Bøger af Ashley Fontainne

"Ashley Fontainne proves with 'Number Seventy-Five' that she's a talent to watch." --Raymond Benson, author of The Black Stiletto series "With an attention to detail, and a slowly building sense of dread and horror, Ashley Fontainne's "Number Seventy-Five" will have you racing through her story of online connection, and just how bad things can go on a date. This is tale that, with its Hitchcockian twists dealing with greed and murder, I dare you to stop reading." -- Matt Costello, author of Vacation and Home "I absolutely love this woman's style and plots. Have to read anything and everything she writes. Awesome talent! Oh, the twists and turns she takes us on. Thanks, Ashley Fontainne, for creating such memorable works!" -- Janelle Taylor, NY Times bestselling author "Fontainne is back again with a neck snapping, jaw dropping thriller you will not be able to put down." -- Zach Fortier, bestselling author of Curbchek, Curbchek: Reload, Street Creds and Hero to Zero Dating can be deadly... Three years after the demise of her seventeen year marriage, Mandy Russell decides to jump back into the choppy waters of the dating world. With very little options available in her small town of Bainsville, Tennessee, Mandy lets her best friend Shawna persuade her into joining an online dating site. Feeling she has met someone she can really connect with, Mandy decides it's time to meet face-to-face with her new suitor, unaware of his true plans for her. Dark, sinister plans that will test Mandy's physical strength, mental fortitude, and will to survive. Will Mandy prevail or will this first date be her last?

My name is Sheryl Ilene Newcomb. And yes, my initials are S.I.N. A funny little piece of whimsical humor my parents found amusing when I arrived. Then, it turned out to be true. Looking back with wiser eyes now, my family and I concluded that the events leading up to my transformation started the summer I turned nine. But the day we realized there was a problem, and no turning back, was a week before I started my senior year at Junction City High. The day the fangs and claws appeared and the monster inside of me emerged. When mutilated corpses appeared near a pile of brush down by Caney Creek, everything changed. Because evil woke up and growled, its ominous rumblings heard by every living thing in Locasia County, Mississippi.

"...Sheriff Clyde Tidwell is empathetic and reminds me a lot of Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire...a great read for anyone who is a fan of Frank Perretti's This Present Darkness or Stephen King." Timonthy R. Baldwin for Readers' FavoriteMANYOn the night of June 6, 1966, in a small, rural county near the Ouachita National Forest in Central Arkansas, numerous lives are changed by a horrific act of rage. Sheriff Clyde Tidwell must work the multiple-homicide crime scene, no matter the emotional toll. What awaits him inside the residence will make him question his sanity and everything he believes as he comes face-to-face with his deepest, darkest fears.MADNESSEight years after his entire family was slain, Tyler Drexel stares down adulthood, thoughts consumed by seething rage for things out of his control. When he loses the last piece of his childhood, something inside him breaks. Will facing his past douse the flames of fury or fuel them?MAYHEMSeven years later, all the lives touched by Tyler's anger come full circle. The scene is set for a final showdown between Tyler and the demons as they wrestle for control of his soul in hopes of turning him away from his true calling.

"Ashley nails the struggles of good vs. evil, religious, political and individual flaws and weaknesses/strengths. The use of Scripture is amazing and her suck-you-in style captivates the reader with her vivid characters and their motivations." - Janelle Taylor, NY Times bestselling author of Necessary Evil"Any...reader interested in intrigue, mystery, supernatural thrillers and a thread of spirituality linking all elements will find this an engrossing saga with unexpected turns and a very unpredictable conclusion." - D. Donovan, eBook reviewer, MidWest Book ReviewsKarmen Moncrille's name has been known throughout the world since the age of sixteen when her first book shot to the top of the bestseller's list. Now everything she writes is an instant hit, and her legions of devoted fans eagerly await her next release.The mysterious Karmen always blamed debilitating panic attacks as the reason she avoided publicity and has become a recluse. Which is exactly what she wants the world to think. Only Karmen knows the truth behind her introverted nature. Terrified of being asked where her ideas come from, she fears being branded a raving lunatic.Now just a week before her twenty-third birthday, Karmen's world implodes. The madness that haunts her dreams spills over to her reality and she questions her sanity. Suddenly everything has changed and now the world will transform with her. Her last book will unleash the truth and alter mankind-forever.Is Karmen's ability to write a gift or a curse? She's about to find out if her entire life is a lie. And why she was destined to write it.

Special Bonus Edition! Includes the short story, Fine as Frog Hair, in print for the first time! A collection of eclectic poetry that touches upon numerous aspects of life including love, loss, betrayal, pain and joy. These poems will touch your heart and soul in a variety of ways. Followed by a collection of short stories that delve into childhood fears, revenge, rage and redemption, each one will move you from one emotional state to another.

