As an Amazon Associate we earn commissions from qualifying purchases.
Guest From Hell (Dev Haskell – Private Investigator Book 20) (affiliate link)
Roxy LaRue is in deep weeds…
She’s on the hook for 1.2 million.
Some not very nice guys want their money NOW!
Ever the gentleman, Dev Haskell offers to help.
The police are pounding on his door at two in the morning!
There’s a drive-by shooting on his front porch!
Someone firebombs his house!
Things quickly go downhill from there.
Meeting over Murder: Lessons in Murder, Book 1 (affiliate link)
Two women, a dead teen, and a cruel killer at large.
Jenna Ferrari is a tough-to-the-bone homicide detective with no patience for stupidity and an Italian’s penchant for displays of emotion. While she excels at catching criminals, she continues to strike out at relationships. At thirty-two, she wonders if she’ll ever find the right woman.
A brilliant, creative college literature professor, Miranda McLeod is respected by her peers and loved by her students. After years of walking an ambiguous line, she wants to come out but doesn’t know how.
When the two meet over the case of a murder on campus, could they have both found what they’ve been looking for, or will the unknown killer on the loose foil their chances for romance?
Gone with the Wings: A College Campus Murder Mystery (Meera Patel Cozy Mystery Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
Meet Meera Patel – college dropout and soon to be murder suspect
Life in sleepy college towns in the south follows a predictable pattern. Summers are slow and lazy and campus is almost deserted. Scorching days end in flaming sunsets. Meat cooks on the backyard grills, infusing the air with heady aromas of charcoal and dry rubs. Kids splash in pools and run around, licking snow cones and popsicles. It’s the calm before the storm, before the frenzy of fall term begins in earnest.
Swan Creek, Oklahoma is no different.
Meera Patel has spent the summer months babysitting the three men in her family, hanging out with her pals by the lake. Her grandma couldn’t get home soon enough!
The FBI Bride (An Undercover Bridesmaid Romance Book 1) (affiliate link)
A forbidden FBI romance, a wedding that never happens, and the tragedy that changes them forever.
The moment Chloe Romano meets Liam Esposito, sparks flare like lightning between them. But the handsome stranger disappears without so much as asking for her number.
Shaking off her disappointment, Chloe continues on to the Quantico Training Academy with her best friend Jenna so they can pursue their life-long dream of becoming FBI agents. Chloe is shocked when she comes face to face with the handsome stranger again—and this time he’s her boss.
Liam is smart and funny and the banter between them holds romantic overtones in spades. But FBI rules and protocols keep them apart, and the longing is killing them. Even though they are falling in love, the secret meetings must stay just that—a deep secret.
Summer Again (St. Caroline Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
For years, Lucy Wyndham wondered whether she’d ever catch another glimpse of the boy she crushed on as a teenager at the Chesapeake Inn’s summer camp for disadvantaged kids. He was tall and quiet … mysterious and aloof … and oh so gorgeous.
Also the owner’s son. Not the slightest bit disadvantaged.
Fast forward … now Sterling Matthew runs the Chesapeake Inn and is Lucy’s (grumpy) boss. He’s still tall, aloof, and oh so gorgeous. Ten years later, the attraction between them is just as strong—but they’re no more compatible today than they were as teenagers.
Nor do they share the same views of the summer camp. When Sterling informs Lucy that the camp must be eliminated to improve the resort’s bottom line, she embarks on an ambitious campaign to save it. Even if the price is her job … and her heart.
Sandwiches: Re-Imagine Them (affiliate link)
Sun Dried Tuna Sandwiches
American Dijon Pepperoni Sandwiches
Dijon Beef Swiss Sandwiches
Texas Cheddar Chicken Sandwich
Montana Breakfast Sandwiches
Italian Summer Festival Sandwiches
Beans Sandwich
American Street Dog Sandwiches
October Curried Cranberry Sandwiches
A 1st Grader’s Favorite
Greek Sandwiches
New England Cheddar Crab Sandwiches
Valley Jam Sandwiches
November Leftover Sandwich
Alaskan Sandwiches
Carolina Classic (Banana Mayo Sandwich)
Miami Hoagies
Greek Cucumber Sandwich
Country Grilled Cheese
Last Light (affiliate link)
It only took four years for the world to fall apart.
