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Killer Knight at the Museum (Museum of Magical Artefacts Book 1) (affiliate link)
A Killer Suit of Armour…
A Witch With a Special Gift…
A Murder at a Magical Museum…
When a suit of armour walks into Annie’s family restaurant and confesses to murder, she knows two things: that the knight inside the armour sounds very attractive, and that her life is about to get messy.
Annie’s been hiding a gift (or a curse, in her opinion). She has an affinity with magical objects – she feels them, communicates with them, and senses their history, whether it’s good or bad. When she meets Sir Blake Bingley (AKA the suit of armour) it soon becomes clear that she’s able to control these objects, too.
Hugo Murray, Assistant Curator at the Museum of Magical Artefacts, is struggling to get the armour back to the museum. The last thing Annie wants to do is get involved, because getting involved attracts notice. But Hugo begs for Annie’s help – and offers her a job at the museum while he’s at it.
Working at the museum is nothing like Annie expected. The boss is absent, her workmates are rude, and some of the artefacts are … odd. But Annie’s going to stick it out for a while.
City of Stones (Detective Matt Jones Book 4) (affiliate link)
In the dim glow of a majestic beach house shrouded in the fog, Detective Matt Jones stands amidst the chaos of a crime scene that whispers of a story untold. A secret so potent it claimed the lives of a writer, his wife and young daughter.
The air is thick with the metallic scent of blood and the silent echoes of a family’s last moments. The Los Angeles Times will mourn one of its own, and the City of Angels will buzz with rumors and fear.
But for Matt Jones, this isn’t just another murder case; it’s a personal vendetta against the shadows that snatch away the innocent.
With each stone he overturns, the web of mystery tightens, drawing him closer to a truth that’s as elusive as the depraved killer he hunts.
Every face he sees could be a friend or foe. Every line he crosses could mean life or death.
Sweet Deal Sealed (Donut Lady Book 1) (affiliate link)
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 Lady searches for the missing boy and pursues clues to solve a prison murder, the killer stalks her.
Garden of Shadows (Dark Gardens Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
Danger lurks for Julia Marsden, the daughter of the late vicar of St. Lodore’s Church in the quiet village of Borrowdale.
Julia doesn’t believe in faeries or magic or dreams coming true, but odd things have been happening at the vicarage lately that cannot be explained. Her orphaned cousin, Charlie, believes in mythical creatures and claims that faeries now inhabit the vicarage’s bluebell garden. The boy also claims the faerie king, Cadeyrn, has promised to make him a prince in his kingdom and teach crippled Charlie to walk again if he will cross into the Fae realm.
As the faerie king’s influence on the boy grows stronger, another threat emerges from the boy’s uncle – Douglas Hawke, the Earl of Eastbourne, who has come to wrench him from Julia’s guardianship. Julia is determined to fight both men, but as she and the boy begin to fall under the spell of the faerie king, Julia realizes that only her love for Douglas can save them.
But is Douglas capable of loving her, even at the cost of his own life?
The Witch’s Awakening (The Witches of Time Book 1) (affiliate link)
A forbidden witch. A dangerous marriage. A love written in fate.
“Witch!” is an accusation Arianna O’Sullivan dreads as she struggles to conceal her abilities from the suspicious villagers in Colonial Massachusetts. Saved from the pillory by a handsome, chivalrous stranger, Arianna senses an inexplicable connection. When she’s given no choice but to marry the charismatic man even after discovering he’s the grandson of an infamous witch-hunter, she fears her powers won’t be restrained for much longer.
Intrigued by the scarlet-haired beauty, Darius Wyndham recklessly weds her and brings her home to his settlement. Falling in love with his wife was never in the plan, and Darius grows suspicious of his new feelings. He never believed in witches, yet he certainly feels bewitched. Or could Arianna be his destiny?
As Arianna and Darius navigate desire, suspicion, and secrets, the ghost of his first wife appears with haunting clues to her death. Love might be Arianna’s only salvation—if betrayal and dark magic don’t destroy them first.
