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The Girls on Chalk Hill (Detective Lexi Bennett Book 1) (affiliate link)
They lie on the hillside, wearing matching white dresses, tiaras in their blonde hair. Each of them clutches a red rose. They could be sleeping, but frost shines on the lashes of their wide blue eyes, frozen open forever…
On a green hill outside Canterbury, where a crown has been cut into the chalk, two girls are lying dead, left for Detective Lexi Bennett to find on her morning run.
The victims are quickly identified as sisters Lucy and Eden Carter. But they are triplets… and the third sister, Paige, is still missing.
The news makes Lexi’s blood run cold. She was a triplet too. And years ago, she and her sisters were abducted. Two of them escaped. One was lost forever.
Has the man who took her returned to send her a message? Will she be able to use her past to find answers? Or is she walking into a trap designed just for her…
A Death in Devon (Sugar Martin Vintage Cozy Mysteries Book 1) (affiliate link)
Cocktails, capers, and corgis in 1948 England!
After receiving a letter about a mysterious inheritance, Sugar Martin hops a plane from the West Coast of America to exciting post-war London. However, everything is not as it seems, and Sugar finds herself stuck in England for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, she’s also been offered a job. Unfortunately, that job means going undercover to solve a series of thefts at manor houses in Devon, England.
Determined to prove her worth, Sugar sets out to find the thief amongst the glittering houseguests, and instead stumbles across a murder victim. With the dubious help of a grumpy corgi and a handsome Englishman, she’s on the hunt for a cold-blooded killer.
A Soldier’s Honour Box Set 1 (Sgt Major Crane) (affiliate link)
Sgt Major Crane and his team of detectives are all that stands between right — and a world full of deadly wrongs. They take on serial killers, terrorists and hijackers who are stupid enough to pit themselves against Crane.
Join over 250,000 readers riveted by murder, betrayal, conspiracies and traitors. Read about the madness of a religious cult unveiled in STEPS TO HEAVEN, the face of evil in 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS and a soldier unable to cope with being bullied and abused in HONOUR BOUND.
You’ll love the charismatic Sgt Major Crane, the humanity of his team and the fear evoked by the chilling serial killers. Dark, complex and gripping serial killer thrillers that readers of Mark Billingham, Stuart MacBride, Angela Marsons, LJ Ross, Graham Masterton and Val McDermid will enjoy.
On the Mend: Carolina Waves Series Book 1 (affiliate link)
Dan
Back in college, I loved two things…Sabrina Kelly and baseball. Baseball worked out great. Sabrina, not so much. I know I broke her heart, but I’m not that guy anymore. Now, with an injury benching me, she’s back in my life as my physical therapist. I’ve got one shot to fix what I broke and win her back.
Game on.
Sabrina
Why does my promotion depend on Dan McMullen, of all people? I’ve been working my butt off for years and now all I have to do is get the star center fielder game ready and it’s mine. Yes, our relationship happened ten years ago, but I’ll never forget how he broke my heart. He was my first love after all. But I’m older now, wiser. I won’t let anything stand in the way of earning that promotion. Not even a sexy player who thinks we’re going to kiss and make up.
Murder Between the Lines (Rooftop Garden Book 1) (affiliate link)
Fall is the most beautiful time of the year…
Until it turns deadly.
Blue Valley, Tennessee—a cozy town nestled snugly into the Great Smoky Mountains—buzzes with excitement every October with the return of colorful autumn leaves, chilly air, and the wave of tourists who arrive for the annual Fall Festival.
This year, Alice Maguire, owner of The Paper Owl bookshop on Main Street, is planning the festival with a little help from her best friends, Franny and Owen. All three live in tiny apartments above their shops.
The trio of friends share a charming rooftop garden, where they meet in the mornings for coffee from Franny’s coffee shop, and sweets from Owen’s bakery. When a new yoga studio, Bliss, opens up across the street, Alice reluctantly agrees to take a class to promote relaxation in her life, and it actually works, much to her relief.
The Swoon List (The Love List Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
That gig as a Disney princess didn’t do me any favors in the popularity department, but my BGF made sure I kept the tiara. According to him, I’m practically royalty. Pshaw.
Maggie
I failed at living the life of a fairytale princess after falling in a fountain and going viral on social media. I need a new job fast, preferably far away.
