Mystery & Suspense
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Falling For A Wolf #1 (BBW Werewolf Romance) by Mac Flynn
Christina ‘Chrissy” Monet aspired for something more than the life of a simple blog columnist. Her wishes come true when an old wooded property comes up for sale, and she pours her life-savings into the fixer-upper. The property comes with the added bonus of a handsome neighbor by the name of Adam Smith, but sparks fizzle rather than sizzle when she realizes he owns half the property she hoped to have. They part ways with biting remarks on her part, but she finds her carpentry skills aren’t up to the task and she’s forced into a relationship with the mysterious Smith. Strange happenings occur and she’s left wondering whether Smith has more up his sleeve than muscle.
Falling For A Wolf #1 is the first book in the FALLING FOR THE WOLF series.
She’s Alot Like You by Faye Hall
Willow Jameson knew nothing of her family’s past or their connection to the Morgan family when she first met Re Morgan. All she seen was his ruggedly handsome appearance, his gentle words luring her into his strong embrace. What she found was a passion beyond compare.
She couldn’t have foreseen the lies and family betrayal that would inevitably rob her of the man she loved and forever change her life.
TEN YEARS LATER
Willow returned to the town life she loved so much, no longer ignorant to those who had separated her from the man she’d loved. She was back now to make those responsible pay for all they’d taken from her. In her search what she found was the hardened man Re Morgan had become…
…a man who’s mere glance reignited a passion she had thought long since forgotten.
Re Morgan had left a horde of jilted lovers in his trail. When he seen Willow again across the crowded dancehall, he wanted nothing more than to add her to this list. Re wanted little more than a short, heated affair.
What he became involved in was far more scandalous than he could have ever imagined.
After The Rain by Rachel Pierre
Beth has prepared weeks for her wedding anniversary. But when her husband is caught cheating with the office secretary she falls into a vortex of depression.
Driving away into the biggest storm of the year, her car careens out of control and she crashes into a ditch.
Out of nowhere, a man stops to help. And when she looks into his eyes, she realizes that she may have found her savior, both in life and love…
A Pretty Mess: An Astonvale novel # 1 by Carla Caruso
Sometimes, to come clean, you’ve got to get your hands dirty …
Celeste Pretty, a self-confessed neat freak, has found the job she was born to do: a professional organiser, de-cluttering people’s homes and workplaces. Her new business gets off to a cracking start when she lands her first client, health and fitness guru Natalia Samphire, in the well-heeled suburb of Astonvale. But things get messy at Natalia’s mansion when Celeste finds a blackmail note and other mysterious items. And then there’s Lenny Muscat, the sexy builder renovating the place, whose constant presence is muddling Celeste’s usually organised brain.
When things get decidedly suspicious at the mansion, she and Lenny have to team up to investigate. But will Celeste emerge with her heart and professional reputation unscathed?
This is the first in the Astonvale rom-com mystery series.
The Blood Tie by Shelley Young
Shelley Young’s second book in the Dardian Dreshaj’s novels, The Blood Tie, is riveting, erotic and entertainingly dark.
It’s been two years since Dardian Dreshaj has wrestled control of Harlow Industries. Now a legitimate business owner, husband and father things couldn’t get better. And they don’t. New enemies have come forward, enemies that may be Padukshëm’s equal. Leaving very little clues each time the killers strike, Dardian finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. As Dardian and his men race to discover the killers’ identities he stumbles upon the true intent behind the killers’ intrigue.
Can it be that Dardian was never the killer’s primary target?
New clues left behind begin to point towards Aaliyah. Padukshëm has no choice but to awaken from his miniscule slumber. Now in full form and deadlier than ever, Padukshëm is up against time and the clock is winding down. Have the killers outsmarted him at every turn? From Los Angeles, New York, Miami and even the streets of Tiranë, Padukshëm assembles an elite crew of contract killers to make one final stand. But by this time it may already be too late. Has Dardian Dreshaj lost the one thing worth living for?
SEVEN-X by Mike Wech
SEVEN-X is the first book in the SEVEN-X Trilogy, revolving around Los Angeles Times Investigative Reporter Eddie Hansen, who gets a tip on a missing death row prisoner being held at a Behavioral Health Center in a remote location outside the small town of Dell City, Texas. With an opportunity to break the story, Eddie voluntarily commits himself into the asylum in hopes of finding Annette Dobson, “The SIDS Killer.” She is rumored to have had her execution faked so she could be shipped to the asylum, have an exorcism and give birth to the child the world thinks is dead.
Eddie’s journals, video diary and recordings leave a trail of breadcrumbs into experimental procedures conducted on patients without their consent. As he dives deeper into his investigation, Eddie is forced to confront his own demons as an unwilling participant in the asylum’s controversial rehabilitation procedures.
Roses for the Sparrow by Mary Elizabeth Fricke
It was bad enough that her best friend/employer took off on an extended honeymoon leaving Jani to oversee the building of their new business alone. In strolls this tall, dark and handsome contractor who makes it clear he intends to become the center of Jani's attention. But, is Rick too good to be true? Why is he the one who continually finds long stemmed roses on her car or at her door? What kind of admirer leaves expensive roses to freeze on windshields or be trampled on the floor?
Some girls have all the luck─ or maybe that's no luck at all.
How often does a girl have two stalkers after her at the same time?
The Gardener of Baghdad by Ahmad Ardalan
Adnan leads a weary existence as a bookshop owner in modern-day, war-torn Baghdad, where bombings, corruption and assault are everyday occurrences and the struggle to survive has suffocated the joy out of life for most. But when he begins to clean out his bookshop of forty years to leave his city in search of somewhere safer, he comes across the story of Ali, the Gardener of Baghdad, Adnan rediscovers through a memoir handwritten by the gardener decades ago that beauty, love and hope can still exist, even in the darkest corners of the world
FORBIDDEN by Marta Tandori
In this psychological thriller, past mistakes, revenge and family secrets dating back to the Second World War threaten to destroy two Hollywood families that are joined by blood and tainted by a scandalous legacy…Maria was the secret no one in Leo Bauer’s family talked about, her existence a constant reminder of his dead father’s shameful deviance. Yet ironically, from the first moment his mother set eyes on Maria, she wanted the girl for her very own – and was willing to go to any lengths to make that happen. And for the next nine years, Leo was able to successfully push Maria’s existence to the back of his mind until unexpected circumstances finally forced a meeting between him and the teenager. Despite Leo’s resolve to remain detached, he found himself drawn to her innocence. He knew Maria was off limits to him and yet, he simply couldn’t help himself. And so began their forbidden affair … until disaster struck, forcing Leo’s family to cut Maria loose.
Years have now passed and Maria abruptly reappears at Leo’s door, almost unrecognizable in her ragged clothing, spouting a litany of barely coherent gibberish. Despite his initial shock, long-suppressed feelings for her begin to stir but when Leo tries coaxing her into his house, Maria runs away in fright. In her flight, she drops a worn photograph and when Leo sees it, he realizes that Maria coming back poses a threat to all of them. He must make a choice … follow his heart or eliminate Maria before she ruins them. Either way, he must find her first…
WANTS by Ana Lee
This hot and steamy short story is the perfect quick fix to curl your toes and indulge your inner fantasies.
Cassidy is a fun loving woman who wants to have it all, except for one thing, Jared Hollister. But once she finds herself pulled into his world, she begins an erotic journey of self-discovery that unravels all of her opinions about him.
The more that Cassidy learns along the way, the more she wants to know about this dark and mysterious man that she loves to hate. But, at each turn she’s left with more questions than answers. Will she discover the mysteries that lie within? Read and find out…
