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Hush Hush Honeysuckle (DCI Nash Book 1) (affiliate link)
DCI Nash is brought into the Serious Crimes Task Force on a case that has the local police baffled. Their quiet town has been shattered by its first-ever serial killer. The beautiful countryside is tarnished forever.
Four murders in and the psychopath nicknamed The Florist isn’t done.
The staged and bizarre murder scenes are like nothing the team has seen before – but one thing is clear: the killer is playing cat and mouse. There are no apparent links between these elaborate murders, except for the sprig of honeysuckle left at the crime scene.
As the evidence stacks up against the dying businessman Maxwell Jones, Nash thinks he’s nailed their killer. Jones has nothing to lose and wants to go out with a bang. He’s young. He’s angry. And he’s not ready to die. Are these killings his swan song to keep his name alive?
But a mole is leaking evidence to the media, and if Nash doesn’t get on top of it soon, he’ll be ruined.
Our dog Rusty’s romp through our neighbor’s prized flower beds wasn’t the best way to introduce ourselves.
We had only recently moved to Silver Springs to open our bed and breakfast and already started off on the wrong foot.
Before we could make things right with our new grumpy neighbor, he was murdered, and the police chief has one primary suspect: my husband.
If I can’t prove Jim’s innocence, we’ll lose the Bluebell Inn, and he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison.
I can’t let that happen.
A New Ending (The Pearl Heirloom Collection Book 1) (affiliate link)
They dreamed of finding partners as perfect as each other.
Will time, duty, and wicked foes ruin their chances at happiness?
Denver, Colorado, Present. Rachel Weber is just about ready to give up on romance. Frustrated with her job and life, she’s stunned when an unexpected encounter with an art student offers hope for a better future. But when she slips and hits her head, the modern-day woman suddenly finds herself in the warm embrace of a gorgeous Sixteenth-Century baron.
Gloucestershire, England, 1564. Alexander Dohetry craves true love. Betrothed to a woman he doesn’t like, he’s caught off-guard when he rescues a beautiful lady falling out of a tree. And when his heart is quickly enraptured, he must decide between his sworn obligation and the wife he’s always desired.
Bad Honey (The Hornets Nest Book 1) (affiliate link)
Estella Miele is running.
Running from the death of her parents and twin brother.
She’s sprinting and stumbling from the guilt that chases her over causing the accident.
A failed fastpitch star she tracks across the country she moves in with her best friend Zoey and tries to find peace by throwing herself into her studies. If she can keep her head down and finish her last year of school then she can separate the old Ella and the new. But Harbor University has other plans for her. Silas Shore hires her as the medical team’s intern and thrusts her into the world of Hornets baseball without hesitation.
Captain Arlo King is a legacy all-star pitcher with a bad attitude and a dark past. A tangled history with his brother threatens to unravel everything. But he sets his sights on winning it all; he doesn’t have time to be anything but focused. His team is falling apart, and his championship slipping through his fingers.
Ladyfingers and Lies (A Belle Harbor Book 14) (affiliate link)
Rival gardeners, long-held secrets, and floral facade…
The annual Parade of Patios is the highlight of the spring season in Belle Harbor, showcasing the residents’ green thumbs and creative flair. As the parade reaches the grand home of the esteemed town council president, the atmosphere turns chilling when a blood-curdling scream pierces the air.
In the council president’s backyard, amidst a tapestry of flowers, the crowd stumbles upon a lifeless body.
As the danger grows like a stubborn weed, Tilly must unearth the truth before she becomes the next victim ensnared in this deadly flower bed. Will her keen eye for detail and unwavering determination be enough to expose the twisted roots of this mystery? Or will Belle Harbor’s charming gardens forever hide the secrets of a killer?
The Fabrication of Eden Pruitt (Eden Pruitt Book 1) (affiliate link)
WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS A LIE …
18-year-old Eden Pruitt stepped out of line just once. Unfortunately, that disastrous decision ended with an arrest, a mug shot, and two very concerned parents. Now they’re starting over. In Iowa, of all places. On the cusp of her senior year, of all times. The situation isn’t ideal but she’ll have to manage. The change of address was her fault, after all, and she isn’t going to make this harder on her parents.
But life in Iowa turns strange fast. Odd things are happening and Eden has no idea what any of it means. Then she comes home from her first day of school to a ransacked house and the nightmare officially begins. Her parents are missing. She believes something horrible has happened to them. But nobody believes her. Except for a hardened, mysterious stranger who is as dangerous as he is enticing.
The Sweeney Sisters: A Novel (affiliate link)
Maggie, Eliza, and Tricia Sweeney grew up as a happy threesome in the idyllic seaside town of Southport, Connecticut. But their mother’s death from cancer fifteen years ago tarnished their golden-hued memories, and the sisters drifted apart. Their one touchstone is their father, Bill Sweeney, an internationally famous literary lion and college professor universally adored by critics, publishers, and book lovers. When Bill dies unexpectedly one cool June night, his shell-shocked daughters return to their childhood home. They aren’t quite sure what the future holds without their larger-than-life father, but they do know how to throw an Irish wake to honor a man of his stature.
