Still reeling from the events of the past two weeks, Kate Murphy is ready for some rest and relaxation. But vampires-especially new ones-don't get much serenity in this crazy, supernatural world. Adding more stress and uncertainty to her already chaotic life, she's needed back at the hospital as a cardiac nurse.

Now, Kate is not only dealing with the aftermath of being attacked and left for dead, transitioning, and her budding romance with Sorin, the undead master of Pittsburgh, but also facing off against a cranky health inspector and a travel nurse with an unruly attitude. As if that wasn't enough, Sorin's jealous ex comes back into the picture, making moments of her life a living hell.

Kate is quickly learning that a vampire's job is never done.

"As the murder reveals a political conspiracy with international implications, Rosemaria finds herself pulled in different directions, and she must face the possibility that she may not be able to save everyone she loves..." —Kirkus

Rosemaria Baker, a cop whose blood runs true blue, has become a prosecutor who now gets to put the perpetrators in jail instead of just arresting them.

She is blissfully happy living with the love of her life, Josh Sibley, who is about to make a major breakthrough in his career as a singer-songwriter. But real life interrupts their perfect world when two girls who Rosemaria rescued from the streets of Hollywood become the targets of ruthless assassins after a third girl is murdered. Rosemaria must arrange protection for the girls, continue working her caseload at the courthouse, investigate the murder, and deal with a coworker who seeks to destroy her career. Through it all, the love and support Rosemaria and Josh have for each other is unfailing. When it finally seems that some semblance of order is falling into place, Rosemaria faces an unexpected, terrifying threat, and she must depend on those who love her to rescue her from certain death.

AUTHOR BIO

Britt Lind is an actress, singer and writer who has performed in television shows, movies and on stage in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver, B.C. She has written several screenplays and wrote and directed a short film titled Obsession. She came in as runner-up in the Washington State Screenwriting Competition for her screenplay A Light in the Forest and recently won the Beverly Hills Book Awards for her memoir Learning How to Fly. Britt lives in Thousand Oaks, California with her husband, Nick Alexander, a screenwriter, and their three feral cats, Teeny, Toughie and Baby Hughie who used to live a hardscrabble life in the cold and rain in the frozen north and now enjoy a life of luxury in the sun as is their due. Britt is also president of a nonprofit, People for Reason in Science and Medicine, a pro-health, pro-environment, anti-vivisection organization.

As the Nazi shadow of death falls across Europe, one man's wickedness looms out of the darkness.

Mengele, the Angel of Death.

When the Aizenberg family winds up in the dreaded Warsaw ghetto, they must share an apartment with a secular Jewish family. This living arrangement will test young Shoshana Aizenberg as adulthood creeps ever closer.

Meanwhile, fast-rising doctor Ernst saves a man's life on the Russian front. This good deed earns him the coveted role of Dr. Mengele's apprentice at Auschwitz. An opportunity beyond his wildest dreams and the stuff of his nightmares.

Gisele's beauty shines in a life fraught with hardship. She hopes to find her father, but first, she must navigate a Paris crawling with invading Nazis.

Mengele's Apprentice is the second book in Roberta Kagan's heartwrenching Historical WWII series-The Auschwitz Twins.

Perfect for fans of C.S. Harris and Anne Perry, and devotees of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

When a gentlewoman is savagely murdered in her own bed, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze must pick apart her seemingly blameless life to understand what drove her attacker to such frenzied rage—and how they managed to escape from a locked room in a house filled with people.

The closer Redmond and Haze get to the truth, the more secrets they uncover, and the greater the risk the perpetrator will strike again.

Will they solve the case before the killer claims another victim?

Author Bio:

Irina Shapiro will be first in line if recreational time travel ever becomes a reality, but for now, she must rely on flights of imagination, traveling through time and space vicariously through her characters. Irina particularly enjoys stories set in the past, where the characters must navigate the volatile political climates of their time while still managing to live, love, and cause mischief.

Irina has always had a particular fascination with the paranormal, and explores some of these themes in her books. She believes that nothing is truly impossible; true love can transcend space and time, and live on forever.

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One small town's dark secrets lay hidden in the hollows...

Rumors have swirled around Jake Cashen his whole life. Is he crazy like his father? Is it true they booted him out of the F.B.I. right after he cracked a career-making RICO case? Was he dirty?

Only Jake knows and he's not telling.

He came back to his tiny hometown at the foot of Ohio's Blackhand Hills and joined the Sheriff's Department as a deputy. He hopes to punch a clock and keep his head down until retirement.

It was a solid plan. Until someone put a bullet in the head of a revered county judge.

Jake's new boss knows Jake has a particular set of skills. The Sheriff pins a detective badge on him whether Jake likes it or not. He could have said no. But as Jake watches the locals nearly bungle the case in the first five minutes, he knows he's all in.

