Heather Schlitt

When her fiancé dies unexpectedly and she loses her job, 40-something music manager Alice Kendall inherits half ownership of The Grotto, a struggling nightclub in the California desert where she discovers eccentric performers and a heartbreaking secret.

An insomniac writer's sleep-deprived hallucinations distort reality as paranoia drives him to extreme violence.

Vic Simmons helps people in desperate situations where the law cannot act. He faces a dire situation when a domineering ex-boyfriend beings stalking and threatening Katie, the younger sister of a deceased friend who he vowed to protect.