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Welcome to The Ghoulish Gourmet—where the food is frightfully delicious and the mystery is killer. Morty Graves, a passionate Halloween enthusiast and eccentric chef, runs Hollow Creek’s most infamous spooky-themed restaurant, serving up grotesque gourmet dishes like severed fingers, eyeball pasta, and bloody beet soup. But when a real corpse shows up in his kitchen, his creepy culinary dream turns into a murder mystery nightmare. Now framed for murder and tangled in a sinister plot, Morty must uncover the secrets lurking beneath Hollow Creek’s charming surface. With twists around ...

Some ghosts refuse to stay buried. Some blood refuses to be forgotten. Vala Rho thought escaping her captor would be the end of her nightmare. She was wrong—it was only the beginning. With the Syndicate's target on her back burning brighter each day, Vala has one mission: find her long-lost brother Elian and complete the family she's only beginning to discover. At her side stands Rogan, the last Azhari warlord, whose fierce protection masks a hunger neither of them dare name. Their search takes them beyond charted space, where old debts are paid in blood and the past refuses to die ...

In the picturesque town of Seabreeze Shores, nothing pairs better with gossip than a double scoop of danger. Tessa Callahan’s life is all sunshine, sprinkles, and small-town charm until the morning she finds a dead body chilling in her walk-in freezer. Her thriving ice cream shop, Sundae Funday, was the go-to spot for tourists and locals alike… until a notorious food critic winds up face-first in a tub of rocky road. Now business is melting faster than a fudge swirl on a hot day. Determined to clear her name and save her scoop shop, Tessa grabs a notepad and a pint of espresso crunch, ...

The Frosted Felony A Cozy Culinary Mystery with Recipes Joanne Fluke and Hallmark style cozy mystery Welcome to Bayside Cove, where the ocean breeze is sweet, the secrets are sticky—and murder is always on the menu. When Olivia Pierce’s award-winning lemon meringue pie becomes the weapon in a chilling crime, the small-town baker finds herself in the center of a mystery she didn’t cook up. With the mayor dead, her bakery’s reputation crumbling, and a brooding new detective watching her every move, Olivia must roll up her sleeves and solve the case before she’s served up as the main...

🎄✨ A Very Merry Krampus Christmas ✨🎄 Love, magic, and a dash of holiday mischief! 🌟 When Merry North moves to Tannenbaum Falls to save her grandmother’s cozy Christmas bakery, romance is the last thing on her list. But when the mysteriously dashing Klaus Krampus arrives next door, her quiet life takes a festive twist. Little does she know, Klaus is no ordinary man – he’s the last of an ancient line of Christmas spirits. By day, he’s a brooding artisan with a talent for carving intricate toys; by night, he brings mischievous children back into line. As they team up to ...

Before she was the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter, she was just a girl no one saved. Vala Rho was sixteen when the Syndicate bought her—just one more girl in a cage, broken for their entertainment. For years, she endured their violence, learned their secrets, and dreamed of the stars beyond her cell. At twenty, she made her escape—fighting, bleeding, and carving her name into Syndicate space, one body at a time. Freedom isn’t given. It’s taken. And Vala is done being property. Before the fire, there was survival. Before the war, there was vengeance. Before she owned her future...

A Game That Never Ends. A House That Never Forgets. Four friends return to the house that stole their innocence five years ago, determined to confront the horrors they left behind. But some games never truly end. The moment they step through the door, the game resumes, and this time, the rules have changed. Forced into a deadly version of Truth or Dare, they must navigate a labyrinth of psychological torment, twisted dares, and truths that should have stayed buried. As the house warps around them, feeding on their fears, their only ally is Detective Elias Kennedy—a man who played the game...

Deep in the frozen peaks of the Winterspine Mountains, an ancient power stirs. The Winter King , The FATMAN or affectionately - known to mortals as Santa Claus - bleeds divinity into the snow as his brother Krampus seeks revenge for centuries of necessary evil. For behind every Christmas gift lies a darker purpose: the harvesting of children's wonder to bind winter's consciousness itself. Jinx Tinsel, a clockwork elf with mechanical augmentations that sync with winter's deepest machinery, uncovers a terrible truth. The holiday traditions that spread joy across the world mask a systematic ...

When divorce lawyer Matt Griffin wakes up married to a complete stranger after a wild bachelor party in Vegas, his life flips upside down in the most hilarious way. Desperate to undo his accidental marriage without getting sued, Matt teams up with his accidental bride, Emma Harper, an event planner with a love for romance. As they navigate legal loopholes, quirky characters, and unexpected feelings, Matt and Emma discover that the best things in life often happen when you least expect them. "Accidental Vegas Vows" is a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about love, legal mishaps, and the ...

England’s most famous witch trial took place in Lancashire in 1612. Ten of the so-called Pendle Witches were hanged at Lancaster Castle after being deemed guilty of witchcraft. Their ghosts reputedly haunt the village of Newchurch, which is where one of the witches is said to be buried. Gwen Winter along with her two brothers, Lance and Merle, travel to England with their Father to visit their Aunt. Gwen knows what she wants to see and do while there. She is determined to solve a mystery centuries long, to search for clues of what happened to the sisters Pendle and why they had been ...

