The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? A debut psychological thriller you can’t miss! ‘This outstanding debut novel will leave you breathless’ -Bella ‘Brilliant, chilling, scary and unputdownable.’ -Lesley Pearse, bestselling author of Without a Trace ‘This one is 2016’s answer to Gone Girl. Nuff said.’ -Women’s Health UK ‘You’ll love this’ -The Sun "Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to know Grace better. But it's difficult. Because you realize that they are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or can't meet for lunch, without Jack. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows. Sometimes the perfect marriage is the perfect lie." ‘Behind Closed Doors gives us a glimpse into the realities of a ‘perfect marriage’, with addictive and heart pounding moments guaranteed to have you looking at your friends and neighbours differently.’ -Margaret Madden, Bleach House Library

You have heard the saying, If these walls could talk, what would they reveal? Gregory Beaufort, a prominent bishop who was sent to the affluent island of Bliss Haven twenty years ago, knows firsthand what it is like to live behind the walls of a dangerous secret.You have heard the saying, If these walls could talk, what would they reveal? Gregory Beaufort, a prominent bishop who was sent to the affluent island of Bliss Haven twenty years ago, knows firsthand what it is like to live behind the walls of a dangerous secret - while simultaneously fighting to keep it from being unveiled to his family. But when his youngest daughter, nineteen-year-old Asia Beaufort falls passionately in love with a boy from an impoverished background, their connection ignites a chain of events that force Gregory to face his ungodly past. Is it worth holding on to a secret that could wipe out his marriage and the family he so dearly loves? Shattered Dreams is the first book in the Behind Closed Doors series and it is riddled with thought-provoking situations. Come meet a new slate of characters who will take you on a daring adventure.

Olivia Taylor is distraught after the break-up of her marriage and believes she has suffered the worst life can throw at her. Full of hope, Olivia leaves her marital home and begins to build a new life with her nine-year- old daughter, Ellie. But meeting her new neighbour, Michael Crossman, is the beginning of an unspeakable nightmare for Olivia. As Olivia struggles to hold her life together and shelter her daughter from further pain, decisions driven by lust, loneliness and ignorance finally catch up with her, with horrifying consequences. It is only through the re-telling of her story that we piece together what has led her to become a mere shadow of the woman she once was.

New York Times bestselling author Betina Krahn's passionate romance classic goes behind the closed doors of Tudor England's royal court—to reveal glittering surprises . . . UNDER THE QUEEN'S EYE . . . As Queen Elizabeth's prized new lady-in-waiting, Corrina Huntington is beautiful, innocent, and eager to know the world beyond her sheltered home—especially the mysteries of love. Despite the queen's vow of protection, Corrie soon finds herself swept into the intrigues of the court, rampant with plots and pleasures—and discovers more than she ever imagined . . . Manly and magnificent, Count Rugar Kalisson swears vengeance on the insulting, overbearing English who scorn him for his Swedish heritage. He vows to best the vain queen's knights in contest, and her ladies in seduction—including her latest pet. Love is not part of his plan, yet he and the sheltered English rose are soon drawn together by a reckless...

Emma Cole has left behind her family and an ex-fiancé to move to Chicago and start over. When a mix-up lands her a job at a high-profile law firm, Emma is determined to meet this new challenge head-on. What she didn’t count on was working for a woman like Lillian White, and it doesn’t take long for Emma to realize that she might be in over her head in more ways than one.As beautiful as she is ruthless, Lillian has worked hard to build a reputation for herself that commands respect from everyone she meets. She’s sacrificed everything for her career, and she doesn’t have room in her life for romance. But there’s something about her sweet yet feisty new assistant that Lillian can’t resist, and Emma finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of new desires that she never thought possible. Soon, the two women are embroiled in a scorching-hot forbidden affair that threatens to consume them both.While both women grapple with their unexpected feelings toward each other, things at the office start to unravel. The future of Lillian’s firm is in turmoil, and something sinister lurks behind the scenes that forces both women to reexamine their lives and decide whether their relationship is worth fighting for.

Edward Hamilton is an educated, respectable Lawyer, apparently devoted to his children and struggling to save his rocky marriage. When his wife, Serena, accuses him of physical abuse and calls the police, PC Harry Briscombe is put onto the investigation in what proves to be his last case before transferring to CID.  Ed Hamilton dismisses his wife as a fantasist with a habit of making false claims against him – his wife claims that this is not the first time he has hit her and that this time she will follow through with a Prosecution.As Harry probes further, he realises the extreme intricacies involved in establishing the truth. For who can ever really be sure what goes on behind closed doors?

