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This collection of stories follows d.o. allen's previous work, The Die with vivid tales of intrigue that draw you into the minds - and fears - of each character. Each story is matched with an original song from singer-songwriters across America. Pardon Me features the erotic thriller, Deer, Sir where the line between pursuit and consent is blurred. You''ll be drawn into Clayton's struggle with a psychotic demon in the thriller Last Ride. Cavalier Redux brings mystery to life with the discovery of a long-forgotten secret within a deep, cold lake.

On a hot summer’s day in Boston, US Marine turned Homicide Detective Reid Halsey finds himself in the middle of a deadly shootout with a murder suspect. When Lucas Soul, a seemingly innocent victim, rises from the dead moments after a fatal gunshot wound to the head, Reid comes to the shocking realization that the world he believes in may very well be a carefully fabricated lie masking an unearthly reality.

Ten-year-old Lucas’s life is a simple but happy one. All that changes when the Hunters finally track down his whereabouts. Forced to bear witness to horrific scenes that forever shatter his innocence, he discovers the shocking secret behind his less than ordinary existence. What follows is a fight for survival that will define the nature of a boy bound to an incredible destiny whose origins have been lost to the tides of time.

Once you have mastered that, we will begin to teach you how to mend the relationship you have with your child; an angry parent can divide a household and ruin bridges that were meant to last a lifetime. We will begin to build them back for you and your family. Once you have managed your anger and your child’s anger, we will turn our attention toward the future, where we will teach you how to make sure your child does not follow in your footsteps.

Five years have passed, and each survivors copes with the knowledge that zombies nearly ruined their graduation. A covert team investigates the dead, silencing outbreaks around the United States. Intel suggests the next outbreak is only miles from Boxford High at the King David Mall. The suburban town of Boxford remains oblivious to the heroics of the small group that prevented the zombie apocalypse. Now, the school is rebuilt, and the auditorium is being dedicated to the aloof teachers who "vanished" in the fire. The few survivors are invited as the guests of honor.

Thin, Brittle, Mile is the story of brothers Luke and Tyler Dearlove who travel to the remote, sparsely populated Skidaway Island searching for their third missing sibling. The brothers soon garner the sense that something is terribly wrong on the island, and their inquiries, which stir up the most insidious of hornets nests, are greeted at first with shrouded suspicion, then with open hostility, followed by blunt threats, harassment, and escalating violence.

In a mystifying episode that later comes to be known as St. Theresa’s Hospital for Children's first miracle, eight-year-old Shelley White's cancer seemingly disappears overnight. Sadly, her friend Kristen is not as fortunate. She eventually succumbs to her illness. Fast forward to 30 years later and Dr. Shelly White now works at the same hospital with a mission to save as many children as possible from cancer. Soon the race to find a cure for cancer is on, but powerful political entities will stop at nothing to prevent the cure from being found.

An unidentified and aggressive illness begins spreading in North Dakota, and the nation panics. People are becoming sick, losing their minds, and murdering each other in disturbing ways. The government is struggling to come up with a solution, but as the epidemic mutates within the civilian population, its grip grows stronger. Dom is thousands of miles away near Seattle, witnessing his city collapse. The pandemic hasn't even reached them, but people are panicking and rioting as though it's already there. Holed up in his apartment with his best friend and girlfriend, Dom fears the worst.

The life of Marcus Johnson was simple and honorable. A United States Marine Lance Corporal with aspirations for the future. This is all changed when one simple mission turns into a slaughter.

The context of Switching Gears is about life transitions that tie to change, which is a constant in the world today. There is at least one woman and one man in every city, county, and state that either has or will switch gears, and some that may be in the midst of the transition at this moment.

They hit the Stone Springs bank and took with them a 100,000 dollars in cold, hard cash. Behind them, they left a town in ruins and enough bodies to start a whole new cemetery. Mild-mannered rancher Ethan Haywood was in town for a wedding - though he himself had had enough of marriage to last him a lifetime.

Desert Town is dark crime fiction for those who have a taste for the perverse and violent. It was made into a major film, Desert Fury, starring Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott and Mary Astor. It’s the story of seventeen year old Paula Haller’s transition into womanhood as she defies her mother, Fritzi’s dominance. Fritzi runs the small town of Chuckawalla including the Purple Sage casino and saloon as well as a bordello or two.

An anonymous hacker declares Boxford High ground zero for the next outbreak. When the school holds a corporate-sponsored fundraiser, the infection begins. Again. Infiltrating the new state-of-the-art school as teachers, the survivors find the world of education is just as dangerous as flesh-eating zombies. As they uncover clues to the origin of the outbreak, they fear zombies aren't the worst of what stalks the halls.

A case of mistaken identity marked O’Brien out for death the minute he rode into Nebraska. A feud had erupted between the local farmers and a scheming loan agent who figured to sell them out. Both sides pegged O’Brien as a vicious gunman named Wes Dexter, who had been hired to settle the matter with violence. That made him a hero to some.... and a target for others.

We are more divided than ever in many aspects of life, and we too often feel empty while pushing to keep up or protect ourselves from all that is coming at us. Suffer Less in Life & Work explores many facets of our relationships with ourselves and others, and how our stressors and society’s negative influences affect and slowly tear us down.

Living Wisely - For Millennials & Beyond by psychologist Barry M. Cohen explores the essential life skills that millennials beginning their journeys through life - as well as all the rest of us - need to live wisely and well throughout our lives. Throughout the book, scientific research and contributions from psychology, medicine, and renowned life coaches validate each skill and illustrate how it contributes to well-being. All those seeking to gain healthy life habits for self-improvement will find the book an invaluable resource.

A disenfranchised Desert Storm veteran uses what is assumed the golden opportunity to step out of a life of stagnation by robbing the downtown Manhattan bank where he works as a security guard during the events of 9-11. Taking from the wrong safety deposit box, Raymond is tracked down by a stolen arts dealer. With his military training and fluency in Arabic considered, Raymond is blackmailed into what he believes to be a tomb raiding mission, only to find himself part of a mercenary team with the objective of robbing the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad.

It stood to be the biggest oil well in the territory...provided wildcatter Bud Bishop could bring it in before his lease ran out. But the Irishman wanted to make sure he didn't. Then he figured to move in, take ownership, and keep all the spoils of Bishop's hard labor for himself. So Bishop's backers hired freelance fighting man Carter O'Brien to keep Hugh Quillan's bullyboys off his back long enough to get the job done. But the closer it came to the deadline, the harder Quillan started to play.

O'Brien was hunting bounty up in Utah when the deal blew up in his face. Now he was hurting bad and the doctor told him that he'd have to rest up for at least a couple of months before he could even think about strapping his Colt back on. Still, a feller's got to earn a living, and he was grateful when the doctor gave him a job which promised to be nice and quiet. Hardly any more than an easy little trip across the territory.

Carter O'Brien was greased lightning with a gun and the best freelance fighting man in the business. That's why the greenhorn wanted to hire him. The only trouble was, he'd been sworn to secrecy about his own mysterious mission.