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Jerry Michael Williams had headed to the Lake for a spot of December duck hunting. Mike, as everybody called him, didn't come home again. The conclusion to draw was clear. The thirty-one-year-old had slipped, fallen into the chilly waters and drowned before falling prey to one or more of those large alligators that waited, barely visible, in the waters. The year 2000 was coming to a close, and the real estate appraiser would not be home for the New Year. It was December 16th, the sixth anniversary of his marriage to wife Denise, and the two had an eighteen-month-old daughter, Anslee, who would be forced to spend Christmas - and every day after - without her daddy.But investigators could see a clear and likely answer to the conundrum of what had happened to Mike. His boat had been quickly found. It was moored - or more likely it had drifted - into a small cove towards the western edge of the lake. It had been little used that day. The tank remained full of gasoline although the engine was not running.A forty-four-day search ensued. It revealed nothing. What happened to him?

Samantha Day considered herself a down to earth person; someone reliable and strong, someone who didn't worry about the what ifs of life. Lately, though, it seemed as if everything was pointless, as if everything was crumbling beneath her and Samantha was helpless to do anything about it...Her father was dead, her last surviving family member had been ripped from the world and now his home - her home - was being taken from her. Just when things couldn't have gotten worse, Samantha had been given the letter of eviction. She had two days...Out of this desperation, she decides to become a mail order bride...But serendipity awaits with a lonely widower named Carter. Guilt ridden about getting remarried, he changes his mind about the whole thing...only to have Samantha wind up on his doorstep...never having received his letter that told her not to come...Can Samantha change his mind?

Penny winced as she took the last step before throwing herself down into the porch chair. She hated walking. She hated doing anything, including living here on the ranch, but what other option did she have?Since her accident, her friends had abandoned her, and she was incapable of doing pretty much anything that she used to do. Everything was painful in some way or other, whether that be emotionally or physically. At this point, it all ran together, and Penny couldn't tell what-was-what. It was just as painful for her to watch her neighbor's daughter ride by on her horse as it was to walk across the porch. She shoved a crutch defiantly with her good foot. Life was fragile, something that many people didn't seem to realize. Penny hadn't realized it until hers had come to an end. One moment she had been riding through the prairie enjoying her day and the next her horse had been out of control and her life had come to a screeching halt. Doctors from several different towns had all had a chance to look at her foot, they had all tried different methods and different cures to fix it, but it had been to no avail. They had no luck at making it even slightly better. If she could only walk normally again, the pain wouldn't be such a burden. She couldn't even take herself to town to help with grocery buying anymore. Even if someone drove her, she couldn't bear the constant staring and whispering of everyone who saw her....Everyone except Rex, the new ranch hand.

A year had passed since Evangeline had met the owner of the biggest ranch in Westminster, Rex Colve, and she was convinced that he was the man for her. Rex's ranch was the envy of other ranches in the town. He had loyal wranglers who were willing to do anything for the progress of the ranch. They loved their master because he was a good man and treated all the cowboys very well.It was his kindness that had saved her that night when she had been stranded after migrating from England to escape her troubled past. Evangeline had left her old life behind along with her secrets. To her, America was meant for her rebirth, and most importantly a fortress where she would never come across her greatest nightmare in the person of Sebastian Huckabee.Suddenly her hands began to quiver at the thought of her past. The beauty of her current environment was lost to her, and she was left in the fear of her past. What if Rex got to know who she really was?

Three hunters journey to New Mexico for a weekend of big game hunting. They enter a bar where they try unsuccessfully to pick up on a group of young women only to find out later that the women are werewolves...turning tables on the men as the hunters become the hunted in the New Mexico desert.

Sarah and Joseph have grown up together but never got along. Now that they're both coming into their Rumspringa, Joseph cannot help but start to develop feelings for her. But when he works up the courage to let his feelings known, he discovers that she's dating someone else. Sarah doesn't feel the same way toward Joseph...until he starts to distance himself from her. Will they both come to the realization that they're meant for each other?