As Jake digs into the murder, he soon learns Judge Rand had enemies in every corner. And someone hiding in plain sight may be plotting to bring his investigation to a deadly end.

To bring a cold-blooded killer to justice, Jake's forced to confront every truth he's tried to escape. Even the ones that could bury him.

Murder in the Hollows is the first book in the gripping Detective Jake Cashen crime thriller series. A former police detective, author Declan James brings you authentic crime fiction that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

 "An unpredictable and gripping thriller with a strong cast." —Kirkus 

"LOVED IT!…A tension filled thriller that anyone who loves murder and detective shows will love."  —Reedsy

"I could not put it down."  —Readers' Favorite

"A page-turner…I read it in a single sitting."  —BookReadersClub

A dismembered body in a suitcase, a no-nonsense detective, her rookie sidekick, and countless suspects.

When a dismembered body is discovered in a suitcase, detective Kimberly Hall is determined to catch the killer. However, she soon finds herself in a web of untrustworthy witnesses, countless suspects, and tampered evidence.

Once she untangles who committed the crime, things will only get harder for her team. Just as they narrow their sights on their lead suspect, Detective Hall's rookie partner make a mistake—which could be deadly.

Told through shifting perspectives, No More Bad Days follows Detective Kimberly Hall's investigation, and the discovery that threatens to shake the gritty detective to her core.

Author Bio:

Lindsey Whitaker left her successful tech career to live minimally and focus on a life that facilitates creativity and the arts. She then wrote the twisted thriller, No More Bad Days. Thriller obsessed, Whitaker also has a recurring role on HBOs true crime series: Love and Death, staring Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe and Jesse Plemons. While working in tech, she was a skilled inventor. Whitaker holds several patents, including one for hair straightener and curling irons that can be turned off from anywhere!

When Alice Montgomery decides to tell the stories of her childhood, she sets herself up for a big surprise. She wants to express what it was like to be the only girl growing up with three brothers, an interfering aunt, and a distant, artistic mother. As a child who felt locked "outside the big oak doors" of her mother's heart, Alice begins to discover that there is more to her family than meets the eye. With every story she tells, she gets closer to the big story, the one that has been struggling to make itself heard.

Join the fun of the first Spa Week at the Seabreeze Inn!

As Ivy is adjusting to a new marriage, she must also welcome spa guests and deal with more secrets her old beach house reveals-this time, from the Roaring Twenties.

Added to that, her sister Shelly is nervous about having her first baby. Will Ivy manage to pull off the first spa week and juggle her new life in Summer Beach

Along the shores, more surprising discoveries fill the gossipy local residents with fresh speculation. In the charming town of Summer Beach, news travels fast.

Can Ivy come to terms with that and the nagging presence of Amelia Erickson, the former owner of the Seabreeze Inn?

Discover the latest chapter in the Summer Beach series set on sunny California shores, and find out why readers say, "Life is better in Summer Beach." If you love clean romance and women's fiction with fun characters you'll want as friends, this series is for you!

Author Bio:

Jan Moran is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of heartfelt women’s fiction series, beach reads, family sagas, and romantic 20th-century historical novels. Jan dreams up her popular, small-town contemporary beach books on sunny shores in Southern California, not far from where she lives. 

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"...a complex, cerebral tale.... I recommend The Last Request for readers interested in alternative Nazi conspiracy theories and historical background of regions and famous artifacts." —Linnea Tanner, author of the award-winning Curse of Clansmen and Kings series

Amy Prowers hadn’t planned to be in Mexico. She hadn’t planned on dropping everything and jetting to Italy. She hadn’t planned on having her life turned upset down or being held a hostage.

No, Amy Prowers, hadn’t planned on abandoning her career … and becoming a seeker of fulfilling her father’s last request. The request that had the words attached: be careful who you trust.

Benton Prowers’ death in a suspicious plane crash—and has changed the life of Amy. His words, be careful who you trust leads her on a quest to uncover the real Shroud and if it isn’t in Turin as the Catholic Church believes … where is it?

In the second Amy Prowers novel, she is caught up in the web of deceit, scandal, and terror that threatens her and everyone around her.

Will Medak, the young monk at the monastery, help Amy understand the clues her father hid in the icon book … or should she trust him?

Will El Ben Alemien, the evil North African leader, know that Amy is pretending to know where the Shroud is hidden at the Gracanica Monastery?

Will Christianity as it exists today, be able to survive when the truth comes out?

In a sweeping current day global suspense thriller, The Last Request takes you behind the scenes in a tense drama-filled story that is enveloped in mystery, intrigue, and religion.

