The Arrangement 1

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Publication Date: December 12, 2013

What would you do if you were forced to become the toy of some very rich and powerful men?

That's the question that April Masterson has to answer in this stunning new series from Abby Weeks. This story is intended for a mature audience. It follows the journey of a girl whose husband becomes a partner in one of the most prestigious law firms in the country. But all is not as it seems, and pretty soon she is being humiliated and used by the partners in ways that she could never have imagined.

The Arrangement follows the story of April Masterson whose life is about to be turned upside down. She is a devoted young wife and mother, even if her husband Walter can be domineering and possessive.

She has always tried to keep him happy so that she and her children can enjoy a life of security and stability. When he is made partner at the firm she feels her life is entirely set up. They are showered with wealth and generosity and even receive a stunning new home in a secluded private community on the outskirts of the capital.

But after the move, April begins to see just how drastically her life has changed. There is an arrangement that she never suspected. The partners always said that the firm was a family but she didn't realize just how literally they meant it!

Now she finds herself taking on a new role in her life and becoming a new person. She feels confident, powerful and wealthy. She realizes that she has what it takes to fulfill the desires of four of DC's most powerful and wealthy lawyers. She also realizes that she likes it!

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My Soul To Keep

After losing a leg in a high-speed car chase, Detective Sergeant Alex Brady, returns to what are meant to be light duties.

She is tasked with a mundane missing persons' enquiry.

But her first case back on the job is anything but simple.

The missing person is the niece of her Assistant Chief Constable Jack Dawlish's - Susannah Reynolds.

And when a body is discovered, Alex Brady finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation.

When Edith, a gentle, old landlady, turns up at the police station wishing to offer her clairvoyant assistance, Alex isn’t convinced. And with the attractive yet mysterious DCI John Rutland as her new boss, she’s more than a little worried about how he’d react to Edith as a source of information.

But when a second disappearance is successfully predicted, this has to be more than just a coincidence? Where is Edith getting her information from? Is she just using psychological tricks? Or is there more to it?

Something doesn’t add up. But who is telling the truth?

What exactly happened to Susannah that night?
 
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Meant for Her

A code only she can break...  A man only she was made for...

Julie Trueblood's name is found alongside an encrypted message in the safe deposit box of a dead man, bringing Navy investigator Hank Jared to her door, looking for answers.  The daughter of the most infamous spy of the twenty-first century, Julie denies any knowledge of the man or the cipher and sends Hank away.

Hank is supposed to be in the Adirondacks walking his sister down the aisle, not chasing leads on a John Doe murder investigation that doesn't even appear to be Navy-related. He's a military man through and through, and while an order is an order, he hasn't given up hope of finding a way to make the ceremony. When Julie contacts him and says her life is in danger, Hank finds the perfect place to hide her, right by his side, pretending to be his girlfriend at his sister's wedding.  Now he just needs to remember their relationship is all an act.

Sparks fly between Hank and Julie as they defend against a hidden enemy and seek out the truth in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The coded message brought them together, but its secrets hold the power to tear them apart.  Guided by her generous and quirky Aunt Gwen, Julie will gather the courage to unravel the cipher that was meant for her to decode, as she learns to trust the man she was meant to love.

 

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And They Called Her Spider

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Publication Date: December 8, 2013

Alton Bartleby is a social savant and the foppish toast of steampunk London's upper crust. James Wainwright is a brilliant but socially stunted working class engineer with a flair for invention and a propensity towards violence. Together they solve the mysteries that Scotland Yard cannot.

In the shadow of airships an unstoppable assassin stalks the untouchable elite. As Queen Victoria's Platinum Jubilee approaches, consulting detectives Bartleby and James must track her down and put an end to the threat she presents to Queen and country.

This mystery is the first novelette in the Galvanic Century series of steampunk stories. Download it today!

 

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Scorned

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Publication Date: December 9, 2013

"You'll have four days to abuse Daniel any way you please.
He'll be tied and won't be able to resist.
There will be no witnesses.
You'll have complete freedom to do whatever you want to him."

When a mysterious woman offers her a chance to punish her boyfriend for cheating, eighteen-year-old Heather doesn't hesitate to say yes.

She will have four days to realize her vengeance fantasies and teach Daniel a lesson he will never forget.

How far will she go? And will she let him live?

Heather doesn't know that yet.
One thing is for sure--neither one of them will be the same after this.

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Killing Faith

Killing Faith is the first book of the intriguing 'Faith' series of novels about an NYPD detective,a former Special Forces operative. Teamed with FBI Special Agent Faith Ward, their methods are unconventional, often brutal, and at times downright mystical.

When dismembered bodies start to appear in New York City, the search for a serial killer begins. Leading the hunt is Gabriel de Sade, a tough Manhattan detective. What should be a straightforward murder investigation escalates when yet more dismembered bodies are found. A very sick, psychotic murderer is loose on the streets of the city. Yet the case is to become more complicated than he could imagine. The nightmare is just beginning for de Sade, a Delta Force veteran of Afghanistan.

The FBI are also hunting for the serial killer and their evidence points to a Russian Mafiya baron, Grigory Gordieva. The pursuit leads Gabriel to Moscow with an FBI partner, Special Agent Faith Ward. They find themselves pitted against political interference from both American and Russian governments. Yet when they ask for help from the Moscow Militia de Sade finds them both corrupt and on the Mafiya payroll.

Their only assistance comes from an unexpected quarter, a Russian Orthodox Bishop. With his help, de Sade reaches the heart of the Gordieva’s Mafiya operations. The Russian retaliates by kidnapping Faith Ward. With only a discredited Militia detective to help him, he takes on the Moscow Mafiya. De Sade adapts his Delta Force tactics to wage a secret war on the Moscow streets. The action builds to a climax that is shattering and extraordinary. 