The Holistic Book of Natural Herbal Remedies Inspired by Barbara O’Neill: 300+ Essential Home Remedies (affiliate link)
In a world filled with synthetic chemicals, over-the-counter drugs, and prescription medications with long lists of side effects, more and more people are searching for natural, time-tested alternatives to improve their health and vitality. The Holistic Natural Herbal Apothecary for a Healthier, Happier Life is your ultimate guide to reclaiming your well-being through the power of nature. Packed with 300+ essential home remedies, this book will show you how to harness the healing properties of plants, herbs, and botanicals to live a more balanced, toxin-free life.
✅ Stress & Anxiety Relief Teas – Calm your mind and soothe your nervous system with gentle, natural remedies.
✅ Detoxifying Herbal Infusions – Cleanse your body from toxins and feel more energized than ever.
✅ Healing Salves & Balms – Treat wounds, skin irritations, and aches without synthetic chemicals.
✅ Digestive & Gut Health Formulas – Improve digestion and relieve bloating with ancient plant-based remedies.
✅ Herbal Sleep Aids – Experience deep, restful sleep without dependency on pharmaceuticals.
✅ Hormone-Balancing Blends – Support your endocrine system naturally with adaptogenic herbs.
✅ Natural Cold & Flu Solutions – Fight seasonal illnesses with time-tested botanical recipes.
✅ Homemade Skincare & Hair Treatments – Nourish your skin and hair with chemical-free, plant-based products.
✅ Everyday Herbal Nutrition – Learn how to incorporate powerful herbs into your daily diet for long-term wellness.
And much more….
The Holy Thief (Moscow Noir Book 1) (affiliate link)
Committed to uncovering the truth behind the gruesome murder, Korolev enters the realm of the Thieves, rulers of Moscow’s underworld. As more bodies are discovered and pressure from above builds, Korolev begins to question who he can trust and who, in a Russia where fear, uncertainty and hunger prevail, are the real criminals. Soon, Korolev will find not only his moral and political ideals threatened, but also his life.
Pies & Promises (Heartcraft Market Book 1) (affiliate link)
Jason loves his life as a stay-at-home dad but being a divorced single father wasn’t part of the plan. Besides his kids, pies are his passion. He makes and sells his creations at the Heartcraft Market, but it’s not enough to live off of.
After his father’s recent health scare, Nico is determined to help revive their family diner. Then he meets Jason, whose pies are as sweet as he is, and an idea begins to form.
Jason’s kids are everything to him, but his bed feels empty at night. Nico has always wanted a family, but he has yet to find a man that he could build a life with. Can a few pies lead to the promise of a future together?
Pies & Promises features two men whose love for family and food brings them together and has plenty of heart and heat baked in. The Heartcraft Market series features stand-alone novels that can be enjoyed on their own or read with the series to revisit your favorite characters.
Good Girl Bad (affiliate link)
Rebecca Giovanni has a beautiful life—a job she loves, a new husband who’s a great deal better than the old one, and two charming daughters from her first marriage.
It’s hard not to be smug about how well she’s done for herself.
She trusts her new husband.
Then she wakes to find him and her sixteen-year-old daughter missing. Their dog is dead, and the front door is wide open.
No matter what the police insinuate, Rebecca cannot believe Leroy and Tabby went anywhere together willingly. She’s doing a stellar job, but blended families always have their difficulties. And they’d never leave the house without their phones and wallets.
But where are they? What happened in the house that night?
Rebecca’s younger daughter is acting strangely, and her ex-husband is hiding secrets of his own—like where he was that night, and the real reason that he left Rebecca.
And Rebecca can’t help thinking about the last time she saw her husband, and heard him say something she’d rather forget…
Chasing the Moon (affiliate link)
Unspeakable horrors threaten the earth in this fantastic new comic fantasy from the author of Divine Misfortune.
Diana’s life was in a rut — she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she needed a place to live. But then the perfect apartment came along. It seemed too good to be true — because it was.
