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The Bloody Century: True Tales of Murder in 19th Century America

The Bloody Century retells the stories of Americans, driven by desperation, greed, jealousy, or an irrational bloodlust, to take the life of someone around them. It presents 50 of the most intriguing murder cases from the archives of American crime. Richly illustrated with scenes and portraits from the time of the murders, and including songs and poems written to commemorate the crimes, The Bloody Century invokes a fitting atmosphere for Victorian homicide. The days of America’s distant past, the time of gaslights and horse-drawn carriages, are often viewed as quaint and sentimental, but a ...

H.A.L.F.: ORIGINS

A deadly alien virus spawns an epidemic. Predators attack Europe. And a clandestine organization conspires to profit from chaos and forge a New World Order. In this heart-pounding finale of the award-winning H.A.L.F. series, Tex, Erika and the rest are in a race against time. They fought for their lives. Now they battle to save our species. Tex and Erika are fugitives and running for their lives. But when Tex falls gravely ill, a Navajo healer is his only hope for survival. Tex emerges from the ordeal changed in body and mind and with vital information: how to stop the predatory M’Uktah fro ...

Touch of Secrets

She'll trust him with her life, but never with her heart. I never believed I'd fall in love, but in one week, Maddie Jenkins proved me wrong. Then she ghosted me, taking my newly found belief in true love with her. And now, she's in trouble. My pretty cyber-security specialist got herself in the sights of internationally most wanted Daniel Harlow. The problem? No one knows what Harlow looks like. So now I, former SEAL Commander Sawyer Abernathy, am her only hope of survival. To save her, we have to act like we're friends. Easy enough. Only, the longer I'm on bodyguard duty, the more time I ...

Category Steamy Romances
Murder Next Door

Everyone knows vampires don’t exist. So when Mildred Schmidt, one of Charlie’s customers, is convinced that her next-door neighbor’s house sitter is actually a vampire, Charlie of course has to step in to see what is really going on. What she finds is … disturbing. The house sitter DOES have some peculiar habits—like digging holes in the backyard in the middle of the night. Surely, they aren’t … graves. But then Polly, a local teenager, goes missing. Of course, teenagers DO run away from time to time. Less explainable is the dead body that then appears in the “vampire’s” yard. Luckily, Char ...

Kissing the Duke of Hearts

A Duke renowned for breaking hearts and wild ways, who despises the lower classes, an innocent young woman, born to the merchant class, a chance meeting at a Masquerade Ball, a carriage accident, a snowbound Christmas, an irresistible love. Lucian Merryhew, the Duke of Hartswood, feels jaded and bored, his life nothing but an endless round of drink, gambling and womanizing. The responsibilities of his title weigh heavily on him, and life seems increasingly bleak. Miss Isabella Morton, born to the merchant class, but now accepted in society, because her brother has been made an Earl. Bright, ...

With All My Heart: Discerning God's Best Series Novel BOOK 2

Overcoming lifelong rejection is not what keeps Singing Bird from loving, but it keeps her from accepting love. Hiding from those who seek to do her harm, Singing Bird and Little Sun must survive on the land and their own sheer grit. The two seek shelter in the only place Singing Bird has ever felt welcomed, appreciated, and protected. Only, in doing so, she places herself near the one man she has tried to forget. ~ Pete desires a wife and family with all of his heart, but waiting is hard. Then the woman of his dreams reenters his life, and his hopes soar. Love and happiness, however, seem ...

The Storm After

A historical fiction tale of four strangers who come together in the aftermath of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900—the deadliest hurricane in US history. More than 6,000 people died that fateful day and the island was left a sea of brokenness. As the four diverse strangers cling to each other amidst the devastation in an attempt to survive, they change each other in ways they never would have imagined. It's more than a story about a tragic storm, it's about human spirit triumphing over unimaginable adversity.

Stormwalker Series Connections In Time Bain's Story (Book 1)

Where was he and how did he get here?

Nineteen-year-old Bain Brinley has just inadvertently stepped into a time portal and was deposited into a world like none he had ever seen before.  He turned to go back through the portal to Zanchier to find his family, only to find the portal gone.  Now Bain must face this strange, new world without anyone else on whom he can depend.

As he gazes out over the hot, dry desert climate at the large pyramid shaped structures, he is unsure where to go.  He is soon thrust into a strange, thrilling, world-jumping life he never ex ...

Stuck with my Unlikely Hero

Fleeing danger with my hired pilot, our desperate battle for survival ignites a burning flame—and sparks an unexpected pregnancy. Escaping my controlling parents is my only way out of an arranged marriage. It begins with hiring Hunter, a pilot who will fly me away from my old life. But, I can’t stand him. He looks down on my privileged background. I’ve never had to do anything for myself. This begins our turbulent relationship. As we flee, my worst fears are realized when my parents unleash kidnappers to bring me home. In the face of danger, Hunter unexpectedly emerges as my unwavering prot ...