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Looks Great Naked

Grace Adams has it all under control. True, she can’t order anything through the mail for fear her dachshunds, Laverne and Shirley, will intercept and eat the contents, and she’s still carrying a few extra pounds from the birth of her kindergartener, but the rest of her life – marriage, kids, house, even her tennis game – is picture perfect.

At least it is until the day her mother hands her a diet and exercise book called Look Great Naked and says, “I think your husband’s having an affair.” As the façade begins to crumble, Grace realizes that looking great naked means having nothing to hide. It’s accepting yourself exactly the way you are -- right here, right now, flaws, wrinkles, knots, bumps, lumps, bad attitude and all.

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Don't Wait For Me

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Publication Date: November 10, 2013

Edwin Klein's iconic downtown toy store is hanging by a thread. The end is near, but he won't accept it. The store is all he has left of his wife and he can't let it go. Failure and loss have led him to a dark place.

After a chance encounter with a shoplifter, he stumbles upon the help of Amelia Cook, who is struggling with her own loss. Through one holiday season the two of them hatch a plan to save the store and in turn touch the lives of everyone they know.

What follows is a wonderful, but tragic tale of love, loss and new beginnings.

 

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Russian Roulette

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Publication Date: November 11, 2013

Start the Dev Haskell - Private Investigator Series with Case 1: Russian Roulette!

Beaten, shot, car bombed, and as if things couldn't get any worse, used as a human shield! 

Dev Haskell, Private Investigator, just woke up next to his client without the foggiest notion she's signed him up with the Russian mob.  

Why is Dev going through all this?
Love, of course. Well, at least that's what he's telling himself and their 'special' relationship quickly places him at odds with the FBI task force investigating human trafficking. On the hunt for answers,Dev finds himself with a foot on both sides of the law.

 

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The Proposal

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Publication Date: November 19, 2013

5 out of 5 star reviews

The Proposal (Perfect Match Series) by Lily Zante is, for me, a true romance story. It is about the meeting, the awkwardness, the awareness, the doubts, and the hopes of two people who quickly start to fall in love. Their romance involves the heat of passion which is put on hold, a decision that I felt was realistic considering the newness of the relationship. I appreciated the characters having room within the story to fully engage in all their relationships.
I had to put the book aside when half read. I soon realized that I was wondering what each character would do next.
I would recommend The Proposal by Lily Zante to those looking for an entertaining weekend read with memorable characters.
Carrie H
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Loved it and will be reading it again!!!! I could not put it down read it in one day and was fascinated with the characters!!!
Mary M
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I chose this as a free book, thinking it would be ok. I loved it. The characters are great. You can almost feel the chemistry between the characters.
Diana
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Loved this book. Did not want it to end. Great plot, interesting characters. Great quick love story. You won't be disappointed.
CJ
Amazon reviewer

Nadine Stefano is a high flying career woman. She has no time for relationships and having been recently promoted at work, she wants to make a good impression with her boss. At her sister's bachelorette party Nadine meets Ethan who is one of the performers. She finds herself strangely drawn to him, despite her initial reservations.
A few weeks later, the company Nadine works for are holding their annual convention at a luxury hotel away from home. Not having a date to take with her, and wanting to present the image of a settled and happy woman in a relationship, Nadine resorts to calling Ethan at the escort agency and asking him along.  Theirs is a strong attraction, although there are various company politics and characters that stand in their way.
Will their meeting lead to love, despite seemingly different career choices, or will Nadine dump Ethan in order to pursue her career goals?

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Meant for Her

A code only she can break...  A man only she was made for...

Julie Trueblood's name is found alongside an encrypted message in the safe deposit box of a dead man, bringing Navy investigator Hank Jared to her door, looking for answers.  The daughter of the most infamous spy of the twenty-first century, Julie denies any knowledge of the man or the cipher and sends Hank away.

Hank is supposed to be in the Adirondacks walking his sister down the aisle, not chasing leads on a John Doe murder investigation that doesn't even appear to be Navy-related. He's a military man through and through, and while an order is an order, he hasn't given up hope of finding a way to make the ceremony. When Julie contacts him and says her life is in danger, Hank finds the perfect place to hide her, right by his side, pretending to be his girlfriend at his sister's wedding.  Now he just needs to remember their relationship is all an act.

Sparks fly between Hank and Julie as they defend against a hidden enemy and seek out the truth in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The coded message brought them together, but its secrets hold the power to tear them apart.  Guided by her generous and quirky Aunt Gwen, Julie will gather the courage to unravel the cipher that was meant for her to decode, as she learns to trust the man she was meant to love.

 

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PAST SECRETS, PRESENT LIES

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Publication Date: August 22, 2013

Mattie O'Malley believes all her problems are behind her since moving back to Hopewell and into the home she inherited from her grandmother...

One year later...it seems the past isn't finished with her yet.
Mattie is thrown into a whirlwind of terror after waking in the hospital struggling to remember how she came to be lying on the floor at the bottom of her steps. Recalling only the lifeless eyes of her ex-boyfriend.

Then Roger starts appearing all over town... and Mattie is the only one who sees him. Is Roger really dead or is she going crazy?

Tensions mount between Mattie and Special Agent Beau Stryker as they try to untangle the web of lies and secrets bringing them closer to a final, shocking truth - and to the identity of a dangerous psychopath who is very near.

Mattie's world is unraveling fast. As people around her begin to die one by one, Mattie is afraid she will be next - and she has every right to be afraid - but not for the reason she thinks.

The truth is much more terrifying...

