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Clam Wake

In this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from acclaimed USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim, innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and Cousin Renie face off against a slippery, cold-blooded killer in a beach communityWith the holidays over and Hillside Manor light on guests, innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the January blues. It doesn't help that her husband, Joe, is leaving for New Zealand on a once-in-a-lifetime fishing trip with Cousin Renie's husband, Bill. A few days away housesitting at her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island with Renie sounds like the perfect getaway to lighten her mood. Surrounded by retirees in the off season, the cozy beach town is sure to be quiet and restful, and Auntie Vance has stocked the fridge with all their favorite dishes. But when Judith and Renie arrive, they quickly discover that the seniors of Obsession Shores prefer cold cocktails...
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Entralled

Detective Abigail Harte has been in love with her partner, Caden Hope, for more years than she cares to count. But she is a professional and hides her feelings deep down inside, not letting it interfere with their work.Her feelings are sorely tested when they end up in the middle of Faery while on their way to a conference. For Caden has caught the eye of one of the beautiful faeries there. Caden is in thrall to her and Abigail has no way to save him from the faery magic. How can you save someone who doesn't want to be saved?Is their love doomed before it even starts?A short story of approximately 6,000 words.
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HF - 03 - The Devil's Own

A Beautiful, Rapacious Mistress, A Savagely Strong Master--And A Plantation Seething With Fearful Hatred And Forbidden Lust The lush sugar plantation of Green Grove was the envy of every planter on the island of Antigua--just as its breathtakingly lovely mistress, Marguerite Warner, was the object of every hot-blooded man's tropic-fired hunger. But Marguerite had her own idea of the man she wanted. A man with enough iron strength to satisfy her carnal appetites and fulfill her ravenous dreams of power. Kit Hilton was the man she chose and wed and tried to shape to her will with every enticement of the flesh and seduction of the spirit. But no woman could hold his fiercely proud, freebooting adventurer -- and between them a struggle began that would explode in an orgy of violence and lust beyond all laws of God and man....
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Coward's Kiss

Review"Block is one of the best!" -- Washington Post (_Washington Post, DC_ ) Product DescriptionA New York Times Bestselling AuthorNew York City private investigator Ed London has a problem - or rather, the problem is his brother-in-law's. Jack Enright's mistress, a woman with secrets of her own, has been shot to death in the apartment that he pays for. But when the body, moved by London to Central Park, is finally identified, London knows he must act quickly to find her killer - before the killer and the police find him.
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Force of Blood

Grady Service, Detective for Michican Upper Peninsula's DNR, investigates a case on the shores of Lake Superior involving “bleeding sand” and a centuries-old mystery surrounding a Native American archaeological site . . . not to mention an enormous forest fire.
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Being Invisible

Fred Wagner thought his newfound ability would bring big opportunities, but some special powers aren't as useful as they appear to beAdvertising copywriter Fred Wagner lives a mundane existence, dreaming of being a novelist but making scant progress on his first literary effort. His career has stalled and his personal life is falling to pieces, but everything seems poised to change when, one day, Fred realizes he can will himself in and out of visibility. A world of possibilities seems finally within reach—that is, until Fred learns that invisibility isn't the panacea he hoped it would be. Filled with humor and pathos, Being Invisible perceptively examines the life of a struggling writer and the power each of us has to change our own lives. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Thomas Berger including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.
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Donut Shop Mystery 25 - Devil's Food Defense

Devil's Food Defense, Book 25 in the New York Times Bestselling Donut Mystery series by Jessica Beck! When kindly old Gray Vincent is stabbed after Movie Night in the Park, everyone is puzzled as to why anyone would want to kill him, but when Gray’s past sins are revealed, it’s just amazing to the folks in April Springs that the man was able to keep his secrets so long, and so well. Or did he? Was Gray struck down because of his past, or because of something that happened more recently? With Jake away on family business, Suzanne and Grace are determined to find out as they dig into the past and try to discover who killed him, and why. For more on Jessica and her books, please visit www.jessicabeckmysteries.net
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