Christmas Stories Volume II

Embark on a journey through eleven heartwarming tales: You will meet a young boy who transforms his community with a mystical and meaningful Christmas, a woman who uncovers a mysterious pink gift card brimming with unexpected wonders, and a troubled young man who discovers the enchanting sound of snowflakes falling.

Category Christmas Books
The One Game: A YA Sci-Fi Adventure (Game of Paradise Book 1)

First Place Winner of the Firebird Book Award: Young Adult Science Fiction (2024) The AI promised harmony. A glitch whispers rebellion. A young coder unearths a digital anomaly poised to tear apart her reality. Driven by a horrifying discovery—society's trusted AI is on the verge of a deadly upgrade—Rayne, a seventeen-year-old prodigy Game Designer, is thrust into a desperate race against time to save the only home she's ever known and the people she cherishes most. She must delve deeper into the virtual realms she crafts, not just to create, but to expose a hidden menace that could shatter ...

His for the Holidays

The One Who Got Away returns... just in time for Christmas

The hottest weekend of Heather's life ended without so much as a goodbye five years ago. So when Jared wants to see her again, she's not sure what she wants more— revenge or a repeat? She hopes a weekend at a secluded lodge over the holidays will give her both. Except walking away isn't any easier the second time around, especially when Jared makes it clear he wants her for Christmas.

Category Christmas Books
Echoes

“I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s west coast. The coolest guy at the wildest parties, with the coolest posse, the best weed and the most beautiful girlfriend. Then he disappeared. Fifteen years later, that girlfriend is no longer a high school senior. She is FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm, and she sees through every lie the Kahuna spins when he shows up again to beg her help. How can she say no when the Kahuna wants her help not for himself, but to protect his little sister. Young C ...

A Choice of Love

For him, playing the role of rescuer was his duty.

For her, she would just as soon see him run.

Cowboy Matt Keath enjoys the perfect life. He has freedom, few responsibilities, and a dream job that lies just within his grasp. But when a letter arrives informing him of his brother's death, he can't escape the truth that family takes care of family. He saddles up and heads to his brother's farm outside of Osceola, ready to rescue his sister-in-law from her troubles and then escape back west as quickly as possible.


Emily Keath can ...

When a Marquis Chooses a Bride

Thanks to their large extended family and unconventional courtship, The Worthingtons have seen their share of scandal and excitement. But nothing has prepared them for this...



The Dowager Lady Worthington isn’t quite sure what to make of country-girl Dorothea S ...

Truth Kills - A strong woman starting over mystery (PI Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries #1))

A murdered mistress. An accused mob boss. Can two detectives put their differences aside to find the real killer?

Angelina Bonaparte is starting from square one. After a messy divorce, the middle-aged librarian put down her books and picked up a new gig as a private investigator. When a mob boss heads to jail for his mistress' murder, she has no issue with the womanizing scumbag rotting in prison. But when the suspect's pregnant wife swears his innocence, Angelina can't find it in her heart to refuse the case.

Already reluctant to get involved, her frustrati ...

Saving Taylor

Is her faith bigger than her fear? She is a woman on the run… Taylor Allen is an eyewitness to a double murder. Raised in the church, she sang for the Lord to raise money for the community. Taylor’s voice is a magnet that draws in crowds but not even her talent can save her from a murderer. After a brutal attack she jumps on a train and runs for her life. He’s taken hostage by a desperate young woman… John Fielding Jr. is on the way home from a business trip. How did a beautiful killer end up in his private sleeping car with a gun pointed at him? Time is running short as they search the tra ...

Deadly Triangle

Hard boiled character driven action set in tropicol locations in a five novel series laced with humor. Deadly Triangle sets up the characters for the further adventures, some make it through the series, some not. Some of the novels locations are Dominican Republic, Jamaica, New Mexico, Bali and Borneo Indonesia. Culture and cuisine are laced into the plots.

MURDER ON BOSTON COMMON: A Plot Twist Cozy Mystery

Boston, 1933. Amanda Burnside yearns for more. Dutifully hitting the social scene and volunteering for charity, the young former debutante is delighted to be dating a doctor yet wishes for excitement. But she wasn't expecting a stroll on Boston Common with her beau to end with the discovery of a dead body. Shocked by the experience, Amanda ignores her parents' wishes and resolves to follow the clues to uncover the perpetrator. But with shady characters, ruthless bootleggers and wily politicians all fighting to keep the details buried, the plucky amateur sleuth fear the answers may land her ...

Haunted Halloween

The haunt is on…

It’s Halloween and Mia and the gang are leaving the Bella for a rare opportunity— an overnight stay in a haunted Irish castle!

But what was supposed to be a fun holiday with Edie and Kevin turns scary fast when the granddaughter of the castle’s most tragic ghost goes missing on Mia’s watch. Now everyone fears that history has repeated itself and the castle has claimed another soul.

