The Agatha Award–winning author of Pressing the Issue returns to the Cookbook Nook, where Jenna Hart is busy decking the halls and ducking a killer . . . The holidays are Jenna Hart's favorite time of year, but just as she's decorating the Cookbook Nook for all the festive events, her imperious older sister makes a surprise visit, anxious that her husband's been more naughty than nice. To make matters worse, her father's good friend Jake shows up on her doorstep with a frantic report that his friend has been murdered—trussed with Christmas lights and impaled with a tree star. Worried that Jake was the intended victim, Jenna makes a list of suspects and checks it twice. Swapping her Santa's hat for a sleuthing cap, she gets busy investigating Jake's long-lost sister, his Grinch of a neighbor, and a stamp collector who covets Jake's most treasured piece. When Jake himself is poisoned and nearly dies, Jenna knows she'll... Views: 317
Old habits die hard. But old lounge chairs die harder.Val can't solve all the world's problems, so she's settled on two: smashing every tacky figurines on the planet…and ridding the universe of her boyfriend's hideous Barcalounger.During the neighborhood yard sale, the fate of Tom's beloved chair comes down to a wager. But what Val herself puts up as an ante proves hard to live without, and soon has her wrestling with the demons she keeps locked in her closet – both literally and figuratively.With an old nemesis breathing down her back and an old friend missing in action, Val soon finds herself jonesing for more than justice.Who'll win the bet? Who'll lose? And who in the world is Sir Albert Snoggles, III?Come along for the ride as Val's "Hammer of Justice" lays waste to atrocities of both the ceramic and non-ceramic kind, and the gang learns that when you mess around with Karma, just who ends up dealing the final blow is anybody's guess.If you like wacky, deeply flawed characters and laugh-out-loud situations, you'll love Figure Eight! It's the eighth book in Margaret Lashley's hilarious Val Fremden Mystery Series. Views: 317
How did Winston Wong boot up his detective career? Find out in this prequel story to SENIORS SLEUTH.Winston Wong is working while most of his colleagues are living it up at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Stuck in a stuffy room with fellow video game testers Manchester and Trent, he's bored to death. But things really turn fatal when a dead body shows up after the coffee break. Can Winston decode the data to find out what really happened? Views: 317
Enjoy this heartwarming short Christmas story of a Christmas store owner who finds herself in a Christmas gift exchange. How can the "Santa" ever surprise a person who for Christmas, it's just business?Bullying involves an initial desire to hurt. This urge is expressed in action. A more powerful person or group directs the action. She reflected upon the past to a time where fear rose with her each morning. Loser! loser! Here comes the black loser! they chanted. Surrounded, Sarah panicked. Unable to run away from her tormentors, she froze. Humiliated, Sarah sat on the ground. The bullies soon lost interest and walked away screaming obscenities at her. The memories may fade with time but the scars will remain forever. Views: 317
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AMBITION is a short story prequel to PERCEPTION, capturing the beginning of Noah and Zoe’s story from Noah’s POV.5k = approximately 20 pagesAMBITION is a short story (5k) prequel to PERCEPTION, capturing the beginning of Noah and Zoe’s story from Noah’s POV.Eighteen year old Noah Brody doesn’t like GAPs—Genetically Altered Persons. He’s taken up his dead father’s cause, speaking out and protesting against unfair GAP policies that are responsible for the massive social divide between wealthy GAPs and poorer naturals.If only he could keep his mind off of perfect Zoe Vanderveen, daughter of the GAP family his mother works for. And can he really fill his father’s shoes?Keywords: dystopian, science fiction, apocalyptic, genetic engineering, robots, artificial intelligence, family issues, social divides, rich and poor, beautiful people, wealth, power, corruption, teen love, forbidden love, free, free book Views: 317
Can a Texas lawman capture an escaped serial killerafter a witness's location is breached?The serial killer Gemma Hanson narrowly escaped just discovered her WITSEC location, and he's coming after her to finish what he started. That's the message Sheriff Kellan Slater personally delivers. Although Gemma and Kellan share an intense past, escaping the violence surrounding them is all that matters. Especially once Gemma realizes there is no safe place—not even protective custody... Views: 317
Paradise can be treacherousSailing out into deep water is deceptive, especially when the weather is beautiful, the sky crystal clear. The tropics can lull you into complacency.This is the story of a Rasta and his girlfriend going fishing in a borrowed motorboat, and the separate tale of a couple traveling the islands on their sailboat. They have little enough in common until things go wrong. Sailing in the same waters, with no knowledge of each other, they come to share the life-threatening challenges the sea can offer them, without there being a storm in sight. Views: 317