 

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TURN A BLIND EYE

Eight years ago, Michigan retirees, Jack and Beverly Donnelly, had helped Libby Newton recover from an unspeakable tragedy. Now the tables are turned and it’s the old couple who need Libby’s help when the most recent consequences of Beverly’s progressing dementia have left the old couple homeless. Libby, now the general manager of Banyan Bay Resorts, one of Orlando’s premier timesharing properties, secretly stashes the old couple in a new luxury unit intended for the resort’s VIP guests until she can find them a new home.

But the problems start almost immediately as Beverly’s dementia leaves her in a state of constant confusion over her unfamiliar surroundings and when she announces that she’s seen “Thanksgiving pilgrims” unloading boxes behind the resort’s pizzeria, Beverly’s announcement falls on deaf ears – until Rebecca Kendall, an attorney from Seattle, shows up at the resort a short time later, trying to retrace the last steps of her nineteen-year-old daughter, who’d abandoned her old life to embrace the Amish ways, only to be found dead in a south Florida motel six weeks earlier. Libby doesn’t believe the two incidents are connected until Beverly is found dead a short time later, the tragic victim of a double homicide.

With the help of her sister, Mia, who’s in Florida doing an exposé on one of the world’s most elusive treasure hunters, the amateur female sleuths retrace Beverly’s last steps – only to stumble upon a killer who soon has the sisters convinced that poor Beverly had been the sanest one of them all. In this wild ride of a murder mystery that starts in Orlando, the timeshare capital of the world and ends in a Key West adventure, the two sisters learn firsthand that honoring family secrets can be just as deadly as drug smuggling the forbidden cargo...

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Tears from Kabul

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Publication Date: November 18, 2013

The women will have three days to stop pursuing an education and return back to their homes, Thursday morning at 09:00 is the deadline set by the Taliban. If the women do not return to their homes by then, Dawar will be executed. Dawar is Niki's little brother who is only eight years old. Niki is the leader for the women who are trying to receive an education.
Tensions are high and the clock is ticking, time is running out for Dawar, Will SSGT Jones be able to save Dawar and the women from the Taliban?

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Perilous Pranks

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Publication Date: November 13, 2013

A Novella of 22,000 words in the Renaissance Faire Mystery series PLUS the first chapter of Murderous Matrimony, Book Six coming in November 2013.

Wanda Le Fey is dead, and Renaissance Faire lover, Jessie Morton, looks suspiciously like the person who killed her. Jessie was simply returning the prank Wanda played on her by dyeing the other woman blue. It wasn’t her fault that Wanda was also stabbed in the chest by a sword as she tried to get out of her shower. Now Wanda’s blue ghost is prodding Jessie to find her killer. And a dead Wanda is far worse than a live Wanda.

 

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The News in Small Towns

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Publication Date: November 13, 2013

Sue-Ann McKeown returns to her home town of Pine Oak after a crushing six months of war reporting in Iraq. Her mother has died in a tragic riding accident and her father has sold most of the family's possessions and run off to Italy. Sue-Ann herself has broken up with her long-time photographer boyfriend. And, oh, yeah, she is also suffering from a mysterious disease that makes it difficult for her to focus on her new job as reporter for The Pine Oak Courier. And it doesn't help that the office manager for the small newspaper is Sue-Ann’s old high school rival.

But unexpected and mysterious things begin to happen: a dead goat is found in a dumpster, wild horses roam the woods behind Sue-Ann’s house, and a pirate radio station sends her weird, cryptic messages, convincing Sue-Ann that something terrible is about to happen in her little town. But what Sue-Ann finds runs deep into the history of Pine Oak and teaches her new and important lessons about courage, perseverance, and love—even if that love is for the last person she would have expected.

Bonus: This book contains Chapter 1 from the next volume in the Small Town Series, "Madness in Small Towns."

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Just The Pits

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it!

As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant for oddball—read: shady—projects, Hetta Coffey has a history of inviting trouble. But now that she's been hired for a legitimate mining project in Mexico's Baja, it looks like smooth sailing ahead...until she discovers that people and pesos are disappearing faster than you can say, "This job is the pits!" And Hetta Coffey as sleuth? Goodness knows she's nosy enough, but her detective skills leave a lot to be desired. Luckily for her she gets help from her best friend, Jan, and a mysterious Velveeta thief.

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Write About Me

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Publication Date: November 11, 2013

The year is 1988 and 16-year old Annabelle Brown from northern Queensland runs away from her family and friends for the bright lights of somewhere new. She ends up in Kings Cross in Sydney where her life takes some dark twists and turns. Inspired by a true family tragedy, “Write About Me” is a heart-wrenching story about a teenage runaway who doesn’t come home.

 

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A Corpse In A Teacup

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Publication Date: November 8, 2013

ON SALE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY.

If it's Tuesday, it must be murder!

Fans of OMG (Olivia M. Granville) and The Darling Valley Mystery Series, pick up your Bonus Gift with this brand new cozy mystery series featuring female sleuth, tea leaf reader, Tuesday.

Tuesday made her debut in Darling Valley. Now welcome her as she embarks on her own collection of cozy mysteries set among the celebrities, film starts, film grunts, talents, scoundrels and saints in La La land.

Tuesday, tea leaf reader and female sleuth extraordinaire, believed she was leaving behind murder and mayhem when she said goodbye to Darling Valley and her beloved BFF, Olivia. But none of her readings prepared her for the murder and mayhem awaiting at home in LA, starting with her favorite client, actress Holley Wood, texting that someone has threatened to kill her if she doesn’t withdraw from a film project.
Suspense, danger and romance heat up for Tuesday when the teacups of the Mulberry Mafia, her clients at the upscale Mulberry Cat Café, keep showing a corpse and an ominous M. As the body count piles up, there is no mystery about the identity of the corpses. But does the M stand for murder, movie, money? A new man? Or is the Mulberry Cat Café itself in jeopardy?

