An overbearing realtor is dead at the church she planned to convert to condominiums. A man in a ski mask attacks a young woman revealing a pattern of unsolved crimes going back three decades. Captain Alexander Moffat must conduct two very different investigations. Nothing Done in Secret is a British-style mystery set in the small towns and vineyards of California’s picturesque Gold Country.Realtor Veronica Gillis is loud and aggressive and some people hate her. Police Captain Alexander Moffat, routinely described as soft-spoken and kind, begins the first homicide investigation of his new job in California’s picturesque Gold Country when her body is discovered at the church she planned to convert to condominiums. Moffat and young Sergeant Jason De la Peña quickly identify six suspects each with a motive and no alibi. Then, less than twenty-four hours later, a man in a ski mask attacks Nicole Davies and Moffat finds reason to believe his predecessors overlooked a pattern of crimes going back three decades. The Gillis and Davies cases tug for Moffat’s attention. Dogged and thoughtful police work yields leads including DNA matches that are not human, surveillance video that unravels two alibis, ballistics evidence linking two murders and newspaper clippings from 1970 that hold vital clues. Along the way, Moffat stages a successful decoy operation, is drawn into a dangerous stand off at the high school with an armed teenage suspect and narrowly escapes death when the manhunt for the serial killer turns into a high speed car chase. Views: 494
About the AuthorAlexa was born in Southern California, and has been on a gradual northern migration ever since, having lived in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and now Oregon. She loves writing (and reading) steamy love stories that involve hot guys. Way Off Plan is her debut novel, and the beginning of the Firsts and Forever series. For more about Alexa, please visit: http://alexalandwrites.blogspot.com/ Views: 493
Matt Hawkins kills monsters for a living. Slay and pay. Werewolves, trolls, the occasional ghoul that gets a bit too big for its grave; but basically, whatever nasty critter crosses his path. Mostly, he kills vampires. While he’d made something of a living out of it, he doesn't even need the promise of cash to take down a vampire. Sure, it’s a nice bonus, but vampires are his personal crusade.Matt Hawkins isn’t a wizard. He’s not a werewolf, either. He doesn’t talk to ghosts, though he thinks he might like to see one some day. Matt’s just an ordinary, everyday kind of guy. So why is the oldest and meanest vampire in town suddenly gunning—or should that be ‘fanging’?—for him?Maybe it’s his social skills, or lack thereof—but it wasn’t his fault he lost his pants in the middle of the mall. Perhaps it’s because he’s on nickname basis with the ghoul in a local cemetery. Then there’s the outside chance it’s the fact Matt’s one half of the vampire slaying team that is Night Call.His partner is Mercy, a pint sized fighting machine with a killer wardrobe—and she’s the only tame vampire in existence.Still, none of that explains why tenacious PI Erin McRea is digging through all the nastiest moments of his history in an effort to find him.And somehow Matt has to find the time to see his therapist about that little temper problem he has… Views: 493
Ethan"To be or not to be," that's always been my motto. On the stage, performing a solo in choir, or even as an amateur director for my high school play. Everything I do I attack with the passion of my trade, that is, until I met Taylor. She's quiet, mysterious, melancholy. And she's absolutely perfect for a role I need to cast.Taylor"Don't let them see who you really are," that's always been my motto. When I dance, I come alive, or at least that's what the reviews have said. But they don't know deep down I'm terrified they all know who I really am: a sixteen year old girl struggling with a secret. Ethan's slowly changing my world, and I'm drawn to him, but I can't let him in. Or can I? Views: 493
Return to Rabbit Island for the heart-pounding conclusion to Red and Wolfe's story. Don't forget your extra panties - but this time, you might also want to bring your gun.
This is a serial novella of approximately 30,000 words. Views: 491
It’s Christmastime, and Dr. Mick Mulligan has just arrived back at her childhood home after a five-year absence. She’s determined to help her mother, Leona, care for the house she grew up in and resolved to adjust to life back in Connecticut. After the childhood loss of her father, Mick proclaimed herself a “humbug.” Mick is happier in an operating room that gathering around a Christmas tree. Holidays conjure painful memories for the doctor. The problem is, Leona Mulligan thinks she’s Mrs. Claus. Ruby Pope has lived next door to Leona Mulligan for five years. Ruby’s become Leona’s family, and Leona has been dubbed “Grandma Lee,” by Ruby’s six-year-old son, Logan. Logan and Ruby are about to challenge everything Mick had convinced herself to be true. Loss has played a significant role in both Mick and Ruby’s lives. Both spend their days tending to sick people in the hospital; Mick as a vascular surgeon and Ruby as an ICU nurse. Neither could save the person they loved most. Mick has made it her mission to make a difference for families like hers. One day she might save the life of a little girl’s father at Christmas. Ruby has learned that life and death are inevitable parts of the other. She views life through Logan’s eyes with a sense of possibility and wonderment. Can Ruby and Logan help Mick rediscover the wonder of Christmas? What will Mick do when she’s forced to live in her mother’s version of the North Pole?Humbug’s Holiday Homecoming is a story about finding the strength to love despite the inevitability of loss. It’s a journey of discovery, of letting go, and of learning to hold on again. What could be more magical than falling in love? J.A. Armstrong is a pen-name for best-selling author Nancy Ann Healy. Nancy is best known for the Alex and Cassidy series of political thrillers that includes: Intersection, Betrayal, Commitment, Conspiracy, and Untold. She is also the author of the best-selling novels, Falling Through Shooting Stars and All the Way Home. As J.A. Armstrong, Nancy writes several popular series: Off Screen, By Design, Special Delivery, First Course, Open Tab (The Whiskey Springs Series), and the new Journey of Discovery Series of erotic lesbian romance. Views: 489
Since Mom died and left me with my abusive, drunkard of a father I don't have much of a life. My only sanctuary's hidden in the woods. At least until I find a jeweled dagger and it transports me to somewhere called Elestra. I seriously can't believe this isn't some crazy dream, with mechanical horses, cat people, demons, and even metal dragons.I just want to go home, but everything is a disaster in Clock City.Who's this mysterious girl who appeared in Elestra? Alayna wears strange clothes and keeps complaining about something called a "cell phone." She even has a demon with her who's sworn a life debt, and now I'm bonded to her to help save the kingdom.I'm just Sebastian, a secret tinkerer. How am I supposed to help her, and the rebellion, save the city? My life has flipped upside down, and I don't know if I have what it takes.No matter what happens it's up to us to show the world what freedom truly looks like. Views: 489
The Common King stands revealed...
Chris and his friends have a new mission: rescue the magical creatures who were wrongly imprisoned. Their quest will take them across an ocean and back again, all the while hunted by two factions of logomancers.
Formerly trusted teachers. An old friend. His own mother. And a new enemy, the Nightmare Queen, who visits Chris nightly with visions of the Common King’s crimes.
Chris will need to draw on even greater power to protect his friends and rescue the magical creatures from the world before, but every step towards mastering his logomancy is another step closer to the evil that waits inside his mind. Inside the floating room. Views: 488
Gregor arrives in the fae court ready to cement an alliance. When he finds his mate there, he doesn���t hesitate to make their union a part of the momentous event, even though he neglects to inform his newly found mate about any of this. Views: 479