In New Orleans, the dead don't always stay buried. But this Mardi Gras season, they're getting up for more than just a party. When bodies start appearing in the French Quarter—drained, pale, with twin puncture wounds on their necks—DJ Marissa Gray's world collides with hardened detective Grady Mills. Together, they uncover a terrifying truth: the Quarter's newest resident, the enigmatic Comte de Saint-Germain, isn't just hosting the season's most exclusive masquerade balls. He's hunting. Each victim is carefully chosen. Each death choreographed. And as Fat Tuesday approaches, Marissa ...

Lisa’s a few inches shy of seven feet tall, even when she wears flat heels. She’s got the physique of a fetishistic muscle goddess, impressive in every sense of the word. Her eyes glow when she’s staring down her enemies, and her right arm is a prosthetic multi-tool. She’s got the firepower of a capital ship on her sturdy little vessel, her armor has seen veterans and laborers through the worst of conditions for over a century, and both the ship and the armor were a gift from her foster father after he’d finished teaching her everything he knew about being better at violence than ...

Something’s baking at Ginger Snaps Bakery… and it’s not just cookies. When beloved small-town baker Ginger Lawrence discovers a dead body in her kitchen, her cozy world in Haversham Falls crumbles faster than a day-old scone. Caught in a murder investigation, Ginger must fight to clear her name, protect her family bakery, and uncover the truth hiding beneath layers of small-town secrets. Armed with a quick wit, a piping bag, and an unlikely alliance with the town’s newest grumpy-but-hot detective, Ginger dives headfirst into a case where every neighbor could be a suspect—and the ...

"Love in Stitches:" "She gave him life. He taught her how to live." When a brilliant young doctor saves a comatose man through radical surgery, she finds herself falling for her own creation, challenging the boundaries of medicine, ethics, and love. Dr. Victoria Frankenstein, a prodigy in neurosurgery, takes an unprecedented risk to save John Doe, a man ravaged by a rare brain cancer. Her radical procedure is a success, but as she helps John rediscover life, she finds herself drawn to his innocent wonder and gentle spirit. Their growing love defies medical ethics and societal norms, forcing...

In the charming mountain town of Silver Peak, Colorado, Jaeleigh Mitchell is fighting to save her family's historic Hollybrook Inn from financial ruin. With Christmas approaching and the beloved town festival to organize, the last thing she needs is corporate raider Caleb Anderson arriving with plans to turn her inn into another soulless luxury resort. Caleb never expected a small-town innkeeper to make him question everything he believes about progress. But as he helps prepare for the Christmas festival, he finds himself drawn into Silver Peak's authentic charm - and to the stubborn woman ...

Venom in Vanilla Book One in The Sundae of Secrets Series By Patti Petrone Miller Welcome to Seabreeze Shores—where the ice cream is homemade, the ocean breeze never quits, and secrets are served by the scoop. Lila Montgomery loves two things: her quaint seaside town and her charming ice cream shop, Salted Caramel’s. Nestled between rocky cliffs and sugar-sand beaches, Seabreeze Shores is the kind of place where everyone knows your name—and probably your business. But when a slick out-of-towner named Graham Fox rolls in with big money and bigger plans to transform the waterfront into ...

Welcome to Scarecrow Hollow The Urban Myth: The house was built around the turn of the century by an elderly man with many children. When the man died in the 1940’s of old age, he left his spirit behind in the home. The apparition drags people out of their beds during the night, leaving them in the hallway. The man also has an affinity for doors-every door in the house that is left open and is always found closed again. The Fiction: WELCOME TO SCARECROW HOLLOW where things go bump in the night... Meet old man Wilson. Viciously murdered by his children for his money, his spirit is left ...

Where the Specials are Supernatural! Welcome to the Crossroads Diner, where the veil between worlds is as thin as a slice of apple pie. Sabrina Spellsworth, the vivacious owner with a gift for seeing spirits, has turned her greasy spoon into a culinary haven for both the living and the dead. But when recently deceased culinary legend Chef François "The Foodie" Dupont floats into her kitchen, Sabrina's paranormal paradise is thrown into chaos. François, determined to elevate the diner's menu from comfort food to haute cuisine, starts possessing line cooks and serving up dishes too ...

"This holiday season, the cookies aren't the only things that are killer." When magical citizens start appearing in deadly holiday displays, a kitchen witch and her vampire detective partner must solve the case before Christmas Eve, or an ancient vendetta will destroy the barrier between worlds—assuming they don't kill each other first. In Mistletoe Grove, where magic is served with a side of murder... The Moonlight & Sage Detective Agency has seen its share of supernatural shenanigans, but this holiday season is about to get deadlier than a fruitcake gone wrong. When prominent magical ...

In the enchanting town of Frostyville, nestled deep within the North Pole, the days leading up to Christmas are a magical frenzy of festive preparations. But this year, the holiday spirit is about to get a mischievous twist! Meet Jingles, the elf known for his knack for trouble, and Holly, the lovable but clumsy baker at the North Pole Bakery. When Jingles accidentally topples a giant tub of glitter, it sets off a chain of events that leads him and Holly to collide in a shower of shimmering sparkles. It's a meet-cute like no other, as love blooms amidst the chaos. As they navigate ...