Pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw finds herself on thin ice as she attempts to solve her latest case of small-town murder in Ellie Alexander's Chilled to the Cone: A Bakeshop Mystery.The deep freeze has thawed in Ashland, Oregon and Torte is gearing up for a busy spring. When a surprise opportunity to launch a pop-up ice cream shop comes her way, Jules jumps at the chance to showcase Torte's signature iced drinks and cold custards. But selling the desserts of her dreams comes at a price. . .and, before she knows it, Jules's life swirls into a nightmare. One of the town's most colorful characters, a street performer known for wearing capes and a cone-shaped hat, turns up dead just as Torte 2.0 is set to open its doors. Can Jules get the scoop on what happened to "The Wizard" of Ashland before her new business venture reaches a chilling conclusion? The Bakeshop Mysteries are:"Delicious."—RT Book... Views: 252
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Faced with losing everything, all that matters is Here and Now . . . Marigold has spent her life taking care of those around her, juggling family life with the running of the local shop, and being an all-round leader in her quiet yet welcoming community. When she finds herself forgetting things, everyone quickly puts it down to her age. But something about Marigold isn't quite right, and it's becoming harder for people to ignore. As Marigold's condition worsens, for the first time in their lives her family must find ways to care for the woman who has always cared for them. Desperate to show their support, the local community come together to celebrate Marigold, and to show her that losing your memories doesn't matter, when there are people who will remember them for you . . .Evocative, emotional and full of life, Here and Now is the most moving book you'll read this year – from... Views: 252
What if the one person you can't trust...is yourself? US Army Detective Regan Chase spent years lying for her country. Until she was caught. Her reputation as the military's premier undercover chameleon in tatters, Regan's been shunted to a Stateside post and reassigned to the grunt work of Army CID—investigations. First up, the brutal stabbing of a soldier's wife. Instead of the domestic homicide she expects, Regan confronts the first in a series of murders and suicides brought on by the violent hallucinations plaguing a twelve-man Special Forces A-Team just back from Afghanistan. A team led by Regan's ex-lover. The very soldier responsible for the decimation of her undercover career. As the murders and suicides mount, Regan clashes with an unforgiving, uncooperative and dangerously secretive John Garrison—and an even more secretive US Army. The Army knows she and... Views: 252
As England recovers from its costly involvement in the Great War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady's maid, Eva Huntford, find the steady comforts of their lives unsettled by a local case of murder . . . Eva is excited for a visit from her sister Alice, who lives in Suffolk with her husband and three children. But when Alice arrives alone, desiring a break from her family, Eva becomes concerned. Her dismay deepens as Alice starts spending time with a former beau, Keenan Ripley, who owns the nearby pear orchard. At the same time, Phoebe's sister Julia, now a widow and pregnant, is in a fretful state, and Phoebe struggles to be helpful to her. When Keenan's brother Stephen, the new head gardener at the Renshaw estate, Foxwood Hall, is found impaled by a pair of hedge clippers, the police—including Eva's beau, Constable Miles Brannock—suspect his closest kin. Stephen had been eager to sell their orchard to an American developer, but... Views: 252
In a world where vampires rule the night,In a place where werewolves roam free,In a universe where anything could happen,You have to be ready.I'm a writer. I'm not a fighter, or a hunter, or the kind of girl who carries a sword. I've never shot a gun and I've never even gotten in a real fight before. I dream up love stories; I don't cause trouble.At least, I didn't think I did.But when Flynn Richardson marches into my book signing and hauls me off into the night, I realize that my books have done more harm than good and I'm forced into a school where the monsters I write about are real.They actually exist.And not a single one of them likes me.Welcome to Big Bad Academy.It's going to be a bad year. Views: 252
