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CAMBRIA

CAMBRIA

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A coming of age for adults; because turning twenty-one doesn't mean you have your life figured out -- it's only the beginning.___ May 1989: On the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday, Cambria Nickson realizes she craves change in her life. She packs her bags and moves across the country to the west coast in a town called Pine Hills, where she knows nobody, and nobody knows her. It's a fresh start, and everything she's desired. Little does she know that this move will be the catalyst for the rest of her life and will change her forever.While getting acquainted with the town, she meets Jackson Harding, and the two becomes fast friends. But as with most male/female friendships, things get complicated - fast. Cambria soon begins to question everything between her and Jackson, which propels her life forward into unpredictable circumstances that Cambria could have never predicted. In this coming-of-age tale, Cambria learns an array of life lessons that will shape who she becomes as a person, and in the end, she must make a decision: follow her head, or her heart.…

Hope and Faith

Hope and Faith

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Angry and bitter about her parent's divorce, sixteen-year-old Faith Everett isn't pleased when her mother packs up their lives and moves them to the small town of Meadow. Faith has a bone to pick with the world and prefers to stay away from the company of others. She has her reasons, but she's not about to share them with anyone. She prefers her solitude, alone in her room with a bottle of alcohol to numb her sorrows.Hope Chamberlain, minister's daughter and often referred to as the Mother Theresa of Meadow, spends her free time helping people and doing whatever she can for the community.Hope is a devout Protestant who runs the church summer camp each year. She's been with her boyfriend, Matthew, since they were fourteen and they plan to get married as soon as they turn eighteen. When Faith's mom enrolls her in the church summer camp, she crosses paths with Hope, and the two could not be more opposite. Hope wants to help Faith find her love of religion. Faith just wants Hope to disappear. But it doesn't take long for them to both discover something that will completely change their lives.In this coming-of-age tale, we learn about love, loss, friendship, family, and just how much your heart can really break.…

Missing Like You

Missing Like You

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When Isabelle Donovan doesn't show up for work one morning, it calls for great concern. Isabelle has a near perfect attendance record and wouldn't dare miss a day without giving notice. The police begin investigating right away and focus on her husband, Scott Donovan, who she separated from six months prior. Scott, who claims to know nothing about his wife's disappearance, is caught in a lie when Isabelle's best friend comes forward with new information. A year earlier, another young woman mysteriously vanished under similar circumstances to Isabelle and was never seen or heard from again. Her body was never found, but police were convinced it was the husband, though they could never prove it. Now, as the search for Isabelle continues, questions begin to surface. Why did her marriage really end? Is Scott telling the truth? And most notably, could there be a correlation to the other disappearance? But if there is, then Scott must be innocent. ... Or perhaps not. Because in this story, nobody is innocent.…

Secrets Worth Killing For

Secrets Worth Killing For

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While investigating the mysterious deaths of three girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley tries to solve a cold case of the town's serial killer from the 1960's.***Three sixteen-year-old girls are found dead after being plunged off the roof of their school. The question it poses: did they jump, or were they pushed? Detective Evan O'Riley has been solving crimes in Riverton for six years. Some cases have answers, others remain unsolved. His latest case brings him to the remote town of Briarwood where he begins his investigation into whether the case is a triple homicide or suicide.While working the case, Evan hears about an infamous serial killer that brought havoc to Briarwood in the 1960's called the The SAD Killer. The best part? He was never caught.As Evan tries to solve the triple deaths of the girls, he gets swept fifty years into the past, digging up case files and tracking down old family members and investigators from the 1965 murders. Evan becomes determined to solve the mystery once and for all and finally put a name to the SAD Killer.But little does Evan know, the killer may be closer than he thinks...Cover designed by Holly Thurston…

Until Proven Innocent

Until Proven Innocent

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Following the birth of her first child, Cordelia Waters suffered from a severe postpartum psychosis. When six months later, her baby goes missing, Cordelia becomes the prime suspect.…

And Then There Were Five

And Then There Were Five

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On a cold and stormy night in October, six people enter a hotel room. But by the time morning comes, there will only be five of them left.*** Five months prior, McKenna Macintosh meets Carter Ford and is swept into a whole new world. As the summer progresses, so does the friendship between McKenna and Carter. But there are other complicated matters on the horizon in both of their lives, which centers around their friendship. And by the time they enter the hotel room in October, nothing will be the same again.Content warning: This story contains themes of self harm and violence.…

Loves Me Not

Loves Me Not

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Catalaina Kittridge has mysteriously vanished from her home in the middle of the night without a trace.Her fiancé, Ben, who she is set to marry in two months, is certain that somebody took her. Catalaina's parents confess that they always knew something like this would happen. Her friends suggest that perhaps her relationship with Ben isn't as idyllic as everyone thought.Detective Brett Porter is investigating the case. He begins looking into Catalaina's life meticulously to determine what could have happened to her. But the deeper he delves, the more secrets he unearths and realizes that what might have been painted as a picture-perfect existence is anything but.Catalaina was hiding things from everyone. And the months preceding her disappearance are the most crucial pieces to finding her.Told in compelling first-person voices of the both Detective Porter and Catalaina, LOVES ME NOT shows the hidden complexities of a woman's life and how the myriad pressures of everyday life and unfulfilled dreams might drive an ostensibly happy person to extremes.…

Captivated

Captivated

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After being abducted by a sadistic sociopath, Reign O'Connor devises a plan to make her captor's son fall in love with her in order to aid in her escape.…

Murder at a Funeral

Murder at a Funeral

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Under normal circumstances, funerals conclude in the following fashion: the guests leave, the family goes home, and everyone is left grieving. But at the end of this funeral, there will be a murder.At only fifty-seven-years old, the wealthy and prestigious Olenna Prescott was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. A year later, she was dead from a stroke. But there are questions surrounding her death that don't make sense. Like the fact that her will went missing only weeks earlier, leaving her entire estate to her three children. Or that the M.E report has mysteriously vanished. Or the fact that nobody can get their story straight from the night she died. When Olenna's funeral is almost over, someone ends up dead. And the questions surrounding her death are only intensified. Told in reverse chronology from the moment of the murder working backwards to seven days prior, the story unfolds the lies, secrets, and deceptions surrounding both Olenna's life and her death.…

A.R. Tyler's Writer Room

A.R. Tyler's Writer Room

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Welcome to my writer's room! Think of this as a blog, of sorts. Here, you will get exclusive, behind-the-scenes looks at all things to do with my stories! From how I get ideas, to my process of writing, to never-before-heard details about my characters. I hope you enjoy! And stay tuned for more.…