Series: If you want to be Silas’s wife, you take care of his mess, or you get back on the plane to Ohio.

Part 1 My future mother-in-law, high-powered Hollywood producer Victoria Finch, handed me a brass key at the gates of a gated Topanga Canyon estate and [more…]

I stood in the darkened mansion, the stench of neglect thick in the air. The faint glow of the candles I’d lit flickered against the [more…]

The wind howled through the canyon, rattling the old windows. Inside, the house grew colder with every passing minute. The air conditioner, long dead, was [more…]

The fire crackled, a beacon in the cold, dark house. The children, fed and warm, had finally drifted into a fitful sleep on makeshift beds [more…]

The sun rose, painting the canyon in hues of orange and pink. Gemma Brooks’s voice had been a constant drone throughout the night, her “live [more…]

Silence descended, thick and stunned, after Victoria’s furious outburst. The crowd of reporters, usually so quick to pounce, seemed momentarily paralyzed. Victoria, her face a [more…]

The flash drive Julian Drake had given me felt like a live wire in my hand. Its cold, metallic surface seemed to hum with untold [more…]

While Norah and Eli uncovered Victoria’s hidden tyranny, Silas Montgomery was miles away, fighting his own desperate battle for freedom. The “wellness facility” on Catalina [more…]

The roar of the speedboat engine was deafening, battling against the rising fury of the squall. Rain lashed down, blinding and cold, as Marco expertly [more…]

The sudden, blinding flash of lightning turned the canyon into a stark, temporary photograph of chaos. A deafening clap of thunder followed, shaking the very [more…]