Fiction - Psychological

I told everyone she is my baby. I lied.My life changes forever when my little girl appears in a basket on my doorstep, her long lashes fluttering, only a few hours old. She's so tiny and precious; my heart is hers in an instant.My...

An unforgettable portrait of suffering, hope, and love in post-World War II France, this cinematic debut novel uncovers the secrets of a little-known era. In spring of 1945, the war is about to end. The French coast is littered with mines the Nazis hid...

Fire Hides Everywhere is a speculative fiction novel exploring a question central to identity: do we exist beyond our subject positions? Following an apocalypse in which all except those just born or about to die disappeared, Julian Feeld's novel sets out to explore the...

A masterful mix of horror and absurdity that tells the story of traveling salesman Samsa, who wakes up one day to find out he has turned into a giant insect. Kafka's novella has beenadapted for film and television a number of times, most recently...

Author: Margaret LeClairISBN-10: 1998648044ISBN-13: 9781998648047Publisher: Northshore NoirLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2025Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d

Author: Olivia GatwoodISBN-10: 0593230469ISBN-13: 9780593230466Publisher: Dial PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2025Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.63d

Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along...

It was never my dream to clean the Levinsons' mansion for a living, but since my daughter passed away, I'll do anything to keep my family afloat. Helen Levinson is a mother like me, but that's where the similarities end. I'll keep her house...

I would like to introduce you to Peggy Judge. She is a middle-aged woman with a seemingly full and happy life, as happy as it can be since the accident happened that took her beloved parents away from her over a year ago. She...

Alan Chadwick, a sophomore at a private Ivy League college in 1978 Massachusetts, is hypnotized at the start of the academic year while attending a philosophy department party. Under the exotic spell of Dr. Lisa Gibson, he travels back in time to Ancient Greece...

What happens when the past refuses to stay silent?When Mab and Nessa's mother died and their father disappeared to New Zealand, their lives changed forever. But the loss of their parents wasn't the only thing that cast a shadow over their childhood...Twenty years later,...

My wife or my mother? My mother or my wife?Mum's had a stroke and needs somewhere to recuperate. I'm hardly going to turn her away. Much as my wife would like me to. I really can't understand the depth of their animosity. Yet it's...

From one of the true masters of flash fiction, Bruce Meyer, internationally acclaimed author and winner of numerous national and international awards, comes a captivating new collection... Desire is a matter of life and death, a reflection of the mind that links an individual's...

"The Natural Philosophy of Love" by William Godwin is a philosophical treatise that examines the nature and principles of love from a rational and critical perspective. The book explores love as a complex and multifaceted concept, analyzing its various forms and underlying principles. Godwin...

'An engrossing and vivid novel brimming with compassion for nature.' Anna Iltnere, The Sea Library Magazine.Nicky feels her life is falling apart when she receives an unwanted gift from her estranged mother and is gripped by memories of the months her family spent living...

"A mystery of remarkable scope, bristling with intelligence, beauty, and humanity. It is, quite simply: stunning." --Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl "A stunning, achingly beautiful and gripping mystery. Full of page-turning suspense, intrigue, and secrets...I loved it." --Chris Whitaker, author of All the...

In the summer of 1898, Sequoia Owen accepts an invitation from his estranged uncle to visit his family's summer home on Todeket, a private island off the Connecticut coast. Yet the house, constructed by Sequoia's unstable grandfather and the site of his cousin's mysterious...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels comes a gripping novel filled with heart and hope, as a young woman wrongly found guilty of murder receives the gift of a second chance . . . Ten years have passed since young nurse...

Ghosts? Spirits? These are just figments of imagination. Old wives' tales that village folk have created and passed down over generations to keep themselves entertained. Humans, on the other hand, are the real terror that walk the Earth. The ideas conjured up in one's...

When Catherine Porter murders her only son and takes her own life, no one can understand why. Vilified for her crimes, she becomes synonymous with everything evil and wicked amongst the locals, and parents begin using her name to scare their errant children into...

The tragicomic history of a seeker after the truth of his own life, and the truth of the death of his best friend. "May be the saddest story I ever read...very subtle and very funny."Author: D. E. TingleISBN-10: 1601459289ISBN-13: 9781601459282Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/21/2009Pages: 400Format:...

A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales from the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature winner and three-time Booker finalist, Samanta Schweblin. Once a decade a story collection rips a hole in the sky and we remember how it feels to have a spell...

Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding... because that was supposed to be her job.Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned...

An extreme game of hide-and-seek turns deadly in this riveting new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger When the real game begins, who will make it to the count of 10? Charismatic daredevil and extreme adventurer Maverick Dillan invites you to...

In this twisted psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of the Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Mrs. Parrish, a woman is tormented by nightmarish visions of her future--and then they start to come true. Annabelle has everything she's ever wanted....

Author: Hye-Young PyunISBN-10: 1420520938ISBN-13: 9781420520934Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2025Format: Library BindingLarge Print

Author: Kat MartinISBN-10: 142051895XISBN-13: 9781420518955Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2025Format: Library BindingLarge Print

An AK-47 and a series of premonitions. Will it be too late? What is he doing here? Is she safe? Vaughan Mystique is on the run of a lifetime. Will she live?Author: Avishai ElISBN-13: 9798985100822Publisher: Avishai ElLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/14/2024Pages: 174Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 8.50h x...