Now the last member of my family has died, and I’m forced to travel across what’s left of three states to find the only people I know left alive. To survive, I’ll have to scavenge food and supplies and try to avoid violent men who’ve learned they can take what they want by force. The only way I’m going to make it is by trusting Travis.
Travis used to fix my car, and now he’s all I have left in the world. He’s gruff and stoic and unfriendly, and I don’t really know or like him. But he’s all I have left. He’ll keep me safe. We’ll take care of each other. Until we reach what’s left of our town and can finally let go of one another.
Preferential Treatment (affiliate link)
A man on top of the world.
Mikhail Volkov began life as an orphan, raised in abject poverty on the fringes of a crumbling empire. Now he’s the ruler of his own empire—founder and CEO of Domovoy Technologies—and one of the wealthiest men in the world. Unfathomable luxury, comfort, and power is always at his fingertips. He wants for nothing—except for one elusive desire…
A woman strong enough to conquer him.
After years of struggle, Kate Pasternak has managed to claw her way above the poverty line to a life of moderate comfort—clean clothes, regular meals, a safe home. It’s a precarious position, balanced on the knife’s edge between her paycheck and her existing debts. But a chance encounter with the CEO of the company she works for could change all that.
An indecent proposal.
Lessons in Evil: A Bridget Bishop FBI Mystery Thriller Book 1 (affiliate link)
A Serial Killer’s Evil Legacy Lives On
Renowned criminal psychologist Bridget Bishop quit the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit after only two years on the job, exhausted and traumatized from facilitating the investigation and capture of one of the country’s most prolific serial killers.
But the Bureau isn’t done with Bridget yet as she’s pulled in to consult on a disturbing string of homicides which bear a startling resemblance to a series of murders committed by a man since convicted and executed for his crimes.
Still grappling with her own troubled past, and unsure about her future with the Bureau, Bridget sets off on a desperate mission to stop the evil plans of a dead man before he sends another victim to the grave.
Every Little Sign: A Mysterious Thriller With a Shocking Twist (affiliate link)
Emma Gray is a young attorney with beauty she’s unaware of and grit that’s easily overlooked. But all she really wants is the ordinary life she didn’t have as a child. On a rainy night in Boston, she walks into a pub to meet a group of colleagues. Conversations and cocktails flow, but something more sinister is at play. Not everyone will survive the night.
The next morning she awakens covered in bruises and scrapes, yet all her memories after leaving the bar have gone dark. The revelations to follow will change her life in ways she never saw coming.
One Day Fiance (affiliate link)
I’m Poppy Woodstock.
Romance author and wholehearted believer in Happily Ever Afters.
A terminal case of writer’s block should be my biggest worry.
Then I crash into him—literally—and fall into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes I’ve ever seen.
Connor Bradley.
Thief, rebel… and my new neighbor.
One slip with the bad boy next door, and my life becomes stranger than any fiction I could ever write.
I impulsively tell his mother that I’m his fiancée, forcing him to help me.
And for some reason, he willingly takes my problems onto his broad shoulders, growling at anyone who stands in my way to meet my deadline.
Huron Breeze (Sunrise-Side Mystery Book 1) (affiliate link)
Ten years ago, legendary author Riley Cannon produced three of the best-selling thriller novels of all-time. Then, she vanished, leaving the final three books of the saga unfinished and producing the biggest mystery in the history of publishing. Now, a decade later, there is word from her mega-agent, the glamorous and powerful Topaz Kennedy, that a new Cannon novel is all-but-finished. But, Topaz knows the truth: Riley Cannon hasn’t even started the book. With the clock counting down to the publication date, desperate measures are needed . . .
Meanwhile, in the sunrise-side town of Hampstead, Michigan, thirty-five-year-old Kaj Reynard emerges from Lake Huron on a cool June night and falls face down on the beach next to a fading bonfire—with a knife stuck in his back. Who murdered him? And why?
… See the rest of today ‘s Book Picks here on page 2Page 2