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SPOTLIGHT BOOKS 1–5 (affiliate link)
BOOK 1: STRICTLY ON ICE
Hailed as the ‘Ice Queen’ by the press, Olympic skating champion Katie Saunders’s career was cut short by an accident on the ice. Now she’s taking part in a celebrity ice skating show. She’s broke and really needs the money. But she didn’t count on being paired with infamous ladies’ man Jamie Walsh. And of course one of the judges turns out to be her ex, who she blames for her accident . . .
BOOK 2: CELEBRITY SOS
Actress Katerina Murphy knew that partaking in a reality TV show where celebrities fend for themselves in the Alaskan wilderness would push her outside her comfort zone. But when she locks eyes with fellow contestant Finn Drayson of 1Dream boyband, she realizes she had no idea. Because not only was he her first love, he was also her first heartbreak . . .
The Funeral Date (Meet the Family Book 1) (affiliate link)
Killing in the Caribbean (affiliate link)
Welcome to Voyage Cruise Line: where a sunny day is always just a trip away!
At least, that’s the official motto Zibby Foster learned when she was hired as the ship’s dance instructor. And she’s starting to believe it—sailing to tropical ports all over the world that have almost been enough to leave the cares of her former life behind. So, when the ship docks in Barbados, Zibby and her new best friend, Cady Hart, plan to soak up the sun, see the sights, and sip the island’s infamous rum at Cady’s boyfriend Aiden’s local bar.
Only their plans go terribly awry when a group of American tourists enter the scene, and one of them dies right in front of Zibby after sipping one of Aiden’s cocktails! With the police suspecting foul play, suddenly Aiden’s livelihood is on the line, a murderer is on the loose, and it’s up to Zibby and Cady to figure out just what killed the vacationing victim. With a little help from the ship’s sexy doctor, Zibby finds herself getting closer to the truth as she gets closer to the deceased’s circle of friends…maybe too close as the danger mounts, time runs out, and the killer sets his sights on Zibby as his second victim.
Last Call (A Ridley Brone Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
Running a karaoke bar is no way for an ex-PI to make a living.
Just ask Ridley Brone, a California private investigator who returns to his Michigan hometown when he inherits his estranged parents’ multi-million-dollar estate. The songs they wrote made them rich, but their popular karaoke bar, the High Note, made them famous. Now Ridley owns a bar he doesn’t have a clue how to manage, and his every effort seems only to further tarnish his parents’ legacy.
Then Ridley’s high school love, Autumn, shows up asking for help. She suspects her husband of having an affair and wants Ridley to find the truth. Itching to do the kind of work he knows, Ridley takes her case. But after he finds her husband murdered, the karaoke bar feels like vacation compared to the hard job of proving Autumn’s innocence.
You Had Me at Merlot (A Glamorous Life Book 1) (affiliate link)
The Entitled Love Collection (Entitled Love Novellas) (affiliate link)
Uncommon
When the arrogant playboy Earl of Lansbury pays an actress to be his fake date he doesn’t bargain on learning an uncomfortable life lesson: money can’t buy everything. And it definitely can’t buy her…
Unspoken
The brooding Duke of Cumbria has spent years fighting what he feels for his best friend’s sister. But when circumstances bring her to his lakeside estate for one long, hot summer, the duke finds it increasingly difficult to keep his distance…
Untouched
Shy and socially awkward Sophia needs lessons in love—of the horizontal kind. Who better to ask than her rakish neighbour, the viscount’s son? But despite having all the experience, Jay still has a lot to learn about the heart…
The Wife’s Promise (The Goswell Quartet Book 1) (affiliate link)
Alice looked at the young girl standing alone on the platform, sensing the same vulnerability she’d once felt entering the village she now called home. And, as the child gripped her hand tightly, she vowed she’d always protect her – whatever the cost…
England, 1939: When Alice marries kind-hearted vicar David on the eve of war, it means leaving her old life behind and moving into the draughty vicarage in the beautiful, remote village of Goswell, Cumbria. Though desperately homesick, Alice is determined to make a new life for herself and her husband.
