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Truth or Daire (Love and Embezzlement Book 1) (affiliate link)
Serena Jackson falls hard when handsome stranger Daire O’Dowd swoops in as her skirt and the Windy City conspire against her. But as she’s flying high, he turns out to be her new subordinate—and completely off-limits. Canceling their date is easier than ignoring her desire for him, which only grows more intense as the months tick by.
When Serena discovers someone is embezzling from the PR firm they work at, it seems as if Daire might be the #1 suspect. Struggling not to fall head-over-heels in love with the handsome Irishman starring in all of her fantasies, Serena must determine whether he’s innocent or guilty.
Daire has a secret—and it’s concealed better than the lust he has for his boss. Keeping it hidden grows harder when an unfortunate booking error forces them to share a room… And a bed.
Accessories & Alibis: A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Book 10 (affiliate link)
She loves him, she loves him not…
Presley Thurman is the proud new owner of Silk, the failing clothing boutique that she knows she can turn around.
The excitement is short lived when, on the first day of business ownership, store manager Roxanne is arrested for murdering her boyfriend.
When Roxanne insists she’s innocent Presley’s jumps to help her clear her name.
But what if Presley has put her trust in the wrong person? Is her dream of owning her own business going to end before it even starts?
Deadly Sanctuary (A Kendall O’Dell Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
The Career Killer (DCI Mabey Book 1) (affiliate link)
When young women are murdered and their bodies posed like marionettes in tourist hotspots around London without a single witness seeing the killer come and go, the case ought to go to a detective with decades of experience investigating serial murder.
Instead, newbie DCI Elsie Mabey lands the case, bringing with her a ragtag team of misfits and rejects. Rather than the Met’s finest, they’re the “not quite fired” of London policing.
She faces an impossible task: finding an invisible killer while fighting her own invisible illness.
Bewitching (Regency Magic Book 1) (affiliate link)
From renowned New York Times Bestselling Author Jill Barnett comes the remarkable love story that rocked the romance genre with its ingenious, unique, and heartwarming characters. Forced by circumstance into a marriage of convenience with one of England’s most prestigious dukes, Joy McQuarrie hides a scandalous secret.
Alec Castlemaine, Duke of Belmore, one of the wealthiest and proudest lords in England, has been rejected by the woman he believed to be the perfect wife–a beauty whose bloodline is flawless and whose family is scandal free. His plans for the future have gone up in smoke…until a chance encounter with an oddly intriguing young Scottish lass catapults Alec into a rash proposal and what he thinks will be a most convenient marriage. But his new wife has wedding night secrets to reveal, and soon Alec’s reserved, staid, and proper life is anything but convenient….
Montana Rose (affiliate link)
Rose is a rancher at heart. There’s no doubt in her mind that if given another chance, she can make a success of homesteading. She will not fail this time.
People scoff, saying ranching is too much of a job for a lone woman to undertake. But Rose is no ordinary woman. She may be petite, stylish, and beautiful, but she is also strong and driven. Every aspect of ranching brings joy to her heart. Then why is she here in Wise River, Montana, taking orders from a mean-spirited school board and attempting something she has no clue how to do? Teaching?
Jesse Rivers carries his own baggage on his wide shoulders. He’s been called home by a dying stepmother to take over the Rocking R Ranch and the care of a belligerent and wounded brother.
Miss Janie’s Girls (affiliate link)
Miss Janie is at the end of a long and full life, but she has no intention of crossing that finish line until she’s found her girls…
It’s been ten years since Teresa and Kayla shook off the dust of Birthright, Texas, went their separate ways, and never looked back. Apart from their foster mom, Miss Janie, they don’t have many fond memories of their hometown. Or of each other. Still, neither can forget the kind woman who opened her home and heart to two teenagers in need.
When a private investigator—who just happens to be Miss Janie’s handsome nephew—tracks them both down and tells them Miss Janie is dying, Teresa and Kayla know deep down that they’ve got to be there for her as she had been there for them.
A little music, a little dancing, a little murder at the spring ball.
England, 1925. After years shut away from the world, former detective Lord Edgington of Cranley Hall plans a grand ball to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday.
But when someone starts bumping off members of his scheming family, the old man enlists his teenage grandson to help find the killer, before one of them is next.
The mismatched duo must pick the culprit from a gaggle of preening playboys, scatter-brained spinsters and irate inspectors in this Agatha-Christie-style whodunnit that will have you racing to spot the killer.
Hidden Secrets (affiliate link)
Kim Brewster’s ill-fated marriage was annulled so quickly that she thought she could keep the whole thing a secret…until she found out she was pregnant. But before her confession can blow a hole in the seemingly perfect lives of the Brewster women, her great-grandmother, Hannah, drops a bomb of her own. She’s selling her hotel and moving to a farm in Oklahoma—and all the Brewsters are coming with her. Kim is sure her grandmother, Karen, and mother, Sue, won’t go along with the plan, but Hannah can be very convincing. Soon the women are working the farm, selling their wares from a roadside stand, and finally feeling like a family.
And as the Brewster women’s lives take shape in ways they never expected, Kim may have found another shot at love. Luke thought he’d washed his hands of women, but when he stops by the vegetable stand and meets Kim, he’s instantly smitten. To find love, though, they’ll both have to dig past their hidden secrets.
The Little Woods (Gothic Horror Book 1) (affiliate link)
By the time Ian sees the rope around his friend’s neck, it’s too late…
It’s a harmless game in the woods. Until a chilling and unnatural Darkness descends.
It comes without warning, as terrifying to some as it is intoxicating to others. Scared and alone, Ian hides as the boys prey on one of their own: A cackle of hyenas turning on the weakest of their clan. First comes his friend’s pleading. Then the screams that will echo into Ian Cockerton’s adulthood…
Eighteen long years later, the last of those echoes has finally faded when Ian is visited by a childhood friend. A dead childhood friend. With this macabre harbinger is the Darkness they unleashed. And this time, it’s hellbent on taking more than Ian’s life…
Where the Blame Lies (affiliate link)
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