Art is her refuge, her passion—and her hell.
American art student Evie Williams is studying abroad in Edinburgh and having the time of her life—especially when she falls hard for Thomas MacBean, a sexy art dealer with a Highlander's brogue. But as Thomas and Evie’s romance heats up, so does Evie’s fascination with a special exhibit of dark art at a local gallery. Normally frightened by sinister subjects, sensitive Evie finds herself entranced by one painting in particular, and soon, can’t pull herself away.
Who, or what, has she really encountered?
Enjoy over a dozen shadowy tales in this bundle of short stories, written and edited by J.T. Ellison, that explore what happens when we find ourselves obsessed.
STORIES OF THE NIGHT, Four Shadowy Tales
- 'Catwood' - A writer finds a cave keeping a dark secret for nearly a century.
- 'Gray Lady, Lady Gray' - A ghost in a Scottish castle seeks blood on a wedding day.
- 'The Omen Days' - An undercover cop searches for the lover who’s haunted him for years
- 'The Endarkening' - A student abroad loses herself in a dreamy art dealer and his dark painting.
DEAD ENDS: Stories from the Gothic South, edited by J.T. Ellison
Look at this picture. Tell me what you see…
The American South is rife with stories of a haunted past—especially its houses. In this eclectic and impressive collection, thirteen novelists were asked to build their tales around the photo of a dilapidated mansion. They were given two requirements—the house must appear in the story, and it should be a Southern Gothic tale. And they delivered.
From childish demons to a mad novelist, from the Mississippi delta to the Appalachians, this collection from emerging voices and New York Times bestselling authors explores what happens when secrets that lie beneath the dust are disturbed—and our worst nightmares begin.
Includes:
- 'The Perfect Buyer' – Jeff Abbott
- 'Women and Zombies' – Helen Ellis
- 'No Truth to Tell' – Patti Callahan Henry
- 'The Death Doula' – Amanda Stevens
- 'The Gentleman's Magicians' – Paige Crutcher
- 'Fortunate Sons' – Dana Chamblee Carpenter
- 'Stone Angels' – Laura Benedict
- 'The Body Electric' – Bryon Quertermous
- 'In Home Visit' – Dave White
- 'The Perfect House' – Lisa Morton
- 'Sleeping Angels' – David Bell
- 'Looking for the Lost' – Ariel Lawhon
Autumn disappeared from his life once. And he's not going to let her do it again.
Zack Aukey hates the holidays—despises them, actually. December carries painful memories of his first love Autumn Cleary, who left him during the holiday season. But when Autumn mysteriously shows up in Nashville on December 25th bearing gifts and apologies, Zack knows this is a holiday he won't soon forget.
And then he sees the police report.
From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes her first holiday story, marrying the magic of the season with her signature thriller twist.
Five friends head on a weekend mountain getaway. Only four will return.
A group of writers from Nashville pile into a car and head to the mountains of north Georgia for a work retreat—and a bit of drinking and gossip. They’ve booked a cabin in the woods with no internet and no cell service, and hopefully, no interruptions.
Near the cabin the friends discover the beautiful but decrepit Catwood manor, abandoned decades earlier. Detritus from its final lavish dinner party remains on the tables. Writer brains spin with a thousand questions, but two stand out: Why did the Catwood family abandon their mansion during a posh affair? And why did they never return?
A dark cave near the house may hold the answer. But learning the secret to the family’s disappearance will be deadly.
As seen in DEAD ENDS: Stories from the Gothic South!
If you only read one thriller this year...
"A great modern gothic. Ellison outdid herself- what an ending!" -Catherine Coulter, #1 NYT bestselling author of VORTEX.
Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison's breathtaking new novel invites you to a wedding none will forget-and some won't survive.
Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets.
From the moment Claire sets foot on the island, something seems amiss. Skeletal remains have just been found. There are other, newer disturbances, too. Menacing texts. A ruined wedding dress. And one troubling shadow hanging over Claire's otherwise blissful relationship-the strange mystery surrounding Jack's first wife.
Then a raging storm descends, the power goes out-and the real terror begins…
Goode girls don’t lie…
Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest. Its elite status, long-held traditions and honor code are ideal for preparing exceptional young women for brilliant futures at Ivy League universities and beyond. But a stranger has come to Goode, and this ivy has turned poisonous.
In a world where appearances are everything, as long as students pretend to follow the rules, no one questions the cruelties of the secret societies or the dubious behavior of the privileged young women who expect to get away with murder. But when a popular student is found dead, the truth cannot be ignored. Rumors suggest she was struggling with a secret that drove her to suicide.