Ten years ago, fifteen-year-old Scarlett Rainsford vanished while on a family holiday in Greece. Was she abducted, or did she run away? Lou Smith worked the case as a police constable, and failing to find Scarlett has been one of the biggest regrets of her career. No one is more shocked than Lou to learn that Scarlett has unexpectedly been found during a Special Branch raid of a brothel in Briarstone. Lou and her Major Crimes team are already stretched working two troubling cases: nineteen-year-old Ian Palmer was found badly beaten; soon after, bar owner Carl McVey was found half-buried in the woods, his Rolex and money gone. While Lou tries to establish the links between the two cases, DS Sam Hollands works with Special Branch to question Scarlett. What happened to her? Where has she been until now? And why is her family—with the exception of her emotionally fragile younger sister, Juliette—less than enthusiastic about her return? When another brutal assault and homicide are linked to the McVey murder, Lou's cases collide, and the clues all point in one terrifying direction. As the pressure and the danger mount, it becomes clear that the silent, secretive Scarlett holds the key to everything.

Regina Moore and Karen Jackson, lifelong best friends, are living the kind of life most women only fantasize about. With beautiful homes, fulfilling careers, and two adoring husbands, their joy could not be greater, their worlds could not be richer. But suddenly, shattering truths about the loving men they thought they knew turn happiness into anguish and rage. For Karen and Regina, nothing they believed in or cherished can ever be the same as it was.Yet, in the painful process of starting over, new doors will open, and two women who once had it all will rediscover the power of honesty and friendship ... and learn the true scope and meaning of love.

Groomed to be in the public eye, Elle Michaels doesn’t know how to hide her truth anymore. Sometimes it’s easier to live the lie, but it’s wearing her down.Elle's husband is cheating, and she's had just about enough. His career is teetering on explosion with a bid for Vice Presidency. Torn between taking her life back and keeping up appearances, she must decide what to do, knowing her actions will change her husband’s path too.When Elle makes her choice, she gets an unexpected surprise. With a chance at a new life and love, can she accept changing boundaries and learn to love again?

When fourteen-year-old Sophie Monroe suddenly vanishes one night it looks at first as though she's run away from home.Her computer and mobile phone have gone, and she's taken a bag full of clothes.As the police investigation unfolds a wealth of secrets from the surrounding community start coming to light. And it seems everyone has something to hide.For Detective Sergeant Andrea Lawrence, the case is a painful reminder of the tragedy that tore her family apart over twenty years ago. She is convinced there is more to Sophie's disappearance than teenage rebellion.But is the past clouding her judgment, preventing her from seeing a truth that neither she, nor Sophie's family, would ever want to face?

Bishop Gregory Beaufort has disappeared without a trace and for three years, every effort to find him seems to only result in one dead end after another. Some members of Gregory's family are starting to think that he is dead until one of his daughters briefly glimpses him in the back seat of a late-model Cadillac. It kicks off a twenty-one-day cat and mouse race against time between the police and Gregory's captors.Meanwhile, a dashing beau from the church Gregory once led, approaches Gregory's wife, Dana, and eventually reveals his love for her. When even the police appear to believe Gregory might never be found, her hope wanes and Dana is vulnerable and unsuspecting of the beau's true intentions, which are furtively linked to the infamous House of gods.Dana and the rest of the Beauforts remain a constant target for a secret society that will stop at nothing to ensure every member of that family is six feet beneath the soil.

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“There’s an instinct all investigators share: the lure of the curious. We’re like collectors rummaging through the shadowy corners of a bric-a-brac shop; we just can’t resist intrigue when it pops up.” Private Investigator Eddie Flynn is having a bad day. When some snot-nosed kid barges in with a story about a missing girl, it doesn’t get any better – especially since Rebecca Slater’s parents say nothing’s wrong. Problem is, the family are telling lies. Before he knows it Flynn’s following a trail that leads out of the Slaters’ mansion and straight into the gutter. Down among the rats Rebecca’s not the only girl who’s missing – and in a game where there’s no such thing as coincidence, how long will it be before Flynn disappears too?About the AuthorMichael Donovan was born in Yorkshire but brought up in Lancashire where he still lives. A consultant engineer, this is his first work of fiction.

Product DescriptionElizabeth Marshall spent the last nine years doing all the things she was supposed to do. She went to a good college and married a man with a promising future. Elizabeth even had a nice house in a respectable part of town with the promise of 2.4 kids in her future. From the outside everything looked picture perfect.Then one night, the world she lived in came crashing down. Six months later with her husband dead and her friends gone, Elizabeth moves to the small town of Springfield, Ohio to start a new life where no one knows who she is or about her past.Christopher Daniels enjoys the simplicity of his bachelor life. After his divorce three years ago, he swore off women. He has no desire to change that philosophy.When Elizabeth Marshall moves into the apartment below his in the small Victorian house, she makes him reconsider the motto he’s lived by for the last three years: women are trouble. She is everything his ex-wife is not, and it doesn’t help that she is his wet dream come to life.He is determined to resist her charms; however, when someone sends threatening messages to Elizabeth, he finds himself in the role of protector. Can he protect Elizabeth and still resist the pull she has on his body and his heart?