But as guests pay their respects and reminisce, one stranger, emboldened by whiskey, has crashed the party. It turns out that she too is a Sweeney sister.
Someday Angeline (Avon/Camelot Book) (affiliate link)
From a Newbery Medal and National Book Award winner, a story of girl genius who struggles to fit in at school.
Nobody understands why Angeline is so smart. She could read the first time she picked up a book, she can play the piano without ever having had a lesson, and she even knows what the weather is going to be. But being smart is causing Angeline nothing but trouble. The mean kids in school call her a freak, her teacher finds her troublesome, and even her own father doesn’t know what to do with an eight-year-old girl who seems to be a genius. Angeline doesn’t want to be either a genius or a freak. She just wants the chance to be herself and be happy. But it’s only when she makes friends with a boy the kids call “Goon” and the teacher they call “Mr. Bone” that Angeline gets that chance.
Deep Down Dead (Lori Anderson Book 1) (affiliate link)
Six states. Three days. One chance to save her child…
Lori Anderson is as tough as they come, managing to keep her career as a fearless Florida bounty hunter separate from her role as single mother to nine-year-old Dakota, who suffers from leukaemia. But when the hospital bills start to rack up, she has no choice but to take her daughter along on a job that will make her a fast buck. And that’s when things start to go wrong.
The fugitive she’s assigned to haul back to court is none other than JT, Lori’s former mentor – the man who taught her everything she knows … the man who also knows the secrets of her murky past. Not only is JT fighting a child exploitation racket operating out of one of Florida’s biggest amusement parks, Winter Wonderland, a place where ‘bad things never happen’, but he’s also mixed up with the powerful Miami Mob.
The Joy of Saying No: A Simple Plan to Stop People Pleasing, Reclaim Boundaries, and Say Yes to the Life You Want (affiliate link)
Are you still playing a role you learned in childhood to please others, such as the Good Girl/Boy, the Overachiever, or the Helper? Though these kinds of roles may have gained us attention and affection, they prohibited us from becoming our true selves.
People-pleasing–putting others ahead of ourselves to avoid something negative or to get something we want or need–runs rampant in our society. Saying yes when we should say no leaves us stuck in frustrating patterns. And when we don’t say yes authentically, we say it resentfully, which leads to more problems than if we’d said no in the first place.
The Joy of Saying No will help you identify your people-pleasing style and habits.
Make ‘Em Laugh & Take Their Money: A Few Thoughts On Using Humor As A Speaker or Writer (affiliate link)
A successful entrepreneur, speaker, and marketing copywriter shows you how to wield the persuasive, profit-making power of humor.
People buy more and buy more happily when in good humor. Understanding humor and being able to effectively use it for your sales and persuasion purposes is a powerful advantage. Drawn from thirty years’ experience as a popular professional speaker, author of thirteen books, columnist and advertising copywriter, Dan Kennedy looks at humor as an instrument of influence.
Anyone who must speak or write to a public audience will find fodder here. Whether you deliver speeches, seminars, or group sales presentations; serve as toastmaster at events; or write advertisements, sales letters, or newsletters, this book offers thoughtful insight, practical strategies, and simple shortcuts to help you be confident and adept at being funny with a purpose. (Even if you’re not all that funny.)
Accidentally Married to a Seductive Beau: A Novel (Noble Hearts and Hidden Desires) (affiliate link)
The fiery Lady Charlotte Barham is quite pleased that her beloved sister is finally betrothed. Even though it is not a love match, Charlotte has high hopes for her sister’s future happiness by the side of the eligible and very seductive Lord Forbes. Everything seemed to be perfect, until a fateful night at a ball, Charlotte and her sister’s fiancé find themselves in the middle of a terrible scandal that can ruin them both. There seems to be no other solution than marrying Lord Forbes and losing her sister’s trust once and for all…
Could such an unforeseen marriage ever succeed?
Lord Christopher Forbes, a former army officer and son of an Earl, unexpectedly finds himself torn between duty and honour. His betrothal with the older Lady Barham was a well-received settled match, but an intimate moment with her tempting sister, Charlotte, was enough to turn his life upside down. After their hasty wedding under the threatening shadow of scandal, he realises how his deep admiration for her is turning into burning, untamed passion.
The Goldie Standard: A Novel (affiliate link)
Goldie Mandell is opinionated, assertive, and stuck in an Assisted Living Facility. But even surrounded by schleppers with walkers, pictures of sunrises, fancy fish tanks, and an array of daily activities to complement the tepid tea and stale cookies on offer, her salt-free plate is full. She’s got a granddaughter to settle, an eager love interest named Harry to subdue, and precious memories of her happy marriage to fellow Holocaust survivor Mordy to draw upon.
Maxie Jacobson is young, brilliant, and newly single, not by choice. But she’s got her science career, a grandmother to care for, and her whole life ahead of her. When Maxie takes on the role of her grandmother’s medical advocate, she has no idea Goldie operates with the single purpose of securing Maxie with Dr. Right. Instead, Maxie is distracted by her grandmother’s unexpectedly charming long-haired, sandal-wearing, peculiarly-named driver, T-Jam Bin Naumann, definitely wrong in every way.
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