Mystery buff Vicki Butler plans to kill someone this weekend—nothing personal, just business. The killer grand opening weekend at her new Who-Dun-Him Inn is all fun and games—until an unplanned dead body makes an appearance. With a murderer running loose, young widowed mom Vicki is forced to keep her family, guests, and actors safe while searching for clues. Her author guests, also the prime suspects, try their hand at solving this real-life whodunit, in the process hindering the investigation by local law enforcement officers.Things really go downhill when her twin, Liz, shows up, trailed by flamboyant Grandma Ross, who announces she’s seeking a boy toy among the suspects. When both a local younger man and an out-of-town newshound start sniffing around the inn—and her—Vicki realizes she's got more than just a murderer to worry about. Can she solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? Or will this case of opening-night jitters prove to be terminal? Views: 66
Simon Thorn has only recently discovered that he's an Animalgam, a member of a secret race of people who can shift into animals, and found a home where he truly belongs. But not everything is as good as it seems. Simon's evil grandfather, Orion, is bent on taking over the entire animal kingdom, and to do so, he'll need to gather the pieces of a terrible weapon—one that could shred the very foundations of the Animalgams' world. . . unless Simon can gather the pieces first. So when Simon's dolphin Animalgam friend Jam is summoned home to the underwater kingdom's headquarters, Avalon, Simon sees it as an opportunity to secure another piece. But as soon as he and his friends arrive in Avalon, their search is complicated by Jam's strict family—and a potential traitor. Can they locate the piece before it falls into Orion's hands and puts the entire underwater kingdom at risk?With plenty of action and adventure and characters full of heart, this story... Views: 66
Conspiracies, secrets and high-octane adventure in the Congo. Another gripping thriller from the author of The Forbidden Temple.People have been disappearing in what the explorer Stanley called the black heart of Africa -- the impenetrable forests of northern Congo. But when a brilliant young English doctor vanishes, alarm bells really start to ring. Intelligence chief Jack Milton sends a message to his godson Luca Matthews (The Forbidden Temple hero) in the Himalayas asking him to go to Africa and find Joshua. Reluctantly Luca obeys, but he is no longer the man he once was, traumatised by his part in the death of his best friend, his legendary climbing nerve shot to pieces. Meanwhile in Africa, mining troubleshooter and brilliant flying pilot, Beatrice (Bear) Makuru, also wants to brave the northern wilderness. Coltan is the mineral without which no mobile phone or computer would work. Explosions have been wrecking coltan mines. Bear needs to find out why. Her journey with Luca to Africa's black heart is the beginning of an utterly terrifying sequence of events, uncovering a secret so simple yet so startling that it could rock the foundations of the civilised world. Views: 66
Lia is a beautiful vampire from the Victorian era, who discovers a portal that enables her to enter modern day Portland, Maine. She satisfies her lust for human blood by taking the life of Elena Hudson, and while doing so she sees a vision of the boy who her victim is in love with. Determined to meet him, Lia sets up home in 21st century Portland, leaving her vampire family trapped in the 19th. She succeeds in meeting the boy, Jay and an illicit passion ignites between them. But Lia cannot control her desire for human blood forever, and she is afraid that Jay will discover that she is a vampire. Then the secret of her killing comes back to haunt her. This is book 1 of the Night Feast trilogy Views: 66
The debut issue. A hundred pages of dark fiction, featuring T.L. Morganfield, David Niall Wilson, Jennifer Pelland, Kurt Newton, Don D'Ammassa, Mercedes M. Yardley, and more. Conversations with William Ollie, Alan Robert (Life of Agony, Spoiler NYC), and the legendary John Skipp. Views: 66
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Rachel hasn't been home for twenty years, now her mother is dead and she is is summoned home by her sister, but there are people she doesnt want to see and secrets she doesnt want to reveal. As she helps to clear her old home, evidence of a dark and difficult past plunge her into the centre of a murder investigation, and bring her face to face with the one person she really didn't want to meet again. As events unfold, Rachel's carefully constructed life begins to unravel, and the people she thought she knew are definately not who they pretend to be.
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A bargain that was all business . . . and pure
passion.
Neither wealth nor beauty will help Lady
Francesca Gordon win custody of her young niece Georgina, saving the girl from
a cruel stepmother; she needs London’s top solicitor for that. But when Edward
de Lacey, son of the powerful Duke of Durham, hires away the one man who can do
the job, Francesca decides Edward himself must champion her case . . . if only
she can melt the dashing lord’s stony heart.
Edward has reason to be guarded, though.
London’s tabloids have just exposed a secret that could ruin his entire family.
When Francesca offers a unique chance to undo the damage, Edward is forced to
agree to a partnership . . . and now, each moment together feeds the flames of
his scandalous longing for the passionate widow. But when Georgina disappears,
fate will test them both . . . and leave their love hanging in the balance.
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After one of her patients is murdered, Dr. Megan Bradley has to get away. Away from the crime she saw but couldn't prevent, and away from missionary Gerard Vance, who almost made her trust in love again. Shaken and scared, Megan fl ees to the one place she can heal--her small Missouri hometown. She never expected Gerard to follow her...or for danger to find her again. When they discover a murderer lurks in town, Megan will need strength from Gerard--and the Lord--to save lives. Including their own. Views: 66
From the critically acclaimed author of A Very Simple Crime, a chilling story of a young boy coming to grips with genuine evil. A red dirt road on a sweltering day. A car loses control, flips through the air. A woman crawls out, bloody and battered, staggers toward the boy on the bike, the one she swerved to avoid. But he runs away...Kyle is ten in the summer of 1976, and his world is all about secrets-secrets hidden in the maze of cornfields, in caves, in the embers of scorched earth, behind creaking doors and down basement stairs...and in the darkest of hearts.But there's a policewoman at the front door. The Paralyzed Man watches him from a neighboring porch. And no matter which way Kyle turns, no place seems safe anymore... Views: 66
Walvis Bay: a down-at-heel port town, isolated in the vast sweep of the Namib desert. Hard-eyed teenagers run the streets. Prostitutes gather around the transient dockworkers. Nobody chooses to live here. The perfect place to hide a killer... Views: 66
Captain Jack Ryder – The Duke's Bastard - Regency Sons.Book 1..The death of Captain Jack Ryder's father, the Duke of Stamford, leaves Jack restless. The duchess' spiteful relatives have made his life a misery, and he wants nothing more than to escape London for a time. Dressed in buckskin breeches, he takes to the road on his horse, Arion, with the intention of visiting his mother's grave in Ireland. But after one day, events conspire to interrupt his plans. Jack finds himself not only caught up in a conspiracy of immense proportions, but also in a passionate love affair with a lady he cannot marry. Lady Ashley Lambourne's father, the Marquess of Butterstone has been murdered, and Jack promises to find his killer. A close friend of Jack's from his army days, Harry Feather, heir to one of the largest fortunes in England, faces an arranged marriage to Lady Erina Roundtree. A tall half-Irish beauty, Erina is a spirited lady, who makes it plain she doesn't wish to... Views: 66
THE WRANGLER, THE RICH GIRL AND THE MISSING BRIDE-TO-BE Man-of-the-land Max Carter didn't care for the pampered princess who came searching for her brother's intended bride. Besides, he didn't know where his cousin Sabrina was. But when socialite Josie Wentworth fell and got amnesia, he suddenly became her keeper -- and her lover. Max couldn't resist the temptation. And he couldn't believe Josie's transformation. She actually seemed to love working the land, riding the range and cuddling in his arms. Max knew he owed Josie the truth, but he feared losing her -- and the child she now carried. Views: 66