Could Mia’s first solo excursion as assistant cruise director be any more of a disaster?

Turns out, it can. Things go from bad to worse when two more p ...

Category Halloween Books
The Vanishing Heiress: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold

Step back into 1910 and unravel one of history’s most perplexing mysteries in The Vanishing Heiress: The Unsolved Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold. Dorothy Arnold, a young and wealthy New York socialite, vanished into thin air after a shopping trip, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions and a media storm that captivated the nation.

 

This meticulously researched account delves into Dorothy’s privileged yet restrictive life, the pressures of her societal status, and the exhaustive efforts by her family and private investigator ...

Backwards into the Future

You can’t go back. So everyone says. But Mary is back in her old hometown. That’s because of two women she hasn’t seen for decades – one of them pushing her, the other holding back. A plum tree has gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery surrounding the boat with painted eyes may never be solved, but if Ana returns too some things from the past can be recovered. Can’t they?

Badlands

Medium and clairvoyant Simon Kincaide owns a Myrtle Beach boardwalk shop where he runs ghost tours, holds séances, and offers private psychic readings, making a fresh start after his abilities cost him his lover and his job as a folklore professor. Jaded cop Vic D’Amato saw something supernatural he couldn’t explain during a shootout several years ago in Pittsburgh and relocated to Myrtle Beach to leave the past behind, still skeptical about the paranormal. But when the search for a serial killer hits a dead end, Vic battles his skepticism to ask Simon for help. As the body count rises, Sim ...

Category MM Romances
Stranger Danger

Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards

A mugging on her father’s doorstep, a missing wife, and the abducted child she failed to save set young ex-cop Lauren Beck on a pulse-pounding journey, “that will keep you reading all night long!” Lisa Regan, best-selling thriller author

Wolf Moon

Aileen McKenna arrives in Wolf Creek to study wolves in the wild only to learn Rhys Lindgren has a unique connection to the local pack. Frightened townspeople fear the three men found dead and mutilated in the woods were killed by a wolf. Rhys doesn’t believe that any more than does Aileen. But can she trust this secretive man to take her into the snow-covered forest to prove the wolves are innocent... and possibly to draw out a killer. A twist on a classic werewolf story.

Category Halloween Books
Rapid River Hoax

After McQuede is jilted at the altar by his long-time girlfriend, Dawson convinces him that a relaxing river rafting trip is just what he needs to get over his heartache. Unknown to Dawson, McQuede has also come along to investigate the disappearance of a young man who has recently vanished from the lodge. Andy Norton may be perpetuating one of his notorious hoaxes or he may be in serious danger. Dawson also has a secret motive for the trip. He is searching for a rare Native American Sheepeater camp, a project that draws Loris and her boss and rival, Arden Reed, to the scene. Surrounded by ...

Mustard's Last Stand, A Havoc in Hancock Humorous Suspense

An African safari camp in North Idaho? Won’t happen, not if offbeat eco-activist Roadkill can convince his more sedate brother to help fight the fanatical developer of the canned hunt. Together they brave captive zebras and wildebeests and face down the wannabe big game hunter and his wacky minions. Roadkill knows the safari camp threatens the environment in the mountains in northern Idaho. When he disappears, his brother Ed turns amateur detective and searches for him. Mustard, four intrepid pregnant women, and assorted captive African wildlife create havoc in the small mountain town of Ha ...

Less Than Perfect: A Greyhound Love Story

SHE MAY BE LESS THAN PERFECT . . . BUT PERFECT FOR HIM Annie Warden is too tall and too skinny. But she has the perfect body type for a high-fashion model. When she’s not walking runways around the world, her free time is spent volunteering for a greyhound rescue group where she meets a widower and his adorable twins. Annie worries that her attraction to Justin is fueled more by his delightful daughters than by him. After all, she’s never dated men who are shorter than her and bald. More problems are created by the reappearance of her absent father and the children’s meddling grandmother. L ...

Category Steamy Romances
Edge of Darkness

In 2065, corporate sponsored governments jockey for supremacy in the biotechnical arena. Bullets and missiles take a back seat to cyber-enhanced soldiers and pulse weapons. In this extreme environment, only the most hardened body and mind can survive. Calder McKenna was a failed experiment in the military's push for power. Now a special agent for the metro task force, he lives day by day trying to forget the ones that were lost... the ones that he could have saved. When technology and humanity collide, Calder is forced to make desperate decisions, but how do you destroy the monster without ...

Marrying Off My husband

Can true love begin with a little white lie?

When well-meaning Louise decides to play matchmaker for her new friend, Eve and her fake husband, Spencer, she sets in motion a whirlwind of emotions, misunderstandings, and unexpected connections. What starts with a fake date to appease Louise soon blossoms into something real, as Eve and Spencer find themselves drawn to each other despite their initial reservations.

