Suspense

Former school chums, Rae and Michael must put aside old wounds when they discover Michael's father might have been murdered—and the souvenir deck of cards from Rae's Egyptian vacation could be the reason the old man is dead.

Back country guide Jack Hughes has a problem. He has been hired by a software billionaire and his oddly-sentient fiancée to find a legendary fountain-of-youth in the California wilderness. Trouble is, Jack can't allow anyone to discover his secret self.

Finalist—6th Annual Launchpad Prose Contest!

When struggling actress Jessica French thinks she sees her dead sister Olivia on Dutch television posing as the up-and-coming Masked Artist, she flies to Amsterdam to confirm the artist's identity. But the reclusive artist refuses to be unmasked by anyone, including a violent ex-boyfriend.

What begins as a simple reconnaissance mission for a heartbroken, dysfunctional American family turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Can Jessica get to the artist before the stalker? And if the artist really is Olivia, why did she put her family through two years of hell? To get answers, Jessica must risk everything—including her life.

It's a thriller. It's a Christmas book.
And it's got a twist you won't see coming...