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EXCERPT:  My name is Talia Kemper and, with my time running short, there are a few things you need to know about me: First, I am currently on death row for murdering my husband. Second, my attorney has filed one last appeal, but if that is rejected, I will be executed by lethal injection in two weeks. And last, I am innocent. I didn’t kill my husband. With an starting like that, why would you not read this 74-page book!? Talia Kemper has a death sentence against her name. Aren't death sentences given to people who have killed others in cold blood and have no remorse? Or given to people who have done other heinous crimes which have no other solution but to remove such people from the face of the society. But Talia? Why her?  Talia has supposedly killed her husband. Premediated murder.  Talia is in prison and she is begging for someone to listen that she is innocent. She did not kill her husband! Why would she!?! She loved Noel! Why wasn't anyone listening to her?! Talia is...

  TW - Profanities, sexual assault, r*pe The mid 80's witnessed a plague of gruesome murders in Seattle. The serial killer was then called the Beacon Hill Butcher. The Butcher killed women and then kept a lock of their hair and their left hands! Edward Shank, the then police chief, was responsible of nabbing the murderer and bringing justice to the place.  Thirty years later, Shank, who was now widowed and retired, had found home in an old age facility, handing over the keys of his house to his grandson, Matt. Matt is a young man, just building his career with food trucks and a restaurant based on his grandmother's cooking.  On renovating and redecorating the house, Matt finds some very gruesome stuff in his garden. Shocked at what he finds, he reasons out what could have led anyone to bury them in the garden and why on Earth would his grandfather keep or dump stuff like this in his backyard? Police reports and old wives' tales unearth secrets that he wasn't ready to he...

  While it is nice to be nice ...its stupidity to be naive and be so open towards people. But there is also a fact that sometimes, we act out of impulse without thinking about repercussions.  Leigh Simons, without thinking much, offered a room in her home to a lovely barista/ waitress Gina, at her regular coffee shop. Gina jumped at the offer and before Leigh could even rethink of her action, was ready to move into the house. Leigh kept reasoning if she had done the right thing. It was ok, she told herself as her boyfriend Matt was anyways in another town and visited her only on weekends. A little company would make her feel less bored in the evenings and who doesn't like a little company. When Leigh reveals this decision to Matt, he is not very happy. But, what is there to say now? At work, Leigh is constantly irritated with her boss's behaviour. She ends up punching him in the face, for which she is sent to some workshop that is supposed to teach her anger management. There,...

  A short story that didn't need to be read! But, when you do have your reading goals in mind, any reading is good reading! How much mental harm can a short story really cause? I was going to find out as soon as I had ended the book and you wil do! Stella Hansen is currently working at a diner. This is her second job to keep her life afloat as her husband was studying. It is Christmas eve and she is stuck at the diner as oldies don't really like to get up from their conversation as they feel they might get a raw deal in front of the joke. As the crowd trickle out of the diner, Stella notices that last seat was occupied by an old lady. At first, it looks like this old lady was asleep, then she seemed dead! But she suddenly jolts up, frightening Stella and her colleague. She tells Stella that she knows of a place to buy a last minute Christmas present. Stella is taken aback. How did the old woman come to know that she had not yet bought her husband a Christmas gift? Was she eaves...

Written in different timelines with three important characters narrating the story is a likeable formula.  Meredith is a doula [a person who provides physical, emotional and informational support without being in a professional capacity of a doctor]. She has some good clientele but not all clients are good. One such patient was Shelby, who consults Meredith very late into her pregnancy. Shelby leads a complicated life and with time and emotional involvement, Meredith sort of starts sympathizing with her a lot. Was Meredith being blind about the person Shelby was? Did she know that maybe Shelby was not all that she was trying to portray? Meredith is married to a good man, Josh and they have two wonderful children - Delilah and Leo.  Kate and Bee [Beatrice], are the loving couple who are neighbours to Meredith. But one night, in a turn of events, every possible equation changes for Meredith and Bee.  Few pages later, Meredith and her daughter, Delilah are declared missing. ...

  Meghan is a single parent. She works as a full time nurse. Being a full time care giver and also being as present and involved as possible in her daughter's life.  One day, a patient named Caitlin arrives at the hospital in a state of coma and multiple injuries. It is surprising that she was even alive. She had supposedly jumped off the bridge onto the train tracks. Did she jump off or was she pushed? Someone has been constantly wanting to meet her but Caitlin's parents had strict restriction from anybody meeting her. Meghan notices this person and over the course of the story comes to know of some horrifying details about Caitlin and the accident.  On the other side of Meghan's life, many things are not going the way she would have liked to. Her recently divorced husband Ben has been visiting her to ignite old sparks. Then there is her teenage daughter who is behaving brashly after receiving some information that she should not have been privy to. Will this information...