But as their feelings for each other grow deeper, the web of deception threatens to unravel everything they've built. When the truth finally comes to light, trust ...

Lakota Surrender

Forbidden love…

Lakota, Book 1

As she travels west to join her cavalry officer father at his Kansas outpost, Kristina Bogard eagerly anticipates new adventures—and her first glimpse of wild Indians. She has long dreamed of flashing black eyes, skin-covered lodges and buckskin and leather.

What she finds in Fort Leavenworth, though, is a far cry from her Indian nanny’s thrilling stories. What few natives she's encountered have been broken shadows of their proud past. All except one. A handsome warrior who stands tall and proud. A warrior who stirs up an ...

Love to the Rescue

Marin McAllister’s ex-fiancé loved her trust fund more than her. When she meets sexy dachshund lover and rule-conscious accountant, Park Robinson, at a Weiner Dog Race, she keeps her family’s wealth a secret after they start dating. But Park is also keeping details about his family close to his three-piece-suited chest. Despite these deceptions, Marin falls for Mr. Strictly-By-The-Book and discovers he is not as uptight as he appears ─ especially in the bedroom. When Park uncovers fraud at her dog rescue foundation, a secret is thrown into the light that shocks Marin. However, she refuses t ...

What Doesn't Kill You, the mystery

Lauren Beck’s friends, phone, home, credit and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee she upstaged? Does the daughter of her landlady and dear friend, Corinne Wilder, hate her even more than she thought? Whoever targeted her should beware. Lauren Beck knows how to fight for her life. HONORABLE MENTION, Writer’s Digest 2015 Self-Published Book Awards

Huntsman: Fox Hollow Zodiac 1

Fox shifter Liam Reynard is running from a killer. He uproots his life to find sanctuary in Fox Hollow, deep in the Adirondack Forest in New York. When his car breaks down, sexy wolf shifter Russ Lowe comes to the rescue, and one touch makes it clear they’re fated mates. Neither man was looking for love, and both are still mending from past heartbreak. When mysterious fires and disappearances threaten Fox Hollow, Liam fears the killer is hot on his trail. Can he protect the town and his fated mate from the evil hunting him, or will an ex-lover’s betrayal cost Liam everything he loves? Hunts ...

Category MM Romances
The Only Way is Murder

Where fake tans and fake smiles abound, a dancing queen must tango with deception to unmask a murderer before the last curtain call.

As her 50th birthday approaches, Chloe Essex prepares to unveil her exciting new business venture in the quaint village of Speckled Hill. But her perfect celebration turns into a nightmare when she discovers her best friend dead in the marquee just before the big reveal.

Accused of murder, Chloe must navigate suspicious business dealings, catfights, and tangled love affairs to clear her name and salvage her reputation.
...

The Earl's Incompetent Maid

Shes fleeing an abusive guardian.
He wants to escape Londons Marriage Mart.
With a chance encounter on a lonely road, she becomes his maid.


Fleeing an abusive guardian, Thalia encounters an Earl on a lonely road, who offers her a position as a housemaid at his country estate. But Thalias the daughter of a wealthy Viscount and has led a privileged life, and finds the life of a servant more challenging than she expected.

Playing the role of a good Samaritan, Simon, the Earl of Chedworth, takes up the rain drenched young woman on his way to his ...

Evangeline

Two FBI agents investigating the disappearance of a young woman stumble across a vicious murder and realize that solving the murder is the key to unlocking both cases. But it’s hard to find clues in a town full of secrets, and the deeper they dig, the more the agents find that noth ...

Qualify - The Atlantis Grail Book 1

International bestselling phenomenon! Series optioned for film!

* * * Earth is doomed.

A killer asteroid is coming.

Qualify for rescue... or die! * * *

Nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark must compete in deadly trials against all other Earth teens, including her arrogant high school crush, in order to Qualify for interplanetary rescue from an asteroid apocalypse. Can she save everyone she loves? * * * A high-octane dystopian thriller from a Nebula Award Finalist, in the vein of THE HUNGER GAMES, DIVERGENT, STAR WARS, and ANCIENT ALIENS.

Scourge: A Darkhurst Novel, Book One

In a city beset by monsters, three brothers must find out who is controlling the abominations. The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant princes and guild masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the king’s favor and advantageous trading terms. Lord Mayor Ellor Machison wields assassins, blood witches, and forbidden magic to ensure that his powerful patrons get what they want, no matter the cost. Corran, Rigan, and Kell Valmonde are guild undertakers left to run their family’s business when guards murdered their father and monsters killed their m ...

Lucky Town

The only thing more frightening than murder might be navigating their first holiday season as a couple. Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his boyfriend, Myrtle Beach homicide detective Vic D’Amato, take a trip back to Pittsburgh to spend Thanksgiving with Vic’s large, exuberant family, which means dodging old frenemies and a bitter ex-boyfriend. A cold case comes back to haunt Vic when a murdered woman’s ghost begs Simon for justice. Then a new murder in Myrtle Beach looks suspiciously familiar, and the dead man’s ghost isn’t playing nice. When Simon gets a vision of the next victim before ...

