Justina Luther's debut series Step into Darkness blends young adult and new adult into a psychological thriller which follows seven-teen-year-old Justine Leonard through the twists, turns, heartbreaks, and scandals that follow her father's sudden death. Are you brave enough to step into the darkness?
Dear Sir or Madam, Thrills, mystery, and adventure await, at an event exclusively curated for seven brave souls. You are cordially invited to the historic Everdon Mountain Resort and Ski lodge, in beautiful Sage, Colorado, to lose yourself in a story like none other. Events of the past are brought to life before your very eyes, while the secrets of the lodge unfold for you to decipher. Should your entire party choose to accept this invitation, you will spend a week in the lap of luxury, and history, enjoying every amenity the lodge has to offer from a state-of-the-art spa to skiing slopes to suit both novices and enthusiasts alike. Will you and your party be able to learn the fates of the poor souls who vanished in Everdon’s beautiful snowy passes, or will their history be doomed to remain a mystery? When I received this letter, I thought I’d won a free vacation from some sweepstakes. A week away from the frantic pace of life sounded like a dream. How wrong I was…
Detective Brenna Allard has seen enough death to last a lifetime in the big city, and her thirteen-year-old daughter Daisy has begun to notice when Mommy comes home with work on her mind. When Brenna learns of an open detective position in the sleepy town of Fish Horn, Arkansas, the single mother jumps at the chance to put the darkness of her big city life behind her. Little does she know, even sleepy towns have their nightmares, and this one is always on time.
What would you do if you awoke covered in scars, with no memory of where they came from? This hypothetical is a reality for me and six other people. Each of us were left for dead in the middle of nowhere, with only one thought in mind: Get to safety. We have no idea why we all had the same thought, or what happened to us, but if it takes my last breath, we will.
Colton and Spencer Briggs are brothers in arms and brothers by blood. They think life will be a breeze when they leave the military and start up their own security business. What’s the worst that can happen shuffling prissy popstars from one show to the next? Little do they know what will happen when they stop by their favorite little coffee spot on the way to their next job. Elenore Shotts’ biggest worry is making enough in tips to cover her bills, that is until a strange man with deadly intentions walks into the small coffee shop where she works. His sights are set on her and her back is to the wall until two of her regulars step in to offer a helping hand. Shots will fly and passions will flare. Will anyone be left standing?
Beatrix Lenora Tannely’s life has been abnormally idyllic. Not so much as a broken bone in her childhood, graduating at the top of her class from the college of her dreams, and now she and her fiancé have just opened the first in what they hope to be a successful chain of sub shops. But the pendulum of life must always swing. back and hers is about to. Bethany Lisa Tannely’s life has been a nightmare from the day she was born. Left at a fire station shortly after she was born without so much as a letter of explanation, she’s had to fight for every scrap she’s gotten. She’s always wondered who she is, a gaping hole that’s only grown wider and darker with age. Now she knows she’s a Tannely with a twin sister and she’s coming for what’s hers.
It’s all fun and games when you’re out on a lark—wait, you said LARP? Yolanda Folletto is a waitress by day and investigative blogger by night with dreams of being a “real” reporter. Her days are filled with slinging pancakes and looking for the story to ignite her career. She never expected it to begin with a café regular, but when Desmond Chandler walks in, his handsome frame clad in shining armor, Yolanda has to ask a question or two. With a smile to rival the sun, he invites her into the world of costume play and live action role play; a universe of imagination as close to magic as the real world will ever see. Thinking she’ll give her readers a laugh if nothing else, Yolanda accepts his invitation to an upcoming LARP event, but quickly finds even the most charming of games can be deadly.
Dahlia Orson has never considered herself one to stop traffic. She keeps her head down, works hard, and cares deeply for those she loves. She’s never been one to draw attention when she walks into a room or to be whispered about in a crowd. Imagine her surprise, when, one day, letters from a secret admirer begin to arrive. The pretty words on paper stir her heart and make her dream of a tall, dark, and mysterious stranger. That is, until they begin to coincide with disappearances in the local news. Just who is this dark stranger Dahlia has inspired, and will she be his next target?
Yelena Ogden has never been one for the limelight like her father Lester, but then she hated a lot of things he loved; singing, travel, and murder to name a few. Growing up seeing your father’s handiwork on late night news can do things to a kid, like give you a phobia or two. Thankfully, Daddy Lester taught her a way around that bit. The moment she turned eighteen, Yelena went her own way to tumble across the USA for three years. That is, until she pinched a ticket off a lady which led her to Crazy Town, Alabama. This is a town where most of the people seem to stick to their own business… Except for the three people who matter in her life. Will Yelena finally find a place where she can straighten her crooked roots and build a life, or will Crazy Town bring out the crazy in her?
Tabitha Thompson had never known where home was before Garret Murphey came into her life. After her mother passed when she was a little girl, she’d grown up helping her drunken father off the floor and covering the bruises he left in his wake. But her life before Garret is done. Now she has structure. When Garret’s construction business finally takes off, the woman without a home finds her roots beginning to grow. Though her past is never far from her thoughts, the four towering walls he builds around her keep the shadows at bay as they build his business, and their life, together, until a cut brake line changes everything and returns uncertainty to her world. Garret’s right-hand man, Harrison, finishes construction on the custom home Garret designed for Tabitha, leaving her to reconstruct her life between the four walls he built her, and the secrets they hold.