Long before the Casey Anthony trial that captivated the nation at the end of the 2000s, there was a very famous case that strikes an incredible resemblance. The trial of Alice Crimmins was the main talk in the 1960s as it divided the country into two opposing sides. While the Casey Anthony trial was very straightforward because of the numerous evidence that pointed in the direction of her guilt, Alice Crimmins's case lacked the physical proof that could link the woman directly to the murders of her own kids. Regardless of this, the prosecution put her on trial, and they won. It was a different time when women and mothers were supposed to behave in an acceptable way. Alice didn't fit the norm, and she quickly rose up as the number one suspect even though it was unclear if she had any involvement in the deaths of her two kids. She was judged by everyone because of her lifestyle and the fact that she had an estranged husband. But was Alice Crimmins really guilty of the crimes? Or was the investigation sidetracked by the prejudice?

Peter has toiled for years in the independent film circuit and has finally landed a studio financed film, a horror movie centering around a perverted stalker called the "Creeper". Layla, his rookie lead actress, is having trouble giving a credible performance. She runs afoul of numerous members of the production team and soon finds herself being stalked by a real life "Creeper" as art imitates life.

Hyacinth desires something she never had as a child...a stable family...orphaned at a young age, she dreams away her days working as a waitress....until she finds a wealthy man who begins showering her with gifts. But she soon finds out he's doing the same thing with another woman and her heart is broken. Instead of drowning in her sorrows, she answers a mail order bride advertisement.

Martha Marek was a black widow before her time, seeing murder as a means of collecting insurance money. She murdered her husband, daughter, and elderly relative all of whom had benefits that would be bequeathed to her after their deaths. After she killed one of her roommates, the state sentenced her to death by way of guillotine...But what inspired her murders? Her own husband had initially coached Martha on how to defraud insurers...by chopping off his own leg so they could collect over $30,000 in accident insurance. That amount would not be enough for Martha, who now had dollar signs in her eyes, an axe in one hand and a bottle of poison in the other...A truly gruesome True Crime tale...

Lex Whitman has returned to the family ranch after serving in the military. He's injured and hurt but determined to make his parents proud as he inherits the ranch. His parents are in debt, however, and they enlist the aid of a woman who rejected him all throughout high school to help with the finances. She's in dire straits herself and is eager to help get the ranch back off the ground. But the wounds between Lex and Heather run deep...will they be able to salvage both the ranch and their broken lives?

Over nine Amish short stories of romance and life are featured in this anthology. As if losing her husband in a terrible accident wasn't enough, Anna Bontrager was left to raise their son, who would never walk again, all by herself. And with mounting bills and debts to pay, she could hardly cope. Her only means of an income was selling her cinnamon rolls the local market and hope she would be able to feed her son. But even as poverty cast its grim shadow of hopelessness over her, she never allowed Caleb to see her tears and fears. But her luck was about to change...Jeremiah Fischer, a self-declared bachelor who has no desire to get involved with any woman, after he suffered a broken heart, had one thing on his mind; to make a success of his bakery and so he had. But the pressure is mounting, and after a slight mishap at the bakery on one of the busiest mornings, he has no option but to make a plan. Little does he know, meeting Anna and her son Caleb was about to change the course of his life...

Although Mail Order Bride Janet Hough was hundreds of miles away from home....Warmth had settled in her gut, contentedness washing over her as she fell into step beside Ezekiel. She supposed it made sense; her home had never been a warm or loving place, and she had only made that worse for herself as the years went by. This, however, was something new. A new place, a new beginning, something unknown and exhilarating. This was a chance to make things right for herself. Perhaps, once she settled in and got to know her husband, she would be safe enough to tell him the real reason she had left her family and life behind.That was all a long way ahead for them both. For now she was content just to walk beside him, to feel his strong arm against hers and imagine what her new life had in store. The rest was going to take time, and perhaps that was all right. Janet was a patient woman, and she had already come this far, had she not? But what would Ezekiel's reaction once he found out her true reasons she left home...will it hurt him? Will he still want her as his bride?

Four young women return to the town of their upbringing for a reunion. A reunion to remember an old friend whose murder has remained unsolved for the past seven years. Things soon become very testy, however, as the women reveal long held suspicions and begin to accuse one another of killing their friend.