Category Christmas Books
Deadly Enterprise (Mike Stoneman Thriller #2)

“Championing the forgotten turns deadly in this pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat crime thriller.” -- Bruce Perrin, author of Killer in the Retroscape “Unique and twisted. Another home run by Kevin Chapman!” -- Michelle Files, author of The Many Lives of Ivy Wells THE DEAD GIRL THEY FISHED OUT OF THE EAST RIVER WAS A DRUG ADDICTED HOOKER, SO NOBODY REALLY CARED. Except that Medical Examiner Michelle McNeill thinks it’s a murder, and NYPD Homicide detective Mike Stoneman agrees. Every death is a tragedy, and every murderer should be exposed, even when nobody wants to hear about it. When Mike ...

Relatively Risky: The Big Uneasy 1

When an aspiring illustrator attracts the attention of a New Orleans mob family, and secrets long hidden are unearthed from the past, a handsome homicide detective may be her only chance of surviving the Big Easy. The oldest of thirteen, Alex Baker does two things: he solves murders and avoids children. Until the day Nell Whitby foils a carjacking, knocks Alex off his feet, and turns his life upside down. When the shots start flying and every rock he turns over reveals another wise guy, Alex decides he needs to stick close to the quirky yet captivating children’s book author while he discov ...

Racing Hearts

Relish the romantic journey as two close friends slide into love! Stock car legend, Tom "Torque" Tyler, faces a bleak future following an horrific off-track car wreck. Thanks to a traumatic head injury, he's developed epileptic seizures and can never race again—a powerful blow to this adrenaline junkie. To avoid tabloid reporters and well-meaning friends, Tom holes up in a cottage protected by high walls…and broods. Service dog trainer and old friend, Meg Klein, shows up on Tom's doorstep with a seizure response dog. Bob, a tiny but talented canine, makes it almost impossible for Tom to cli ...

Falling For The Coach

Lincoln Barker hopes Bear Hollow remembers how he carried them to the state championships, but small town rumors have made him a joke. To make things worse, his old crush is still single, beautiful, and unimpressed. Rachel doesn't want her nephew on the new football team Lincoln hopes will salvage his reputation, but he's not sure he can win without him—or ever be happy without her.

Sons of Darkness

We are the Night Vigil. The run-down convenience store, the all-night diner, the last-ditch shelter, or seedy motel, the redneck bar and the emergency room, and all the other places open on the graveyard shift—they’re Hell’s hunting grounds, full of easy marks and desperate souls, prey for evil things out there in the dark. We keep the Vigil, looking for the ones who can still be saved, the ones who aren’t too far gone. We’re the misfits and the muck-ups, unwanted by Heaven or Hell, given one last chance to atone for all the mistakes and missed chances, the pain we’ve caused others and ours ...

The Downsizing of Hudson Foster

"It's a Wonderful Life meets the colloquial charm of The Catcher in the Rye."

"The perfect Christmas holiday read!"

A Writer's Digest Book Award Winner.

"Highly Recommended Reading" - The Midwest Book Review

If it wasn't for bad luck, Hudson Foster would have no luck at all. At twenty-nine years young, the world was his oyster, unti the fickle finger of fate took it all away.

Fired from his cushy banking job, he's forced to search for work during the Christmas holidays by a de ...

Category Christmas Books
Euphrates Vanished

“This is not a drill!”

A young man wakes up to the sound of his alarm and the announcement blaring. Looking around the room, he realizes he is a member of a starship crew. There’s only one problem: he doesn’t remember who he is or how he got there. With no time to think, he finds his way to the bridge, while being careful not to call attention to his predicament.

The first problem is piecing together the puzzle of his missing memories to reveal his knowledge, rank, and friendships. Another problem is being stranded on an alien planet du ...

The Reverend Finds His Calling

Seminary student Tony Wagner finds more than he expected when he begins his final summer working in Evergreen National Park. A serial killer has been hunting America's national parks. When the killer strikes in Evergreen, Tony and fellow ranger Kelly Thiel find the body. An FBI task force, led by Agent Wyatt Garret, arrives to investigate. Garret interprets Tony's calm under the circumstances as cold-blooded, making him a suspect. Then, evidence implicates Tony. He will need the whole town of Spruce Lake to help him prove his innocence. When Garret finally clears him, he asks Tony to help w ...

A Taste of Danger

An unlikely rookie superhero and a dog shifter beer enthusiast team up to stop a nefarious supernatural plot.

Food reviewer Scott Dixon didn’t just lose his job—he started getting premonitions linked to random tastes, a new ability he’s not sure how to manage. When an interview lands him a position using his visions to help people and stop criminals, Scott finds himself chasing bootleggers who create beverages specially formulated to control people with psychic abilities. The trail leads to upstate New York, where he meets a sexy craft brewer who tak ...

