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Beyond the Lens (Lucy Mitchell Book 1) (affiliate link)
Seven strangers.
One Spanish island.
A TV crew filming everything.
It’s just for one week…
What’s the worst that could happen?
That’s what Lucy asks herself when the temptation of an all-expenses paid trip to Spain brings out her adventurous side.
Soon, she’s sipping cocktails in the sun and indulging in a behind-the-scenes romance with an attractive cameraman.
With rumours that the show might not even be aired she can almost forget she’s being filmed.
At least until she arrives back home.
There, she’s thrust into the spotlight and her world is turned upside down. Will she ever escape the cameras? And can her blossoming romance survive under pressure?
Who, What, Where, When, Die (An Avery Shaw Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
First, she had to cover a story on a barricaded gunman who likes to dance naked in his window. Second, she’s receiving death threats with her morning newspaper. Lastly, and most importantly, her mom keeps vetoing her outfit choices.
It’s all in a day’s work for this hardworking, if easily distracted, reporter.
Avery Shaw is hot on the trail of the story, even if it means tangling with her hot ex-boyfriend — the county sheriff — and the equally hot, if slightly shadier pawnshop owner down the street.
Getting the story is going to be totally worth it — that is if Avery can survive the week.
In the Lion’s Mouth (affiliate link)
Santa Claus, Lies, and Murder (The Amber Fox Murder Mystery Series) (affiliate link)
Santa has gone missing and the fate of Christmas is in Amber Fox’s hands…
When the bones of St Nicholas, the original Santa Claus, are stolen from a special exhibit at the Natural History Museum on Christmas Eve, insurance investigator Amber Fox is hot on the thieves’ trail.
Jinxed spells, freaky insects, and a sack full of secrets take Amber on a bumpy sleigh ride. But can she restore the relics back to their natural resting place and preserve the true spirit of the Yuletide Holly Days? Or is Santa lost forever?
Pretend To Be Mine (VEGAS BAD BOYS) (affiliate link)
I need someone to help me stick it to my ex.
A fake fiancée will do the trick, and this woman is gorgeous.
My ex-wife cheated on me and now is marrying the bastard.
And I have to attend the wedding for my daughter’s sake.
Well, I’m going armed with hotness. Nothing like pretending your life is together.
We might have pretended a little too well.The crazy part?
She’s not from the escort service that a buddy set me up with.
She owns the service.
And she’s pulling out all the stops.
Tequila Trouble: a Danger Cove Cocktail Mystery (affiliate link)
Lilly Waters found the perfect life at the Smugglers’ Tavern—a job she loves, friends she adores, and a hot boyfriend to warm up her cool coastal nights. But before she can even begin to enjoy the good life, trouble finds her in the sleepy town of Danger Cove.
A famous chef makes an unexpected visit to the tavern with an offer that threatens all of Lilly’s future plans, her boyfriend starts to complicate their relationship, and—just when she thought things couldn’t get any worse—a friend’s husband is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The police are pointing their fingers directly at Lilly’s friend, so the bartender once again finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. With danger lurking around every corner, Lilly must figure out if her friend is being set up to take the fall for her husband’s death…or if there are skeletons hiding in her closet. With more than enough motives for murder to go around, Lilly worries she’s being served up a deadly double shot of trouble.
All Flesh Is Grass (affiliate link)
A Very Merry Princess (Happily Inc) (affiliate link)
When Princess Bethany’s father, the king, sells one of his best stallions, she insists the animal get the royal treatment. Disguised as Beth Archer, a mere stable hand, she takes him to Happily Inc, California, a quaint wedding destination that’s especially sparkly over the holidays.
Rich women have no place on Cade Saunders’s ranch. He wants a down-to-earth girl-next-door type—like Beth Archer. After a few cocoa-flavored kisses by the Christmas tree, Bethany begins to fall for her irresistibly handsome host. But will Cade still want her when he discovers she’s more familiar with a crown than a cowboy hat?
The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel (affiliate link)
In Poland, as World War II rages, a mother hides with her young daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives.
As Nazi soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Róza and her 5-year-old daughter, Shira, flee, seeking shelter in a neighbor’s barn. Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet, as music pulses through her and the farmyard outside beckons. To soothe her daughter and pass the time, Róza tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden:
The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom.
Woman Without a Past (affiliate link)
Popular mystery novelist Molly Hunt knows all about the twists and turns of fiction, but real life has thrown her for a loop. Raised by adoptive parents on Long Island, Molly has just made a stunning discovery: She’s the daughter of South Carolina blue bloods and was kidnapped as an infant from their ancestral home in Charleston. Now, she’s heading south to solve the puzzle of her beginnings—totally unprepared for where it will end.
At Mountfort Hall, her birth family’s imposing plantation, Molly comes face to face with her past: her neglected twin sister; her reclusive and mentally imbalanced mother; a calculating cousin, now the Mountfort patriarch who has no tolerance for this lovely new intruder; and a resident psychic who sees into a deadly world all her own. It’s only when Molly discovers a letter from her late father that she comes to realize how much danger she’s in—and what it’ll take to escape the shadows of Mountfort Hall alive.
First Addition: Hemlock Academy Book 1 (affiliate link)
I was so close to getting everything I wanted.
If it weren’t for a stupid boy that had to go and make me angry, causing me to turn a certain part of his anatomy purple and sparkly, I wouldn’t have accidentally revealed to my family what I really was.
Now, my father is making me attend the school he headmasters, a stuck-up elite academy that will never take someone like me seriously; someone that needs lust to refill my magic.
Fate may have cursed me with six mate spots to fill, but that doesn’t mean I need to tell everyone my true purpose for being at the academy.
They might think I’m inconsequential, but I’m determined to carve out my own happiness, no matter what it takes.
Pie Academy: Master the Perfect Crust and 255 Amazing Fillings, with Fruits, Nuts, Creams, Custards, Ice Cream, and More (affiliate link)
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