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  • Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Falling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian...
  • The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

    The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 50 ratings
    From the national bestselling author? the new novel set in the ?darkly fascinating world?("SF Site") of the Black Jewels. Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was ruled by corrupt Queens who were wiped out when the land was cleansed of tainted Blood. Now, only one hundred Warlord Princes stand?without a leader and without hope...
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    mystery  witches  m-f  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  paranormal
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  • Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Flynn by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Some pasts are harder to escape than others.When Carina Murphy is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, a fresh start in a new town is her only option. Unfortunately, Cradle Mountain may not be the safe haven she’d thought. The son of her new patient may be tall, dark and handsome…but he also knows all about her past.Keeping her job should be the hardest part...
  • Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan

    Betrayal Road by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Deception cuts deep in the next propulsive novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s Torpedo Ink motorcycle club series.The stranger frequenting Azelie Vargas’s local coffee shop is a sight to behold. He’s tall, dark, muscular, and a complete distraction. She’s worried one look from his striking silver eyes will have her acting a fool...
  • Moonlight Scandals by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Moonlight Scandals by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    It takes a fearless woman to love the most scandalous man alive in New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s breathtaking novel Even a ghost hunter like Rosie Herpin couldn’t have foreseen the fateful meeting between two mourners that has brought her so intimately close to the notorious and seductive Devlin de Vincent...
  • Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Transcend by Jewel E. Ann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    “In another life, she was my forever.” An unexpected tragedy leaves Professor Nathaniel Hunt a widower alone with a newborn baby. He hires a nanny. She’s young, but well-qualified, with a simple life, a crazy name obsession, and a boyfriend she met at the grocery store...
  • Brick's House by Darlene Tallman

    Brick's House by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    BrickI never expected a chance reunion with my old friend, Declan, who is now with the RBMC, to result in my club, the Roanoke Raiders MC, to patch over, but it’s happening. When I get a cryptic message that I need to find someone, I find out that this new brotherhood my club has entered more than has my back. As secrets emerge, we find ourselves enmeshed in an issue that permeates the country...
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    mystery  bad boys  m-f  suspense  paranormal  dark  contemporary  abuse
  • Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis

    Haunting Chaos by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Destiny is formed from chaos . . .My luck has run out.Everything that I thought I was, all that I had, has been ripped away.My ol’ lady is gone. My club is at war.And my enemies? They’re closing in.I’ve got nothing left.The only thing keeping me from unleashing Hell is my daughterand the young woman who stepped up, caring for her when I couldn’t...
  • The Biker's Wish by Nikki Landis

    The Biker's Wish by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From shadow, I was born, and from shadow, I will rise ...They took my angel from me.She's gone, and I have to live every single day knowing she died and I couldn't save her.Stefanie was my first love. The girl that understood my darkness and balanced it with her light.Her ghost is everywhere I look. Her last breath carved into my heart, leaving nothing but a jagged scar.It can't end like this...
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    bad boys  m-f  bikers  paranormal  contemporary  dark  abuse  fantasy
  • Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop

    Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 59 ratings
    The national bestselling Black Jewels trilogy established award-winning Anne Bishop as an author whose "sublime skill...blends the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action."* Now the saga continues-with four all-new adventures of Jaenelle and her kindred...
    Categorized as:
    witches  m-f  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  paranormal  magic
  • Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis

    Grave Mistake by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sometimes vengeance isn't enough.There are times when a man is forced to choose the wrong side of the law.When everything is stripped away and ruthless, cold revenge is all that remains.They call me Wraith for a reason.When people need to disappear, I'm the one that's called in.I move through the shadows and strike without mercy...
  • Bloody Mine by Nikki Landis

    Bloody Mine by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The past can always come back to haunt you.Bodie has learned that the hard way.Two months ago, he met a ghost from his past and everything was turned upside down.Sasha rocked his world.To keep her safe, he'd do anything.Bodie's never been afraid to seek vengeance. Now there's more reason than ever.He's always been a wildcard. A man who makes his own luck...
  • Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Devil's Ride by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I've always been a selfish bastard.As president of the RBMC I've learned how to live and ride hard.I take life one day at a time, never looking back at my past.But I've got a dark and deadly secret.One that could ruin any chance I have with the one woman who owns my black soul.Trish Holloway.She's been my weakness since the day we met.All it takes is one wrong move and her life is in danger...
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    bad boys  m-f  paranormal  bikers  contemporary  dark  abuse  mafia
  • Violent Bones by Nikki Landis

