Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. Love in Bloom novels are written to stand alone or may be enjoyed as part of the larger series, so dive right into this fun, sexy romance.In SEARCHING FOR LOVE...Zev Braden and Carly Dylan have known each other their whole lives. Their close-knit families were sure they were destined to marry—until a devastating tragedy struck, breaking the two lovers apart. Over the next decade Zev, a nomadic treasure hunter, rarely returned to his hometown, and Carly became a chocolatier and built a whole new life across the country. When a chance encounter brings them back into each other's lives, can they find the true love that once existed, or will shattered dreams and broken hearts prevail? Find out in Searching for Love, a deliciously... Views: 280
Holly Winter is at a Christmas party when she is passed a mysterious note. Someone wants to meet her in order to tell her something very important, but before she can find them, a scream cuts through the festivities. A man has been murdered beneath the mistletoe. Was he the person who wanted to talk to her? What sort of knowledge is worth killing for to keep a secret? Holly Winter has another mystery to solve, but pitted against the most dangerous and desperate killer she's ever experienced, will she live to see the New Year? Views: 280
Angie Turner's Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, owes its success not only to its farm-fresh fair, but also to its devoted and passionate staff. But a team-building retreat turns into much more than they bargained for . . . Angie and her County Seat staff are all prepared for some much-needed R&R. Hope's been hinting at an arts-and-crafts themed retreat. Instead, they end up at a military veteran's home, where it's their job to get it spic and span for summer. In between weeding the garden and painting the rooms, Angie starts up a conversation with an older vet who wants to make amends with his son before it's too late. Unfortunately, he has no idea of his son's whereabouts. It's the perfect side job for the County Seat team, but someone keeps blocking their efforts. And the more they try to find out why, the more they're certain someone's life might be in danger . . . Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Mysteries "Well-crafted... Views: 280
This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. Views: 280
Awarded a 5 star review by Readers' Favorite.Sophia's family worked hard to stay on ‘the right side of the tracks.’ But who decides which is the 'right side' and what happens when love calls from the other side in the shape of bad boy, Dane?Things are never what they seem and as a dreadful secret begins to eat away at Sophia, life at the failing New Zealand high school, starts to unravelSophia Armitage is a decent girl from a good family. They have worked hard to end up on ‘the right side of the tracks’ in the central north island town of Hamilton in New Zealand. But things are never quite what they seem and as a dreadful secret begins to eat away at her, life at the failing high school in the north of the city starts to horribly unravel. Finally pushed too far by a group of girls whose only purpose in life is to make her existence a misery, Sophia is forced to fight back, ending in disastrous consequences. To make matters worse she is befriended by Dane McArdle, the alpha male of their poisonous little group, unleashing a whole host of trouble onto Sophia’s head. Their families are so different and yet who gets to decide which side of the tracks is the right side and once you’ve landed on the wrong side, what will be the cost of crossing back over? Views: 279
Spring, 1897. London. Margaret Harkness, now in her early forties, must leave England for her health but lacks the funds. A letter arrives from her old friend Professor Bell, her old comrade in the hunt for Jack the Ripper and the real-life inspiration for Sherlock Homes. Bell invites her to join him in Germany on a mysterious mission for the German government involving the loss of state secrets to Anarchists. The resolution of this commission leads to her being stalked through the streets of London by a vengeful man armed with a powerful and nearly silent air rifle who has both Margaret and Queen Victoria in his sights. Margaret finds allies in Inspector James Ethington of Scotland Yard and his fifteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, who aspires to follow in Margaret's cross-dressing footsteps. The hunt is on, but who is the hunter, and who the hunted as the day approaches for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee when the aged empress will sit in her open carriage at the steps of St... Views: 279
Note: This is a short story collection that contains new and previously
published stories of Violet Carlyle and her friends.
Welcome to a very flapper round of parties, mischief, shenanigans, and out-
and-out crime!
Are you ready for the roaring twenties? For spunky young women crafting their
own lives? For long-suffering gents and those they love?
Inside, you’ll find series of adventures about Violet Carlyle and her friends
that were published with the previous "Madness" anthologies along with two new
adventures.
For fans of Carola Dunn, Jacqueline Winspear, Georgette Heyer, and Lee
Strauss. A light, cozy mystery with a fun peek into a New Year’s celebration
of a bright young thing.
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The Exploits of Elaine It tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only as “The Clutching Hand”, who murdered her father. (Wikipedia)First Page:This eBook was produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.THE CRAIG KENNEDY SERIESTHE EXPLOITS OF ELAINEBYARTHUR B. REEVECONTENTSCHAPTERI THE CLUTCHING HANDII THE TWILIGHT SLEEPIII THE VANISHING JEWELSIV "THE FROZEN SAFE"V THE POISONED ROOMVI THE VAMPIREVII THE DOUBLE TRAPVIII THE HIDDEN VOICEIX THE DEATH RAYX THE LIFE CURRENTXI THE HOUR OF THREEXII THE BLOOD CRYSTALSXIII THE DEVIL WORSHIPPERSXIV THE RECKONINGTHE EXPLOITS OF ELAINECHAPTER ITHE CLUTCHING HAND"Jameson, here\'s a story I wish you\'d follow up," remarked the managing editor of the Star to me one evening after I had turned in an assignment of the late afternoon.He handed me a clipping from the evening edition of the Star and I quickly ran my eye over the headline:"THE CLUTCHING HAND" WINS AGAINNEW YORK\'S MYSTERIOUS MASTER CRIMINAL PERFECTS ANOTHER COUPCITY POLICE COMPLETELY BAFFLED"Here\'s this murder of Fletcher, the retired banker and trustee of the University," he explained. Views: 279
On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago’s snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body is discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files. Over a year later, Tracy’s sister, Sondra, still can’t come to grips with what happened. She throws herself into her work as a documentary filmmaker to try and forget the cruelty of her sister’s death. However, a chance encounter with a man from Tracy’s past rips the wound open and sends Sondra on a desperate search for answers about the secrets from her sister’s life that may have led to her death. As Sondra struggles to uncover what happened to Tracy, she’s launched into a tangled web of deceit and danger that put her on a collision course with life and death…** Views: 279
British agent Joe Wilderness returns in "Lawton's ongoing recreation of Cold War chicanery . . . one of the great pleasures of modern spy fiction" (Mick Herron, award-winning author of the Slough House series). It's London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim than glamorous. In the wake of what became an embarrassing disaster for MI6 in a divided Berlin, Wilderness is reprimanded with a posting to remote northern Finland under the guise of a cultural exchange program to promote Britain abroad. Bored by his work, and with nothing to spy on, Wilderness strikes a deal with his old KGB pal Kostya to smuggle vodka into the USSR. But there is something fishy about why Kostya has suddenly turned up in Finland—and MI6 intelligence from London points to a connection with cobalt mining in the region, a critical component in the casing of the... Views: 278
Running is the only thing keeping Jo sane. Haunted by the tragic death of a teenage asylum seeker, the rhythm of her feet pounding the earth provides temporary respite from all-consuming memories. So when she discovers a young boy living rough in the woods, Jo is determined to do everything within her power to keep him safe. DS Sam Hollands wants to get her relationship back on track, unsure of how to make things right. But everything changes when she returns from work one night to find a stranger in her home ...Told with the use of source documents, allowing the reader to delve deeper into the world of the characters, this is a stunning, psychologically-rich short story from one of the most authentic and compelling voices in British crime fiction. Views: 278