SOON YOU'LL BE MINE... A t first Ann Carson thought the notes were a prank. Then came more sinister threats... and the eerie awareness that someone was watching her. Ann dreaded the long, hot summer nights--until rugged policeman Clay Clinton became her bodyguard. She would finally be able to sleep at night--if only thoughts of Clay would stop invading her dreams.... In daylight, Clay had no trouble focusing on his mission: hunting the stalker. After sundown, however, he found it harder to concentrate. For his wary gaze couldn't ignore Ann's sultry blue eyes--or her heat-flushed skin bared by sheer, silky nightgowns. As Clay struggled against the fire storm of desire, the killer closed in--and still, the temperature was rising....

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Surveillance expert Seth Mackey knows everything about the women his millionaire boss Victor Lazar toys with-and tosses aside. But Lazar's latest plaything, Raine Cameron, is different. Beautiful. Vulnerable. and innocent. Just looking at her triggers a white-hot passion Seth can barely control as night after night, he watches her on a dozen different video screens. Raine is pure temptation, but Seth can't slip up: he's convinced Lazar had his half-brother murdered. His secret investigation-and his life-are on the line. But then he finds out that Raine may be Lazar's next victim... Raine knows she's being watched-but no one can see the secrets in her heart. She has reasons of her own to seek revenge on Victor Lazar, and she will, despite her hear-and the distracting presence of Seth Mackey. His fiercely masculine good looks and animal sensuality stir her fantasies when she's alone...and lead her to a bold plan. Offering her body to him, surrendering totally to his ruthless desire, might well push her beyond all emotional limits-and beyond fear itself.

A collection of 5 former bestselling novellas by Terry Towers is now available for a limited time low price of $0.99. (A regular $12.95 value) These novellas are guaranteed to steam up your kindle! Behind Closed Doors (Forbidden Love Boxed Set)Have you ever fallen a man you knew you can't have, but couldn't help but secretly long for? He's the type of guy that makes you weak in the knees each time he walks by, and makes your heart skip a beat just from a single, brief glance in your direction. He's sexy, he's dangerous and he's forbidden... Most of us would settle for secretly daydreaming of him, but not the women in the "Behind Closed Doors" Collection! They know it's wrong, but sometimes its good to be bad!"In this collection you'll read about;Nikki's Story:Nikki's a young woman who grew up admiring CIA agent, Grant Rivers. Grant is sexy, strong, brave... he's a hero - her hero, and she's intent on making him hers once and for all.Ramona's Story:Ramona comes to realize there's a thin line between love and hate as sparks fly when she finds herself stuck in a cabin with the man she's spent years hating, while secretly longing for.Trinity's Story:It's Christmas and Trinity's stranded in the middle of nowhere in a blizzard! Her rescuer comes in the form of her mother's smoking hot ex-boyfriend. What happens over Christmas is so wrong, but why does it feel so right?Evelyn's Story:Who can resist a man in uniform? Evelyn can't and she has her sights set on the sexiest Marine she'd every laid eyes on.Vivian's Story:Her parents assumed Vivian would have less distractions if they arranged for her to live with their good friend, Blake, while attending college. Little did they know Blake quickly becomes more of a distraction than any boy at college could ever be.

Never underestimate a beautiful woman. You might not live to regret it.Suicide – the act of taking one’s own life.Homicide – the act of taking someone else’s.An unethical banker suffocates. A diamond dealer slits his wrists. A media magnate freezes in the snow. A disgraced CEO inhales exhaust fumes. Four unpopular businessmen, four apparent suicides. Until Interpol find the same DNA at each death.Beatrice Stubbs, on her first real case since ‘the incident’, arrives in Switzerland to lead the investigation. But there’s more to Zurich than chocolate and charm.Potential suspects are everywhere, her Swiss counterpart is hostile and the secretive world of international finance seems beyond the law. Battling impossible odds by day and her own demons at night, Beatrice has never felt so alone.She isn’t. Someone’s else believes in...

This cowboy's ready to ride! Beth Wilson has clearly lost her mind. What sane woman ditches a successful career so she can move to Montana and renovate a run-down boardinghouse? But when her much-needed building supplies are sent to reclusive rancher Nathan Landers--every girl's naughty cowboy fantasy--Beth is set for a showdown! Nathan just wants to run his ranch in peace, but Beth's determination--and gorgeous long legs--are a serious distraction. Feeding the local rumor mill is more than he can handle, though. So the only way to indulge in a deliciously hot little tryst is to ensure that no one ever suspects. But in the tiny town of Blackfoot Falls, Montana, there's no such thing as a secret....