As Tuesday crosses swords with leggy, savvy Detective Kanesha Jameson who looks like Beyoncé with a badge; thorny Natasha, owner of the Café; the brilliant but caustic Chef Marco; and the various men stalking beautiful, innocent Holley, Tuesday also has to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a dubious treasure; decide whether to accept a gift from the romance gods and welcome an unwanted surprise visit from her past.

Lighthearted Tuesday of the extravagantly eccentric wardrobe and blithe, ever positive lover of life Holley find their lives taking a dark turn as they navigate troubled waters, the dark streets of LA in a shoot out, attempt to maintain their strong belief in the innate goodness of humanity, while always remaining ready for their close-ups.

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The Company You Keep

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Publication Date: November 8, 2013

Hard as she tried, twenty-eight-year-old Kendra Clayton never quite broke out of her hometown of Willow, Ohio. Now she works part-time as a GED instructor and beefs up her income by hostessing at her uncle’s restaurant, soaking up the local gossip. It’s a quiet life, but Kendra hasn’t given up hope that one day Mr. Right will walk through the door. In the meantime, her sleepy hollow is about to get a rude awakening, and Kendra is about to get some excitement—though it’s not quite what she had in mind.

When her friend Bernie's boyfriend, a notorious womanizer, is brutally murdered, both she and Kendra are implicated in the crime. The only way Kendra can save herself—and the friend she believes is innocent—is by doing some investigating of her own. And the closer she looks, the more suspects she finds.

Jordan was a man that women loved and hated—usually at the same time. Now one of them has crossed that thin line. But between Jordan’s past and present conquests—and a chain of emptied wallets and vengeful hearts—which one could be a killer? As Kendra’s curiosity draws her deeper into the case, she also gets into an unexpected attraction to a man who may hold the missing piece of the puzzle—if she can survive long enough to put it together.

 

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Ride the Rainbow Home

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Publication Date: July 19, 2012

Meg Taylor has never thought of Rainbow Rock, Arizona as home. The daughter of a serial-marrying mother, Meg has lived in many places—and most of them were kinder than this little town where she was the principal’s daughter. She returns after ten years only to help a dear high school friend.

Startled by the changes, Meg is pleased to see that her other high school buddy, Little Jimmy McAllister, isn’t little anymore. In fact, he is one of the most attractive men she has ever met. As she finds excuses to spend time with him, their friendship begins to blossom—but Meg has seen marriages come and go and she has no faith in happily ever after.

Can Meg let go of doubt, grab on to happiness and ride the rainbow home?

 

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Stage Fright

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Publication Date: October 5, 2012

Karen Tarrent, a newcomer to the sleepy village of Bartwhistle, joins the amateur dramatics company to meet people. What she meets instead is the dark side of am-dram, where no one is what they seem and every role can be fatal.

 

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The Camera's Eye

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Publication Date: June 29, 2013

Teenager Nichole Mays loves taking pictures of anything and everything. Little does she know that the pictures she took on her 16th birthday will help her solve the murder of her parents. She joins forces with an undercover agent to track down the killer and in the process solves the murder of her best friend.

 

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Shirley Link & The Safe Case

Who is Shirley Link?

"I put on my kindest face for the poor man. I even smile a little. Marie slashes her fingers across her neck, telling me to stop with the fake grin. She must think I look creepy again. I keep smiling, though. I need to practice. I have a problem with people thinking I'm mean." - Shirley Link

And so it goes, for Shirley Link. Brilliant, brazen and still a whole year away from her driver's permit. Sure, she's only 14 years old and has homework to do, but she'll put it aside for the right mystery! 

Shirley Link's kickoff adventure pits her against a thief who's stolen thirty thousand dollars from her school's safe. Usually, she'd wrap that kind of case up before The Big Bang Theory. But there's one intriguing, frustrating detail. The half-ton safe disappeared too!
Shirley must find the culprit quickly, or else her beloved principal, Mr. Reese, will lose his job. As she digs deeper, Mr. Reese looks more and more guilty. Will Shirley save him, or get him tossed in jail?

"This is how it is to be Shirley Link, the best detective in the world, if I do say so myself. I can spot a lie like most people spot a zit. I see connections where they hide best. And I get in trouble every time I try to tell people what I do with my free time. Only a handful know about my talent. I prefer to keep it that way." - Shirley Link

 

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Death By A HoneyBee

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Publication Date: April 1, 2010

Josiah Reynolds is a beekeeper trying to stay financially afloat by selling honey at the Farmers' Market. She finds her world turned upside down when a man is found dead in her beeyard, only to discover that the victim is her nemesis.

The police are calling the brutal death murder and Josiah is the number one suspect! Josiah makes the rounds of quirky characters that can only be found in the lush Bluegrass horse country. Fighting an unknown enemy in the glamorous world of Thoroughbreds, oak-cured bourbon and antebellum mansions, Josiah struggles to uncover the truth in a land that keeps its secrets well.

 

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Was It A Rat I Saw

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Neuropsychologist Clare Austen conducts research on the leading edge of reality. She has been intending to cease her experiments with Tommy Dabrowski before she becomes too emotionally involved with this appealing but married rock musician. Then personal considerations are swept aside by a high-voltage chain of terrifying events, which begins when Clare's mentor - the eminent Dr. Stanford Colton - is murdered in his university office. The only person to encounter the killer is Clare's most problematic experimental subject. But Tommy is a split-brain patient: only half his brain can still communicate to the outside world - and it's the other half that's a witness to murder. Clare's academic work now takes on a sharp urgency. Only by cracking Tommy's neural codes can she unlock the deadly secret trapped in the silent half of his brain.

