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When was the last time you marched into the unknown with only the soft glow of a motive you strongly believed in? Anna was 7-years-old when her father, John Blackwood, was suspected to have been murdered, but right before she turns 18 she receives a letter that changes everything she once knew. She finds a new piece of evidence that can take her on a journey around the globe to find her father and more about the culprit. When she sets sail on her journey, little did she know she was going to find Jack, who has also received the same letter and has been looking for the her father as well. But who is Jack? Why would he be searching for answers to Mr. Blackwood's murder? Can she trust him? Jack is mysterious with a dark past yet Anna finds her self feeling more attracted regardless of how much she tries to stay away from him. But she can't lose track of her goal: to find her father and the the culprit behind her father's attempted murder. Will she be able to find the culprit before Jack does?

A workaholic CDA agent and a cool and calm FDI agent gets entagled to a murder case that challenged their belief, faith, and skills. Taylor, who's life revolves around her job, comes back from a fresh vacation with her family. Only to find a bunch of paperworks on her table, but one case was given too much attention. A murder case of a young woman found in her apartment, dead and tortured. As the leader of a team, Taylor felt obligated to solve the case with her team, but what she didn't expect was the participation of the man she will eventually admired and look up to. Liam, on the other hand, was cool and calm despite pressure and hectic schedules. He was known to keep his emotions and feelings reserved just so it will not taint his judgement. Though most of his life he worked hard, he still got time for his personal life. As both agents decipher the mystery behind the murder case, will they be able to solve the mystery behind their true intentions of each other? Will Liam be able to change Taylor's perception of life or will it be the other way around? Only time can tell.

📖Featured by @adultfiction on "Kills and Thrills" reading list📖 Previously known as "Undercover: Fake Identity" *** "What are you running away from, Vanessa?" he asked, looking at her with deep, dark eyes. Those icy yet fiery eyes. And hers. Hers, full of tears, flashed in the darkness. "I'll tell you everything the day I'm ready to lose you." *** Vanessa Blake, also known to some as X, is a professional assassin whose services the Main National Intelligence Agency Special Operations Division often uses in certain and special cases. Whether outright eliminating a target or working undercover, she executes every task with precision and unmatched ability. What she doesn't suspect, however, is that her latest assignment will change her life completely. Going undercover into the life of the handsome billionaire Cole Willker will confront her with a constant struggle with waves of feelings unknown to her. Their damaged souls, fighting their demons, will collide, and one epic love will be born. *** Mysteries, secrets, conspiracies. Action, drama, romance. Friendships, love, hate, denial. A story about one big, explosive love. Love that changes. People. Fates. Worlds. Love that comes where no one expected it. Where no one believed it could even exist. *** * Dark Romance * Mature themes * Strong language * Murders, gore, and violence descriptions

In Cold Case Chronicles: Beneath the Surface, detectives Jack Mercer and Sarah Hall find themselves tangled in their most challenging case yet. As they plan their wedding, a shocking murder draws them into the dark underbelly of a small-town political scandal. The victim, an accountant with connections to powerful figures, uncovers secrets that someone wants buried at any cost. Their investigation reveals a trail of corruption and money laundering linked to an influential politician-a figure so deeply rooted in the community that even the law can barely touch him. As Jack and Sarah dig deeper, they face mounting pressure from hidden allies of the politician, who use their influence to block every attempt to expose the truth. Adding strain to their relationship, Jack and Sarah must balance their fight for justice with the emotional toll it takes on them as a couple. With each clue they uncover, they risk not only their careers but their lives. In a shocking twist, the politician's wife, who initially helps put her husband behind bars, reveals a sinister ambition of her own. Now in control of his empire, she takes over the money-laundering operation, and Jack and Sarah are left powerless as they realize their battle against corruption is far from over. This gripping thriller tests the limits of loyalty, love, and justice as Jack and Sarah fight to uncover what lies Beneath the Surface.

In "She Doesn't Exist" a teenage boy's life was thrown upside down and inside out when he met Rosaline Harman and wound up with a secret life and a broken heart. Three years after the girl he loved was buried, Russell Duvall finds his life almost back to normal. He's moved on from his time as an agent for the Underground Quarter and is now a college student living with his girlfriend, Bethany, a government analyst. Thoughts of the murderess who had captured his heart still fill his mind daily and although he won't mention her to anyone, Russell knows that Rosaline will always be in his heart, no matter where his life takes him. Content with the normal life, Russell expects destiny to run its course and take him down the same path as so many others; the path with a wife, a family and a career and he's more than happy with that ideal, already imagining family life and the dream of growing old happily. However, when a familiar black motorbike and its rider appear to be following him everywhere, Russell starts to wonder whether his mind is playing tricks on him or whether the ghosts of his past really are wandering about the city. Soon, the reality of the perfect country he lives in is shattered and his freedom compromised when an old friend becomes the centre of a government investigation in which the penalty is death. Russell finds himself falling back into the dark, dangerous world that he left three years earlier and reunited with people who he thought he'd never see again, before finding out that he soon has to make hard decisions and decide what life he really wants... All before the noose is tightened.

