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After a crash diet and a makeover fail to get the attention of her husband, Annette shacks up with Louis and goes on a spending spree, until she discovers a terrible secret about Louis and turns to her friend, Rhoda, for help.

When Christine married Jesse Ray Thurman, she thought she had found her lifetime love. Together, they worked hard to build his fledgling video store business, but now 12 years into the marriage, Christine feels an unbridgeable distance has grown between them. Jesse Ray focuses all his energy on his video stores and lately, while he's at work, Christine's been having lots of hot sex with her old friend Wade. But that's not all--Christine and Wade are caught in a shocking scheme, and if it all fails both will be headed straight to prison.

Bloody Valentine: presents three tales of love, passion, and heartbreak featuring various Blue Blood vampires and the Red Blood humans who keep them alive, including Oliver, Allegra, and Schuyler.

Eleven-year-old Tabby Aykroyd, who would later serve as housekeeper for thirty years to the Brontë sisters, is taken from an orphanage to a ghost-filled house, where she and a wild young boy are needed for a pagan ritual.

The oldest Mariss brother, fourteen-year-old Dewey, attempts to be the "embodiment of responsibility" as he juggles the management of the family's bicycle repair business while sharing the household and farm duties with his siblings after a sudden energy crisis strands their parents far from home.

After acquiring $32,000, Will and Hand, devastated over the death of their closest friend, travel around the world giving away the money.

In Mary Monroe's "Nightmare in Paradise," a dutiful wife explores her wild side during a Caribbean getaway, and in Victor McGlothin's "Bad Luck Shadow," a killer on the run from the law prepares to pull the biggest heist in history.

While a motherless girl longs for her daddy and a young lady hopes for a second chance at love, this poignant tale explores the uncertainty that stalks the homefront as the "War to End All Wars" rages in Europe.

Expecting to enjoy her empty nest years, Carissa suddenly loses her job. To make matters worse, her husband's burgeoning counseling business now requires him to spend three nights a week away from home. Feeling alone and unloved, she takes advantage of an unusual Maui vacation opportunity to sort out her life.

Andrew Wilson has it all: a great house, a great job as a mystery writer, and all the money he can handle. But he's missing one thing: someone to share it all with. One day while writing at a small Georgia coffee shop, he meets Mika Woods, a sophisticated woman who seems to be the answer to Andrew's prayers. After a hot night of passion, Andrew regrets his decision and wants to take things slowly. But slow is not Mika's speed, and suddenly Andrew's world plunges into a nightmare as he discovers Mika is not all what she seems.