Sienna and Frog belong to a sophisticated criminal organization run by Kema, a ruthless and calculating mastermind who operates in the shadows and will stop at absolutely nothing to maintain her iron grip on the city’s underground empire. Kema didn’t build her power through kindness or mercy—she built it through fear, strategic violence, and an unnerving ability to see betrayal coming from miles away. Cross her, and you don’t get a second chance 💰In this dangerous hierarchy, Frog serves as Kema’s number one enforcer—the muscle, the threat, the one who handles problems that can’t be solved with words. When Kema needs someone intimidated, eliminated, or taught a lesson they’ll never forget, Frog is her go-to operative. Meanwhile, Sienna occupies a different but equally crucial position as Kema’s protégé, learning the business from the inside, understanding the strategy behind the violence, preparing to perhaps one day take over the empire 🔫
Together, Frog and Sienna hold Kema’s organization together through loyalty, violence, and unquestioning execution of her orders. They’re her most trusted operatives, the people she relies on to maintain order in a world where chaos is always one mistake away. But as they work side by side, carrying out Kema’s increasingly dangerous directives and navigating the treacherous politics of street-level power, they discover something neither of them anticipated: an immeasurable degree of love for each other 💕
Rasheed Carter delivers urban fiction where criminal enterprise meets forbidden romance, where two people deeply embedded in a violent world find unexpected tenderness in each other, and where love becomes the most dangerous complication in a life already filled with mortal threats. In Kema’s organization, emotion is weakness and personal attachments are liabilities—but try telling that to two people who’ve found something worth risking everything for. When you belong to someone like Kema, falling in love with each other might be the most dangerous thing Frog and Sienna could possibly do 🖤
Why this grips from page one: Urban fiction where Kema’s number one enforcer and protégé discover immeasurable love while wreaking havoc for their ruthless boss who tolerates no weakness or divided loyalties. Perfect for readers who love street lit, criminal organizations, forbidden romance between partners in crime, and relationships tested by violence, loyalty, and power dynamics. 🌟
Eve Cordova has a passion for three things that define her soul: history that tells the stories of how we got here, Americana that celebrates the myths and realities of the American experience, and horses that represent freedom and the old West she romanticizes. When she inherits a remote historic hotel located on an old ranch just off the legendary Route 66, it feels like the universe has conspired to give her everything she’s ever wanted wrapped in one incredible package 🏨The Arizona high desert hotel is a dream come true—vintage architecture, authentic Western character, panoramic views of stunning landscape, and endless possibilities for restoration and reinvention. Eve throws herself into preparing the property for its grand reopening, meticulously planning every detail to honor the hotel’s history while making it viable for modern travelers seeking authentic Americana experiences. Her vision is coming together beautifully ✨
Then the local sheriff shows up with news that shatters Eve’s dream: the mysterious death that occurred at the hotel wasn’t an accident or natural causes as initially believed. It was murder. And given the hotel’s isolated location and the timing of the death, the list of suspects is disturbingly short. Eve soon realizes with mounting horror that the employees of her skeleton crew—the handful of people she’s hired to help prepare the hotel—are the only ones who could possibly be responsible 🔍
The murder investigation becomes personal for Eve in ways that go far beyond business concerns. This isn’t just about solving a crime—it’s about her dream, her investment, the new life she’s created for herself in the high desert. She must unmask the murderer for the sake of her business and her fresh start, but as the clues begin pointing uncomfortably in her direction, the urgency intensifies. Eve needs to work fast, unraveling lies and discovering the truth before she’s wrongly arrested for a murder she didn’t commit 🎭
N.C.L. Sarno delivers classic cozy mystery with Western flair, building to Eve’s dramatic parlor room reveal in the hotel lobby where she’ll gather the suspects and expose the killer. It’s Agatha Christie meets Route 66, where historic preservation collides with murder investigation, and where an amateur sleuth must solve the crime to save both her reputation and her dreams 🌵
What makes this essential: A cozy mystery where a woman inheriting a historic Route 66 ranch hotel discovers a mysterious death is murder—and her skeleton crew are the only suspects while clues point to her. Perfect for readers who love amateur sleuths, Americana settings, parlor room reveals, historic hotels with secrets, and protagonists racing to solve murders before being wrongly arrested. First in the series. 💫
