Charlotte Reynolds is no stranger to loss. After a car accident took her parents, she was raised by her maternal grandfather. Six months ago, she lost him too. At thirty-one, with no living relatives, Charlotte finds herself alone in the world.That is until she opens the box.Her grandfather's possessions have sat in the corner, untouched since his passing. Inside, she discovers a letter, and in it a secret he kept for over seventy years. A love story, that began on D-Day, between he and a French woman, and ended with the birth of her mother.With no one left to ask who the mysterious woman could be, Charlotte decides to drop everything and go to France to uncover the truth for herself. Soon after arriving, it becomes clear that her search won't be easy. Things are complicated further when Jonah Emmerson shows up at the B&B. The handsome but arrogant Brit takes an almost instant disliking to her. A feeling, that she discovers, is mutual.Charlotte... Views: 127
Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderA Christmas party is punctuated by a gunshot under a policeman's watchful eye. A jewel heist is planned amidst the glitz and glamour of Oxford Street's Christmas shopping. Lost in a snowstorm, a man finds a motive for murder. This collection of mysteries explores the darker side of the festive season—from unexplained disturbances in the fresh snow, to the darkness that lurks beneath the sparkling decorations. With neglected stories by John Bude and E.C.R. Lorac, as well as tales by little-known writers of crime fiction, Martin Edwards blends the cosy atmosphere of the fireside story with a chill to match the temperature outside. This is a gripping seasonal collection sure to delight mystery fans Views: 127
: On a warm, summer night in 1973, Tammy Palmer simply disappeared. Now, she's valiantly trying to help solve that mystery, struggling to communicate through her beloved camera. And she'll bring two soul mates together in the process.Nate Palmer is pulled from his safe, invisible life in the Charlotte, North Carolina by an unexpected request from his father: clean out the family home and get it ready to sell. That's going to be a big job. The house is filled with items collected over sixty years and the haunting memory of a missing girl that was never found.Creed Autry is barely holding on with a part-time job. In fact, he's just been evicted from his apartment. The chance to work with Nate Palmer cleaning out one of the biggest and oldest homes in town is more than an opportunity-it's a temporary roof over his head.Both men's lives are about to be turned upside down by a mystery brought to life by what appears to be an old, broken camera. But what neither of them realizes is that there are people who will do just about anything to keep what really happened a secret.Will Nate and Creed figure out what happened to Tammy Palmer? And will the two men finally admit that their attraction for each other goes far beyond the physical? Views: 127
An unforgettable, inventive, and riveting epic saga with the literary force and evocative imagination of Station Eleven, Zone One, and The Road, that signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.A little more than a century from now, the world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, starting with the great coastal cities, rising floodwaters have left America an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water. Civilization as it once was is gone. Bands of pirates roam the waters, in search of goods and women to breed. Some join together to create a new kind of society, while others sail alone, barely surviving. Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious and feisty eight-year-old daughter, Pearl, fish from their small boat, the Bird, visiting small hamlets and towns on dry land only to trade for supplies and information. Just before Pearl's birth, when the monstrous deluge... Views: 127
Set between Cubas twenty years apart, Havana native Teresa Dovalpage's new murder mystery explores lingering grudges between old friends and lovers separated by Castro's final sanctioned raft exodus. Juan, a Cuban construction worker who has settled in Albuquerque, returns to Havana for the first time since fleeing Cuba by raft twenty years ago. He is traveling with his American wife, Sharon, and hopes to reconnect with Victor, his best friend from college—and, unbeknownst to Sharon, he also hopes to discover what has become of two ex-girlfriends, Elsa and Rosita. Juan is surprised to learn that Victor has become Victoria and runs a popular drag show at the local hot spot Café Arabia. Elsa has married a wealthy foreigner, and Rosita, still single, works at the Havana cemetery. When one of these women turns up dead, it will cost Padrino, a Santería priest and former detective on the Havana police force, more than he expects to untangle... Views: 127
Special Agent Marcus Williams and his serial killer sibling, Francis Ackerman Jr., are on the trail of not just a single murderer, but an entire network of killers for hire. The trail of bodies leads them to San Francisco and a killer going by the codename Gladiator. Their target is working for a ruthless and reclusive syndicate leader, helping to expand the crime lord's territories through blood. But the Gladiator's machinations go much deeper than contract killing. Considering himself to be a modern-day Genghis Khan, the Gladiator has a plan to forever carve his name onto the evolution of mankind. To stop him, Ackerman, Marcus, and the team must plumb the depths of human depravity by diving into the worlds of organized crime, human trafficking, and underground bloodsports. The Gladiator is undefeated in his arena of death, but he's also never faced an opponent like Ackerman. Views: 127
Bear:I’ve been going through a dry spell, if you know what I mean. Random hook ups and casual flings just aren’t doing it for me any more. I need something real. It’s time to find the one. When I meet Chloe it’s like everything falls into place. She thinks her scars make her unlovable, but I mean to prove her very wrong. She’s everything I want. Strong and wild, and curvy. I’m going to make her mine in every sense of the word.Chloe:The last thing I need is a man in my life. I’ve always taken care of myself, ever since that drunk driver killed my parents and left me scarred. But after meeting Bear, all my convictions are crashing down around my ears. Falling for him is easy, not getting us both killed after I get on the bad side of a dangerous biker gang, not so much.Can these two misfits stop bickering long enough to realize that they are exactly what the other needs? Can they keep their hands off each other long enough to even have that talk?'Dirty Mouth' is a seriously spicy and sweet short story romance featuring a kickass full bodied lady and a smoking hot, dirty talking man. Views: 127
