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A Murder In Milburn, The Complete Series (affiliate link)
Nora Newberry has been working to make her dreams come true and finally, after 10 years, it’s time! She’s moved back to her hometown of Milburn, Wyoming, and, together with her lifelong best friend, Raquel Madden, is opening the diner they’ve been planning since high school. Life couldn’t be better…and it’s time to celebrate!
Sadly, the celebration doesn’t last long. Just three days before the diner is set to open its doors, Raquel is found murdered. And with no clear motive and little cooperation from the townspeople, Nora is thrown into a murder investigation that just may cause her to lose her own life.
Take Me Home (The Lodge Series Novels Book 1) (affiliate link)
A broody ex-military operative meets his match in a brainy heroine.
Gage Hamilton. Smoldering, grumpy, and single. Entirely uninterested in romance. His smart, hot neighbor is definitely not part of his plans.
Marley Adams is way too distracting. As an ex-military operative, Gage’s control never slips. Yet, control has fled the building with Marley. He’s desperate for a taste of her. Just once and that might be enough.
The last thing on Marley’s mind is romance. She’s returned home to Alaska to escape. Yet, the past comes knocking and puts her safety at risk.
Gage finds he’ll do anything to protect her. He never considered his own heart might be at risk.
Draft Pick (Wolverine Players series) (affiliate link)
But then there’s Starlie. The one woman who didn’t fall for my charm. The one who saw through my cocky grin and found the guy underneath. We had one unforgettable night, and for the first time, I felt something real.
And then I ghosted her. Total dick move, I know.
Now? She’s back—and she’s not alone. Starlie’s pregnant. With my baby.
I’m not exactly father material, but here’s the thing: I can’t stop thinking about her. She’s more than just a fling or a one-night mistake. She’s it—the woman I can’t let go of.
This time, I’m all in. I’m ready to fight for her, for us, for the family I didn’t know I wanted. But winning her back won’t be easy. Starlie doesn’t trust me (fair). And my reputation as a player—on and off the field—doesn’t exactly scream “world’s best dad.”
Game on.
Blue Harmony (My Day Book 1) (affiliate link)
My Day: A chance to confront their past and change the rules of the game.
Amy flies to Santorini to confront her ex. What could possibly go wrong?
Amy is tired of sabotaging every one of her relationships because of Ethan. He broke her heart years ago, and she let him get away unscathed. It’s time for her to confront him and rewrite the past.
Determined to set things right, she flies to the blue skies of Santorini with her friends to carry out her plan; a plan that begins to collapse the moment she meets Ethan’s gaze.
Surprise guests and an idyllic romantic setting will further complicate her designs. Is she right to insist, or will stirring up the past prove to be a dangerous game?
It’s another haunting Halloween for the Rowling Family! New addition Baby Sophie is almost a year old, and Mandy is taking motherhood in stride, but when ghost-in-law Clara pops in asking for help for a newly deceased friend, Mandy’s back on the job, trading maternity leave for murder.
A woman who fell from the balcony of her Brooklyn home insists she just had a dizzy spell, but a big insurance payout, a cheating husband and a jealous paramour point to foul play. Was the victim tricked to death? Find out in this paranormally sweet 16th installment in the Manhattan Mystery Series.
Unmissing: A Thriller (affiliate link)
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story. Her kidnapping. A torturous confinement that should’ve ended with her dead. And finally, escape. Racked with guilt over the beautiful life they’ve built, Merritt and Luca agree to help get Lydia back on her feet—it’s the least they can do.
But the more enmeshed Lydia becomes in Merritt’s family, the more questions Merritt has. What is it about Lydia that’s especially unnerving? Why hasn’t she gone to the police with her harrowing tale? What does she really want of them? The answers, when they come, are terrifying.
When Eve returns to her family home Fox House, the tension with her mother, Agatha, is palpable. But when Eve’s daughter, Lyra, and her granddaughter, Skye, arrive unexpectedly, four generations of women under one roof set the stage for explosive revelations. Lyra seems troubled, but refuses to explain why. And when she lays claim to the crumbling cottage on the estate, Agatha drops a bombshell – she’s already promised it to a mysterious man named Dylan.
Who is Dylan, and why has Agatha kept him hidden? As the family unravels, so do their closely-guarded secrets. But when the truth finally comes to light, will it heal the wounds between them – or tear their fragile bonds apart forever?
The Sky Beneath Us (affiliate link)
An inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author of The Skylark’s Secret.
1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women. She doesn’t yet know that it’s a journey that will take her to Kathmandu and beyond, deep into captivating landscapes and cultures that are worlds away from everything and everyone she’s left behind in Scotland.
2020. Daisy Laverock has dreamed of retracing the footsteps of her great-great-aunt Violet ever since discovering her long-lost journals, whose accounts of plant hunting in the 1930s inspired Daisy’s own career. Divorced, and facing an empty nest, Daisy decides to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She arrives in Nepal, ready to start trekking in the shadow of Everest. But fate, and the pandemic, have other plans.
The Secret Book of Flora Lea: A Novel (affiliate link)
In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage along the River Thames, Hazel fills their days with walks and games to distract her young sister, including one that she creates for her sister and her sister alone—a fairy tale about a magical land, a secret place they can escape to that is all their own.
But the unthinkable happens when young Flora suddenly vanishes while playing near the banks of the river. Shattered, Hazel blames herself for her sister’s disappearance, and she carries that guilt into adulthood as a private burden she feels she deserves.
The Night She Disappeared: A Novel (affiliate link)
On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.
One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as the Dark Place, the dense forest is the writer’s favorite place for long walks and it’s on one such walk that she stumbles upon a mysterious note that simply reads, “DIG HERE.”
Could this be a clue towards what has happened to the missing young couple? And what exactly is buried in this haunted ground?
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