As fresh crimes slash through the research community, the usually cautious Clare plunges into the investigation, despite threats to her life and the chief detective's severe warnings against interference in his case. Plagued by turbulent memories and unnerving suspicions, Clare must adapt her esoteric experiments to life-or-death stakes, in the wild hope of extracting a clue to the killer's elusive identity. Before she and Tommy are through, they discover great horror on that edge of reality.

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The List of Five

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Publication Date: September 28, 2013

Young teen Richie Lyons is having an uneventful summer, playing games with his friends. He even has a birthday on the way. However, his uneventful life is shattered when he wakes up, on the morning of his thirteenth birthday, with a list of names pounding through his brain. A list that contains the names of those he cares about most. As if that wasn’t enough, he keeps having a recurring waking dream of a fire that is threatening to take the life of his mom and sister.
Richie must fight to understand this recurring list and the visions he is having. Are they prophetic, foretelling an actual occurrence, or a waking nightmare threatening his sanity? In addition, what does the list have to do with the newest local ministry and the strange pastor who came to Richie’s door?
The more Richie discovers, the less he understands.
When Richie finally begins to understand, it may be too late for himself and everyone else that he cares about.

There is one thing Richie knows for certain.
He may have to grow up much faster than he ever wanted to grow, because there is something very wrong with his visions, and there is something frightening about the list of five.

Cover Design by Rebecca Hamilton

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Love, Lies and Murder

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Publication Date: May 28, 2013

Amazon Bestselling Regency Romance

An unusual proposal and an intriguing whodunit set in the sumptuous Regency period, with a passionate love story at its centre.

Under the terms of his father's Will, widower Alexander Cavendish must remarry before he turns 30, but the suspicions which surround his first wife's death mean that his choices are limited. On impulse, he picks a stranger, offering her security and protection in return for marriage.

Helen Norton has few options in life and accepts the proposal, but she quickly comes to realise that everything in Alex's home is not as it seems. When attempts are made on her life, Helen realises that if she is to stand a chance of surviving, she must solve the riddle of his first wife's murder.

Is Alex a killer, or is he Helen's devoted husband? Was his first wife an adulteress or simply a loving mother? And if not Alex, then who among this family of aristocrats had the motive to kill?

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Murder Once Removed

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Publication Date: September 14, 2013

A reporter’s mentor is killed while investigating a murder and she is quickly put on the trail to break the story open. When she finds herself over her head in a dangerous world of treachery, greed, power, and revenge, it is going to take all of her ingenuity—and a lot of help—if she’s going to solve the case and make it out alive. A first-rate page-turner filled with mounting, almost unbearable suspense, Roz Russell’s debut looks deep into the inner dimensions of the artistic mind to ask: is murder a form of art?

Joe Taylor, the leading investigative reporter for the Albuquerque Post, has mentored Jessica Curtis for the past six years. But now Joe's dead—murdered—and the only thing Jessica knows about the story he’d been working on, the Michael Lange murder, is that it happened three years ago and the killer has never been found. Now the investigation is hers and she’s about to realize she was a lot safer when she knew a lot less.

A high profile art dealer and construction entrepreneur in Santa Fe, Lange had dirt on every friend and foe in the tawny northern New Mexico city—and he wasn’t afraid to use it to his advantage. And when the body count rises and the danger escalates, Jessica is no closer to finding the murderer and everyone remains a suspect—including the enigmatic artist she has begun an affair with. As she scrambles to stay alive and break the story open, Jessica must answer the ultimate question: can she do so before the killer adds her to the list of victims?

A mystery novel that explores the power of art, Russell delivers a captivating meditation on fate, the inevitability of certain life events, and the cascading consequences of one act as it influences everything that happens afterwards. Perfectly paced with engaging characters, razor sharp turns and surprising twists, Murder Once Removed is a taut, suspenseful mystery that will keep you guessing until the final, explosive revelation.

 

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Lie or Die

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Publication Date: July 29, 2012

Shelby has her hands full managing her new agency where she hopes to put her mind-reading skills to good use. Her first case to track down money stolen from a bank leads her into the lingerie business where nothing is as it appears. She also finds plenty to keep her busy with the police department and Detective Harris. But all that pales in comparison to what she must do to help Uncle Joey, the local mob boss. He knows her secret and is determined to make her use it for his own purposes. When her husband, Chris, receives threatening notes, and his former client, Hodges, turns up dead, it is up to Shelby to determine what is going on and who is behind it all. It seems the past has a way of catching up with her. Soon, Shelby must use all her wits to stay alive, and her only option? Lie or Die.

 

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Corpse Flower - Part 1

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Publication Date: October 14, 2013

From country club to trailer park ...
Swindled out of a fair divorce settlement, former socialite Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall works a number of part-time jobs to pay the rent on a rundown trailer and keep her motorcycle on the road. House cleaner, yoga teacher, library assistant, cemetery groundskeeper, drudge for her agoraphobic cousin -- the work never ends. But Bliss still can't save enough money for another day in court. So, when her cousin offers her a generous fee to find a pollinating mate for his giant jungle plant, she agrees to help. How hard can it be?

That's when she discovers that her neighbours, her employers, and even her cousin are involved in a string of illegal activities -- including grow-ops and suspicious deaths. Police Chief Neil Redfern's persistent scrutiny is interfering with her goal, and Bliss suspects he may be up to his badge in the crimes he's supposed to be investigating. With no one to back her up, Bliss must make a decision. She can give up on her dream, or she can start fighting dirty. Either way, she risks becoming another murder victim.

