Nobody Will Miss Us

*** NOVEL THAT MIXES FICTION WITH ONE OF THE MOST TERRORIFIC STORY HAPPENED ON SOUTH AMERICA. HURRY TO OPEN YOUR PAGES *** Bill is kidnapped at a gas station in the middle of the desert. He is tortured until he discovers his darkest secret. From that moment his world will change when the psychopath who kidnapped him, use that information to incriminate him of the most horrendous crimes. That is the beginning of the novel that has marked a before and after in the genre of the American thriller. Author, Stephen Leviathan, remains in place unknown since the publication of the text for fear of reprisals of the real murderer. His last words, published in a well-known social network were: "Please Jimmy, do not kill me".

In the spirit of Haruki Murakami and Amelia Gray, Catherine Lacey's Nobody Is Ever Missing is full of mordant humor and uncanny insights, as Elyria waffles between obsession and numbness in the face of love, loss, danger, and self-knowledge. Without telling her family, Elyria takes a one-way flight to New Zealand, abruptly leaving her stable but unfulfilling life in Manhattan. As her husband scrambles to figure out what happened to her, Elyria hurtles into the unknown, testing fate by hitchhiking, tacitly being swept into the lives of strangers, and sleeping in fields, forests, and public parks. Her risky and often surreal encounters with the people and wildlife of New Zealand propel Elyria deeper into her deteriorating mind. Haunted by her sister's death and consumed by an inner violence, her growing rage remains so expertly concealed that those who meet her sense nothing unwell. This discord between her inner and outer reality leads her to another obsession: If her truest self is invisible and unknowable to others, is she even alive? The risks Elyria takes on her journey are paralleled by the risks Catherine Lacey takes on the page. In urgent, spiraling prose she whittles away at the rage within Elyria and exposes the very real, very knowable anxiety of the human condition. And yet somehow Lacey manages to poke fun at her unrelenting self-consciousness, her high-stakes search for the dark heart of the self.

Sweethearts of Sumner County, Vol. 1 features four individually published, sweet romance short stories/ short novellas. Elle and Danny were childhood sweethearts who married right out of college and then divorced. Six months later, they run into each other at his sister's wedding reception. Will sparks fly a second time? Or will they get burned? Never Let You Go is a sweet contemporary short story about regrets and second chances: 5,200 words. A spicier version of this title is published under the pen name Elizabeth Carlos. Jules Russo's childhood wish finally comes true when Adam Blake asks her out. Her new date may not live up to her preconceived ideas--he may just be more. Who knew that saving seats, peanut butter and jelly, and street signs could lead to forever? Is This Seat Taken? is a sweet new adult romance: 12,600 words. In this companion piece to Is This Seat Taken?, Mandy's life hasn't turned out the way she planned. Her father died, her mother is bipolar, and she's overwhelmed with responsibility and indecision. That's why she's so grateful for her boyfriend, Luke. But just how long does he plan on sticking around? This Heart of Mine is a sweet, new adult romance short story about loving each other just right: 3,500 words. When Sarah bumped into Trey at a restaurant, she wasn't expecting the good-looking, charming guy to ask her out on a date. But she never would have guessed that he was the new boss that everybody in her office was dreading. Will their romance be over before it even starts? Or will that night be the beginning of forever? Need You Now is a sweet romance short story/ short novella: 10,400 words. A spicier version of this title is published under the pen name Elizabeth Carlos.

A 14-year-old girl has to move to a new town. She has to start a new school, and make new friends. Her father happens to be a teacher at the same school. Any time something goes wrong, he finds out about it before she can explain.