Katrina Gowen seeks refuge from her unspeakable dirty deed at the peak of the desolate Appalachian Mountains. When baby number four (Richard) is born, his forecast is deadly. More despicable than "mommy dearest," Katrina derives her greatest pleasure from the systematic diminishment of his soul. His innocence is distorted and replaced by a grisly sort of love. Despite his striking outward appearance, he is an eerie mixture of both good and evil intertwined, who searches for what we all yearn for. Love and acceptance. His charms are subtle and toxic, and his power of persuasion almost godlike. Richard is a wolf in sheep's clothing and nobody in his path is safe. Don't miss this richly suspenseful thriller guaranteed to hold you spellbound to the very last page. If you love ''''King'''' and ''''Koontz'''', you're going to love ''''Hogue''''. Note: The Beast Within is a powerful and provocative work recommended for mature audiences only.

When former merchant marine Robert James first steps inside the Egg Harbor City Historical Society Roundhouse Museum, Marion Morris is intrigued. This handsome man has come to this New Jersey town in search of some local history. He's just inherited his aunt's house in Egg Harbor City, and he has plans to refurbish the home, which has been boarded up for years.

As Marion, a widow, helps Robert find the information he's interested in, the two begin to form a close relationship and fall in love. But the small town of Egg Harbor City has an ugly secret. Living quietly and unknown among the residents is a serial kidnapper and white slave trader who targets young women.

Robert and Marion may want to start a new life together, but this evil man with a fetish for fashion and rattlesnakes has determined that Marion will be perfect as his next victim.

A dark part of Sarah's past finally, and unexpectedly, catches up with her, causing her to have an emotional breakdown. She and Charles are told they are going to have to slow down their pace of living beginning with a vacation away from the children so Sarah can rest. Another threat on her computer prompts another investigation and when Sarah and Charles return from their vacation, Sarah disappears. In the meantime, there is a new development with Glenda's pregnancy which prompts Charles to speed up the building of the new house for her and Jeff. But they are not without their problems, either, as a parishioner tries to break up their marriage.

When Marissa met Ben she thought he was her knight in shining armor. But as time went by she learned that he was a wolf in sheep s clothing. After finding out about another woman name Kim she finds comfort in the arms of other men trying to fill the hole in her heart while still riding an emotional yet sexual roller coaster with him. Wanting to be loved and understood she sets out to tell her side of their relationship to his mother trying to make her understand why she made the choices she did.

Author Melonie D. Forest takes you into a world of sex, lies, betrayal and how easy you can be blinded by love.

It's one of life's most bitter and unavoidable lessons: bad things happen to good people

But it's those choices we make after such catastrophes that really matter. When all else fails, survivors learn to keep their hearts open because in the end, they trust that love always wins. For Kathy Martin and Bryce Peterson, whose young lives were darkened with cruelty, tragedy, and abuse, it's a lesson they learned early on.

Kathy's once-ideal childhood was suddenly shattered by tragedy, and she was cast into the callous waters of the foster care system. Terrified and alone, she embarks on a grueling journey to adulthood. Scarred both physically and emotionally, her heart remains closely guarded as a survival strategy.

For Bryce, a forgotten child from an abusive family, his own path has been littered with sadness and crushing disappointment.

But now, against all odds, these two damaged souls have found each other. Perhaps, for the first time, they both dare to hope that from the twisted wreckage of their lives, a miracle might emerge. Can they discover true love- something they never believed was possible?

Ruth gets a lead on the daughter she gave up at birth. Her worst fears appear to be realized: her daughter is making the same mistakes she made. She has to find her before something terrible happens to her. And without her husband finding out that, because of this daughter, she deprived him of the son he always wanted. But if she does find her, will her daughter reject her? And how can she help Kim, the teenage assistant she has become so fond of, who is in the same trouble as she at nineteen?

With her 30th birthday only weeks away Jordan takes a hard look at her comfortable life. Once the doormat to a myriad of users and manipulators, she enters into a spiritual contract to move forward and not look back. Ridding herself once and for all of the individuals that had done nothing more than use and abuse her. Charting a new course of independence proves to be the greatest challenge of her life, and unwittingly awakens in her, magical skills and talents dormant for several generations. Could this be the liberation of her soul or her undoing? Jordan determines to step out of the box that had confined her and embrace a new reality of living. She finds her summer vacation transforming into an adventure she will experience only once in her lifetime] her souls journey.

Tierno retrato de un personaje rebosante de vida empenada en conseguir una relacion fascinante para hacerlo sucumbir a sus hechizos. Es el tema de una perspicaz novela habilmente tratada que entretiene al revelar los sentimientos de un profesor mayor preservando su ganada reputacion. Con la sorpresa de la inesperada reaccion de su mejor amiga. Probablemente da una pauta de como sienten, razonan o actuan un hombre mayor y una joven cuando se enamoran.

Ex-porn star and cutthroat businesswoman Julia Giovanni is intent on building her adult film company into a financial gold mine. Despite the usual hazards that plague most actors in the porn business, Julia is still fiercely protective of her girls, her projects, and herself. But even she knows she is fighting an uphill battle against the rampant drug abuse that threatens every aspect of their lives.

Behind the scenes at Giovanni Films, Julia's husband, Boyd, enjoys the lavish excesses their lifestyle affords; yet he is growing tired of babysitting his brother, Pete, who longs for the simple existence of years past when all three survived the streets with little more than their wits and a fresh supply of drugs. Meanwhile, Julia is focused on Lillian Cardinal, a beautiful Native American whom she hopes will be her next star-if she can hold together the unraveling threads of her home life and leave the stripper's spotlight behind. Unfortunately, Julia is about to take on a secret project that she has no idea is laced with deception.

In this raw, gritty tale that exposes a dark and realistic glimpse into the porn industry, only time will tell if a headstrong entrepreneur can rescue her company-and all those she loves-before it is too late.