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DEATH BY CARPET (Slater and Norman Book 1) (affiliate link)
Two detectives made into scapegoats for other people’s failings get one last chance in a small Hampshire town. But no matter how tough things get, they never lose their sense of humour . . .
Please note, this book was previously published as Death of a Temptress.
Disgraced Detective Dave Slater is stuck on gardening leave, down in the quiet Hampshire town of Tinton, with just one last chance to redeem himself.
He must search for mousy young journalist Ruth Thornhill. Months ago, she vanished from her home, her London job, her life. But the Met don’t want to know.
Now Slater’s boss slips him the file, asking him to investigate discreetly, with the help of an unlikely new assistant. Bedraggled fifty-something Detective Norman Norman.
The Moscow Brief (Travis Bishop Book 1) (affiliate link)
It’s been five years since CIA agent Travis Bishop walked away from his career…
Now living on a ranch in Texas training performance horses, he swore he’d never go back.
The arrival of an unexpected guest at the ranch throws Travis headfirst into trouble. A man shows up on his doorstep claiming an agent that saved his life has gone dark and is nowhere to be found. Worse yet, the CIA believes her to be a traitor.
A simple dinner to talk through the details leads to murder and a plan to topple the entire US government, a threat that even Travis can’t ignore.
Now it’s Travis’s mission to save the agent and uncover the truth, if he can find her in time…
Welcome to Wicked, the paranormal sixth borough of New York.
Wicked is home to witches and goblins, werewolves and necromancers, elves and vampires…and former Detective Dani DeMarco. Dani’s busy with the grand opening of her family’s pizza parlor, when a knock on the door leaves her face to face with the stunning, yet lethal vampire in charge of the NYPD’s supernatural branch—Captain Matthew King.
There’s been a high profile double homicide in the Sixth Borough, and Dani’s peculiar ability to see spells is the only hope to untangle the web of lies and magic connecting the dead victims. As the case spirals into a pulse-pounding chase, Dani’s not sure what’s worse: the fact that a ruthless killer has his sights set on her, or that her feelings for New York’s most infamous vampire have returned…
The 707 – The complete Series (affiliate link)
Shattered Hearts: Complete Series Box Set (affiliate link)
The day Claire meets Chris is like any other day. She has been kicked out of yet another foster home. The moment she sees the piercing in his lip and the tattoos on his smooth skin, she knows she won’t last long in this new place.
Claire has never been so happy to be wrong.
With a patience that Claire has never known in her short and tumultuous life, Chris and his mother demonstrate that trust is possible once again. And in secret, when no one is watching, Chris shows Claire the power of love.
Unfortunately, Chris is her foster brother, and the risk of being kicked out of the only home she’s ever known looms if anyone discovers their relationship.
However, once Claire heads off to college, she believes that she and Chris can finally reveal their love to the world. Suddenly, hiding their relationship becomes the least of their worries when Chris is presented with a record deal.
House of Deceit (Reality TV Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
Newly single and recently unemployed Charlie Price wants nothing more than to ignore the crumbling pieces of her life. With dwindling savings and no luck in the job market, she’s on the verge of giving up. That is until a drunken night with her best friend leads to an accidental application to join the cast of the riveting reality show, House of Deceit — a show notorious for it’s fierce contestants and enticing cash prize.
Alec King, a disillusioned wrangler on the show, dreams of escaping his stagnant career and becoming a director. Choosing the season ten winner could be his ticket to success, and Charlie Price seems like the man to get him there. But there’s a major problem — Charlie’s application landed in the wrong pile, their plans could go up in smoke before filming even starts. Despite the mix-up, Charlie and Alec realize they are each other’s best chance to win the show, even if they can’t seem to stop clashing at every turn.
Kamala’s Way: An American Life (affiliate link)
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to stand for Vice President, charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country’s most effective power players.
There’s very little that’s conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five.
The Kamala Harris the public knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted, and demanding. She’s a prosecutor—her one-liners are legendary—but she’s more reticent when it comes to sharing much about herself, even in her memoirs. Fortunately, former Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain has been there from the start.
The Senator’s Wife: The Senator’s Wife Series Book I (affiliate link)
Two Women. Two Worlds. One Love Worth Risking it All.
When professional soccer player, Alex Grey, goes on a vacation to the local South Carolina islands, she isn’t anticipating any life-changing events. Just a relaxing weekend to prepare for the upcoming season. But that quickly changes when she finds herself the lone witness to a sailing accident and makes the decision to risk her own life to save a drowning woman—unwittingly coming to the rescue of a U.S. senator’s wife, Catharine Cleveland.
Despite the vast disparity between their worlds, the two women find themselves inexplicably drawn to one another after the near-catastrophic afternoon. Following a series of interactions from the soccer fields of Portland, to the Marina District of San Francisco Bay, and the cutthroat political circle of Washington, D.C., they find their friendship growing, transforming into an attraction neither woman can deny.
Obsidian (A Lux Novel Book 1) (affiliate link)
Starting over sucks.
When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring…until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.
And then he opened his mouth.
Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens.
The hot alien living next door marks me.
You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
Shade’s First Rule (Divine Apostasy Book 1) (affiliate link)
Today, Ruwen would finally die for the first time.
Ruwen believes this Ascendancy will herald his rebirth as a powerful Mage. Instead, a spiteful Priest, driven by vengeance, condemns him to a Class deemed worthless. This cruel twist shatters Ruwen’s dreams of vindicating his parents, who disappeared shrouded in scandal and disgrace.
In the rubble of Ruwen’s shattered expectations, a glimmer of hope emerges when his goddess reveals the shocking secret of a mysterious Class. A hidden path that can propel him to a destiny far greater than he ever imagined. But with this divine selection comes peril. Assassins, dispatched by hostile deities, relentlessly pursue him, determined to thwart his potential before it can grow.
Unwittingly, Ruwen finds himself at the epicenter of a celestial conflict, a millennia-old war waged between the gods themselves.
The Road She Left Behind (affiliate link)
Crushed by guilt over the car accident that killed her father and sister, and torn apart by her mother’s resentment, Darcy Goodridge fled her family estate eight years ago and hasn’t looked back. Now an unexpected phone call threatens to upend what little serenity she’s found. Her nephew, Emerson, who was just a baby when his mother died, has gone missing. Darcy must return home and face her past in order to save him.
Once back in Ohio, Darcy realizes there’s more to Emerson’s disappearance—and to the sudden retirement of her mother, Rosalind—than meets the eye. As she works to make inroads with Rosalind, Darcy begins to unravel a decades-old secret that devastated her family and forced a wedge between her and Michael Varano, the man she left heartbroken when she vanished after the funeral. After carrying the scars of that fateful night for almost a decade, Darcy is determined to find closure, healing, and maybe even love where she lost them all in the first place—right back home where she belongs.
My Darling Girl (affiliate link)
Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call.
Mavis, Alison’s estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter’s family. But Alison grew up with her mother’s alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories. Still, she eventually agrees to take in Mavis, hoping that she and her mother can finally heal and have the relationship she’s always dreamed of.
But when mysterious and otherworldly things start happening upon Mavis’s arrival, Alison begins to suspect her mother is not quite who she seems. And as the holiday festivities turn into a nightmare, she must confront just how far she is willing to go to protect her family in this “twisty, propulsive, character-drive, and hair-raisingly scary” (Nick Cutter, author of The Troop)
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