Author Bio:

Katherine Burlake qualified as one of the first women Air Force Officers to attend the Air Force Navy Intelligence School and serve in the Vietnam War. Living in Thailand, England, and Germany led her to the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors reporting on embassy operations globally. She has traveled to over 130 countries including Afghanistan and Iraq. Her vast experiences plus her four years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia bring in the trench action to her engaging novels. Colorado is now her home.

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"Masterfully written, intriguing, mystifying, and spooky...an entertaining work that will keep the reader hooked until the end." —Readers' Favorite

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret and Linda Holmes's Evvie Drake Starts Over.

When Annie Parker discovers her husband’s infidelity, she doesn’t let it destroy her. She packs her bags and heads to Lake Arrowhead, California, the mountainside town where her family used to summer. Immersing herself in the restoration of seven 1920s-era cabins, Annie begins to put the pieces of her life back together. But starting over is never easy.

Alyce Murphy needs closure. When she discovers her father did not die from a heart attack, as she’s been led to believe for the last 30 years, but in a murder/suicide, she is determined to uncover the truth of his death. But when she visits the cabin where her father ended his life, Alyce has to accept she may never know the true story.

Annie is looking toward her future while Alyce needs to put the past to rest. In parallel stories, both women are drawn to the rustic mountainside cabins as they search for the missing pieces—but they soon discover that the cabins have their own stories to tell.

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"Chrysteen Braun creates a masterpiece with smooth storytelling that juxtaposes the serenity of the mountains with the eruptive chaos of dangerous secrets and ends with a bang. What a terrific story! What a talented writer!" —San Francisco Book Review

"A touching novel charting two women’s parallel lives, tied together by mysteries, transformation, and a cabin." —BookLife

"For those looking for a complex, engaging novel you won't be able to put down, this book is for you." —Book Excellence Awards

"...Engrossing, poignant.... An engaging drama with a strong cast and a final surprise." —Kirkus

"In an intriguing set of stories, each cabin on the mountain serves as the setting for a compelling tale of loss, betrayal—and love. Chrysteen Braun’s clever premise gives us a satisfying glimpse into the lives of others—both past and present." —Anne Cleeland, author of the Doyle & Acton Mystery Series

"Annie and Alyce are two women without much in common, but whose lives intersect in a place that has surprises for both of them. In telling their stories, Chrysteen Braun blends memoir and mystery in an entertaining page-turner." —Susan Denley, former Associate Features Editor, Los Angeles Times

Author Bio:

When it comes to California, mountain retreats, and home renovation, Chrysteen Braun doesn’t just write about it, she’s lived it. The California-native grew up in Long Beach where she recalls writing her first novel at the young age of 12. Moving to Hollywood, she worked at Capital Records where, at just 18, was tasked with ordering all the Beatles’s Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album covers. Shortly thereafter, she joined her family’s home remodeling and design business, which she subsequently owned and operated with her husband, Larry. Fast forward almost fifty years and today that business has passed on to her daughter to continue the family tradition. Meanwhile, Chrysteen has returned to her roots of writing, finding adventure in her characters’ tangle of relationships, mystery and intrigue. The mountains, where she and her husband have a second home, are the inspiration for much of her writing, including The Guestbook Trilogy book series.

Today, Chrysteen lives in Coto de Caza, with her husband and two Siamese cats and divides her time between writing articles on home decor and design, writing fiction and operating a decor boutique in Lake Arrowhead, California, aptly named, At the Cabin.

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A ranch they didn't expect to love. A family they didn't expect to find.

Amanda and Abigail Brooks didn't even want a ranch. They should be pleased the secondary beneficiary is trying to take it away. But now they've been in Birch Creek for a while and they've started to put down roots. They won't give up without a fight-even if the odds of winning are bleak.

Donna Ellingson started on the wrong side of things, but she's eager to rectify past mistakes. But when helping one widow harms the other, none of the choices she's presented with are clear.

Can the women save the ranch that has brought them all together, and learn to love openly and boldly, even when life keeps getting in the way?

When the body of a young woman is discovered at the home she shared with her disabled daughter, DI Tom Janssen and his team must investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.

The woman was a single mother, well regarded and popular among the group she frequented, but she had a chequered past... a life she kept secret from those around her... a life that may, ultimately, have led to her death. Friends, past lovers, and confidants offer conflicting descriptions of the deceased... did anyone know her at all?

The team realise the daughter is missing and, away from her medication, the little girl's life hangs in the balance. Unless the team can solve a seemingly calculated murder, an innocent life will be lost...

Set within the mysterious beauty of coastal Norfolk, this fast-paced British detective novel is a dark murder mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end when the final shocking twist is revealed.

The Raven Song is the latest novel in the Hidden Norfolk series of thrillers from the million-copy bestselling British crime writer, JM Dalgliesh, the author of the Dark Yorkshire books. Perfect for fans of LJ Ross, JD Kirk, Angela Marsons, Simon McCleave and Damien Boyd.

