In the spirit of the Hatfields and the McCoys, here are two more Southern families with a long-standing blood feud that is about to come to a head.  Jeremiah Fitzjurls has been raising his granddaughter since her mother deserted her and her father went to prison for shooting a member of the meth dealing Ledford clan.  Now a teenager, Joanna becomes the focus of the Ledford's plan for revenge.  Many secrets will be revealed as Jeremiah sets out to save Jo, accompanied by the boyfriend he didn't know she had and doesn't know if he should trust.  Joanna stands out as a beac

Six home bakers arrive in Vermont to be this year's contestants on "Bake Week", the long running TV baking competition started by its' hostess, "America's Grandmother", Betsy Martin.  The producers have decided Betsy should have a co-host this year, a decision she isn't very happy about.  From day one, things start going wrong on set.  Are the contestants not paying enough attention or are they being sabotaged to make for better TV?  Secrets abound among cast and crew and one dark and stormy night, someone ends up dead.  Maxwell's debut takes advantage of America's

David Burroughs is in prison for the horrific crime of killing his three-year-old son.  He has no recollection of the event, refuses to believe he did it, but his son is dead, so what does it matter?  Then his sister-in-law, Rachel, shows up to visit with something to show him.  It's a photograph of a young boy; a young boy who looks an awful lot like his son would look now.  His son is alive!  Now David has something to live for.  He just has to figure out a way to escape prison and find  his son.  Yes, it's all pretty far-fetched, but if you're just

The McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts is not your typical institution of higher education.  McMasters is dedicated to the fine art of murder.  But not just the murder of anyone, only those who deserve murdering.  When Cliff fails miserably at his attempt to do in his devious boss, he is whisked away to McMasters, courtesy of a generous sponsor, to learn how to get the job done.  Like Cliff, we learn a lot as we navigate the twists and turns of McMasters' curriculum, which culminates in the execution of his thesis.

When 10-year-old Miranda comes home from school one day, she's surprised to find that her mother is not there.  What at first feels like an adventure soon turns into concern and then despair when her mother never returns home.  A missing person investigation becomes a possible homicide, but there's just not enough evidence, despite the lead detective looking hard at Dan, Miranda's father, a slick defense attorney.  Years pass, Miranda and her two brothers try to get on with their lives, with varying success.  And then, finally, their mother's remains are found, again foc

When her husband, Jake, doesn't come home one night, Nina figures it's because of a recent argument they had.  But one night turns into several and then she finds out he hasn't been showing up at work either, which is very surprising because Jake is a dedicated physician.  Nina's friend, Lily, may have been the last person to see Jake, but she has her own reasons for keeping that to herself.  When she finally makes a startling admission to her husband, they decide they're better off if no one knows what happened the last time Lily saw Jake.  This was a decent little thri

Just outside a tiny, isolated town in Alaska, a young girl finds a severed hand and foot.  No one from town is missing, so the local authorities write it off as someone who fell or jumped from a cruise ship.  But Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage, isn't so sure.  She has her own reasons for wanting to know more.  What was supposed to be a quick trip turns into an extended stay when the tunnel allowing access in and out of town becomes impassible due to a storm.  Everyone in town lives in the same high-rise building and they aren't all happy to have the detect

A blizzard rages outside.  A bus carrying evacuees from a boarding school crashes, stranding the occupants inside.  A group of people in a cable car awake to find themselves hanging precariously over the mountains with no way to escape.  At an isolated ski chalet known as "The Retreat", the inhabitants begin turning on each other as their power supply begins to fail.  All of these stories intertwine as the characters struggle to survive the elements, each other and a virus that threatens all humanity.  At the outset, it's a little hard to keep all the players straig

Eliza wasn't too torn up when her husband got himself shot in a bar fight.  She didn't like him much anyway.  But he did get her out of the coldness of Michigan when he brought her here to Monterey, supposedly to find gold.  Eliza got herself a job at an establishment run by Mrs. Parks; one of the nicer and safer such establishments in town.  Eliza didn't really mind the work.  Overall, the men were nicer to her than her husband had been and Mrs.