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Silver Lining, a successful lesbian romance writer, is just starting to come out of the dark tunnel after her wife’s untimely death. She has a crazy idea to sponsor a contest where the first reader who posts a review wins a home cooked meal. She’s hoping Jasmine, the only one who read the story before publication, will be the winner. Her private messages with Jasmine have increased in their subtle flirtations. As the attraction between Silver and Jasmine heats up, so do the bizarre messages from an unknown fan. Silver has more than an unwelcome stalker to overcome. She struggles with the guilt over her attraction to Jasmine and the lingering memories of her wife. Who will come out the winner, the past, the present, or the unknown stalker?

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It’s a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: the last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. Whether only an acquaintance or a trusted intimate, such killers share a common trait that triggers the downward spiral toward death for someone close to them: they are masters at hiding who they really are. Their clever masks let them appear safe, kind, and truthful. They are anything but—and almost no one can detect the murderous impulses buried deep in their psyches.

These doomed relationships are the focus of Ann Rule’s sixteenth all-new Crime Files collection. In these shattering inside views of both headlined and little-known homicides, Rule speaks for vulnerable victims who relied on the wrong people. She begins with two startling novella-length investigations.

In July 2011, a billionaire’s Coronado, California, mansion was the setting for two horrifying deaths only days apart—his young son’s plunge from a balcony and his girlfriend’s ghastly hanging. What really happened? Baffling questions remain unanswered, as these cases were closed far too soon for hundreds of people; Rule looks at them now through the eyes of a relentless crime reporter. The second probe began in Utah when Susan Powell vanished in a 2009 blizzard. Her controlling husband, Josh, proved capable of a blind rage that was heartbreakingly fatal to his innocent small sons almost three years later in a tragedy that shocked America as the details unfolded. If anyone had detected the depth of depravity within Josh Powell, perhaps the family that loved and trusted him would have been saved. In these and seven other riveting cases, Ann Rule exposes the twisted truth behind the façades of Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors.

The New York Times bestselling True Crime Files series continues with this haunting collection of the dangers lurking among those we trust the mostfrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me . Doomed relationships and deadly betrayals are at the heart of this unputdownable collection of true cases from the personal files of Ann Rule, Americas best true-crime writer ( Kirkus Reviews ). First is one of the most tragic unsolved crimes of the last twenty years: the disappearance of Susan Powell and the murder of her two young sons. With in-depth research and clear-eyed compassion, Rule leaves no stone unturned as she searches for the truth in this shocking story. Rule also chronicles the strange tale of a Coronado, California mansion that was the site of two horrifying deaths only days apart: a billionaires sons plunge from a balcony and his girlfriends hanging. Although the cases are quickly closed, baffling questions remain. In these and seven other riveting cases, Ann Rule exposes the twisted truth behind the faades of Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors. "California billionaire Jonah Shacknai's eight-year-old son dies falling off a balcony in his mansion. Several days later, Jonah's live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, is found hanging, nude, with her hands tied behind her. A police investigation rules her death a suicide - however, this seems unlikely to everyone who knew her. There are several suspects in this case: Jonah's brother, Adam, who arrived the day after Jonah's son fell. There are Jonah's two ex-wives; the second being Max's mother. Using her keen insight and her reporter's talent, Ann Rule delves into this mysterious unsolved case, and numerous others, in this chilling yet riveting collection of tales, including a chapter on the Josh Powell case, which ended in the tragic murder/suicide of Josh and his two sons."--Publisher's description Introduction Fire and ice: the Powell family tragedy Two strange deaths in Coronado Double death for the kind philanthropists "Fire!" An obsession with blondes The last Valentine's Day The man who loved too much Terror on a mountain trail No on knows where Wendy is.