Peg Cochran brings 1930's New York City to life in this enthralling historical mystery featuring a wealthy young socialite turned tabloid-photographer who lands in the spotlight when a debutante ball turns deadly.It's 1938, the country is pulling out of the Great Depression and women are going to work. Armed with a Wellesley education and a determination to be different, Elizabeth "Biz" Adams takes a job at the reputable paper The Daily Trumpet—though some would call a cheap gossip rag. There she quickly learns that New York City is a much different place outside the gilded cage of her family's Madison Avenue apartment. Tasked to cover debutante balls wasn't what she had in mind, but when things go wrong and someone is murdered, it's Elizabeth's photograph that might implicate the season's "It girl". In an effort to clear the girl's name, Elizabeth takes it upon herself to uncover the truth in an investigation that leads her into the darkest corners of New... Views: 13
Summer Wager (Romancing Wisconsin Book 16) Views: 13
Fleur McDonald has a wonderful way with telling rural stories in a special way ... A great summer read.' Samstillreading on Suddenly One SummerTen years ago, thirty-year-old Chelsea Taylor left the small country town of Barker and her family's property to rise to the top as a concert pianist. With talent, ambition and a determination to show them all at home, Chelsea thought she had it made.Yet here she was, back in Barker, with her four-year-old daughter, Aria, readying herself to face her father, Tom. The father who'd shouted down the phone ten years ago never to come home again.With an uneasy truce developing, Chelsea and Aria settle into the rhythm of life on the land with Tom and Cal, the farmhand, who seems already to have judged Chelsea badly. Until a shocking discovery is made on the riverbed and Detective Dave Burrows, the local copper, has to tear back generations of family stories to reveal the secrets of the past.Chelsea just wants a relationship... Views: 13
Undeniable: Highlands Forever, Book Two Views: 13
Don't believe everything you think. Kenna Ward is a "lifeguard for the brain," an envoy for Virtu-Tech, the preeminent virtual reality provider whose implants allow consumers to experience exhilarating imagined adventures—all while remaining perfectly safe. Most of the time, that is. In the rare instance when a participant mistakes an overwhelming situation as real, it's up to Ward to enter their scenario and pull them back to reality. But when Ward's partner goes rogue and the system begins responding in odd and dangerous ways, she delves deeper, uncovering a sinister conspiracy to dominate not only the virtual reality world, but the real one as well. Ward must stop this devastating attack before there are no more independent minds left to control. Views: 13