Being the wife of a cop isn’t all romantic ride-alongs and insider knowledge of investigations like the movies suggest. Especially when dead bodies keep inconveniently ruining your carefully planned romantic dinner reservations, date nights get canceled for emergency call-outs, and “quality time” means waiting at home while your spouse deals with the worst humanity has to offer. But fashion designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer is absolutely determined that her husband’s latest case—dubbed the “Sex Shop Murder” by the local media—will NOT derail their first anniversary celebration 💕This anniversary holds special significance because it falls on Valentine’s Day, arguably the most romantic holiday of the entire year. Maddie has plans—wonderful, elaborate, perfectly romantic plans that involve candles, champagne, fancy dinner reservations at that impossible-to-book restaurant, and absolutely zero discussion of murder investigations or crime scenes. She’s ready to do whatever it takes to make this night special and completely distraction-free 🌹
There’s just one small problem: her husband can’t seem to stop thinking about the Sex Shop Murder case. The details are frustrating him, the leads aren’t panning out, and the pressure to solve a high-profile case is mounting. Maddie can see their romantic evening slipping away, being consumed by his work obsession. So she makes a bold decision: if the only way to guarantee a distraction-free anniversary is to solve his case for him, then that’s exactly what she’ll do 🔍
Gemma Halliday delivers a romantic mystery short story where amateur sleuthing becomes an act of love, where solving murders is just another form of anniversary gift-giving, and where a fashion designer proves once again that sometimes the best way to support your cop husband is to beat him to the solution. Maddie’s investigation takes her into unexpected territory, but hey—if it means protecting their Valentine’s Day celebration from yet another work interruption, she’ll interrogate suspects in her high heels and designer dress if necessary. Happy anniversary, darling—I solved your murder case! 💋
Why this deserves your attention: A romantic mystery short story where a fashion designer turned amateur sleuth solves her cop husband’s “Sex Shop Murder” case herself to prevent it from ruining their first anniversary on Valentine’s Day. Perfect for readers who love cozy mysteries, amateur sleuths in high heels, romantic comedy elements, holiday-themed crime-solving, and wives who’ll do anything—including catching killers—to protect date night. High Heels Mysteries series. 🎁
Make It Out Alive: A Quinn & Costa Thriller
Three newlywed couples have disappeared from an exclusive Florida resort, only to turn up dead shortly after their honeymoons began. The pattern is clear and horrifying: someone is targeting newlyweds at this specific location, using their vulnerability and happiness as bait. With the resort location and the striking similarities between the female victims as their only leads, the FBI Mobile Response Team faces a ticking clock—how do you catch a predator when his hunting ground is a place designed for romance and his targets are couples at their most trusting? 💍They devise what seems like a perfect trap: Detective Kara Quinn, who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to the murdered women, will go undercover as a newlywed with FBI Agent Matt Costa. Their honeymoon will be authentic enough to attract the killer’s attention while being controlled enough to ensure Kara’s safety. The plan works flawlessly—they identify and arrest the predator who’s been stalking the resort. With the killer in custody, Matt sends the rest of the Mobile Response Team home so he and Kara can finally have a real weekend to themselves, some much-needed rest and relaxation after the intensity of the operation 🏖️
Monday morning arrives, but Kara and Matt don’t show up to work. The team discovers they never checked out of their hotel, their belongings are still in the room, and there’s no trace of where they went. As the MRT frantically tries to locate their missing colleagues, the horrifying truth emerges: the killer they arrested wasn’t acting alone. He had a partner who succeeded where the first predator failed, and that partner has been watching, learning, waiting for the perfect opportunity 🚨
Allison Brennan delivers a new-release thriller where the hunters become the hunted. Kidnapped and forced into a twisted escape room designed by someone who studied their investigative techniques and anticipated their moves, Matt and Kara must find a way out using only their skills, their partnership, and their determination to survive. The clock is ticking, the rooms are designed to kill, and if they don’t escape, they’ll become the serial killer partnership’s final victims. Their team is searching, but in a game where the rules change with each room, making it out alive depends entirely on them 🔒
Why this grips from page one: An FBI thriller where detectives go undercover as honeymooning newlyweds to catch a serial killer—then become victims themselves when his partner kidnaps them into a deadly escape room. Perfect for readers who love law enforcement protagonists, romantic partnerships tested under pressure, and high-stakes thrillers with ticking clocks. Quinn & Costa series. 🔥
