Bride of a Stranger:(Classic Gothics Collection)

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[by] Terry Lloyd Vinson

A cordial invitation to be CHILLED to the BONE by this terrifying collection of horror/suspense/mystery tales. Discover true horror in the darkest, most desolate landscape imaginable, an icy portrait of darkest hell that will fuel your worst nightmares for months to come... On a frozen, isolated Alaskan Air Force Base base, two military security guards are subjected to the old adage, 'WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER', yet the words will have a whole new meaning for each of them when the light of dawn arrives atop the icy, crimson-stained tundra.... Tales to 'Ice' the veins include: *Pierced*: An aging rock band turns the tables on their embezzling agent, only to discover the final tarot card has yet to be displayed, and their own fate equally sealed... *Gunman's Hand*: A gun for hire in the old west finds that his latest target has a penchant for survival, and a taste for warm, human blood... *Black Monday*: A man painfully stubs his toe upon awaking, setting off a tragic chain of events that send him cascading into a troubled sea of unbridled madness... *Blue Chip*: A college football coach 'goes the extra mile' in attempting to sign a talented but reclusive young phenom, one whose family tree is riddled with horrific secrets better left to rot on the vine... *The ZBA*: In the professional basketball leagues of the near future, players no longer ply their trade for riches and fame, but instead for a single taste of warm, human flesh... *The Outpost*: Personnel at an isolated Air Force base set atop the frozen tundra of Alaska greet an unexpected guest, one with a merciless mission all it's own... *New Year's Desolation*: A troubled artist finds that some New Year's resolutions are better left unfulfilled... Join us...if you dare, at the steely, ice-coated front gates of Myerson Air Force Base...where true warmth is a commodity, but "BONE CHILLS" are plentiful...

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Gina Damico

Sixteen-year-old grim reaper Lex Bartleby tries to redeem herself among her fellow Grims by finding renegade Zara, who is indiscriminately damning souls, and stopping her once and for all.

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(by) Patricia Maxwell

For the sake of her nephew, Elizabeth has assumed the identity of her dead sister Ellen Marie. She arrives at the grand Louisiana plantation of Ellen Marie's late husband, wearing the traditional black widow's weeds and carrying her infant nephew, Joseph. She is determined that the boy will reach maturity and inherit his rightful fortune. Luckily, the family at Oak Shade does not suspect that they are harboring an imposter in their midst. However, they are less than welcoming, treating her with frosty politeness. More disturbing are the unusual accidents that seem to be following in her wake, as if planned for her. And now, the dark creole Bernard Delacroix seems to be seeing through her assumed persona, right into her soul. What he also sees is that the "widow" is desperate for his attentions

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V.C. Andrews

**Fate whisked Ruby from a simple life in the Louisiana bayou. But her new riches bring more treachery than happiness....** Even after a year as a Dumas, Ruby still wonders at the splendor of the family's New Orleans mansion, and rejoices in the love of the father she had never known. But true happiness in her new home is as elusive as a swamp mist. Ruby must carefully avoid a venomous enemy: her stepmother, Daphne, who cringes and sneers at her backwater upbringing. And Ruby's every effort to befriend her twin sister, Gisselle -- especially since Gisselle's crippling accident -- is answered with bitterness and vicious backstabbing. So idyllic Greenwood -- the exclusive girls' boarding school that her father has chosen for his daughters' senior year -- seems to promise some peace from the conniving Daphne, and maybe even a fresh start with Gisselle. But Ruby's kind isn't welcome at Greenwood, and the legendarily strict headmistress, Mrs. Ironwood, plots with her stepmother to make her life miserable. Meanwhile, Gisselle is on a mission to break every school rule, leaving Ruby to suffer the humiliating punishments. But Ruby doesn't lose hope -- until a terrible tragedy leaves her alone in a world that never really wanted her. Ruby will have to summon every last ounce of her Cajun strength to reclaim her home, her future, and the happiness she once knew....