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The Fox and The Thistle

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Publication Date: October 21, 2013

This book is for all crime thriller and mystery enthusiasts that appreciate the hard boiled Glasgow culture and their twisted Scottish sense of humour.

Jamie Fox is a Glasgow policeman and Mixed Martial Arts expert who's Dad disappeared 15 years ago. He is drawn into a vigilante world when The Thistle, a Glasgow drugs lord, floods the streets with bad drugs and Jamie's younger brother dies after trying cocaine for the first time.

The rage in Fox builds when he discovers The Thistle is behind the drugs that killed his brother and as The Thistle targets Fox, his family and friends repeatedly and The Fox sets out to put an end to The Thistle's drugs empire and The Thistle himself. Along the way he finds out more about the mysterious disappearance of his Dad and more about his own character in the process.

All does not go to plan for Jamie as those close to him become embroiled in a series of events that result in murder, kidnap and a showdown with a cruel and nasty twist.

Can rough justice prevail in this Glasgow mystery crime thriller that sees adventure in Scotland, Spain and Morocco? Can you handle the brutal justice?

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Souls Set Free

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Publication Date: July 2, 2013

Emma has a life most people would love to trade for: a beautiful home on the beach, a loving husband, two wonderful daughters. But most nights, she goes to bed hoping to not wake up the next morning. Pills and alcohol are the only ways she can cope with a childhood filled with abuse, ending the day she left at fifteen after her mother held her at gunpoint.

Now, the woman who caused her so much pain is dead.

Emma returns to her childhood home and finds her mother's journal. As she reads, her anger slowly begins to melt away as the years of abuse finally begin to make sense...

 

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Significance

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Publication Date: June 12, 2011

An Amazon Bestseller - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

                                                                                         

From NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Shelly Crane

                                                                                                                                    

Maggie is a seventeen year old girl who's had a bad year. She was smart and on track, but her mom left, her dad is depressed, she's graduating, barely, and her boyfriend of almost three years dumped her for a college football scholarship. Lately she thinks life is all about hanging on by a thread and is gripping tight with everything she has.                                                                                                            

Then she meets Caleb. 

                                                                                                             

She saves his life and instantly knows there's something about him that's intriguing, but she's supposed to be on her way to a date with his cousin. Things change when they touch, sparks ignite. Literally. 

                                                                                            

They imprint with each other and she sees their future life together flash before her eyes. She learns that not only is she his soul mate, and can feel his heartbeat in her chest, but there is a whole other world of people with gifts and abilities that she never knew existed. She herself is experiencing supernatural changes unlike anything she's ever felt before and she needs the touch of his skin to survive. Now, not only has her dad come out of his depression to be a father again, and a pain as well, but Caleb's enemies know he's imprinted and are after Maggie to stop them both from gaining their abilities and take her from him. 

                                                                                                                          

Can Caleb save her or will they be forced to live without each other after just finding one another?

 

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The Riddles of Hillgate

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Publication Date: October 18, 2011

Zoey Kane is known around Riverside for making risky purchases. When her daughter Claire learns a most recent investment is eighty acres on the haunted side of town, she is simply flabbergasted. Amazement takes over the whole community, however, when an old mansion is discovered deep within trees. After the estate is turned into a popular hotel, no one could have expected just how risky this purchase would be.

 

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Taking Care of Business

Estelle Watkins has no intention of becoming a detective. Her one stint as an elderly, female Magnum P.I. was enough for her. But when her husband’s co-worker is murdered in their office and the victim’s wife asks for help, Estelle can’t turn her away. (She always has been a sucker for puppy-dog eyes.) Investigating a murder in a Jackson-Hewitt office is taxing...which Estelle learns the hard way.

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War Torn Boxset: Three Thrilling Reads

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Publication Date: October 17, 2013

“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” – Winston Churchill

Bestselling author Luis Samways presents the “War-torn Boxset.”

A collection of dramatic action and unforgettable characters.

In this collection you will find two of Luis Samways’s bestselling series.

This boxset includes two episodes from the Post-Apocalyptic mega series, Beacon of Light and the first instalment in the alternate history series, Das Death.


One thing’s for sure with the War Torn Boxset….You’ll be torn on when to put it down!

Included in this collection:

Beacon Of Light:
(Episodes 1 & 2)


When people in New York City start to self-combust, a non-stop battle for survival has awoken. A group of Survivors race underground to escape the Beacons: This is their story.
Follow the turmoil of the survivors as they fight against the mysterious invisible killer that is tearing New York apart.

Das Death:
(The first instalment)


The Germans are coming....and they want blood!

The year is 2013. It’s been sixty eight years since the end of World War two, or how it is known now, as the day the German’s came.

To this day, the German’s rule the world. They are the only superpower that remains. Blonde hair and blues eyes are the only people that matter. For the non-Germans, change is needed. But how can they change the world in such small numbers? And can they succeed?

In a universe where Germany was victorious, and Hitler was spared, the last Jew on earth, Abel Brewer, has to stay alive and stay ahead. He has to fight for his survival and outwit the hostile world he lives in. Who can he trust? Where can he go? Is he alone, or is he really the last hope for freedom?

This is his story. This is Das Death.


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Halloween Night

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Publication Date: October 12, 2013

Trick Or Treaters and the light of an orange moon. Black Cats and Joggers running for the sanctity of a halloween dream. Have a batch of halloween cookies and a glass of fresh blood, top it off with the love for the holiday and you will discover gibbering fear, the caste of souls and ghoulie goblins that go bump in the night. A fearful excursion into the unknown and the night we all look forward to.

