Judith E. French Knihy

The Game Master. He had a memento from each of them--the Sophomore, the Wife, the Nurse. Just little things to bring back memories of the shrieks, the blood. What would he take from the Professor, he wondered? She would be best of all, isolated far from campus in her old farmhouse by the edge of the swamp. She had no idea which of the men pursuing her she could trust--the handsome grad student, the bad-boy ex-boyfriend, the wheelchair-bound former police officer. She had no idea that while she fantasized about sultry nights and twisted sheets, very different plans were being made and studied in intimate detail. Though her student had been brutally murdered, she had no idea she was at risk. But all that was about to change.

Tawes is an island in the Chesapeake Bay, a quaint fishing village, and a place with a long and often violent history. The island culture is one of secrets, and Tawes hides many, including an ancient Indian burial ground. For Buck Davis, returning to his boyhood home as Chief of Police, he's faced with a vicious murder, a mysterious drowning, and the islanders' belief in a Nanticoke curse. Smart and sexy archeologist Abbie Night Horse has the chief tied in knots, but as a mainlander, she will never understand the dangerous undercurrents of the isolated Eastern Shore Community. In Abbie's demands for justice and her belief in love, she underestimates a truth that could destroy them both. On Tawes, nothing is more powerful than Blood Ties.

In ancient Alexandria, Princess Roxanne must place her faith in destiny when she awakens to a life she cannot remember. The only thing she can be sure of is the mysterious man at her side who seduces her with his sensual mastery. Original.

Curious about the birth mother she's never known, Bailey Elliott arrives on Tawes Island to look into her own past, but its wary residents don't take to outsiders digging up long-buried scandal. Her great-uncle warns her she's not safe, and despite the sizzling attraction between them, Daniel Catlin tells her to leave.

A detective assigned to solve a series of murders discovers there are actually two perps, one a murderer who targets other serial killers, á la Dexter.

At first his whole world had been the pouch; the sweet scent of his mother, her warmth, and the steady thud of her pulse. Now, he wants to find another world. The warrior is ready to explore. But finding a world, his world, away from the safety of the creel flat and his mother's hole, is hard and dangerous. And for the warrior to make a new world his, he has to overcome his fears and the the Enemy. Ages 8+

Roxanne, renowned as Persia's most beautiful woman, defies the expectations of her time, showcasing strength and intelligence that rival any man, including the legendary Alexander the Great. This story explores her character as a formidable force, challenging traditional gender roles and asserting her agency in a historical context.