Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing employee who believes that she's destined to be a famous writer. When she stumbles into a job the assistant to the brilliant, enigmatic novelist known as Maud Dixon -- whose true identity is a secret -- it appears that the universe is finally providing Florence's big chance. The arrangement seems perfect. Maud Dixon (whose real name, Florence discovers, is Helen Wilcox) can be prickly, but she is full of pointed...

"Grace and Ted Chapman. Literary power couple. Ted is considered "the thinking man's John Grisham" and Grace, his wife of twenty years is beautiful, stylish, carefree. All of this is on the surface. Beneath, what no one sees, is Ted's rages. His mood swings. And the precarious house of cards that their lifestyle is built upon. When Ted's longtime assistant and mainstay leaves, the house of cards begins to crumble and Grace, with dark secrets in her...

"Jess Dunne is third-generation Hollywood, but her star on the boulevard has yet to materialize. Sure, she's got a Santa Monica address and a working actress roommate, but with her nowhere barista job in a town that acknowledges zeroes only as a dress size, she's a dead girl walking. Enter Jess's mother--a failed actress who puts the strange in estrangement. She dives headlong into her daughter's downward spiral, forcing Jess to muster all her spite...

"Did you forget to tell me about my baby?" He won't be denied his heir! Buttoned-up PA Cecelia Andrews's resignation released her secret raw desire for her demanding playboy boss Luka Kargas. Now, one year after his callous dismissal, Cecelia's hiding an even greater secret - their daughter! She'll never let cold-hearted Luka make her daughter feel unwanted. But when Luka uncovers her deceit there's no escaping the consequences of her passionate surrender......

"Charles thought he was prepared to be a monster mediator's assistant. After all, following Margo Maloo on her cases has already taken him to some of Echo City's most perilous places: a vampire's lair, an ogre's den, and even a monster grocery store. But now that Margo has disappeared on a secret mission on her own, Charles must face one of the biggest conundrums of his career alone: Who is the mysterous online presence know as the_eldritch_truth...