 

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Raines of Fire: The Alexa Raines Chronicles

Alexa Raines: Has gotten herself into and out of more sticky situations than most people even know exist. She’s made herself over and over again—literally—in the four-thousand years she’s been alive, and these days, she’s a private-detective-sometimes-bounty-hunter, who specializes in recovering kidnapping victims—at least, on paper. She sometimes works with the police to bring down serial killers, but mostly her business, which employs four others, “takes care” of things the law can’t—or won’t. She’s a hard worker, driving herself into exhaustion and her four employees crazy, but they all love what they do, and it helps that she pays them well.

THEN:
4000 years ago she was sold by her parents to serve as a temple maiden. The priests forced her into a sacred ritual which painfully transformed her into a human phoenix. A creature that cannot ever die.

After rebirth, she was furious and murdered the priests with her new powers and ran away. Wandering for years, she was found by a “wizard”, someone well versed in the arcane magical arts, and she taught her what she truly was, gave her a secret name, and taught her magic over the course of decades.

Eventually civilization found them and burned them both at the stake. She recovered, and began wandering again.

NOW:
Alexa is on the trail of someone killing Wicca in the mid-west. Little does she know that she will encounter a lover from years past that will complicate her assignment and her love life. 

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Corpse Flower - Part 1

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Publication Date: October 14, 2013

From country club to trailer park ...
Swindled out of a fair divorce settlement, former socialite Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall works a number of part-time jobs to pay the rent on a rundown trailer and keep her motorcycle on the road. House cleaner, yoga teacher, library assistant, cemetery groundskeeper, drudge for her agoraphobic cousin -- the work never ends. But Bliss still can't save enough money for another day in court. So, when her cousin offers her a generous fee to find a pollinating mate for his giant jungle plant, she agrees to help. How hard can it be?
That's when she discovers that her neighbours, her employers, and even her cousin are involved in a string of illegal activities -- including grow-ops and suspicious deaths. Police Chief Neil Redfern's persistent scrutiny is interfering with her goal, and Bliss suspects he may be up to his badge in the crimes he's supposed to be investigating. With no one to back her up, Bliss must make a decision. She can give up on her dream, or she can start fighting dirty. Either way, she risks becoming another murder victim.

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Nobody's Killer

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Publication Date: September 10, 2013

After the mysterious deaths of three teenage girls within a ten mile radius, a hunt begins for clues to explain why they died. The police are completely baffled but Joanne, the sister of one of the girls, and her boyfriend, Matt, determined to find some answers, unearth chilling coincidences that seem to link all the cases together. Their search leads them to a strangely elusive man who appears to have a connection to all three girls. After following a labyrinth of exciting twists and turns, one disastrous event finally reveals the truth.

 

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Dirty Sixth Street, Austin

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Publication Date: October 4, 2013

7864 words.

Part of a series of short stories, Texas Shorts.

“Dirty Sixth Street, Austin”

This short story is a first of several sorts.

My first story that takes six of my cast of characters in my fiction, the young cousins traveling and hanging around with each other, down into one of Austin’s most well known party streets.

Another first, is their involvement in a minor, but nevertheless, scary crime.

And a mystery, also of a sorts.

Besides the six children, Antone, Cherise, Simone, Tabitha, Buzz, and Zilker, two new characters, from Vermont, are introduced. Sam (Samantha) and her brother Matt. They're adults. :-)

It was great fun to write and reread.

With all best wishes, sincerely,

Adan

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This Corporation of Ours

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Publication Date: October 8, 2013

This Corporation of Ours details the chronicles of different lives within the mafia syndicate known as The Corporation.

2013- Michael Smith is a specialist, he handles his business like his lifestyle, cleanly, efficiently, and only for high dollar amounts. Michael knows the dirty business behind The Corporation, but someone wants him dead, and he doesn't know why.

1918- Serafina Cella is the daughter of Alessio Cella. The mafiosi boss of her town of Syracuse, Sicily. She yearns for an escape from her planned destiny. Her ticket out becomes a beautiful man from Naples. To the both of them it's an everlasting love at first sight, but can she escape the grips of her father and be with her true love?

 

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The Enemy We Know

Psychotherapist Letty Whittaker, a professional secret keeper, has a secret of her own. When one of her clients slips free from an abusive boyfriend, Letty becomes the target of his violent rage. Wayne invades Letty's life, slithering his way past the barriers erected between her personal and professional lives, leaving gifts of dead rats, mutilated dolls, and freaky Shakespearian sonnets.

Worst of all, Wayne uncovers Letty's deepest shame, infiltrating her AA group and threatening to expose her to the state licensing board. And then--good news--Wayne is murdered. The bad news? The police suspect Letty. Worse yet, the sonnets and bloody souvenirs keep coming. Someone else has been watching Letty. Someone eager to drop bodies at her feet like a cat offering dead mole trophies to his mistress.

Someone willing to kill again.

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A Dream of Death

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Publication Date: February 14, 2012

Ontario Provincial Police Detective Lincoln Munroe is coming up empty. As a serial killer terrorizes the area surrounding London, Ontario, Canada, Lincoln finds himself at a standstill waiting for the perfect killer to make his first mistake.

While the body count rises without any leads, Lincoln finds himself haunted by dreams of discovering skeletal remains in the forest beneath a bloody knife. The dreams seem to come true when Lincoln is called to Algonquin Park to assist an old colleague. There he is tasked with overseeing the excavation of human remains buried more than twenty-five years earlier; remains that will bring to the surface cold cases, a painful past and memories Lincoln had long since forgotten.

'A Dream of Death' is the first in a series of character-driven police procedurals written by a Canadian police officer.