    Violent Bones by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Royal Bastards MC / Royal Harlots CrossoverBones:Violence is a normal part of my life.I’ve lived it, one way or another, since the day I enlisted.In the Corps, they called me Ace.A sharpshooter, I never missed.But after I retired, I felt restless, searching for meaning until I found Hope’s Refuge.Mercy took a chance on a cocky Marine...
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    bad boys  m-f  paranormal  dark  contemporary  bikers  mafia  abuse
  • Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis

    Viciously Mine by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A dual perspective mc romance from twin brothers Rael & Chrome.Chrome:Everything is finally falling into place.I’ve reunited with my twin. The woman I love has become my wife.And to top it off? I’m now patched into the RBMC in Tonopah.With my ol’ lady Cameron, I move to Nevada to start our new life together...
  • The Devil's Masquerade: The Poison by Jennifer Loren

    The Devil's Masquerade: The Poison by Jennifer Loren

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Nick Jayzon has battled many enemies, and has defeated them all. But now he faces the ultimate evil. A brutal Savage of his own blood who will stop at nothing to control him, to Poison Nick, and to harden his heart forever. Many have tried to stop Asmodeus and many have died in the process. But now, he will try, and he isn't coming alone. They won't all survive...
  • The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake

    The Isle Of Sin And Shadows by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    This island alone boasts more ghost stories than all of Louisiana combined.And I'm one of them.In the Louisiana swamplands, ghost stories are as much a part of childhood as chasing fireflies and crawfishing. They never much scared me, though, nor the possibility of evil out to do me harm. Until the night I watched shadows come to life and butcher everything I loved...
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    suspense  mystery  m-f  contemporary  magic  paranormal  fantasy  dark
  • His to Possess by Piper Stone

    His to Possess by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It wasn't temptation. It was instinct.Stone Keeler is a six-foot-four hunk who could win any girl's heart and then make her scream in bed, but as he claimed my quivering body for the first time the look in his eyes was terrifying...
  • The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    The Gathering: The Ivy Blackwood Chronicles by L.A. Fiore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Words like unnatural and impure started the whispers. From the very beginning, Ivy Blackwood was different. She was only a child when she was accused of setting the fire, one she passively watched engulf the small house she had called home. Her fingertips burned and her hair singed. Some who watched her crossed themselves, convinced she was soulless for she showed no emotion at all...
  • Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads

    Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    First in a chilling new paranormal romantic suspense series from award-winning author Abbie Roads He's found her at lastCain Killion knows himself to be a damaged man, his only saving grace the extrasensory connection to blood that he uses to catch murderers...
  • Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett

    Del Diablo by Natalie Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    💀STYGIAN IᔕᒪE💀The devil disguises himself as an angel of light.That illusion doesn’t change who he is—Draven Alistair. The man I’m madly in love with.He presented me with a flawless charade, masquerading as all I ever wanted. But there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, and when the truth is revealed, its too late for me to run...
  • Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata

    Drawn to Death by Kat Shehata

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ghosts visit Evelyn in her dreams. The secrets of the dead could get her killed.The city is ripe with crime, and the freshly dead need help solving their murders. Evelyn is a reluctant medium who channels the dead through her art.Leo is a skeptical homicide detective who believes in evidence, facts, and witness testimonies—when the information comes from the living, not the dead...
  • The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms...
  • Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    National bestselling author Anne Bishop’s novels have been hailed as “genuine gems” (SF Site) and “lavishly sensual” (Library Journal). In her highly anticipated second book in the Tir Alainn Trilogy, she weaves a dazzling tale of romance, high adventure, and thrilling fantasy...
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    mystery  witches  contemporary  fantasy  dark  paranormal  fae  magic
  • Darkly, Madly Duet: A Dark Romance by Trisha Wolfe

