the children of his fathers right hand man Josiah. They were close and were heartbroken when the Mafia's Princess went missing when she was four. She had been promised to him when they were younger before her mother ran away taking the Princess with her. now, at the age of twenty eight, he is determined to find out what happened to her and bring her home to her four brothers where she belongs. What he doesn't bargain for is the fact he will be going up against the Italian Mafia

Delaney, young, beautiful, smart but also mistreated, abused and tossed to the side by every family she has known. Finding the courage to run away seems like a mistake until she runs into a handsome brick wall that makes her heart skip a beat. Orion, charming, handsome and funny playboy future Alpha for the Dark Pine Pack, doesn't care about women, other than of course bedding them and only goal is to be the best Alpha for his pack. But when the most gorgeous woman he's ever seen runs right into him, not only does she knock his breath loose, she takes it away.. Thinking what a perfect specimen to be had. Until she shows him she don't play games. Not only is she a no nonsense young woman with a heart of Gold, she's also something that has been missing from his Supernatural world.. For a decade... And there will be many who will be searching for the gorgeous and unknown young woman!! Will Orion change his ways for a woman he just met? Will Delaney even give him the chance to prove her otherwise of her thoughts of men like him? Will they be able to come together and fight an evil that is plaguing the lands?

Celeste Virelli is not your typical private investigator. Sleek, calculating, and always three steps ahead, she specializes in one thing: seducing unfaithful husbands to trigger the fidelity clauses in their ironclad prenups. Her clients are wealthy women trapped in golden cages—wives who want out, but only if they can take half the fortune with them. Celeste doesn’t advertise. She doesn’t need to. Her name passes in whispers between yoga mats and charity galas, a whispered promise of justice wrapped in silk and steel. When Vivienne Cross, the young wife of tech mogul Julian Cross, walks into her office, Celeste expects another routine takedown. But Julian isn’t like the others. He’s elusive, calculating, and hiding more than just a wandering eye. As Celeste draws him into her web, she uncovers a deeper game—one that involves offshore accounts, a missing woman, and a secret that could destroy more than a marriage. For the first time, Celeste finds herself questioning the rules she’s lived by. Because this time, the seduction might not be an act. And the most dangerous lies aren’t the ones told in bed—they’re the ones we tell ourselves. The Seduction Clause is a taut, stylish psychological thriller about power, betrayal, and the cost of playing with fire where every glance is a gamble, and every kiss could be a weapon.

Grace Hammond lost the most important person in her life, her grandmother, Juliet. Left with little beyond a failing farm and not much clue how to run it, she's trapped-- either she gives up three generations of roots and leaves, or she finds some help and makes it work. When a mysterious letter from Juliet drops a much needed windfall in her lap, Grace knows she has one chance to save the only place she's ever called home and posts a want-ad.The knight that rides to her rescue is Robert Zhao, an Army veteran and struggling college student. A first generation Korean American, Rob is trying desperately to establish some roots, not just for himself, but for the parents he's trying to get through the immigration process, a secret he's keeping even from his best friends. Grace's posting for a local handyman, offering room and board in exchange for work he already loves doing, is exactly the situation he needs to put that process on track.Neither is prepared for the instant chemistry, the wild sweet desire that flares between them. But life in a small town isn't easy. At worst, strangers are regarded suspiciously, and at best, as profoundly flawed-- and the Hammond women have a habit of collecting obscure and ruthless enemies. Can their budding love take root in subtly hostile soil and weather the weeds seeking to choke them out?

What happens when people start going missing from a range of small towns in the middle of nowhere? The local police department have absolutely no idea what to think or how to investigate the disappearances or what to do with the body count piling higher and higher. Once again Mary wakes up outside the little wooden cottage naked and covered in blood. This always happens when something happens that ticks her off. Mostly it's her father not letting her do anything or never letting her leave the house. Constantly moving around also kind of defeats the purpose of going out and making friends if you are just going to be leaving the town in the next couple of months. Is Ryder really Mary's father and if he is where is her mother and why does he never talk about her? Should Ryder have told Mary that she is the Werewolf Princess? Should he have told her while she was growing up like he had planned before the accident or should he let her believe that she is a normal human being to help keep her safe and calm? Will they be able to help keep Dora and Mary alive when the time comes for Dora's forced marriage into slavery to cover her father's gambling debt with the goblins. Will Dora see her mate and have the curse removed? Why is Hera on the killing spree and what triggered it in the first place? Could it be Mary, her human who is afraid of what she is and what she smelt after her blood session as Mary had started calling her blackouts. Follow along and find out the secrets of the forest and what it hides in plain sight from unsuspecting humans and supernaturals alike.

Four dead students, one dead politician, one dead secret agent. What do they have in common?—Four punctured wounds in the neck and a strange burnt mark in each dead missing body. With a trusted team member missing, a partner who nearly died because of a trap, a stressed team leader, and a traitor in the team, how will Agent Night be able to solve a crime with an unidentified suspect? Will this case be the light to her dark past? In this line of work, there is only one end. You either live or die.

The sun is failing, her brother missing, the world divided. Fayle must protect her twin at all costs during their search for their missing brother, even if it means facing off with Shadow Men - boneless creatures that shroud themselves in darkness and survive the fading light using the stolen flesh of mankind as protection. But can she survive the war, not just between shade and human but her divided heart, long enough to find her brother? And if she does - will the greatest sacrifice of all be enough to save him?

After the mystery missing of her father, Natalie Garcia had to back to their pack and learn how to be an Alpha.

BLURB: What would you do after your boyfriend disappeared without trace for six months and you've finally concluded that he's dead after searching everywhere including the morgue. While still mourning your boyfriend's death your father forced you into an arranged marriage, now the man turns out to be your missing boyfriend but with another name and now he's richer, cruel, powerful and totally different. This is the story of Adele Harris whose boyfriend Killian, suddenly came back a different man after being missing for months. All he does now is make her suffer for reasons best known to him. Why did Killian go missing and come back as a different person? What is the reason behind his disappearance? To what extent will Killian go to see Adele suffer? And what is the deal between Killian and Adele's father? How long will Adele endure Killian's punishment in their marriage?