Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

After the killing of a prominent mob lawyer, NYPD homicide detectives Jacob Jackson and Caitlin Grimes start receive chilling, written “rules” for how to commit the perfect murder. "Rule number one for the perfect murder: Evidence is your enemy. Leave none behind." Jackson (Reid Scott) and Grimes (Cobie Smulders) race to find the killer, setting them on a collision course with the city’s crime underbelly, and a perpetrator who seems happy to toy with them. “Rule number two. No crimes of passion. The perfect murder is always business, never pleasure.”

Kidnappers grabbed Jenna in broad daylight, right in front of her children and their horrified classmates. Her family was issued an insane ransom demand: $25 million in cash and jewels, payable by the end of the school day, otherwise they’ll never see her again. As Jenna’s mother scrambles to gather the money, detectives Mo Butler and George Ortega follow the trail of the kidnappers, which will lead them through a sordid landscape of jealous lovers, broken dreamers, and twisted schemers. But every second counts, and there’s one thing Jenna Wade doesn’t have: very much time.

When friends turn to lovers, the temperature’s going to soar… Tasha Wilde has spotted the perfect site for the chocolate and coffee shop she’s planning to run with her best friend, Maisey, in Doubtless Bay, New Zealand. The only trouble is that Maisey’s gorgeous brother, Kole, also wants the shop for his photography business. Their friends are convinced that Tasha and Kole have feelings for one another, so they invent a game – the two of them must do their best to get the other to admit they’re in love. They have eight days. The winner gets the shop. Both think their attraction ...

Welcome to The Blue Spruce Coffee Shop Where the Java is Hot and the Murder is Cold Blooded Looking for a cozy spot to enjoy a hot cup of java and a thrilling mystery? Look no further than The Blue Spruce Coffee Shop. Recently reopened by the dynamic grandmother/granddaughter duo of Carla and Charlie Purcell, their coffee shop is the perfect place to relax and indulge in a delicious treat. But be warned, there's more brewing at The Blue Spruce than just expertly crafted coffee. When a local quilter is murdered in her own home, Carla and Charlie, along with retired detective Saylor Reeves, ...

Julia Ross is a 48-year-old divorcee who decides to completely upend her life. A year after her divorce, Julia sells everything (including the house), turns her minivan into a camper, and heads to an idyllic beachfront state park in Florida. What is supposed to be a month of sunbathing, hiking, biking, and self-care, however, turns into a murder investigation when a camper is found dead in his RV. At first, Julia doesn't want to get involved. After all, she’s at the beach to relax. But her new camping friends, Dottie and Penelope, insist she help them find the murderer. They believe the ...

All eBooks free this week, except number six...See Below or use the series link... Murder, Mystery, Mayhem and Intrigue ....In this dark women's sleuth murder mystery series, romance and suspense spice up the adventures of Detective Henson, as she investigates a gruesome murder. A wealthy, mysterious man, living in a small town of the Blue Ridge Mountains, finds his wife brutally killed. During Henson's investigation of the crime, she meets the son of a strange witness and yes... falls in love. Their romantic connection is instant, but not without doubt and intrigue. The case leads our ...

Book 1 Fiction "Don't Call Me Crazy! I'm Just in Love." Book 2 Fiction "Don't Call Me Crazy! Again." Book 3 "Non-fiction" The true story behind the story, "Let's Be Inspired: Undefeated Despite Schizophrenia." She believes she’s found the man of her dreams. But what if her mind is playing tricks? Anika Muhammad struggles to trust men. But after meeting a handsome playa in her business course, she unexpectedly falls head over heels. Yet she can’t forgive his once-wandering ways and is paralyzed by paranoia that he must be cheating. Seeking something better, Anika gravitates toward an ...

DARE TO BE TAKEN I had never expected to find love in this foreign land. But this knight had risked everything for me, his position, his life, his entire world. In the midst of all the danger,I realized I was falling completely for him. For centuries, as summer gives way to fall, the elves of the enchanted forest emerge to claim a single woman—a mysterious tradition shrouded in whispers of magic and sacrifice. Alanna has spent her life protecting her city, hardened by duty and resigned to a love that will never come. Taken from the safety of her world, she is thrust into the arms of ...

Never let your past define your future. Single mom, HALEY DUNN, is ready for a new start for herself and her four-year-old son, Noah. When she loses not only her job and home, but the man who she thought cared about her, she decides to leave her hometown in Michigan and head to the west coast. Why not get as far away from her past as possible? What she doesn’t plan for is getting stranded in a small Montana town in a snowstorm. Cowboy, RYDER BROOKES, has been on his own since he left his family’s horse ranch near Pine Meadows, Montana eleven years ago. He hasn’t intended to ever go ...

In a rain-drenched world far from home, survival means more than dodging alien predators—it means escaping your own family. Kayla and Roux thought they'd found sanctuary, a remote outpost where they provided medical needs to the locals. But when her family arrives unannounced, it threatens that balance and triggers a resurgence of the past. Kayla discovers that her biological mother—a dangerous Siren—will stop at nothing to reclaim what she believes is hers. With Roux immune to her genetic ability and Robert desperate to protect his daughter, they're about to learn that some ...

I was just your normal twentysomething with seven associate degrees and no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That is, until I died...Well, almost. As if a near-death experience at the hands of an old coffeemaker wasn't embarrassing enough, I woke up to find I could talk to animals. Or rather one animal in particular. I've taken to calling him Octo-Cat. He talks so fast he can be difficult to understand, but seems to be telling me that his late owner didn't die of natural causes like everyone believes.

What if you lived another life? A life you thought only existed in fairytales. What happens when both worlds collide? A silly accident puts Elle Worthington into a coma, and when she awakes, she can’t remember her name or anything about her life. She leaves the hospital and returns to a home that’s anything but ideal—her stepmother loathes her, her stepsister resents her, and her father’s a workaholic who’s rarely ever home. She soon discovers that she is the head cheerleader and is dating Edward Kingsley, the golden-boy quarterback who’s madly in love with her. Everyone tells ...