Category Superpower Books
The Truth of Our Past

He’s a contradiction I can’t resist

Alec

Von’s mile-long legs accentuate his perfect ass-et. And I crave wrapping his blond hair around my fist twice. The first time he opens his mouth, I’m instantly obsessed with his accent. Definitely the next guy to warm my bed.

But he’s immune to my charm and walks away.

I’ve never been more intrigued.

The challenge of coaxing a smile from his uptight lips is irresistible. S ...

Category Steamy Romances
The Scent of Lies

Emily Parker thought she had a perfect life…until the night her dashing private-eye husband was murdered. After the police decide the case has grown cold, she becomes determined to find out for herself who killed him. As she begins to dig into the case, she discovers clues that he may not have been who he claimed. Another man is murdered – are the two tied together somehow? With the help of her best friends and Paradise Vall ...

Alaska Chance

I’D BOUGHT INTO THE EXCITEMENT OF A CHANCE TO MOVE TO ALASKA, THEN LIFE’S UNEXPECTED TWISTS CHALLENGED MY FAITH IN DESTINY.  After our wedding rehearsal, my fiancé, James, suggests we roll the dice to decide our fate for his next teaching job. Leaving life’s decision to chance sounds like fun. However, will it align with my innate tendency for order? Our adventure promises northern lights, snowflakes, and the wonder of Alaska. But luck gives us a double portion of both blessings and burdens that threaten to bury me in an avalanche of doubt and worry. Will I be able to care for my famil ...

The Colors of Friendship

Read the award-winning, #1 Amazon Bestseller in the US, Coming of Age, and African American categories! True friendship endures all obstacles…right? Three college friends search for true love, NFL fame, and a successful engineering career. Will one friend’s quest for happiness endanger all three of their lives? Naïve, romantic Melody Wilkins aims to find true love at college just like her parents. But will she sacrifice her soul to obtain it? No-nonsense Imani Jordan strives for good grades and a chemical engineering degree. When a friendship offers more, will she follow her head or her hea ...

Everything a Lady Is Not

Lucy Locket, the long-lost granddaughter of a duchess, has never been a part of Society. One day, she was living a secluded life as the prisoner of a criminal, and the next day she was an heiress in a world she did not even remotely understand. She does not embody the typical qualities of a well-born lady...at all. She can't curtsy, she doesn’t hide her emotions, she’s too clever by far. But in three months, she must marry a suitor with a royally-bestowed title, or she forfeits a fortune—leaving her and the duchess in dire straits. All Henry Beaumont wants is to prove himself to Society and ...

The Grifter's Daughter

Dani Silver is the daughter of a legendary old con artist Leroy Amadeus Logan. 

After conning her fiancé out of 1.2 million dollars, she’s hoping he’ll come after her. 

Dani is going to set up the first self-financed long cons. With old members of Leroy’s gang, and new members of her own, Dani’s out to pull of some of the most outrageous crimes ever.

Dani starts the new business by taking down a crooked televangelist. Unfortunately, he’s not crooked and the plan goes off the rails. Can she keep her crew together long enough to find another mark?

...

Summer of Fortune

Small town families, relatable characters, friendship, romance and summer fun - Welcome to Fortune Bay!

Everyone deserves a second chance at love. But for years Maddie has had to concentrate on making ends meet for herself and her teenage daughter Jenny, and that hasn't left much time for her photography career, and absolutely none for romance. Besides, with her background, she is probably better off alone.

But Jenny is gone for the summer so Maddie makes the leap, jump-starting her flagging photography career to work on her first solo show.

She rents a charming bu ...

A Cajun Christmas Killing

Maggie Crozat is home in Cajun Country during the most magical time of the year. But the Grinch has come to stay at the Crozat Plantation B&B, and he’s flooding travel websites with vicious reviews. Maggie ID’s him as rival businessman Steve Harmon, who's been masquerading as a guest at the B&B. When Harmon is stabbed to death and her boyfriend, detective Do Durand, is sidelined as a suspect, Maggie must catch the real killer or it will be the opposite of a Joyeux Noel for her.

Stepping Across the Desert

Five years ago, a servant from her father's house sold Rowena into slavery. Now, a stranger at her master's table will change her destiny once more. Christophe knew that taking a woman across the desert would be dangerous, what he didn't know was that the journey could change the very heart of him. Back in England, Rowena is faced with malicious rumors and family members who wish to decide her future for her. A chance encounter with the man who rescued her gives her another chance at happiness, but does she have the courage to take it?

Only You for the Holidays: A Christmas Romance

She made excuses to stay away. He'll give her a reason to remain. Piper Deacon had a spotless flying record while serving in the Army until a careless mishap from her flight partner had her questioning her own skills and responsibility. Foolish pride kept her away from home for too long; the one place she should've known she could always return to no matter what. When circumstances force her back to Idaho, she'll have to face life-altering decisions which include whether or not to succumb to the match-making devices of her mother and co-conspirator friend. With the appealing lawman, Logan S ...

