Life has taught Alexandra Tucker three things: 1) People are never who you think they are, 2) People hurt each other, and 3) Every family has their secrets. When Alex, a therapist, finds out she was adopted as an infant and that suspicious circumstances surround her adoption, she vows to stop at nothing to find out where she came from, despite her grandmother's warning that it's too dangerous. Willing to risk her relationship with her only surviving relative to find her birth parents, Alex packs a bag and embarks on a journey that will change her life forever. In the process, she lands in the middle of a thirty-two-year-old murder case, finding that the closer she gets to learning the truth about her past, the more danger she's in.

Life has taught Tessa James two things: no one can be trusted and monsters are real. As a child, Tessa played the role of watchdog for her paranoid mother, who taught her that monsters lurked around every corner. When she witnesses a brutal crime she realizes that monsters do, in fact, exist.Certain the killer saw her, Tessa knows she's in danger. Soon, though, Tessa fears that the only monster she needs to be afraid of lives in her own head.Willing to risk her own life to find justice for the murdered woman - and to prove she isn't like her mother - Tessa digs until she finds the answers she's looking for, and finds herself completely at the killer's mercy with no way to escape.Coupling the story of a woman's quest for truth and stability with a call for increased social awareness about the prevalence of mental illness, The Dark Hour combines storytelling with passion for increasing awareness about psychiatric disorders.

It's Christmastime in Saddle Hill, Kentucky once again, and the townspeople are buzzing with the excitement of their first annual winter solstice caroling event. Everyone is having a jolly time until Marian Bright is threatened by a man with a history of violence.While the carolers celebrate a successful evening of bringing joy to the masses, no one notices that Marian has yet to arrive at the party. As the hours slip by and the weather conditions become hazardous, her friends are certain something terrible must have happened to her.Facing dead end after dead end in their search, they begin to wonder if the man had made good on his threats. The sheriff is working 'round the clock to find her but, hope of finding her alive fades with each passing hour. As hope plumets, everyone wonders Will we be able to bring Saddle Hill's favorite elf home in time for Christmas?