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What Happened on Box Hill (Austen University, Book One (affiliate link)
What would happen if you combined all of Austen’s characters into one modern-day novel?
Murder, of course.
When Caty Morland’s roommate, Isabella, falls to her death on Initiation Night, Austen University is quick to cover up the scandal and call it a tragic accident. But avid true-crime lover Caty remains convinced that Isabella didn’t fall; she was murdered. With the help of Pi Kappa Sigma President Emma Woodhouse, Caty organizes a dinner party with the most likely suspects, including familiar faces such as Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Knightley, and Marianne Dashwood. The theme of the night is murder, and Caty has three courses to find out what happened to Isabella—and to try to keep the killer from striking again.
A Wicked Song for a Roguish Viscount (affiliate link)
Adelaide Midgley’s life has not been an easy one. Though born into privilege, her father fell into ruin, leaving her to grow up practically destitute and, so, becoming a singer was her family’s only hope for a better future. Yet, when she is approached by a captivating Viscount who has a tempting proposal, will her distrust be enough to keep her from succumbing to his sinful seduction?
If she only knew that his family ruined hers…
Desperate to win a bet against his high society rival, the Viscount Hayling, comes up with a mischievous plan. When he sees an enchanting opera singer performing at a dinner party, he convinces her to help him by making her an offer she cannot refuse. If she agrees, Thomas will pay off her father’s debts. Yet, he has no idea that the talented Adelaide has any connection to his father…
by Mistake (Poison & Wine, book 1) (affiliate link)
There’s so much going on in Anna’s life. Teaching countless hours at the studio and nurturing the three major relationships of her life – her group of tight-knit friends, all while attempting to not screw up this whole adulthood thing leaves very little time to waste on yet another dating app. At this point, a relationship is off the menu. Being “self-partnered” is more than enough.
A serious relationship has been crossed off Liam Brody’s list of goals, at least for the foreseeable future. Completing his residency and becoming a trauma surgeon is his only priority. Casual relationships, his friends, and books are the only things he’s willing to lose his precious free time to.
When an accidental email starts a deep online connection, both Liam and Anna dive in with zero concern . . . because there’s really no harm in getting close to someone who you’ll never meet in real life, right?
Wrong.
The After Hours Deception (Masquerade Inc. Book 1) (affiliate link)
Deception and death have never been so lucrative…
Petal Morgan was not expecting, at twenty-eight years of age, to find herself living in her parents’ garage apartment, nor to be neck-deep in student loan and failed venture debt. If only she knew what she wanted to be when she grew up…
But when an unexpected encounter with an old friend leads her to the kind of job she never expected in a career that she didn’t even know existed, she not only uncovers her talents, but a dead body to boot! Welcome to Masquerade Inc. Cozy Mysteries!
The Harvest Bride (The Dead Lands) (affiliate link)
After losing everything to a curse that struck the kingdom of Galoth, Sarya just wants the world to leave her alone. Yet when a demon begins hunting the people in the forest near her village, staying hidden isn’t an option. Neither is avoiding the warrior who helped saved all of Galoth. Bannin the Blowhard has never said a serious word in his life…and yet the warrior claims that he intends to marry Sarya.
Now she’s about to discover how serious Bannin can be when her happiness is at stake—and how completely devoted to her pleasure…
Boston Law (affiliate link)
A lawyer. A client. A warrantless search. And a twisted game.
Following his resignation from the District Attorney’s Office, Ken Dwyer takes whatever cases that will pay the bills. He’s handed an orphaned file with some promise. A client arrested for drug trafficking through a warrantless search wants to sue the police for civil rights violations. Ken agrees to defend the criminal case and takes on the civil matter. The deeper the young lawyer digs into the cases, the more a crew of police officers detest him. Ken’s investigation also raises concerns about his client. A search for the truth pits the lawyer between rogue cops and a disturbed client. Boston Law is a prequel to the successful legal thriller series. Will the situation result in justice, or lead to Ken Dwyer’s demise?
Asylum (Delaney and Murphy Book 1) (affiliate link)
Then: Joe was their friend; the man they spoke to through the wire fence of the Lunatic Asylum, along the banks of the river, and 10-year-old best friends, Nathanial Delany and Adam Murphy, knew he wasn’t insane. He couldn’t be… he must have been locked up by mistake. Joe was an artist, and gentle, although sometimes he was confused and had burn marks on his skin.
They were two boys from opposite sides of the track and firm friends. Nate lived in a modest house in the new Riverlink Estate and went to the public school. His dad worked in sales; his mother baked cakes for the school fete and Nate was the centre of their world. Adam Murphy lived on the rich side of the estate with a jetty and water access, and went to the private college. Adam’s media mogul father also managed the career of Adam’s model mother, Winsome – the IT girl, and they spent their days interstate, leaving Adam in the care of his eccentric widow grandmother, Audrey, who lived on the property.
All But Safe (Wicked Ways Collection) (affiliate link)
You should be scared.
Already a father to a six-year-old daughter with his ex-wife, Cash makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to marry his girlfriend of five months, Lexi, when she unexpectedly falls pregnant.
Three months later, still in the throes of newlywed bliss, Lexi is brutally attacked in an underground parking garage, resulting in the tragic loss of their unborn child.
Freshly discharged from the hospital, she returns home to find her car spray-painted with a horrifying message from someone threatening to finish the job: next time the knife goes through your heart.
It’s the beginning of a nightmarish chain of events that won’t end well. As a dangerous net of harassment tightens, Lexi begins to question everyone around her, including her new husband.
Can she unravel the chilling web of lies her life has become before it’s too late?
An Occupied Grave (A Brock & Poole Book 1) (affiliate link)
A village of secrets finds its past lies waiting…
A terrible surprise rocks a funeral when the wrong body is discovered in a freshly dug grave. Now Detective Inspector Brock and Detective Sergeant Poole must open up an old case and dig through the small village’s secrets to solve a murder!
Detective Sergeant Guy Poole is hoping to put his traumatic past behind him and settle into his new station at Bexford. Now history is threatening to raise its head again, and he has a murder case to contend with. Detective Inspector Sam Brock has a new recruit to take under his wing, and he’s determined this one isn’t going to die. As if that wasn’t enough of a headache, his wife is coming home and may be on the verge of discovering the lie he’s been telling her. Newly paired duo Brock & Poole must track down the killer before more lives are lost.
A pirate, a pixie, and a plot to foil Peter Pan…
James Hook never meant to become a pirate, and never dreamed that he would turn against best friend, Peter Pan. Every adventure and eternal youth awaited them… until a pixie exposes a shocking revelation. Tinkerbell’s information forces James into acknowledging that, far from being the benevolent hero he painted himself to be, Peter Pan was kidnapping innocent children.
After accepting the traumatic loss of his hand and of the family he can barely remember, James deserts Pan. In the fight to rescue the Lost Boys, Hook will risk everything, even if that means becoming the most notorious villain in Neverland… or losing the fiery pixie who is stealing his heart.
Can the original Lost Boy vanquish Neverland’s greatest threat?
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