Category Christmas Books
Covert in Cairo, Spend Christmas in Cairo with Fiona & Kitty

Perfect for Amelia Peabody fans!

Cairo. Christmas 1917.

Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks, Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane of British Intelligence find themselves in the hustle and bustle of Egypt. But ancient mummies aren't the only bodies buried in the tombs of Cairo. When a young French archeologist is found dead in a tomb in the desert with his head bashed in, and an undercover British agent goes missing, the threat moves closer to home.

As they dig ...

Category Christmas Books
Angel of Mercy

 Angel of Mercy explores the line between justice and vengeance, mercy and murder.

Behind the gentle facade of a veterinarian lies a shadow. Jim Briggs, a man with a chilling secret, has been a silent guardian to the city's most vulnerable. But when a renowned author falls victim to a brutal murder, Briggs finds himself entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Detective Shondra Smith, a relentless force, closes in on him, her suspect list growing with each passing hour. As the clock ticks,  ...

Becoming K-9

A daring puppy. A vicious war. When the merciless desert craves her humans' lives, can this K-9 defend them, or will she pay with her blood?

Breathe for Me

At the edge of the raging Colorado River, Robert Jaeger stands ready to end his life. He is in mourning over his dead wife and having a hard time picking up the pieces to care for their four-year-old daughter. Lilly Radford hasn’t been the same since her baby died. Unable to cope with her careless oversight, she drives for days and ends up at the Colorado River and falls in. Before Robert can execute his heinous act, he is catapulted into rescue mode to save another. In his zealous attempt, he soon realizes this stranger may have saved him. But when he returns to Seattle to face life alone, ...

The Consequence of Anna: A Heartbreaking Historical Family Saga of Love, Friendship, Obsession, and Madness

THE AMAZON #1 BESTSELLER, reminiscent of The Thorn Birds, The Light Between Oceans, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Poignant, heartrending, and unforgettable. Inspired by a TRUE STORY . . .

Nominated for a PULITZER PRIZE . . . Soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.

“An intense and emotional read!” – Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of In Farleigh Field and The Tuscan Child

The saga of two women–one driven by passion to do the unthinkable, the other ...

Birth of the Fae: From the Ashes, Book 3

They will either burn the world down, taking their courts with them.

Or rise from the ashes together…

Once, peace between the Court of Dark and Light seemed possible. A treaty was signed, a new balance was agreed upon. But now it all may go up in flames.  

Queen Aurora and King Jarvok are refusing to end their battle. And with neither willing to surrender, their kingdoms are on the edge of destruction.

Until a ghost from the past intervenes.

For the first time, the monarchs see more than their differences. T ...

Purrs and Peril – A Norwegian Forest Cat Café Cozy Mystery – Book 1

A cat café Murder Who is the killer? Lauren Crenshaw and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie run their own certified cat café in the picturesque small town of Gold Leaf Valley, Northern California. Lauren’s fun cousin Zoe helps out as well. Lauren, Annie, and Zoe are shocked when one of their favorite customers is poisoned. Steve came into the café nearly every day – but who wanted him dead? The trio find themselves suspecting their customers – even elderly Mrs. Finch, whom Lauren thinks of as a substitute grandmother, doesn’t escape their scrutiny. The new (and attractive!) police detective war ...

They All Fall Down

Meet John Paul and CJ Morgan, a typical suburban couple. Nice house, good jobs, however, life is a bit boring--okay, it’s a total bore. That all changes when the couple meets a few mob members who are just as bored. Faced with violence and rape, John Paul and his wife fight back. What starts out as a normal evening, turns into a saga of murder, drug dealing revenge, and a deadly game that normal people like the Morgan’s don’t have a chance of surviving. Filled with feral violence, incredible escapes, and occasional laugh out loud humor, They All Fall Down is a thrill-a-minute story that wil ...

Harvested

Max Boucher, a former Seattle detective turned P.I. has just been handed a puzzling case. Dozens of dogs are disappearing all over the city, and no one knows why. The stretched Seattle police department can't dedicate the resources needed, and Max may be the pet owner's only hope. For the missing dogs, time is running out. But Max is dealing with his own demons. Three years ago, his wife disappeared and his daughter was murdered. The police presume she is dead, but Max knows better. He's still paying for the house they lived in together, terrified that he will sell the one place that holds ...

Crossroads of Awakening Memory

So Far from Home: The Pearl Bryan Murder

The headless corpse of a young woman, discovered in the woods of Northern Kentucky in February 1896, disrupted communities in three states. The woman was Pearl Bryan, daughter of a wealthy farmer in Greencastle, Indiana, and her suspected killers, Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling, were dental students in Cincinnati, Ohio. How her decapitated body ended up in the Highlands of Kentucky is the subject of So Far from Home: The Pearl Bryan Murder. It was the age of yellow journalism when sensational murder cases drove newspaper circulation, and daily papers competed to print the most gruesome de ...

