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Only Riley hears what the animals say. They’re warning her about murder. After a sudden job loss, Riley and her very good boy, Toby, return to her hometown to work at a new vet clinic, hoping for a fresh start and a quiet life. But peace is short-lived. A local murder shocks the town, and Riley’s strange but reliable gift tugs at her. The animals know more than anyone suspects, and so does Riley. As one murder follows another, she discovers her unique connection with the seemingly unrelated deaths can lead her to expose the murderer’s scheme. When she gets too close, the desperate ...

A most unlikely team: a cop, two thugs, and a blind woman band together to find refuge when the US power grid abruptly fails. Lili has no option except to resign when the city mandates double shifts for its dwindling number of police officers as the violence from the large cities reaches smaller towns. Her aunt and uncle want Lili and her young son to leave town with them and her uncle’s friend, who is convinced plans are in place to destroy the US electrical grid. Lili is a target for extortion because she is a police officer; her uncle’s friend is targeted to die because he knows too ...

A hate-filled killer seeks revenge. As the attacks escalate, Stuart and Aimee Louise prepare for the onslaught. Stuart and Aimee Louise scrap their plans to return to Florida when their neighbors fall victim to home invasions and murder. After the ruthless gang halts all travel with roadblocks and the repeated attacks become even more intense, Stuart and Aimee Louise suspect someone on their team is the target. When the callous enemy closes in, Stuart and Aimee Louise plan their own attack; the killer plans a slaughter.

The power grid and society collapsed years earlier, but spirits are high in the anticipation of a Christmas with snow at the four Georgia farms until impending danger looms. When a cartel leader targets one of their own five days before Christmas, Stuart, Angel, and their team intend to take advantage of the rivalry between the two battalions of killers to pit them against each other. Risky plan, and the stakes are high. If they fail, all the families at the four nearby farms will be slaughtered before Christmas Eve.

Donut Lady, an amateur senior sleuth, sifts through clues. The serial killer squirms under the heat of exposure. It’s time for Donut Lady to die. Karen O’Brien moves to her hometown in south Georgia and buys a charming, old-fashioned donut shop, complete with the owner's dog and cat. However, shadows and terrifying nightmares from her twelve years in prison disrupt her new life; or are they trying to help? Her struggle to adapt to civilian life becomes even more complicated when the boy no one cares about except her suddenly disappears from his sketchy living conditions. While Donut ...

Riley Malloy, vet tech and dog whisperer, stands in the way of a desperate criminal. Easy fix. Kill Riley. After a former coworker dumps a feral cat inside a carrier on Riley’s porch with only a cryptic note attached, the coworker is murdered. Riley is the last person alive who can identify the criminal. Riley is attacked, kidnapped, and left for dead. Ben, the cute deputy, and Toby, her rescued German Shepherd, are desperate to find her. Riley clings to life: she does not intend to die.

Riley Malloy, vet tech and dog whisperer, suspects her father’s death seven years ago was not an accident. Her enemy waits for an opening to kill Riley. Riley Malloy is the only person alive who can solve long-ago murders and expose the crimes of an international ring. Complication: Riley doesn’t realize the significance of her grandmother’s letter or the documents she finds or how desperately her unknown enemy watches and waits for an opportunity to destroy the evidence and kill Riley.

Karen is threatened by a violent man. After he is murdered, the killer stalks her. Karen has to stop the murderer, or she’ll be next to die. Karen O’Brien—retired teacher, convicted felon, and donut shop owner. The terror of nightmares and shadows from her years in prison haunts her. After a violent man who threatened Karen is murdered, her nightmares foretell of a tragic, second murder. The killer stalks the Donut Lady; she does not intend to become victim number three, but can the Donut Lady and her shadows expose what the murderer has concealed for years? She’s fierce, but the ...

Donut Lady’s life depends on her memories of her conniving ex-husband. The silent stalker intends for her to die. The past haunts the Donut Lady when her dead husband’s sketchy brother arrives in town after he blocked her appeal to overturn her wrongful conviction. What’s he doing in her hometown? To add to her troubles, her self-designated protector, Jack, is arrested for assault on the taunting, no-good ex-brother-in-law who is later found dead in Jack’s yard. Where does a counterfeiter fit in the puzzle? Only the dead husband knows.

Donut Lady has a knack for being at the wrong place at the right time. After two murders, the killer targets her. It’s personal. Donut Lady witnesses a friend’s estranged husband in a sketchy incident, then he’s found dead. After a second murder, she falls under suspicion, but is she the target? Donut Lady’s nightmares saved her once, but the murderer takes it to a personal level. She’s on her own. The killer intends to watch her die.

Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie close in on a human trafficking ring. The obsessed leader plans a slaughter. Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie peel away the lies to uncover the truth about the seemingly random multistate kidnappings, but the violence of the attacks escalates, and everyone at Stuart’s family farm is in jeopardy. The unstoppable trio may have met their match when their enemy moves in for the kill.

Welcome to the world of Ruthanne Thompson. Socialite. Speakeasy owner. Unlikely nemesis of a criminal syndicate. Ruthanne, a bold young socialite, turns her family estate into a thriving speakeasy, but her success draws the ire of a powerful crime syndicate with ambitions to control the state. When her husband enters the political arena, the stakes skyrocket. The syndicate can't afford the scrutiny of a politician they don't own. Ruthanne joins forces with unlikely allies to bankrupt the criminal ring and to crush their political clout. But the deeper she digs, the closer she comes to ...

Only a trap with the right bait will stop a crazed killer. Major is the bait; he sets the trap. Failure means death. Major’s farm in Florida is no longer safe after all the neighbors leave to escape from the murdering bands of raiders. An organized army led by one of Major’s most vicious enemies follows the random attacks of small gangs and sweeps north as Major and his family move to join Aimee Louise and Stuart in Georgia. While Major and his Georgia farm neighbors prepare to defend their homes and families, Major knows who is behind the destruction and bloodshed and prepares to stop ...

She's in a race to uncover the secrets and solve the murders before the desperate killer murders her. KAREN O’BRIEN is puzzled by the secrets of a respected, longtime resident of Asbury. How many secret partners can any one person have? And when one of the partners and then another is murdered, Karen is convinced the killer must have been one of the other partners, but which one? And why? The Donut Lady asks too many questions and uncovers too many secrets. She’s in the killer’s crosshairs. A cozy culinary mystery sprinkled with a smidgen of paranormal.

Extortion. Murder. Arrest. Case (not) Closed. KAREN O’BRIEN, retired teacher, convicted felon, and donut shop owner, has an enemy who also happens to be the killer. Donut Lady is not convinced the right person was arrested in the death of a decorator and furniture store owner, but after she reviews the documents and files that the victim’s parents gave her, Donut Lady still doesn’t know who murdered the decorator. She has four and possibly five highly suspicious suspects, and one of them is a dear friend. As she closes in on the truth, the killer sends her a clear, chilling message: ...

Angel and Stuart and their small team rush to rescue two families in Alabama. Will they divert to another critical mission? Timing is everything. Failure means death. Angel and Stuart lead the team to save two families that are endangered by the onslaught of the ruthless cartel but learn of a second critical rescue mission then a third. Do they divert or complete their current mission? The wrong choice leads to certain death.