But when war suddenly breaks out, Alice is devastated when David chooses to sign up to fight. Distraught, Alice can barely distract herself from her fear of what might happen to her husband. But everything changes when she is asked to take in an evacuee, a young girl called Vera, and Alice makes a promise to herself to protect this quiet, troubled child, no matter what…
A Lady and a Scholar (Gentleman Scholars Book 1) (affiliate link)
After her rich husband’s sudden death, Lady Evangeline refuses to remarry for convenience–especially not the handsome but cranky mathematician helping her gain financial independence. Sean Smythe has good reason to hate all things English, especially ones with titles. But when the lovely lady asks for his mathematical help with her economies, he can’t help but say yes.
But when Evangeline’s in-laws start a fight over her inheritance, they fight dirty, even dragging Sean’s history into their scandal. Despite her wish for quiet independence, her sense of justice won’t allow her to let Sean fight the battle for her.
As her alliance with Sean grows deeper, Eve is forced to choose between newfound wealth or one last chance at the happiness and love she never realized she craved.
The Keepsake (affiliate link)
1832. The morning after her father’s funeral, Prudence Merryfield wakes to the liberating thought that this is the first day of her new life. At thirty-five and unmarried, she is now mistress of her own fate. But a cruel revelation at the reading of her father’s will forces Prudence to realise that taking only the most drastic action will set her free.
Present day. Eliza is gifted a family heirloom by her aunt – a Georgian pocket book, belonging to her ancestor, Prudence Merryfield, whose existence reverberates through the lives of generations of Eliza’s family, the Ambroses. Intrigued by what she reads inside, Eliza is drawn more and more into the infamous ‘Merryfield Mystery’. What happened to Prudence who so bravely dared to defy convention two hundred years ago – then disappeared?
Death of a Dustman (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 17) (affiliate link)
Travel to the Scotland Highlands with this classic Hamish Macbeth cozy mystery from the author of the Agatha Raisin series.
Death of a Dustman: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
The garbage collectors in Britain are still called dustmen, and Lochdubh’s dustman is an abusive drunk named Fergus Macleod. When Fergus is put in charge of a recycling center and dubbed the “environment officer,” Constable Hamish Macbeth smells trouble. Sure enough, Fergus soon becomes a bullying tyrant with his new power. And after his body is found stuffed in a recycling bin, no one’s sorry-including his long-suffering family. But Macbeth is surprised to find that many of the despicable dustman’s victims refuse to talk. And when violence strikes again, the lanky lawman must quickly unearth the culprit among a litter of suspects . . . before a killer makes a clean getaway.
Nine Lives (The Cat Dupree Novels) (affiliate link)
Bounty hunter Cat Dupree first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminish her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattooed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico, where there is no law to watch her back.
Without her knowledge, bondsman Wilson McKay is on the same job, and trailing Cat is the fastest way to find his man. He’s willing to share resources—and the reward—especially if that means getting to know the lonely woman beneath Cat’s tough, take-no-prisoners exterior. Life’s taught Cat that the surest way to land on her feet is to work alone, but Wilson might be the man to change her mind—when they’re not competing for jobs or ready to kill each other.
The Bricklayer: A Novel (Steve Vail Novels Book 1) (affiliate link)
Someone will kill and kill again if it means he can fool the FBI . . .
Ex-FBI agent Steve Vail is more than happy to leave the Bureau behind, but they aren’t through with him yet. A group called the Rubaco Pentad is holding the FBI up for buckets of cash, with an escalating body count as leverage. The Feds are stumped. Some signs point to a corrupt agent while others lead to completely dead ends.
Vail has built a reputation for being able to find anybody anywhere. Now, with no official ties, he’s the perfect choice for this under-the-radar investigation. But as Vail well knows, going after people who use killing as a bargaining chip is asking for the worst kind of trouble.
The House at Mermaid’s Cove (affiliate link)
In April 1943 a young woman washes ashore on a deserted beach in Cornwall, England. With shorn hair and a number stitched on her tattered chemise, Alice is the survivor of a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat. She’s found by the mysterious Viscount Jack Trewella, who suspects that she’s a prisoner of war or a spy. But the secret Alice asks Jack to keep is one he could never have guessed, and it creates an intimate bond he never expected.
With her true identity hidden beneath the waves, Alice grasps the chance to reinvent herself. But as she begins to fall for Jack, she discovers he has secrets too—ones echoing the legend of a mermaid said to lure men into the dark depths of the sea.
For two strangers in the shadow of war, lost love, and haunting memories, is it time to let go of the past? Or to finally face it—whatever the risks?
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