Desire of My Heart: Discerning God's Best Series Novel BOOK 1

1858, Missouri. Rachel faces an uncertain future as she approaches adulthood in the orphanage. With few options and a looming arranged marriage, she risks everything, escaping with her younger brother to avoid a future she never chose. But when she encounters Melvin, a grieving widower with two young children, her life takes an unexpected turn.

Desperate for help and willing to offer Rachel refuge, Melvin proposes a marriage of convenience. Together, they create a family rooted in faith, love, and resilience, navigating the joys and heartaches that bind them. Just as hope blossoms, ...

Dose Vidanya

Silver Hills Senior and Singles Residence isn’t exactly a boring place. Home to a death predicting cat named Tolstoy, a night manager who may or may not suck blood and float above the floor, a cook with mad voodoo and pie baking powers, and a trio of nosy sleuths who are determined to get to the bottom of the corpse in the library (maybe literally)…some might say things couldn’t get any weirder. Some would be wrong.

What Happens in Denver

Meet Andi Rigby. She and her husband own a famous bar. Andi can mix a cocktail, change a beer keg, soothe ruffled customers, and drink you under the table — all within the same hour. Life is good, until the day she finds herself both divorced and unemployed. After a suitable period of ice-cream and whiskey infused mourning, she heads to a beer fest in Denver on a mission to rediscover her joy, not to mention a new job. Between fielding gossip, saving a drunk woman from herself, and dodging a hot, but ill-advised boozy hookup, the weekend doesn’t go quite as planned. She ends up employed wit ...

Dog of Thieves

Stolen treasures, a cane-whacking elderly woman and a couple of dead bodies. A favorite furry sleuth returns in a new adventure! Follow semi-reformed computer hacker Steve and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester as they track different kinds of thieves. From a tree-removal scam artist to a museum heist, Steve and Rochester's investigations lead them on a thrilling journey from their small town in Pennsylvania to the bustling streets of New York City. They follow a trail that takes them from an elegant Fifth Avenue museum to a drop-in center for the poor and homeless on the Lower Ea ...

Kianola

Can a hero in-game rise in real life? The harsh realities of middle school meet the endless possibilities of an online fantasy world. Nole, an awkward eighth-grade introvert, escapes into the realm of Enix, where he reinvents himself. While facing the daily struggles of adolescence—bullies, unrequited crushes, and self-doubt—Nole finds solace in a digital universe where he can be anything he dreams of. But will his newfound confidence in-game translate to real life? Kianola is a tale of friendship, self-discovery, and imagination that captures growing up in both reality and the virtual worl ...

Mistletoe Misdeed

Category Christmas Books
Katz' Cat

Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the Twinkle Independent News in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall. He settles into country life in the town of 3,000 at Mrs. Potts' boarding house with his Amazon parrot, Guppy, who has an extensive vocabulary. Three months into his new lifestyle, Jimmy discovers a tiny kitten he names Maddy. Then his life is turned topsy-turvey. The town matriarch, his long-lost aunt, names him her heir. Someone takes offense. Neither Jimmy, police c ...

Dachshund to Death

A murdered chef, a missing gingerbread recipe and a holiday secret to die for… A murdered pastry chef and a stolen family recipe turn Barkview’s annual holiday gingerbread doghouse competition into a canine cat-astrophy. Has this competition turned dog-eat-dog or is it something more sinister? A tent full of knife-proficient suspects complicates everything. When Sandy’s sister is accused of the crime, Cat Hawl is on the scent. The deeper she digs she realizes that the recipe itself leads to something far more valuable than the perfect holiday treat. With the help of two devilish Dachshunds, ...

Category Christmas Books
MISTRESS OF THE MAZE

Rosamund Clifford was one of the most famous royal mistresses of all time. Renowned for her beauty, she was secreted away in a mysterious bower at Woodstock by her lover, King Henry II. To the womanising Henry, she is, at first, just another conquest...but then, he falls in love. His marriage to Queen Eleanor has broken down and she is imprisoned in Sarum Castle. Rumours start to fly that he wants to take a new queen, to put a crown on Rosamund's pretty head...and with those rumours comes danger...

The Prodigal

Charles Richmond, the newly-raised Earl of Tipton, is a man with a problem. He and his wife have been unable to produce an heir, putting the earldom and the family fortune at risk of falling into the hands of his younger brother, Damian. Damian, a libertine and a wastrel, would make short work of laying all to waste, and Tipton is determined to prevent that by any means possible. Tipton’s youngest brother, Robert, was born the third son of an earl, and as such has always imagined it did not signify whom he married—until he falls in love with Susan Browning, a weaver’s daughter. Given an ult ...