Author: stacyclaflin
Someone is burying teenage girls alive. It’s been nearly a full year since there were any local kidnappings, but now girls are going missing left and right. There are few commonalities linking them together, and the only evidence Alex Mercer has are the ransom notes left on each victim’s front door. Tensions mount as clues point to the notorious kidnapping ring driven from town twelve months … driven from town twelve months ago—the same ring that’s tormented him and his loved ones for years. With so many young lives on the line, Alex is desperate. And he works tirelessly to…
How many secrets can one house hide? Kenzi Brannon has always dreaded going down to the dark basement of the old Brannon house she grew up in. Now an adult, she’s returned home to find her apprehension has intensified. She avoids that locked door and the secrets beyond in hope that ignoring the problem will keep long-forgotten horrors buried. A neighbor’s obsession with her house and history … obsession with her house and history has rekindled Kenzi’s old fears. And reconnecting with someone from her past may force her to face what she’s been running from her entire life. And…
Some questions are better left unasked. Like whose blood is on the knife upstairs. Kenzi Brannon’s life was turned upside down when she moved into her family’s abandoned home to raise her niece. Problems compound when her aging mother starts to remember things. And clues the police find regarding the knife don’t match anything Kenzi knows about her family. Things go from bad to worse when she … family. Things go from bad to worse when she and her niece discover something horrifying in their house. But not even that compares to the strange ways her mom is acting. Can…
When the son of an infamous kidnapper gets abducted, nobody is safe.Alex Mercer could use a break. But, as usual, he can’t catch one. He’s overburdened with best man duties, familial changes, and work obligations. The three responsibilities collide when his daughter’s boyfriend is taken, his best friend is targeted, and officers and agents go missing. He knows there must be a link, but he’s the … must be a link, but he’s the only common denominator—a fact that doesn’t bode well for job security. Or his loved ones’ safety.On top of all that, another teen is missing, and Alex…
After her estranged sister dies by suicide, Kenzi returns home to find that her death may actually have been murder. Can she and her teenage niece, Ember, discover what really happened? From a USA Today bestselling author.
Two nailing-biting stories featuring side characters from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy.DEAN’S LISTEvery marriage has secrets. Some are deadly.Lydia Harris knows her marriage to Dean has problems, but when she finds a box of news clippings he took great pains to conceal, the problems go from disappointing to dangerous. Nation-wide murders… in cities where he has traveled. She doesn’t … in cities where he has traveled. She doesn’t want to believe him capable of such violence, so she searches for clues to explain the hidden clippings.As the evidence begins to mount, Lydia is torn. Dean seems to be trying…
She’s there for everyone. But who’s there for her? Malia is the glue that holds her dysfunctional family together. Her two brothers need constant attention, the family business drains her, and her narcissistic parents are on the verge of divorce. All that leaves her little time for herself. But when her brother nearly dies in her arms, she’s terrified she isn’t enough to save him. Then Lincoln … save him. Then Lincoln walks into her life at that crucial moment. Linc’s got real pain in his past, pain that’s made him harden his heart. Even so, he can’t walk away…
She appears only at night. Watching. Waiting… that isn’t enough to go on, and Alex has orders to focus on another case. As if that will stop him.He stumbles upon something so chilling, it finally provides the proof that he was right all along—the kidnappings are part of an elaborate worldwide scheme. And he and his family have landed on the bad guys’ radar.Alex will stop at nothing to take down the dangerous criminal empire… if they don’t end him first.OTHER ALEX MERCER THRILLERS:Girl in TroubleTurn Back TimeLittle LiesAgainst All OddsDon’t Forget MeTainted LoveTake On MeDanger Zonemore
Someone is going to great lengths to destroy Alex Mercer’s life.On the surface, the Mercers are finally settling into a comfortable routine—Alex’s job is going great, he’s accepted his unusual family dynamics, and they’re even planning a dream vacation. Things couldn’t be better.Or could they?Dig a little deeper, and the problems are growing out of control. Someone is threatening to ruin Alex, … control. Someone is threatening to ruin Alex, his wife is harboring a shocking secret, and their daughter is hiding a dangerous new relationship. If Alex’s cyber-stalker doesn’t get him first, his family could implode on its own. If…
All of her dreams just went up in flames.Cassidy’s entire life was wrapped up in her business boarding and caring for pets — that is, until the night it burned down. Shale never expected to find love again, especially with a stubborn woman running into the flames. Ever since his wife died, he’s avoided emotion like the plague, but there’s something about the annoying stranger that makes him want … that makes him want to know more.Cassidy has physical and emotional scars from the night she lost everything. Whenever she looks in the mirror, she’s reminded that nobody could ever…