All she needs is a fresh start. Can she find it in a familiar place? It's been a rough year for Kate Duncan, both on and off the job. Being a mail carrier puts her in close proximity to her customers, with consequences that can't always be foreseen. So when a position opens at her hometown post office, she decides to leave Chicago in her rearview mirror. What follows is a summer filled with change. Kate and her cat settle into a charming apartment above Eagle River's historic Main Street, but she dreams of a different home to call her own. And when she volunteers for the annual sweet corn festival, it doesn't take long for her to establish her new place in the community. As she drives the back roads around Eagle River, Kate begins to take a personal interest in the people on her route. So when an elderly resident goes missing, she feels compelled to help track him down. It's a quest marked not by miles of gravel, but matters of the heart: friendship, family, and the small connections that add up to a well-lived life. Don't miss this new series by the author of the heartwarming "Growing Season" novels!

For eighteen year old Lena O'Sullivan, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not to expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different.

Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet. An only child of a wealthy, if peculiar father, a large inheritance, a beautiful house and a fine education are his due.

Nobody is in favour of Lena and Malachy's friendship, but why not? What harm are they doing? Why is everyone so dead set against it?

Then fate takes a hand, and Lena realises that secrets and lies have bound her and Malachy in an impossible situation. And their future seems determined by events that happened long before they were born.

From rural Ireland to post-war Cardiff, Lena and Malachy's story winds its way back to wartime Germany and occupied France in a web of deceit that threatens to destroy them both.

In this gripping, international best-selling sequel to The Vintner’s Daughter and The California Wife, four related families confront the turmoil of the First World War, a deadly influenza epidemic and a looming American prohibition.

France, 1918. Vintner Luc Lemieux enters the fight as his fellow Americans join forces with the Allies. At his Vouvray vineyard, he leaves behind his grandparents and two parentless siblings rendered homeless by the advancing German troops. Meanwhile, his sister Adeline, serving as a surgical nurse on the front, makes the fateful decision to save an injured German medic who is struggling to reclaim his humanity during one of the deadliest wars in history.

Back in America, Sara and Phillippe Lemieux battle to save their Napa vineyard and world-renown wines from the blight of prohibition while their daughter Pippa Lemieux strives for independence as a devastating secret surrounding her birth is revealed.

From the pristine vineyards of California to the war-ravaged battlefields of France, from an army hospital in Juilly to the bustling streets of Manhattan as the city mobilizes for war, The Vintner’s Legacy is a vividly crafted testament to hope and the resilience of the human spirit, as experienced by four families whose daring and sacrifice will shape generations to come.

Author Bio:

Kristen Harnisch is the author of the award-winning, internationally bestselling novels The Vintner’s Daughter, The California Wife and The Vintner’s Legacy. She drew upon her extensive research and experiences living in the San Francisco Bay Area and visiting the Loire Valley to create the stories for the three historical novels in the series. Ms. Harnisch earned a degree in economics from Villanova University and currently resides in Connecticut.

Independently published with She Writes Press

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How well do you really know your neighbours?

Zoey lives in a suburban home by the beach, in a gated community where nothing ever happens. Her biggest frustration is getting her husband to pick up after the potty-training puppy. Until her whole life is thrown into chaos when a body appears in the garden next door.

Stella is new to town. She doesn't want to get involved in the small-town drama. She's a single mother with a secret and the last thing she needs is more scrutiny. Looking for answers in her own life, her search becomes inextricably intertwined with the investigation.

Fighting the demons of her past Toni finds herself in the midst of a second marriage breakdown at forty seven years of age. She struggles to keep depression at bay while doing her best to raise a wayward teenaged son and uncover the identity of the killer.

In this small town investigation, it's only a matter of time until friends and neighbours turn on each other.

From a USA Today bestselling author comes this witty, emotional and delightfully unexpected mystery that will leave you guessing. For fans of Liane Moriarty.

They each hit the trail solo in search of themselves...

Overworked entrepreneur Jules Martinez is sick and tired of men leaving her for their exes. Determined to wipe the giant, scarlet R for rebound off her forehead, she kicks off a yearlong vow of celibacy with five, blissful weeks backpacking her favorite trails through Washington State. Solo.

Out-of-work financial analyst Evan Davenport hasn't been happy since camping in Scouts as a kid-before his wealthy parents and now ex-fiancé made all his major life decisions. Hoping to find joy and purpose, he buys all the latest ultralight backpacking gear, flies to Washington, and sets off alone on a weeklong speed hike through the wilderness.



Mother Nature has other plans, though, and keeps shoving Evan and Jules in each other's paths. Usually naked. When sparks fly, can they find what they're looking for in life together instead of apart?