This book was a collection of four completely unrelated stories.  The book came from four authors of three differnt genera, two romance authors, one mystery, and one science fiction.  The four stories take place in completely different universes.  I read this book because I have read all of Laurell K. Hamilton's books and liked them, however the novella in this book by her is nothing of the sort, it is simply the begining of her soon to be published book Narcisis in Chains.  It has no conclusion whatsoever and in my opinion publishing portions of a book piecemeal lowers the value of the total book.