    Darkly, Madly Duet: A Dark Romance by Trisha Wolfe

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    From USA Today best-selling author Trisha Wolfe comes her most dark and dangerous psychological thriller yet that readers say "deliciously twisted"Born, DarklyHe challenged her sanity.She shattered his reality.They dared each other...to the brink of madness...
  • The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    The Stroke of Winter by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In the tourist town of Wharton, on the coast of Lake Superior, Tess Bell is renovating her old family home into a bed-and-breakfast during the icy dead of winter…As the house’s restoration commences, a shuttered art studio is revealed. Inside are paintings Tess’s late grandfather, beloved and celebrated artist Sebastian Bell, hid away for generations...
  • His to Claim by Piper Stone

    His to Claim by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She was forbidden, but a beast takes his mate.For centuries my kind have hidden our feral nature, our brute strength, and our savage instincts. But this human female is my mate, and nothing will keep me from claiming and ravaging her.She is mine to tame and protect, and if my belt doesn't teach her to obey then she'll learn in a much more shameful fashion...
  • Jaden Baker by Courtney Kirchoff

    Jaden Baker by Courtney Kirchoff

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jaden Baker is unique, talented, special. And for a while there, things were looking up. Adopted by an upper-middle class couple of suburbia, Jaden believed he'd finally gotten that second chance everyone raves about. It came with potato salad. But something happened. Something always happens...
  • Between Faith and Fear by J.A. Dennam

    Between Faith and Fear by J.A. Dennam

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TESTING THE LIMITS Melanie Parker's life takes a gut-wrenching turn when she wakes up in a crumbling, unfamiliar environment. Even worse, her small child is in the arms of a certifiable killer, but Rena Hellberg isn't the only immediate threat. Melanie's abductor lurks in the shadows, a quiet, hooded stranger who's calling the shots...
  • Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Deceitful by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, a young woman with special powers might be the only person able to stop him. As part of a secret branch of the FBI, Tessa is sent on a mission to impersonate Madison, a local teen and the last victim of the brutal attacker, to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Fallen Prey by Jen Stevens

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    I've stared into the face of Death, falling victim to her deceptively sweet lullaby. Until she released me from her icy grip without any warning, sending me stumbling back out the other side to continue on as if nothing happened.When I come to in the hospital as their mysterious John Doe, I discover that the past year of my life never happened at all.But I remember all of it...
  • Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Blood Harvest by S.J. Bolton

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She's been watching us for a while now... Now you see her Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived. Now you don't Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church...
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials.Who is the real Hester Prynne?Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward...
  • The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

    The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 107 ratings
    Biographer Margaret Lea returns one night to her apartment above her father’s antiquarian bookshop. On her steps she finds a letter. It is a hand-written request from one of Britain’s most prolific and well-loved novelists. Vida Winter, gravely ill, wants to recount her life story before it is too late, and she wants Margaret to be the one to capture her history...
  • Their Hallowed Queen by Carly Claire

    Their Hallowed Queen by Carly Claire

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m the final girl.Or at least, I was, three years ago after my best friend was murdered in a haunted house on Halloween. Her death set off a chain reaction that culminated in me running from home and never looking back… until now.The last few months, I’ve known someone was watching me, following me, sneaking into my apartment. I just couldn’t prove it...
  • Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Das geheime Turmzimmer: 2 CDs by Laura Andersen

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public trust, and book lover and scholar Carragh Ryan is hired to take inventory of its historic library...
  • Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Her Ex-Boyfriend's Werewolf Lover by Cassie Alexander

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I loved Vincent and he loved me. Undoubtedly, incontrovertibly, with the fire of a thousand suns.But before me? He loved Max. The man who broke his heart, and the reason he had a wolf print tattooed upon his chest.I didn’t expect Vincent to get gunned down, but Vincent knew he was in danger -- and he knew only one man could save me from dying too...
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    suspense  bad boys  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  m-m  bdsm  dark
  • Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Dangerous Dreams by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    XanderLove makes you weak and vulnerable. He vowed long ago to never feel that way again. But when he rescues a woman who’s been held hostage, she challenges all his beliefs. The attraction is staggering. The urge to keep her near him, to keep her safe, is overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t resist her...
  • To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    To Be a Heartthrob in a Horror Movie 在恐怖片里当万人迷[快穿] by Jiang Zhi Yu