HIDDEN TRANSGRESSIONS ALWAYS SURFACE A pair of pink, silk panties. A receipt from an overpriced hotel. Pictures of a young woman's scantily clad torso on a cell phone. Melody and Jack Dickinson's world is about to be turned upside down. Twenty years of marriage hangs in the balance when Jack's infidelity comes to light. Then, the unthinkable happens: the young woman's body is found beaten and strangled with a pair of pink, silk panties. In the same hotel Jack admitted he stayed at over the weekend. Melody's life spins out of control. Was she married to a monster? One who beat and strangled a woman to death? Or was Jack set up? Did Melody's own dark secret, hidden inside her heart for years, have something to do with the nightmare they suddenly find themselves in?

Those who have secrets... Renee Thornton is on the brink of despair, ready to take a final plunge and join the other tragic souls at the bottom of Bradford Lake-known to locals as Suicide Lake. Beneath the murky waters... Her plans change when she's startled back to reality after a body brushes up against her from the depths below. Terrified, Renee runs away and slams into her old flame Cliff Simpson, a deputy with Whitten County Sheriff's Department. Will stop at nothing... Strange events unfurl after the discovery of the corpse. Renee and Cliff find themselves caught up in a web of lies, deceit, and mystery. To keep them hidden... Now instead of being able to slip away silently and become another anonymous statistic, Renee finds herself entangled in a murder investigation. Is Cliff her ally or enemy? Who can she trust? What other secrets will rise to the surface?

Judge Merry watches, her presence cloaked by the shroud of nightfall. Nothing moves except her eyes which focus on her target. No remorse. No regret. No second guessing the decision to end the lives of the monsters who turned her into a killer. Jury The peddlers of death from potent chemicals are found guilty. Punishment for their crimes--death. Appeals denied. Sentencing to commence immediately. The leeches who sucked out the life of addicts with each snort, shot, swallow, and injection will now pay the ultimate price. Executioner The idyllic world of Merry Marie Hall, once the loving wife of Harold and mother to their only child, Joshua, is over. Extinguished when Joshua overdosed and Harold died of a heart attack at the funeral. Now Merry hunts down the guilty parties, and one by one, carries out her internal court's orders. Court is now in session.

Scientists attempted to find a cure for addiction. They failed.Dr. Everett Berning, a leading researcher into the causes of addiction in the brain, spent ten years of his life dedicated to one thing: finding the cure. Recruited after a strange encounter with the enigmatic Dr. Roberta Flint, Director of Research on Code Name: Rememdium, Dr. Berning is sent to work in a secret lab as part of the research team.When the moment the scientists waited on for years arrives, Dr. Flint and her team are ecstatic.Unfortunately, not everyone in the world feels the same way.Benito San Nicholas isn't ready to give up his lucrative business. When the news of a cure arrives on his doorstep from a crooked informant, Benito enlists the help of other drug lords from around the world to stop the cure from hitting the streets and destroying their livelihoods.What happens next ends up uniting the globe--just not the way society ever intended or hoped.

DR. EVERETT BERNING achieved his life's work by discovering a cure for drug addiction. Unfortunately, the formula was stolen and fell into the hands of the enemy.DRUG LORDS from around the world unknowingly released the altered, deadly formula into their supply, affecting millions across the globe.WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS, the entire planet is thrown into chaos as the disease spreads.REGINA PARKER, Chief of Police of the tiny town of Rockport, Arkansas, isn't willing to let the military kill thousands of innocent people in a rush to contain the outbreak. She leads a small contingent of survivors on a dangerous quest to keep her town safe from the soldiers and the dead.WILL DR. BERNING be able to isolate the contagion and find a way to reverse it, or is it too late to save humanity from the tainted cure? How far will Chief Parker go to save the lives of others as the world collapses around them?

Everything they know is gone. The old world obliterated in less than forty-eight hours. They soon discover they aren't alone, and other dangers besides the undead lurk in the forests. The new law of the land: kill or be killed Dr. Everett Berning and his team seek refuge in the underground lab in the Ozark Mountains. The first week after the collapse of civilization, those who made it out alive struggle against the odds to survive. Only a handful escaped the devastation in their hometown of Malvern, Arkansas, and they grapple with the new reality. Tired, frightened, and mourning the loss of loved ones, they attempt to regroup and cope with the life-altering changes. When one suffers a debilitating injury, they are thrust into a tenuous relationship with Dr. Berning's group. Other survivors battle the odds as they flee treacherous cities destroyed by the government and crawling with reanimated corpses. Unfortunately, they all are about to discover the roaming dead aren't the only threat they face. As the world plummets into darkness, things will never be the same. Ever.