 

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Breakthrough

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Publication Date: September 10, 2013

"If you like Clive Cussler you will love this book!" - Gail Ward
"I just read your book, Breakthrough, and I must say it ranks up there with those of Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, Brad Thor and others! A great read!" - Tony Diaz

Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a nuclear submarine is forced to suddenly abort its mission under mysterious circumstances. Strange facts begin to emerge that lead naval investigator John Clay to a small group of marine biologists who are quietly on the verge of making history.

Alison Shaw and her team are preparing to translate the first two-way conversation with another animal species, but they are about to discover much more than they ever expected.

When a mysterious object is found on the ocean floor and an unknown group suddenly becomes interested in her work, Alison learns that Clay may be the only person she can really trust. Together they find themselves embroiled in a desperate attempt to stop a catastrophe that spans the Atlantic Ocean and reaches all the way to Antarctica.

 

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Justice

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Publication Date: May 31, 2013

A novel about mid-20th century Italy: Miri, a Jewish girl from London marries an Italian communist nobleman, but her safety is threatened when Mussolini's Fascist government begins deporting Jews to the death camps. Miri escapes to England, leaving her son in her husband's hands. Local politics takes a hand in their fate, however, with terrible consequences. When the war ends, Miri returns to a devastated Italy, seeking a reckoning. If needs be, revenge.

 

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Redemption

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Publication Date: September 26, 2011

*Nominated for Best Hero at the 2013 UtopYA awards

If you love paranormal romance with action, adventure, drama, angels, demons, and all kinds of supernatural things going on, this is one series you will most definitely want to read. ~Always YA at Heart

With swoon-worthy demons and snarky heroines, what's not to love? Ms. Ryals takes a very popular genre and makes it her own. Redemption is unlike anything I have ever read and I am officially a fan for life! ~Pyxi Rose


A fateful car accident, a strange Abbey ruled by an even stranger Abbess, an insane Demon, a world where right and wrong becomes dangerously twisted, and a confident, rebellious teenager . . . .

Dayton Blainey is a foul-mouthed, grief-stricken young woman forced to live with a religiously eccentric aunt who favors her moral older sister. But when Dayton's life becomes intertwined with a dangerous stranger, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a war fought since the beginning of time.

Trapped between what she believes is right, and a forbidden attraction, Dayton must come to terms with betrayal and her surprising lineage to stop a war before it even begins.

 

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The Honeymoon Cottage

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Publication Date: March 12, 2012

InD'tale Magazine gives The Honeymoon Cottage 4 stars: "This first novel in the Pajaro Bay romance series promises great things to come! It is written well, with interesting characters that are easy to like. The novel holds the reader's interest with romance, intrigue, danger and murder. The author's theme of redemption and forgiveness is well thought out. One will love getting to know the characters in this story where everyone has a secret! Also, the author has 10% of all profits going to charities. With all that, what's not to love?" You can read the entire review at indtale.com/reviews/honeymoon-cottage

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Camilla Stewart desperately needs to make a fresh start: her despicable ex-fiancé stole her life savings, embezzled from her job, and then disappeared without a trace--leaving behind nothing but his eight-year-old son, Oliver.
But when she arrives in the little beach town of Pajaro Bay, she immediately runs into local sheriff's captain Ryan Knight, and finds escaping her past won't be as easy as she planned.
Because Ryan soon realizes that Camilla and little Oliver may be the only souls on earth who can identify a serial killer... and they are next on his hit list.

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Designer Dirty Laundry

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Publication Date: June 2, 2012

In the seamy world of designer clothing, you're bound to find dirty laundry...

Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director's corpse on day one leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, her new life begins to unravel--with humorous results. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder.

Praise for the humorous STYLE & ERROR MYSTERY SERIES

"...the book is enriched by the author's cleverly phrased prose and convincing characterization. The surprise ending will satisfy and delight many mystery fans. A diverting mystery that offers laughs and chills." -Kirkus Reviews
"Overall, an impressive cozy mystery from a promising author." -Mystery Tribune
"...even the toughest crime is no match for a sleuth in fishnet stockings who knows her way around the designer department. A delightful debut." -Kris Neri, Lefty Award-Nominated Author of REVENGE FOR OLD TIMES’ SAKE
"DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY is a sleek and stylish read." -Ellen Byerrum, Author of the Crime of Fashion Mysteries
"In DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY, author Diane Vallere stitches together a seamless mystery. The story will have you on pins and needles." -Avery Aames, Agatha Award Winner of Nationally Bestselling A Cheese Shop Mystery Series and the new Cookbook Nook Mysteries
"A captivating new mystery voice, Vallere has stitched together haute couture and murder in a stylish mystery. Dirty Laundry has never been so engrossing!" -Krista Davis, Author of The Domestic Diva Mysteries
“Designer Dirty Laundry is a light, cozy-style mystery written in a breezy manner. The murder plot is nicely set up, the suspects all credibly drawn, and Samantha Kidd an engaging amateur sleuth."-Mysterious Reviews
"The way the story unravels isn’t exactly what you might expect and there are some interesting twists to how the end finally pans out. It keeps you at the edge of your seat. I love the description of clothes in this book, like I said to begin with, if you love fashion, pick this up!" -Los Angeles Mamma Blog
"Diane Vallere takes the reader through this cozy mystery with her signature wit and humor."-Mary Marks, NY Journal of Books
"Designer Dirty Laundry is a fast-paced book that kept me entertained with  mystery, drama, fashion, and romance throughout. Samantha is such a fun heroine, a woman who stumbles upon a mystery when all she is trying to do is make a few  changes in her life." -ChickLit Plus
"There is lots of fun in this series and it was a very enjoyable read. Samantha “The Kidd” is a funny character that keeps the book moving along at a fast pace." -Cozy Mystery Book Reviews

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