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Holographic viewing technology allowed audience members to enter a movie and personally experience it for themselves. Naturally, romance movies were the most popular and well-received, while nobody was interested in horror movies.Su Min was the first of the viewers to experience a horror movie...
  • His Doll by Rainelyn

    His Doll by Rainelyn

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A haunting love that knows no boundaries. But will it last?-Her-My life wasn’t easy. It had never been. Being dragged away from the only person I could trust, and sent to a house far away from society, taught me something; never trust anyone.They took me to a place filled with nightmares and terrors, a place where children were forced to behave like dolls...
  • The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    The Way Evil Does by Amara Draska

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rebecca Reis considers abandoning her career as a novelist until she begins writing about convicted serial killer Thomas Eisenbrey. Nicknamed the Hunter because of his penchant for targeting groups of hunters in the forest, Eisenbrey is the worst kind of psychopath. He is crafty, aloof, at times possessing a charm that is almost hypnotizing, and he’s wheedling his way into her mind...
  • Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop

    Tangled Webs by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 46 ratings
    Anne Bishop's national bestselling and critically acclaimed Black Jewels series has enthralled readers with its lavish blend of "the darkly macabre with spine-tingling emotional intensity, mesmerizing magic, lush sensuality, and exciting action...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  witches  m-f  contemporary  fantasy  demons  dark  paranormal
  • The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

    The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Their lives would never be the same. Colquitt and Walter Kennedy enjoyed a life of lazy weekends, gathering with the neighbors on their quiet, manicured street and sipping drinks on their patios. But when construction of a beautiful new home begins in the empty lot next door, their easy friendship and relaxed get-togethers are marred by strange accidents and inexplicable happenings...
  • Nothing Above by A. Marie

    Nothing Above by A. Marie

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was hired to steal something, not someone.But that changes when I see her, asleep in her cushy marital bed.We live in the same town but our worlds couldn’t be more different. So I insert myself in hers by getting a job working directly under her.Seeing her every day isn’t enough. I want her nights, too. I want her everything, including the secrets she refuses to share...
  • Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

    Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    An aging death-metal rock god, Judas Coyne, is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals... a used hangman's noose... a snuff film. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as an item he learns is for sale on the Internet. For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by the deceased's restless spirit...
  • The Unwanted by Shiloh Walker

    The Unwanted by Shiloh Walker

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Novella Of The FBI Psychics She doesn’t want him. He doesn’t need her. Like hell… Destin Mortin’s psychic gift comes with an ugly twist—she excels at tracking down violent rapists. But it’s rough on relationships. Once, her partner Caleb was her everything: filter, shield, rescuer, lover. The only man who didn’t think her a freak. Then he walked away...
  • Shadows at Sunset by Anne Stuart

    Shadows at Sunset by Anne Stuart

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    HOUSE OF SHADOWS The house on Sunset Boulevard has witnessed everything: from the infamous murder-suicide of a '50s starlet and her lover, to the drug-fueled commune in the '60s, to the anguish of its present owner, Jilly Meyer, who is struggling to preserve the house and what's left of her wounded family. MAN OF SHADOWS Coltrane is a liar, a con man and a threat to everything Jilly holds dear...
  • Break the Night by Anne Stuart

    Break the Night by Anne Stuart

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if Jack the Ripper never died?As the skies turn red over Los Angeles, Jack the Ripper roams once more. Saucy Jack is back, and women are dying. Caught up in the case, artist Lizzie Stride is haunted by dreams of the crimes. And even more disturbing? Her name is identical to a victim from 1888. J.R...
  • Death Angel by Linda Howard

    Death Angel by Linda Howard

    Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    In Linda Howard’s gifted hands, second chances, unexpected romance, and unrelenting action combine into a riveting new novel of suspense. In Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can fight for what’s right . . . and dying just might be the only way to change one’s life...
  • Come Closer by Sara Gran

    Come Closer by Sara Gran

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquire's Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control."A perfect horror novel."—Paul Tremblay, author of 'The Cabin at the End of the World'A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults...
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