Annie Price looked at the photograph again. Tears came to her eyes as she looked back at the sullen face of the man she had fallen in love with and only been married to a few short months, Jacob Price. Although they had lived in New York City, Jacob had contracted dysentery on a short trip to Charleston, South Carolina, and had never fully recovered. Annie had pleaded with Jacob to take it easy, but he had always had a problem listening to her.Annie was glad Jacob had been able to make it back from his trip and that she was able to see him his last few days... but now she felt lost. It had been three months since Jacob had died, but everyday it felt as if it had only happened. Annie's friend all insisted she needed to move out of their house and find a new path in life, but the only thing Annie wanted was her husband back. Since she couldn't get what she wanted, Annie had a tiny thought plant in the back of her head.A thought that grew larger by the moment...There was really only one thing to do: head west. Become a mail order bride and head west...

Imagine having kids who can speak five languages by their mid-teens. Daughters who are described by an experienced, senior childcare professional as the most intelligent she has come across in thirty years of working with adolescents.Can there be a greater dream for loving parents? College awaits, then a top job with all that brings in terms of comfort and lifestyle. Who knows, these caring kids might even look after their mom and dad in old age. But the dream turned into a nightmare for one parent of super-intelligent children.Linda Andersen's daughters certainly fitted that high IQ category; but unlike other clever kids, they used their intelligence for the most disingenuous of reasons: to plan the murder of their mother.

A sniper has claimed the lives of a police chief and highly successful businessman. Lonely Josh, who worked for the businessman, begins his own investigation as to why the killings are happening. He discovers the murders are the work of iris, a vengeance seeking waitress whose father was killed in order to get him from testifying against the corrupt authorities. Sympathizing with her plight and falling in love with her good looks, Josh helps her in her quest to gain vengeance against the conspirators. But is she just using him to take the fall?

Honor is a young Amish woman who gambled and lost by marrying an Englischer. She returns home to her Amish community with both a sense of shame and disappointment in trying to find true love. She buries herself into her work at the bakery and closes herself off to her desperately desired wish of finding true love. Determined to never again risk her heart, she throws herself into running the family's bakery. But when another Englischer comes into town, Honor cannot help but be drawn to him. He's kind and gentle, a little on the shy side unlike her previous beau. As she gets to know him, she finds out he has his own emotional baggage similar to her own. Can they learn to trust the love that sparks between them and move forward?

A True Crime anthology headined by the murder of Tejano singer Selena...Yolanda Saldivar was a lifelong kleptomanic put in charge of Selena's fan club and boutique. Upon discovery of her thieving, she was fired in March of 1995. Three weeks after her firing, Selena agreed to meet with Saldivor under the pretext that she would be giving her the financial records of her fan club business. Upon her arrival, Saldivar told Selena that she had been raped. Horrified, Selena took her fan club president to a hospital where doctors found no evidence of rape. They returned to the motel and Saldivar then pointed a gun at the popular singer. What happened next would change the course of Tejano music forever...

Nicole has been summoned to be a mail order bride for Charles but his business collapses shortly after she arrives. They're forced to live life on his parent's rundown farm and he tries to put on a happy face...but she sees through him as trying to ignore his own perceived failure...But Charles is determined to make his new wife proud of him despite the fact that he knows nothing about farming. He knows that accepting the farm will only make his new wife unhappy and not taking the charity gift will further the rift between himself and his father...Will Charles try to stop making everyone else happy and do what is best for himself and his wife?

Austin is a serial killing photographer who thinks he's a vampire. Or at least he wishes he could be one.... He lures a bevy of beauties to his studio where he bites their necks and takes gory after-death photos of them. But when he meets a real vampire he finds out what it is like to be on the other end of the food chain...

