Blind Submission by Debra Ginsberg

January Staff Selection by Jan

Summary: Angel Robinson lands a job as the assistant to literary agent Lucy Fiamma, and soon discovers that working for Lucy is no picnic, particularly when she's ordered to whip a mysterious manuscript into shape. But when the chapters take a disturbing turn, Angel finds her sanity in danger.

The Red Dress by Sarah Harrison

January Staff Selection from Selma

Summary: Its a dress in a million... - Hand-made in sleek, scarlet satin, its a dress for seduction. Its journey begins with Carolyn, who plans to wear it at her silver wedding party to remind Oliver that he is the luckiest man he knows. But by the time Carolyn collects it from the seamstress her world has been shaken. She opts instead for the safety of black, and gives the red dress to a friend... So the dress journey continues; the repository of hopes, dreams, fantasies and aspirations.