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What was real and what was fantasy?

When Frank and Dora Parker, in their Boston Whaler, are fly-fishing for trout one day in their hometown of Twin Valley, Oregon, ghostly fog begins to roll down from the mountains. With it comes a haunting scenario.

On the lakeshore, a mysterious woman emerges from the forest holding a large knife in her hand. Then a man steps out of the woods dragging, what to Frank Parker appears to be a dead body. However, only he observes this. His wife claims she doesn’t see anything except fog and a desolate shoreline. How could that be? How could Frank Parker be witnessing a gruesome murder taking place and his wife, who was there in the boat with him, not see anything?

Sheltering her means war. But she is the only one who can salvage his soul.
Fiona Malloch feels completely lost. Only weeks after her forced marriage, the husband she hated dies of old age, and before she can feel relief, another man tries to prey on her! Fiona decides to risk everything and run away, seeking refuge in the nearby Ormond Castle, home of the infamous Laird Bhaltair Douglas.

The young Laird has never been the same after the tragic loss of his brother in a fire. The scars on his body remind him daily of the tragedy and his failure to save his own blood. A failure that has alienated him from his family and spread rumors that the once-powerful clan is now weak.

When the young lass arrives and asks for shelter, Bhaltair knows that helping her will mean war with the enemy clan she escaped from. They have been waiting for an opportunity, and Fiona has given them the perfect one.

Her untamed character brings them into collision, but in an unexpected turn of events, Bhaltair decides to protect her. While staying in Douglas lands, Fiona seems to be the only one who is not afraid to defy the Laird and finds a way to penetrate his soul’s defenses. Bhaltair’s heart begins to heal, and he rediscovers emotions he thought he would never feel again.

But by keeping Fiona, Bhaltair is losing the trust of his clan, and with his enemies at the doorstep, it seems that the girl who can save him is about to destroy his clan…

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, one man unlocks the ultimate Pandora’s Box.

When Dr. Karl Shepherd discovers a revolutionary drug that can cure his daughter’s rare disease, he unlocks the ultimate version of Pandora’s Box.

Soon, he is hunted through the Amazon rainforest by ruthless mercenaries desperate to steal his secret. His every step is tracked by the brutal Jacques Benoit, a cognitively-enhanced commando. Shepherd’s survival and the antidote for his daughter hinge upon his experience as a former U.S. Ranger.

But, Shepherd doesn’t know that his amazing breakthrough could unleash something far worse. The ability to create super-soldiers – genetically upgraded men and women bred to be the ultimate gladiators – a staggering military advantage capable of rewriting the laws of power and rearranging world order.

Whoever controls Shepherd’s discovery will rule the planet.

Shepherd realizes that he can only be certain of two things. He holds the key to the future of Earth… and the chances of saving his daughter are disappearing by the minute.

Former NYPD forensics expert Celia Strong thought she’d left the world of crime behind when she opened an ice cream shop in idyllic Blue Lake Village in the Adirondack Mountains…

But when a wealthy banker is murdered on a summer tour bus, Celia and her daughter must team up with locals to help the inexperienced new sheriff solve the crime!

Summertime in Blue Lake Village.

Celia Strong, a former NYPD forensics expert, arrives with her teenage daughter Katie to start a new life as the owner of Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe.

As Celia settles in, she bonds with the other local business owners on ‘the block’ — eccentrics Helen and Henry from the antiques store, the unflappable Lorna at the history museum, and good-natured Cal at the country diner.

But maybe Blue Lake isn’t as peaceful as it seems.

It’s just a typical summer Friday when a tourist bus pulls up with seven passengers on board, and before long one of them ends up dead on the bus with a knife in his neck.

The six remaining passengers each hide a secret. Is one of them the killer? With a new and inexperienced acting sheriff on duty, it’s up to Celia — with the help of the rest of ‘the block’ — to solve the case.

Marshal Arthur Rivers is the law in a small Wyoming cattle town. Tough and relentless, he is always ready to stand up to criminals. Nevertheless, when the corrupt mayor is murdered, Arthur finds himself in the crosshairs of a vengeful killer who will stop at nothing to see him dead.

This is gonna be a harder mission than he thought…

Bess Macklin is a brilliant and beautiful woman with a taste for adventure. When she answers a newspaper ad for a mail-order bride, she never expects to find herself in the middle of a deadly feud. However, just before she’s set to marry Arthur, a ruthless murderer sets his sights on him, determined to exact revenge.

What will Bess do when her dream of romance turns into a nightmare of violence?

In a heart-pumping adventure that will take them from the dusty streets of Boone to the rugged Wyoming countryside, Arthur and Bess will have to rely on each other to survive. But as their love grows stronger, so does the killer’s determination to see them dead. Will their love be enough to see them through, or will their foe succeed in his deadly mission of revenge?