On February 24, 1976, Roger Amiotte, a rancher, was installing a fence when he saw a body at the bottom of a thirty-foot embankment. The land was at the northeast corner of the reservation, a few miles from Wanblee, South Dakota. The body had been revealed after the snow had melted away. The body was badly composed, curled in the fetal position, and still covered by a pair of jeans and a maroon ski jacket. The coroner, W. O Brown, conducted the autopsy. He documented that death had occurred ten days prior, and that she had died from exposure. The body was determined to be a Jane Doe. To identify the body, the hands were cut off and sent to the FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. for fingerprinting. A few days later, the body was buried in an unmarked grave in South Dakota as a Jane Doe.A few hours after the burial, the FBI lab confirmed that the fingerprints from the dismembered hands belonged to Anna Mae Pictou Aquash....But who would want to murder the fiery Native American activist?

Glory never thought that she would see the man of her dreams again. He courted her with gusto but then left out of the blue. Now three years later, he's back...More handsome than ever, but Glory can't trust him and doesn't want to go through that heartache again. But he's back to redeem his past. With an orphaned boy at his side, Parker seems willing to do anything to win back the heart of Glory. Can she resist his charms and overlook his sins of the past?

Lucille is shocked when her parents attempt to arrange a marriage for her with Elliott King...A man she has thorougly disliked since childhood. But she's a good and obedient daughter, she agrees to see where the idea might lead despite its being against her wishes. She goes through the motions but then Elliott King falls ill. Wracked with guilt, Lucille remains at this bedside and the two grow closer...Once upon a time, she prayed that nothing would come of their relationship but now she's praying that he stays alive...Will Gott answer her prayers?

Her mother had always told Rachel, "Darling, divorce is for the weak that do not honor the decisions of our maker," whenever they heard community news or gossip about a broken marriage or divorce. It was just not something that her mother believed should be done - under any circumstances. And Rachel lived to please others. It was just the way that God had made her. She did not want to let her mother down. She did not want to let her community down. She did not believe for a minute that women that chose divorce were weak or sinful, but she feared the pain of being judged as weak. She feared the disappointment that she would incite in her family, especially her mother, if that would ever be something that she would need to consider...But what if it became the only option?

It shouldn't have been that hard. Find the girl, kill her, collect the cut. But it's never that damned simple, is it?The cold creeping of fury began to creep down Meredith's spine. If only she could find the girl. It had never been this hard before. Meredith was hired to bring in Katia, a mafia prostitute, who is under police protection. She finds the girl but is double-crossed by the now unscrupulous Nick. She then takes her hostage to California to retrieve $6M that Katie took before running. Will they be able to make it to safe ground?

When Sheila and Max Garvie married in 1955, they seemed like the perfect couple. She was intelligent and stunning, while he was attractive and wealthy - to everyone, they appeared to be a match made in heaven. No one was surprised when the debonair Max Garvie began courting his future bride in their small community of north-east Scotland - but no one could have anticipated the grisly end to this would-be fairy tale.

A freak accident has left Mary with amnesia...she can't remember anything or anybody and that includes her fiancé Mark! Their wedding is only a month away but she finds herself having cold feet until she gets her memory back. Mark is patient in trying to help her get her memory back but he holds a secret that may make her change her mind about the upcoming wedding...How honest will he be with her?

Bethany was raised to live up to other people's expectations of her. Stifled by her environment, her parents attempt to marry her off to a man she absolutely detests. Seeking an escape, she answers a mail order bride advertisement and finds herself on a ranch in the newly developed frontier of Arizona. Her husband to be is a man named Rex. He's kind and seemingly has everything covered, but is he what Bethany really needs?

Farrah's has finally caught up to her and she wants to leave her toxic town. She decides to become a mail order bride but finds herself in a marriage with a man she doesn't love. She traded one small town for an even smaller one, and soon the residents begin disappearing one by one. Are they leaving or is something more sinister at work?Carl is a local rancher fighting off his personal demon of alcoholism. He feels attraction to Farrah but doesn't feel worthy. Farrah feels the romantic pull toward Carl herself but after a life of breaking rules she doesn't want to add to her troubles...or his...Farrah turns to God for guidance - a faith she once rejected - but Carl soon becomes a suspect in the disappearances. Is she in love with a killer? Or worse, is her own husband the killer?