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The story centers around Samuel Bradbury, a serial killer who, after being apprehended, is incarcerated in a unique facility known as the "Criminal Zoo". This prison offers a controversial alternative to the death penalty, where inmates are subjected to a year of "rehabilitation" through visitor interaction. The visitors, often seeking revenge, are allowed to physically interact with the inmates. Samuel endures this torturous existence, losing all hope and longing for death, an unattainable early release. His fate is ultimately influenced by the arrival of an unexpected guest

The narrative centers on Adeline Reilly, a best-selling author who inherits her late grandmother's eerie gothic mansion, Parsons Manor. The house holds secrets, including the unsolved murder of her great-grandmother, Gigi. Soon, Adeline discovers she has a stalker, Zade Meadows. Zade is a vigilante hacker who targets human trafficking rings, but he becomes obsessed with Adeline after seeing her at a book signing.

The story follows Boots Marez, a Latina single mother whose adopted son, Jaral, is jailed for murder. As Boots fights to clear his name and save her school, she uncovers a dark web of secrets her son has been keeping and realizes she must decide how far she is willing to go to protect him.

In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to dance as a woman, he finds himself caught in a strange rivalry with a pretty young jack, provoking a cascade of obsession, jealousy, and betrayal that will culminate on the big night in an astonishing vision of gender and transition.