Monica Stephens never knew her birth mother. Raised by a strict but loving adoptive parent, she blossomed into a woman with a thriving career as a pediatrician and a family of her own. But sometimes, she wondered about her origins. Especially her biological mother.
Until Grace arrives.
Confessing to be the birth mother Monica had long wanted to meet, Grace quickly becomes an indispensable member of the Stephens household. Cooking their meals. Looking after the children. Comforting Monica when the family dog is inexplicably killed. Tending to Monica as she falls ill to a mysterious sickness that, every day, makes Monica look and feel older.
Meanwhile, Grace is looking better. More vibrant. More youthful. More seductive . . .
Monica's husband, Troy, knows something is up. He launches an investigation into the woman who demands to be called 'Nana,' and has taken over his home.
But the truth is beyond their wildest imaginings.
It seems Grace has done this before . . .
L.A. Banks, Tananarive Due, and Brandon Massey are three of the hottest names in suspense fiction. In this collection of flesh-crawling tales, each author contributes one deliciously twisted selection. A writer unearths dangerous truths in backwoods Mississippi and a man's sanity-and life-are threatened by disturbing visions. Then, in the third and final tale, two children are forced to face off against terrifying ancestors.
Award-winning suspense author Brandon Massey has received glowing praise for his entertaining chillers, including the Gold Pen Award winner Dark Corner. A woman concealing many dangerous secrets, Rachel has taken great pains to flee from her troubled past. But now a figure from long ago has returned and will stop at nothing to make her suffer for her sins.
Gold Pen winner Brandon Massey wrote the frightening novel Dark Corner and edited the collection of horror and suspense by Black authors, Dark Dreams. With The Other Brother, he presents a thriller of terrifying proportions.
Gabriel Reid has led a life of good luck. From a loving family, well educated, and now quite wealthy, he holds an important office in a prominent Atlanta construction company. But good fortune doesn't always last. Isaiah Battle arrives from the slums of Chicago where he grew up in poverty, surviving by his wits and a hidden inner power. Isaiah is Gabriel's half-brother'and now he's here to claim the life he believes is rightfully his. The stage is set for an epic battle between brothers'a battle that will leave only one man standing.
With heart-stopping stories by Zane, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Joy M. Copeland, Robert Fleming, Terence Taylor, Francine Lewis, Brandon Massey, and 12 other established and up-and-coming writers, Dark Dreams is a must-have contemporary anthology of supernatural tales for any collection.
'' a volume whose universal human themes will resonate with many readers.''Publishers Weekly
Brandon Massey is a rising star in the horror/suspense genre, earning a Gold Pen Award and favorable comparisons to Stephen King. In this spine-tingling thriller, mystery author Andrew Wilson is blessed with a life most would envy, but he has no one to share it with. And then he meets Mika Woods, a woman of otherworldly beauty. After a night of passion, Andrew regrets his decision and wants to take things slow. But slow is not Mika's speed, and soon Andrew is combating the advances of an obsessed supernatural woman.
Winner of the Gold Pen Award from the Black Writers Alliance, author Brandon Massey writes chilling novels of terror and suspense. In Dark Corner, a Mississippi backwater harbors a growing evil. After David Hunter learns of his estranged father's death in a freak boating accident, he travels to the famed author's home in the quaint burg of Mason's Corner to discover the man he never knew'and something terrifying about himself.
'Mr. Massey's gripping style is reminiscent of Stephen King.''QBR
This riveting novel won the 2000 Gold Pen Award for Best Thriller from the Black Writers alliance. Jason Brooks thinks his worst problem is his parents'until some unexplainable things begin to happen. After a nightmare that he can't seem to recall, Jason finds a sign on the bathroom mirror: REMEMBER. Suddenly, he is being haunted by a stranger who is getting closer and closer.