Desperate, I say yes to becoming an etiquette coach for rich and famous adults in need of refinement in a distant and widely unknown country. It’s personal relations rehab and comes with a heaping scoop of anonymity.
My first client got in trouble for a prank gone wrong that turned into a scandal. Hashtag relatable, minus the prank part. That joke was on me. I get tasked with the hotshot, over-the-top football star…who also happens to be my BGF, best guy friend.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology) (affiliate link)
There’s No Place Like Here (affiliate link)
Sometimes it takes losing everything to truly find yourself . . .
Since Sandy Shortt’s childhood classmate disappeared twenty years ago, Sandy has been obsessed with missing things. It’s no surprise, then, that Sandy’s life’s work becomes finding people who have vanished from their loved ones. Sandy’s parents can’t understand her compulsion, and she pushes them away further by losing herself in the work of tracking down missing people. She gives up her life in order to offer a flicker of hope to devastated families . . . and escape the disappointments of her own.
Jack Ruttle is one of those devastated people. It’s been a year since his brother Donal vanished into thin air, and he has enlisted Sandy Shortt to find him. But before she is able to offer Jack the information he so desperately needs, Sandy goes missing too . . . and Jack now finds himself searching for his brother and the one woman who understood his pain.
Beginner’s Guide to Colorwork Knitting: 16 Projects and Techniques to Learn to Knit with Color (affiliate link)
The knitting pattern writer and founder of BomBella shares her love of bold colors with these colorwork techniques for sweaters, socks, blankets and more.
In Beginner’s Guide to Colorwork Knitting, knit designer Ella Austin teaches all the techniques necessary to start knitting rich, vibrant and colorful patterns. Choose from brightly colored stripy socks and work your way up to a patterned beanie hat and even a stunning fair isle sweater.
This easy to follow guide pairs projects with each new technique, building from Stripes to Slipped Stitches, Stranded Colorwork, Intarsia, Double Knitting, Modular Knitting, and Entrelac. Projects include blankets, scarves, shawls, bags, mitts, cushions, and more. Even if you can only knit and purl, this book will have you making gorgeous colorwork knits before you know it!
The Fortune Hunter (affiliate link)
Texas millionaire Steven Beard, Jr. fell hard for Celeste Martinez, a waitress less than half his age. She served the seventy-year-old widow his nightly cocktail—along with sexual favors—at a country club in Austin. After they married, Steven gave her cars, homes, jewelry, and designer clothes. But Celeste wanted more.
Claiming she had depression, Celeste checked into a psychiatric facility, where she met and seduced fellow patient Tracey Tarlton. Celeste soon convinced Tracey that the only way they could be together would be to kill Steve.
One early morning in October, Steve awoke to a shotgun blast to his gut. Tracey was arrested but refused to implicate Celeste . . . until she learned the truth about her lover. In a sordid trial that featured the antics of famed Texas defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, the depths of Celeste’s lies were revealed in a tale of lust, betrayal, and regret.
The Big Book of Casseroles: 250 Recipes for Serious Comfort Food (affiliate link)
From classic lasagnas to Jambalaya and Hungarian Goulash, these 250 casserole recipes will satisfy hungry families and simplify weekly meal planning.
Bubbling cheese, golden breadcrumbs, tender vegetables, and succulent meats—what’s not to love about casseroles? Comfort food just doesn’t get any cozier, or more convenient. Now, thanks to Maryana Vollstedt, busy cooks don’t have to call up Mom for help making these delicious one-dish meals for family and friends.
The Big Book of Casseroles boasts over 250 recipes (including low-fat and vegetarian dishes), plus handy planning, freezing, and storage tips. For hot-from-the-oven dinners equally at home in the dining room or on the kitchen table, cooks need look no further.
The Whispering Room (affiliate link)
A Big Easy policewoman tracks a serial killer determined to root out evil genetics by killing off a line of men in this psychological thriller.
Work is a welcome refuge for New Orleans homicide detective Evangeline Theroux. Feeling suffocated by her new baby, in whose eyes she sees only her dead husband, she throws herself into a high-profile murder case.
Reclusive writer Lena Saunders offers Evangeline a provocative theory about the crime: it is the work of a lunatic vigilante. Lena spins the sordid story of Ruth and Rebecca Lemay, whose mother brutally murdered her male children in an insane effort to root out an “evil” gene. The girls survived and grew to adulthood—but one is carrying on her mother’s grisly work.
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