"Jackson," I shook him gently, hoping he'd move so I could breathe again. But then he surprised me. I thought he'd lean back, but he didn't. Instead, his hand moved across my waist, pulling me closer to him. I wanted to protest, but I couldn't move. The cold I felt moments ago vanished as if it had never been there wh...
Raelynn Baker A woman who escaped the viciously blinding nights of forced prostitution. Snatched from the embrace of a comfortable life, she had to hold onto herself for survival. A true warrior who persistently fights against the dark memories of her past. Vincent Marino A man who runs the entire underground syndicat...
"Well," he suddenly informed, his voice a mere whisper that sent shivers down my spine, "facts about vampires include their ability to sense the desires of others from just a few distances." "And aside from those two whose desires are choking the place, another one lingers, and that's you, Red," he stated. I could fe...
In "Actually, No," we meet Angela, a promising music student whose dreams are shattered by a devastating setback. Struggling to cope with her failures, Angela finds herself plunged into a dark abyss of depression and despair. As she battles her inner demons, Angela reluctantly turns to therapy despreately trying to fi...
Clarisse Ricci, a fiery and intelligent Italian American amateur astronomer, knows how fleeting life can be. She's come to observe it firsthand, so she makes sure to experience the joys and sorrows of life with the loved ones she has left. People like her fun-loving and artistic mother, Isabelle, and her ingenious and...