Chasing Bigfoot: A Shifter Agents Standalone Story

Free 13,000-word short story featuring Agents Jack Ross and Casey McClaren from Handcuffed to the Bear. Casey gets her first field case, investigating Bigfoot sightings on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Are Casey and Jack about to come face to face with a real life Bigfoot, or is there more to this case than it seems?Free 13,000-word short story in the Shifter Agents series, featuring Agents Jack Ross and Casey McClaren from Handcuffed to the Bear. Casey gets her first field case, investigating Bigfoot sightings on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Are Casey and Jack about to come face to face with a real life Bigfoot, or is there more to this case than it seems? This can be read with no knowledge of the other books in the Shifter Agents series, all of which can be found on Lauren's Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Esker/e/B012JAZL16/.
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Traces of Her

'Addictive! A twisty page-turner that had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.' Roz Watkins 'Rose. Rose. Pick up, please. I know who killed her. I know who killed my real mum. I've worked it out.' When Rose's flighty stepsister Willow disappears to Cornwall, she can't help but roll her eyes. Willow is always taking off and there is always some kind of emergency. But after Willow discovers that she was adopted and her birth mother died in tragic circumstances, her trip to the coast sparks a search into her past. Two days later, when a package arrives at Rose's house containing a series of four polaroids of four different men, Rose knows that Willow is in trouble. Each photograph a possible murder suspect, their family life begins to unravel, leaving one crucial question unanswered... Who killed Willow's mother? * * * * * * * Readers LOVE Traces of Her! 'What a ride, more twists and turns than a Formula 1 race track' A.M. Castle 'Gripped me from start to finish......
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Tender Echoes

Three years ago, Lexi Donovan’s natural gift on the keyboard elevated her from teenage orphan from the street to a self-sufficient, independent, young woman. Acting on her strong moral code places her in a killer’s cross hairs when she anonymously helps police in a murder investigation. A fast-paced mystery thriller.Theft of spirit is no one’s birthright.A quirk of her X chromosome furnished Alexis with an edge few others enjoyed. After fate plunged her into orphan status and an intolerable foster home forced her to the streets, a group of prostitutes sheltered her from their vicious pimp. Seeing something special within, they nurtured and shielded her from their harsh reality until she could forge her own path in life.Destiny frequently takes us back to our roots. Lexi’s return journey begins when a serial killer attacks one of her adopted sisters. Relying on courage and wit, she must stay a step ahead and secure evidence to free her family from a psychopathic murderer.
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The Island House

Once you're on the island you'll never want to leave... until you can't A DARK FAMILY SECRET When Alice's father dies after a tragic hit and run, his death stirs up unanswered questions about her childhood. Who was her mother, why did her father never speak of the past, and why can't she remember anything before the age of seven? AN ISLAND CUT OFF But when she receives an anonymous letter containing a photograph of a refurbished gothic guesthouse surrounded by water, and an invitation to stay, old memories fight to resurface. Alice has visited before. She is certain of it. WHO WILL SURVIVE? Convinced the clues to her past lie at the hotel, she checks in. But once on the island, a wild storm rages, waves crash violently into the rocks, and the house is cut off by the roaring sea. Then two guests are found dead. And the hotel owner is missing. Will Alice ever uncover her secret past? And will anyone leave the island alive? An utterly gripping thriller that will leave you reading...
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Whisky and Wishes

Return to New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant's Dark King world for a special holiday novella. Finally free of the dangers surrounding him and the burden of pining after his mate, the King of Dragon Kings is ready for some peace—time to enjoy the woman he loves without interruption. Sure, the matter of accessing the clans across the Dragon Bridge still looms, as does the ultimate Fate of Con and his brethren. But for now, Con plans to enjoy the people he loves and celebrate the holidays with those closest to him. Why borrow from tomorrow's problems? When the time comes to confront what's next, they will do it. Together.
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Part One: Dirty Rich Secrets, #1

He was passion and the reason I breathed. I loved him, trusted him when life taught me to trust no one. He was nothing I thought he was. He wasn't even the man he said he was. He was dangerous. Everyone told me to hide, to run, but now he's back. He came for me and I'm not running at all. Because he's still the man that gave me a reason to breathe and if that's dangerous, that's a risk I will have to take.Ashley's story - you met her in Dirty Rich Cinderella Story, and now she's ready to tell her story. You do not need to read any book prior to this one.DIRTY RICH READING ORDERDirty Rich One Night Stand (Cat & Reese book one)Dirty Rich Cinderella Story (Lori & Cole book one)Dirty Rich Obsession (Reid & Carrie book one) Dirty Rich Betrayal (Mia & Grayson book one)Dirty Rich Cinderella Story: Ever After (Lori & Cole book two)Dirty Rich One Night Stand: Two Years Later (Cat & Reese book...
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A Bleak Prospect

Sam Jenkins joins a combined task force hunting a serial killer called The Riverside Strangler by the local media. Complications arise when the lead investigator, the county sheriff's chief deputy is arrested and charged with police brutality.When Sam develops the evidence to arrest the Strangler, everyone should be pleased, but subsequent actions taken by his mayor and the city council affect everyone at the Prospect Police Department and suggest that life there will never be the same.
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