The READ-ONLY Files

Someone is watching Rae Mercer.

He has access to her webcam, pictures taken of her inside her apartment, and an online blog documenting the grisly murders of women he believes deserve to die. Every three weeks, Rae is forced to edit and schedule another victim’s entry — or risk becoming an entry herself.

She follows the rules and plays the game,...

Prison psychologist Wendy knows exactly how to lure her favorite former inmate back to her. She also knows she shouldn’t.

Rory, meanwhile, has built a fragile life of isolation to keep himself out of trouble. Then a strange album on a file-sharing program delivers the voice of the woman he has never forgotten.

She knows him better than anyone...

He was sent to kill her. Instead, he decided to keep her.

Ellie works the graveyard shift at a twenty-four-hour Internet cafe in rainy Seattle, where the customers are strange and nothing much happens after midnight — until the printer starts producing documents from an unknown source.

A mysterious Night Courier comes to collect them.

“What’s your...

Kace is a quiet groundworker at a tree service. He would rather spend his nights at home watching Veronica than go out looking for company. Veronica is funny, strange, unpredictable, and increasingly familiar. He knows her routines, her favorite foods, the music she likes, everything down to her favorite pair of socks.

Then he starts noticing...

Four standalone short dark romances. Four dangerous connections. Lots and lots of heat.

UnaliveJournal

Someone is watching Rae Mercer. He has access to her webcam, pictures taken of her inside her apartment, and an online blog documenting the grisly murders of women he believes deserve to die. Every three weeks, Rae is forced to edit and schedule...