Hunter, a street kid turned FBI agent, is ordered to befriend Calvin Black. But as they grow closer, she realizes Calvin cares more about her than the FBI. Hunter Ashley was taken off the streets as a teen and brought into a highly secret FBI program that's turned her into a full-fledged agent. She is assigned, alongside the brooding agent Micah, to befriend Calvin Black, the son of the notorious Christopher Black. Hunter does her best to hide her survival training inside a typical high school, only she's developing feelings for Calvin, and it looks like Micah is starting to crush on her. In a world where a single mistake can prove fatal, Hunter has to figure out who she can trust, or she'll end up back on the streets. [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

Winner The Crystal Awards 2016, Best Multimedia Story (3d Place). A spinster doctor rents her spare room to a brain-damaged patient who doesn't know he is a former undercover agent targeted for execution by a powerful criminal. ~o~ ~o~ ~o~ John Doe remembers nothing of his life before waking up in the hospital. He doesn't know he was a dangerous man, and he somehow has survived assassination by even more dangerous men. He doesn't even know how to speak English, or read, or count. Even after his body heals, he will need long-term supervision and care to re-learn how to live. Dr. Mitchell Oberon has been married to her surgical work for too long. So, she resists being attracted to a brain-damaged patient with the body of Adonis and the mind of a child. Agent Frank Stone, of Homeland Security, forces the doctor to take John Doe into her own home while he recovers. Stone, who knows John Doe's past history well, says it's not safe to send him back to the place he lived before he was "killed" by his enemies. If it ever becomes known that John survives, his foes will make sure he doesn't live long. Mitchell tries to protect her heart while she protects the innocent John from a hostile world. As they live together, the two begin to teach one another how to live. Hopefully, they'll also learn how not to die -- because they'll soon be betrayed into the hands of murderers.

With a murderous secret and a dark history few but Helen Eriksson know, an uncertain path lies ahead of her. Helen's past, present and future are on a collision course with a sense of morality she wonders if she ever possessed. Her husband's corpse is barely cold, laid to rest under a shroud of suspicion directed at her by former peers at the FBI. Revenge boils in her veins against the one who shattered her perfect life, or the carefully constructed illusion of such. One thing Helen does not believe is that coincidences happen. So when an opportunity falls into her lap to slip through the web of the FBI investigation into her ex-husband's murder and darken the doorstep of the man she holds responsible for her professional ruin, Helen is hard pressed to resist the lure. Rather than arriving in Darkwater Bay anonymously, Helen walks with full knowledge into what she understands could be a trap sprung by her nemesis, Danny Datello. But the shield of a police detective's badge can't protect her from what she fears she has become by genetic birthright - a hardened murderer just like the father who shaped her into the woman she has become. What Helen doesn't count on is investment in anything but her own plot of revenge. To her surprise, the discovery of a body mere hours before her arrival in Darkwater Bay draws her into more than her own conflicted desires, but a corrupt city with its own secrets. Even more shocking is the realization that Helen craves more than Datello's punishment; justice for a dead victim.

Olivia Evans has only ever wanted to make a difference in the world. She's by the book and doesn't like making mistakes. As a detective agent, she's been assigned a certain case that will either make or break her career. Her dream position at the Interagency Task Force (ITF) is finally up for grabs and she will stop at nothing to make sure she is picked for Senior Detective. Only one problem with that.... Cole Bennett. Closed off and never wanting a detective partner again, Cole is determined to move past what happened and make a new start for himself. What better way to do that than applying for the top spot in a new agency? All he has to do is solve a simple case and the promotion will be in his hands in no time. Should be easy right? That's what he's hoping for....

In a story steeped in moral ambiguity, every character harbours secrets that blur the line between right and wrong. The female lead, seemingly vulnerable after her boyfriend's betrayal, encounters a mysterious man in the park who offers her $50 million to marry him. She agrees, concealing her true identity as a highly trained RAW agent on a covert mission. Unbeknownst to her, the male lead is a mafia kingpin with a vendetta against human trafficking, his family's corruption masking his true motives. As their relationship deepens, hidden agendas collide with each plotting against the other even as they fall in love. Meanwhile, the female lead's sister, a human trafficker, is on the run with critical information that entangles both families in a web of international crime. The detective, called in to clear the male lead's name after a murder accusation, is driven by personal revenge. As six similar murders surface, suspicion swirls around everyone. The female lead's psychological struggles unveil a cold-blooded alter ego, manipulating events for her mission. With each twist, the true villain lurks in the shadows, leaving the audience to question: who is framing whom? Just as truths begin to unravel, a shocking revelation emerges, leaving everyone's fate hanging by a thread...