The apartment was already inhabited — by monsters. Vom the Hungering was the first to greet Diana and to warn her that his sole purpose in life was to eat everything in his path. This poses a problem for Diana since she’s in his path. . .and is forbidden from ever leaving the apartment.
It turns out though that there are older and more ancient monstrous entities afoot — ones who want to devour the moon and destroy the world as we know it. Can Diana, Vom, and the other horrors stop this from happening? Maybe if they can get Vom to stop eating everything. . .and everyone.
Murder on the Pilgrims Way (Whitstable Pearl Mysteries) (affiliate link)
Murder on the Pilgrims Way is the fourth book in Julie Wassmer’s popular crime series – now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private detective and restaurateur, Pearl Nolan.
Pearl receives a surprise present from her mother, Dolly – an early summer break at a riverside manor house that has been recently transformed into an exclusive hotel – the newly named Villa Pellegrini.
Pellegrini – the Italian word for pilgrims – reflects the fact that the building lies on the old Pilgrims Way into Canterbury, and Pearl is looking forward to the break, not least because DCI Mike McGuire has been neglecting her due to his work. But when she discovers that she’s actually booked in for a cookery course from the Italian celebrity chef, Nico Caruso, she begins to think again . . .
Pearl doesn’t welcome instruction on cookery at the best of times, and certainly not from an arrogant chef like Caruso. She goes along, intent on challenging Caruso’s egotism – and a long tradition of men dominating gastronomy – but soon finds herself distracted, not only by her enchanting surroundings but by the disparate selection of guests.
The New Geography of Jobs (affiliate link)
We’re used to thinking of the United States in opposing terms: red versus blue, haves versus have-nots. But today there are three Americas. At one extreme are the brain hubs—cities like San Francisco, Boston, and Durham—with workers who are among the most productive, creative, and best paid on the planet. At the other extreme are former manufacturing capitals, which are rapidly losing jobs and residents. The rest of America could go either way.
For the past thirty years, the three Americas have been growing apart at an accelerating rate. This divergence is one of the most important developments in the history of the United States. But the winners and losers aren’t necessarily who you’d expect.
Enrico Moretti’s groundbreaking research shows that you don’t have to be a scientist or an engineer to thrive in one of the brain hubs. Taxi drivers, teachers, nurses, and other local service jobs are created at a ratio of five-to-one in the brain hubs, raising salaries and standard of living for all. Dealing with this split—supporting growth in the hubs while arresting the decline elsewhere—is the challenge of the century, and The New Geography of Jobs lights the way.
For the Children (affiliate link)
A young British war widow embarks on a dangerous journey that will change her life, and those of countless others, in this gripping, emotional novel by the author of The Fuhrer’s Orphans.
Helen Fairfax is a ferry pilot and the mother of Peter, aged six. From Monday to Friday she flies from factories to airfields, then returns to the family farmhouse where her parents look after the boy. She feels torn being away from her son so much, but after her husband died in the Battle of Britain she vowed to live up to his example of courage and strike back at the enemy.
Now the Germans are about to launch the V-2 against London, and MI6 is desperate to get its hands on an undamaged prototype of the rocket to discover how it might be defeated. One has fallen in Poland—and Helen must pilot a secret flight into enemy territory to obtain it, accompanied by Leo Beck who, ashamed of his part in building the rocket, volunteers to assist her.
Elite (Eagle Elite Book 1) (affiliate link)
For Tracey Rooks, life with her grandparents on a Wyoming farm has always been simple. But after her grandmother’s death, Tracey is all her grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite University announces its annual scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity to secure their future and enters. She isn’t expecting much-but then she wins. And life as she knows it will never be same . . . The students at Eagle Elite are unlike any she’s ever met . . . and they refuse to make things easy for her. There’s Nixon, gorgeous, irresistible, and leader of a group that everyone fears: The Elect. Their rules are simple. 1. Do not touch The Elect. 2. Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to The Elect. No matter how hard she tries to stay away, The Elect are always around her and it isn’t long until she finds out the reason why they keep their friends close and their enemies even closer. She just didn’t realize she was the enemy — until it was too late.
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