From the moment Seb and Tamsin moved in next door, I couldn’t look away. They’re everything my husband Nate and I aren’t—glamorous where we’re comfortable, magnetic where we’re predictable, intoxicating where we’re reliable. Watching them feels like glimpsing an alternate version of marriage, one where passion and excitement haven’t been replaced by routine and resignation. They make me feel seen again, noticed, special in ways I’d forgotten I could be 👫It started innocently enough: drinks in the garden on warm evenings, shared meals that stretched late into the night, easy laughter that made me remember when Nate and I used to have that kind of chemistry. Seb and Tamsin seem genuinely interested in us, and their attention is addictive. For the first time in years, I feel alive, interesting, like someone worth knowing. The friendship develops quickly, intensely, filling a void I hadn’t fully acknowledged existed in my marriage 🍷
Then comes the night that crosses every line. We’re all together, drinks flowing, boundaries blurring, when Tamsin leans in with eyes glinting with mischief and possibility. “We should swap,” she suggests, her voice low and conspiratorial. “Partners. Just for the night. Just for fun.” The words hang in the air, shocking and thrilling and terrifying all at once. I should say no. Every rational part of my brain is screaming to refuse, to laugh it off, to preserve what Nate and I have. But I don’t say no. None of us do 😱
Lisa Hall delivers a new-release domestic thriller where a single night of crossing boundaries destroys everything. The next morning, I creep home full of guilt, shame, and confusion, expecting to face consequences with Nate and somehow repair what we’ve broken. Instead, I walk into something far worse than I could have imagined. There are no rules now, no lines left uncrossed, no pretending we can go back to who we were before. The glamorous neighbors who made me feel special have unleashed something that can’t be contained, and not all of us will survive what comes next. The swap was just the beginning 🔪
What makes this a must-read: A domestic thriller where seemingly perfect neighbors suggest a partner swap for one night—and the aftermath proves catastrophic as the protagonist returns home to discover something far worse than expected. Perfect for readers who love suburban suspense, dangerous friendships, boundary-crossing decisions, and thrillers where one night destroys everything. 💔
It’s Kara’s birthday, and her fiancé Zane has planned the perfect romantic getaway to celebrate both her special day and their recent engagement. He’s whisking her away to Glacier Peak, a paranormal small town tucked deep in the Alaskan wilderness where supernatural beings live openly and magic is part of everyday life. With luxurious glass domes offering unobstructed views of the Northern Lights dancing across the Arctic sky and natural hot springs to soak away all their worries, it should be the ideal escape from their usual magical chaos 🎂The setting is straight out of a fantasy: pristine snow-covered landscapes, the ethereal beauty of the aurora borealis overhead, steaming hot springs surrounded by wilderness, and the cozy intimacy of a remote town where they can focus entirely on each other. Zane has planned every detail to make Kara feel special, to give them time to simply be a couple rather than supernatural investigators constantly dealing with magical crimes. It’s supposed to be about birthday cake, champagne toasts, romantic dinners, and planning their future together 🌌
Too bad someone forgot to mention the dead bodies. Because of course there are dead bodies. Even in a paranormal town in the middle of nowhere Alaska, even on Kara’s birthday weekend, murder finds them. Or maybe they find murder—at this point in their relationship, the distinction hardly matters. What should have been a celebration of love and life becomes another investigation, because apparently taking a vacation from magical crime-solving isn’t actually possible when you’re Kara Hilder ❄️
Jenna St. James delivers the seventeenth installment in the Kara Hilder Mystery series, proving that even birthday getaways in remote Alaskan wilderness can’t keep this couple away from murder investigations. Now, instead of birthday cake and champagne, Kara and Zane are chasing a killer through the snow, interrogating paranormal suspects, and using their magical abilities to solve crimes while trying to salvage some remnant of their romantic weekend. Their vacation is about to get murderously cold, but at least they’re together—even if “together” increasingly means “investigating homicides in beautiful locations.” Happy birthday, Kara 🔍
What makes this essential: A paranormal mystery where a witch’s romantic birthday getaway to an Alaskan supernatural town complete with Northern Lights and hot springs gets derailed by murder—birthday cake becomes crime-solving in the snow. Perfect for readers who love long-running series, paranormal investigations, couples who solve crimes together, and cozy mysteries with magical elements. Book 17 in the Kara Hilder series. ✨