She's perfect. Too perfect...Wife: For twenty-five years, my husband and I have been the ideal couple. I'm shy, but he's always been the life and soul of the party, a charmer, so I didn't worry the first time I caught him a little too...

Gripping the phone, my hands tremble with fear. I look at my son and wonder how my darling blue-eyed boy could have done this. But as my eyes focus down on the body, I know what I must do. I know it will destroy...

There's a baby in your house. It isn't yours... The day I was told I'd never be able to have a child, my world came crashing down. My husband says he still loves me, but I lie awake at night, wishing we could have...

What's in Hope's Back Pocket is a provocative and mind-bending exploration of perception, existence, and reality itself. Eskander Mora believes the entire world exists solely within his imagination-a conviction that shapes his every thought and action. But as his life unfolds, so does the...

As a top writer on Psychology and Philosophy on Medium .com, synchronicity has profoundly impacted Som Dutt's intellectual, personal journey to perceive the interconnectedness of unrelated events, offering a richer and more nuanced understanding of the human experience. He is convinced that these synchronistic...

Phillip MacReady has found himself placed into Hollow Falls - a mental institution - and he couldn't be happier. After all, he was sent there from prison, where the food was bad, the beds were worse, and the wardens were... strict. In Hollow Falls,...

Olivia has always believed that worth is earned through achievement-by any means necessary. Her ruthless ambition fuels her escape from the deadening familiarity of Bracknell. First, she conquers Oxford; then law school; and finally, the Only Circle-a shadowy network of the most elite corporate...

A close group of friends. A guilty friend with a deadly secret. Her ex-husband's life is in danger.Irena Fishbone is always in a hurry, rushing between repairing boat engines and caring for her teenage daughter. When her missing ex-husband is found, his life is...

Psychiatrist Dr. Nancy Thomas prefers to believe there is no such thing as knowing too much about a human being, but after someone shoots a colleague, her fear mounts, and she learns disturbing secrets that force her to rethink her approach as a therapist.Despite...

Living a lie becomes a matter of life and death for a woman hiding from her past in a novel of mounting psychological suspense by the bestselling author of Jane Doe and The Hook.Traveling nurse Elizabeth May has a promising new home in Santa...

From a blistering new voice in dark literary fiction, an unsettling portrait of loneliness, obsession, and identity which asks: if a stranger was left alone in your house, how well could they truly get to know you--enough to fall in love with you?Alice and...

An unsettling and creepy story collection of literary horror set in the Renfield universe from "major new talent" (R.L. Stine) Sam Rebelein, author of Edenville."I hope I get to go back to Renfield County again, before too long." --LitHub on EdenvilleThere's something wrong in...

Emily is trying her best to put the past behind her. Her focus is on her career and making her new apartment home.Then... a wedding invitation arrives.Sasha is getting married. Knowing Lucien would be there, Emily hesitantly decides to attend. The night seems to...

Traded to a brothel owner as payment for a gambling debt, Dolly Stroud's Arizona life is forever changed.Forced into a world of exhibition and danger, Dolly is left to fend for herself - until well-meaning neighbor Trace Anderson interferes and presents the opportunity for...

Twelve-year-old Shayne woke up one hot August morning with only hazy memories of a traumatic event. Everyone she loves is gone except for her distant, sullen father, who's as good as gone, too. Left to her own devices, Shayne must find a way to...

This is a story about attempts to understand a whole new world, to label and comprehend a whole new way of being.It is about struggles to balance opposites in life and find tranquility.It is about love, life, values, and learning about the deeper meaning...

Landon Starker is an anger-imbued, foul-mouthed delinquent teenager with a horrific home life and an angry father who would challenge anyone's existence. He hates school, skips classes liberally, and fears his father's reaction to all of it. Then one day, it all changes, but...

If you could return to the road not taken...would you? Quinn Braverman has a perfect life, with a loving husband, an adorable son, and another baby on the way. But she also has an ominous secret: she knows that another version of her life...

Rita Barret, a twenty-five-year-old socialite facing challenges after a terrible divorce, chose to become a surrogate mother. She delivered lovely, conjoined twin girls. Upon learning that the intended parents couldn't raise both babies, conjoined or not, they proposed separating them - one for them...

Rise of the Valkyrie is an electrifying journey into love, danger, and the mysteries of the supernatural. Shandra is thrust into a world she struggles to comprehend, captivated by Dakota, the enigmatic man who saved her life. As she navigates his strange reality, Shandra...

Does your childhood trauma still control you? Do the demons from your past haunt and torment you, no matter how hard you try to move on and live your life? For Suzey, though she has just moved into her dream home with her loving,...

Two women meet on a train. Each is running from a deadly secret. When one disappears, the other decides to take her place--for better, or for worse. Jae-young has just left everything she's ever known, not that it was much. Her thankless job, her...