But look closely…because there are truths and there are lies, and then there is everything that really happened.
J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding new novel examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to to protect their secrets.
The day Mia Jensen died, she finally got to live...
WHAT IF?
We’ve all played the “what if” game. For Mia Jensen, “what if” is a fact of life. Dissatisfied with her choices, she often dreams about what could have been. Now she has the chance to know. But that knowledge is going to cost her dearly. Only through death can she fully realize the value of her life.
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Forty-year-old Mia Jensen is home after a terrible day, trying to figure out how she’s come to this point in her life, when she hears a strange noise from the kitchen. She investigates, only to be brutally attacked and left for dead. As she dies, she experiences some of the lives that could have been hers had she only made a different choice.
Can one woman can find peace with the path she’s chosen before it slips through her fingers forever?
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Through the unique voices of New York Times bestsellers and rising stars in women’s fiction, A THOUSAND DOORS examines how our smallest decisions can create lasting effects, and allows the thought—can we actually change our lives?
Contributors:
Kimberly Belle
Laura Benedict
A.F. Brady
Patti Callahan Henry
Paige Crutcher
Rebecca Drake
Heather Gudenkauf
Joy Jordan-Lake
Alisha M. Klapheke
Ariel Lawhon
Kerry Lonsdale
Catherine McKenzie
Kate Moretti
Lisa Patton
Kaira Rouda
From New York Times bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison comes a riveting thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against the head of a private space agency who has the power to end the world as we know it.
It’s Bastille Day in France, and the private French space agency Galactus—France’s answer to Space X, owned by the eccentric treasure hunter Jean-Pierre Broussard—has just sent a satellite payload into orbit. Billed as a “communications” satellite, it harbors a frightening reality: a nuclear electromagnetic pulse has been hidden aboard.
In days, when the satellite is in position, Galactus’s head and Broussard’s second in command, Dr. Neveah Patil, will have the power to lay waste to the world with her EMP, and create her own immortality with the Holy Grail—the stones of the heavens and the very treasure Broussard has spent his life searching for.
The countdown has begun, and Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine will go down to the wire to stop this heinous attack. With their signature “nonstop action with enough realism to keep you thinking and scare the daylights out of you at the same time” (Suspense Magazine), Coulter and Ellison have created a thriller to take you on a breakneck and breathtaking journey.
The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison’s Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them.One moment will change their lives forever…Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she’s suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter.Who knows the answers?The race to save Mindy’s life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched at birth or is there something more sinister at play? The search for the truth will tear a family apart…and someone is going to deadly extremes to protect the family’s deepest secrets.With vivid movement through time, Tear Me Apart examines the impact layer after layer of lies and betrayal has on two families, the secrets they guard, and the desperate fight to hide the darkness within.
A writer finds a cave keeping a dark secret for nearly a century. A ghost in a Scottish castle seeks blood on a wedding day.A student abroad loses herself in a dreamy art dealer and his dark painting.An undercover cop searches for the lover who's haunted him for years.These four stories from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison reveal what happens when we allow ourselves to step toward the darkness-and find ourselves consumed with regret and doom.Features J.T.'s newest short story "Catwood," as seen in DEAD ENDS: Stories from the Gothic South!This collection includes:1. Catwood2. Gray Lady, Lady Gray3. The Endarkening4. The Omen Days
A writer finds a cave keeping a dark secret for nearly a century.
A ghost in a Scottish castle seeks blood on a wedding day.
A student abroad loses herself in a dreamy art dealer and his dark painting.
An undercover cop searches for the lover who's haunted him for years.
These four stories from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison reveal what happens when we allow ourselves to step toward the darkness-and find ourselves consumed with regret and doom.
Features J.T.'s newest short story 'Catwood,' as seen in DEAD ENDS: Stories from the Gothic South!
This collection includes:
1. Catwood
2. Gray Lady, Lady Gray
3. The Endarkening
4. The Omen Days
- A writer finds a cave keeping a dark secret for nearly a century.
- A ghost in a Scottish castle seeks blood on a wedding day.
- A student abroad loses herself in a dreamy art dealer and his dark painting.
- An undercover cop searches for the lover who’s haunted him for years.
These four stories from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison reveal what happens when we allow ourselves to step toward the darkness—and find ourselves obsessed by its lure.
This collection includes:
- Catwood
- Gray Lady, Lady Gray
- The Endarkening
- The Omen Days
