Nine-year-old Benjy stalks up to an old house and hammers on the door. He's looking for his sister. He's furious with his sister. But the girl who opens the door isn't his sister, or is she?From the bestselling author of Hide and Seek and The Sickroom comes a dark short story about what it's like to be a kid in an adult world, and the lengths we're willing to go to protect ourselves and the people we love from all the dangers and devils lurking inside The Playhouse.

The Playhouse

Jacob and Macon don't have anything in common. He's a thirteen-year-old city boy trying to find his place in the world and she's his little country cousin, the prodigy painter, who hardly speaks. When Jacob is sent to stay with his Aunt and Uncle for the summer and falls ill, he's exiled to the attic - the sickroom - and discovers his love of art in the paintings he finds there. Turning his back on his troubles back home, Jacob launches himself into a friendship with the younger cousin he always ignored, a secret friendship. But secrets can be dangerous and when a tantalizing chance to reinvent himself arises Jacob makes a choice that changes both his life and Macon's forever. A powerful story from the author of Home and Regan about the betrayals we regret, the friendships we cherish, and the summers we never forget.

The Sickroom

One winter's night, two young girls venture out into a snowy neighbourhood to play a game of hide and seek. Only one will return home safely. But which will it be?Will it be melancholy Clara, the one who lags behind, the one with the runny nose and the terrible secret? Or will it be playful Audrey, the one with the mischievous smile, the one who never looks for trouble because it's always looking for her?From the author of the bestselling novella The Sickroom comes a dark story about the weight of loss, the importance of friendship, and the courage of letting go. Two little girls: one who wants to be saved and one yearning to be lost. Who will win the game?

Hide and Seek

Abandoned by her father and ostracized by her fellow villagers Shallah never imagined she would lead anything but a small solitary life. But when a mute boy is found on the green and the village council seems poised to cast him out she elects to accompany him home though she's no idea where it might be. Crippled by her own insecurities and the taunts of the village naysayers Shallah struggles to protect her remarkable young charge from larger-than-life enemies and an unavoidable fate too terrible to contemplate.

Home

You'd Better Watch Yourself, Katie KatKatie Archer knows how to lie. After six years, no one really knows what happened That Night. Not even her twin sister. Choosing a college 3, 000 miles away from the truth, Katie throws herself into art classes and a love affair with ice cream. Katie's biggest rule? No boys. Ever. But there is the little problem of Lucas Matthews. Former basketball star and total campus hottie, Lucas is the stuff girls have naughty dreams about-and he has the reputation to prove it! But that doesn't stop liquid heat from running through Katie's veins every time she sees him.You'll Never Get Away With ItLetting Lucas in is the hardest thing Katie's ever had to do. And telling him the truth? Impossible. Then Katie starts to get threatening texts and she realizes Lucas is the least of her problems. Her past has caught up with her and it wants to settle the score. I'm Coming For YouNow Katie must decide whether she wants to fight for her life, or leave everything-including Lucas-behind her forever... Put Me Back Together is Book 1 in the Scars Run Deep series. Book 2, Watch Me Fall Apart, is available now!This New Adult Romance novel is intended for readers 17+.

Put Me Back Together - Scars Run Deep, #1

The next beautifully unsettling novel in Shayna Krishnasamy's haunting The Violent and Dead series... It's been three years since the horrifying events at Claymore Manor school, and Anna Maron has moved on with her life. She attends university in Toronto and spends most of her time alone, avoiding the shadows. She's resolved to let sleeping ghosts lie. Only some ghosts won't sleep. Now her troubled cousin Lucia-newly released from a psych ward-has gone missing, and Anna is the only one who can find her. But to do so, Anna must let herself be drawn into the darkness of Lucia's life, and face the damage the "gift" they share has done-a journey that lies somewhere between horror and madness. In this beautifully chilling second book of her contemporary gothic series, author Shayna Krishnasamy draws us back into the haunting world of two young women bound by blood and driven to the very edges of this world... and the one beyond. Praise for Come When I Call You "A disturbing story of obsession and jealousy"-For the Love of Books "...so good you can't stop reading it"-The Overstuffed Bookshelf "Krishnasamy's writing will draw you in as the characters come vividly to life, making it nearly impossible to put this book down"-DarkestwingsReads

We're All Mad Here - The Violent and Dead, #2

Knock, knock Sal. I told you I'd be back. Sally Jarvis has a reputation. She parties first and asks questions later. Guys are tossed back like shots, and there's always another one waiting at the bar. Her friends worry she's partying too hard, but Sally doesn't think twice... until she falls into Harrison Leo's arms. Literally. I know who you are. I know what you've done. Harrison is an unapologetic computer geek who has nothing in common with the wild girl who stumbles into his life. She seems determined to self-destruct, and it's not his job to come to her rescue. Yet somehow, he keeps doing it anyway.You owe me, sweetheart. And it's time to pay up. Sally's feelings for Harrison burn hard and fast, but she knows what they have will never last. He's too good for her, and soon he'll know it too. Because the reason Sally parties so hard is about to catch up with her, and when it does not even Harrison will be able to save her. Instead, he just might have to watch her fall apart. Watch Me Fall Apart is the second novel in the Scars Run Deep series. Book 1, Put Me Back Together, is also available!This New Adult Romance novel is intended for readers 17+.

Watch Me Fall Apart - Scars Run Deep, #2

What is too macabre for Montreal? Are you sure you really want to know? When working on the book MACABRE MONTREAL, the authors ended up with a few chapters that ended up being cut from the original manuscript because they were felt to be a little too dark, a little too disturbing, perhaps too close to home, and too controversial, to include in the book. The vision for the book was a fun and eerie romp through some of the macabre and unexplained events in the history of the second most populous city in Canada. So these stories that ended up on the "cutting room floor" and never made it into that book were tales that included: A murderous exhibitionist using multiple fake social media profiles The most notorious female serial killer and rapist in Canadian history A bizarre tale of historic decapitation Recorded acts of rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism The heinous acts of a misogynistic mass murderer And more...  They were, in other words, stories deemed too macabre for the original book. Reader, be warned. These are not lighter ghostly tales. They are stories pulled from the darkest parts of the human psyche, and are only for those who are able to handle darker, more disturbing content.

Too Macabre for Montreal: Tales Deemed Too Disturbing for MACABRE MONTREAL

From bestselling author Lola Rooney comes a two-book box set of her new adult romance Scars Run Deep series. Included in this box set are book 1, Put Me Back Together, and book 2, Watch Me Fall Apart. Put Me Back TogetherKatie Archer knows how to lie. After six years, no one really knows what happened That Night. Not even her twin sister. Choosing a college 3, 000 miles away from the truth, Katie throws herself into art classes and a love affair with ice cream. Katie's biggest rule? No boys. Ever. That is, until she meets campus hottie Lucas Matthews... Watch Me Fall ApartSally Jarvis is a good-time girl who parties first and asks questions later. Never without a drink in her hand, or a hangover, or a drunken anecdote, she'll jump into bed with a new guy before asking his name, and probably won't learn it before she jumps back out again. Ignoring the concerns of her friends, Sally never thinks twice about her self-destructive behaviour, that is until she falls into Harrison Leo's arms - literally... This New Adult Romance box set is intended for readers 17+.

The Playhouse

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