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The Boat House Pretty Beach Collection (Books 1-3) (affiliate link)
Drop into the delightfully romantic story of Pretty Beach as the sweet, little coastal town is covered in a blanket of snow.
Sallie Broadchurch upped sticks from the drudge of her old life, was swept off her feet by a dashing pilot and is undoubtedly living the dream with her own wedding business, a gorgeous old boat house by the sea and a vintage orangery she’s bought all ready to host events.
Then, when luck comes her way she finds herself creating a winter wonderland at the Orangery on the beach. But not everything is quite as dreamy as she thought… and real life throws up a few problems.
Will Sallie and Ben get what they really want for Christmas or will fate deal a blow that will overturn all their plans?
Immerse yourself into this cosy little town by the sea, guaranteed to brighten your day and leave you pondering a new life on the coast.
If you love romance in the snow, an utterly gorgeous setting, a plethora of heart-warming characters and a dash of intrigue to curl up on the sofa with and dream you may just have found the book for you.
Daisy McDare Seven-Book Set (affiliate link)
Cozy Culinary Mystery
Welcome to Cozy Creek, a quaint tourist town nestled along the Pacific Coast.
Daisy McDare is busy nursing a broken heart, trying to build up her interior decorator business, and baking cookies when murder strikes Cozy Creek.
At first she leaves the investigation to Chris Crumple, the local bumbling police detective. But when Crumple arrests the wrong suspect, Daisy takes the investigation into her own hands.
Cracking the case won’t be easy. She’ll need help from her pastry-baking best friend Samantha, her wise-cracking Granny Annie, and her trusty West Highland Terrier, Shamus.
It’s up to Daisy McDare to find the murderer in Cozy Creek before they strike again.
Grapes of Death (River Bend Vineyard Book 1) (affiliate link)
When Elise Beckett’s long-distance beau, Stuart, offers her a dream job in organic horticulture research, she’s torn between the opportunity of a lifetime and her responsibilities at her family’s River Bend vineyard. But before Elise has time to make her decision, Uncle Edmond—the family’s money-loving and temper-toting black sheep—is found dead on vineyard land. What seems to be an accidental drowning proves to be murder, and every Beckett, even Elise, is a suspect.
Sheriff’s Deputy Jackson Landry must catch Edmond’s killer, and Elise is determined to help him—whether he wants her to or not. Delving deeper into the mystery, Jackson and Elise become tangled in a long vine of suspects and dark secrets. Now a race is on for them to stop the deadly plot before the murderer claims another victim.
The Hailey Webb Mysteries: Volumes 1-3 (affiliate link)
Starting over can be deadly . . .
After a few life-altering changes, 28-year-old Hailey Webb lands a job as an assistant/errand runner for the local newspaper in her hometown of Palm Shores, California. If she knew this meant stumbling onto dead bodies, then she . . . well, she probably still would have taken the job. A girl’s gotta eat, right? How long can one last on a steady diet of ramen noodles?
When Hailey finds a dead treasure hunter on his boat on her first day at work, she realizes that yep, things can get way worse than she imagined. And if that’s not enough, Hailey is confronted with events from her past that she’d rather forget. When they start to gain in on her, she knows she has to solve the murder to get the answers she needs.
Thankfully, she has her best friend, Kat, to help her, and Mike, the reporter, who is just too darn good looking for what Hailey needs right now.
Sail Away Patsy (Meg Butler Cruise Book 1) (affiliate link)
A summer cruise. Horseplay and hijinks. And DEATH on the high seas!
Starry eyed intern Meg Butler has embarked on her dream job, only to be thwarted at the first step. No, she didn’t mean to poison the guests at the Sail Away party. Her boss thinks otherwise and is ready to send her back home.
When a healthy young man is found dead in his cabin, Meg thinks its murder! But who will believe her?
Flanked by a motley group of interns and crew members, Meg stumbles her way across Alaska, separating the clues from the red herrings, determined to find the guilty passenger.
Meanwhile, things are going wrong across the ship and Meg is blamed for them. Can she save her own neck while hunting down a cold blooded killer?
The Rook: A Novel (The Rook Files Book 1) (affiliate link)
Myfanwy Thomas awakens in a London park surrounded by dead bodies. With her memory gone, she must trust the instructions left by her former in order to survive. She quickly learns that she is a Rook, a high-level operative in a secret agency that protects the world from supernatural threats. But there is a mole inside the organization, and this person wants her dead.
Battling to save herself, Myfanwy will encounter a person with four bodies, a woman who can enter her dreams, children transformed into deadly fighters, and terrifyingly vast conspiracy.
Suspenseful and hilarious, The Rook is an outrageously imaginative thriller for readers who like their espionage with a dollop of purple slime.
The Ragged Edge of Night (affiliate link)
Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage—in name only—to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too—atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war.
As Anton struggles to adapt to the roles of husband and father, he learns of the Red Orchestra, an underground network of resisters plotting to assassinate Hitler. Despite Elisabeth’s reservations, Anton joins this army of shadows. But when the SS discovers his schemes, Anton will embark on a final act of defiance that may cost him his life—even if it means saying goodbye to the family he has come to love more than he ever believed possible.
Only The Guilty (affiliate link)
A HAUNTED MAN DRIVEN TO FIND THE TRUTH.
Tortured by the ghosts of his past, Burke can’t help himself from getting involved in the investigation, especially when the unlikeable local sheriff is unable to make headway.
As a former deputy sheriff who’d stepped back into the law to have a safer job for his family, Burke finds himself looking over his shoulder as he tries to track down the culprit, every turn causing more questions and bringing him nearer to danger. Even steps forward that feel like he’s closing in on the killer also make him think the killer is getting further away.
No Less Resentment (affiliate link)
All of his efforts to forget her had failed, and he had accepted that some part of her would always be with him.
In the winter of 1812, a fatal accident on a stormy night plunges the Bennet family into mourning and scandal. Shunned and isolated from nearly everyone they have ever known and loved each of the Bennet sisters hurries to marry, to provide themselves the respectability of married women. Miss Elizabeth Bennet settles into marriage of prudence with a man she respects but could never completely love.
Fitzwilliam Darcy left Hertfordshire determined to put Elizabeth Bennet and her fine eyes behind him. Disgusted by society and plagued by memories he would just as soon forget, he tries to seclude himself at Pemberley. Alas, the treachery and extortion of someone he once trusted leads him to settle into a marriage both he and his bride despise.
The Sweet Spot (affiliate link)
Single mom Palmer Clark will not be sidelined by the new man in town. Sure, the honey-tongued baseball legend is gorgeous, loves puppies, and has charmed his way into the community’s heart, but Palmer craves stability. Nothing about Cole says forever. So why is he so hard to resist?
Cole is swinging through town to visit his parents when he meets the kind of down-to-earth distraction he’s been looking for since retiring from the majors. True, his long-term relationship score is zero. But even though raising his average with Palmer seems impossible, it’s worth a shot.
As promising as the summer nights are, fate turns small-town dreams upside down, and some lessons are learned the hard way. But having faith in love and choosing hope over fear might get Palmer and Cole to the sweet spot they’re looking for.
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