The death of reporter Dean Dawson’s estranged father in a boating accident leaves Dean and his brothers with complicated emotions—after all, the man abandoned his family and lived a life of inexplicable lies and broken promises that poisoned their childhoods. Four months after that fatal night cruise, they’re trying to move forward when their father becomes a greater mystery than they ever imagined. What should have been closure becomes the opening of something far more dangerous. 🚤

When a presidential candidate is assassinated in Austin, Dean receives an unexpected contact from April North, his former girlfriend who now works as an associate at the powerhouse law firm where Dean’s father was employed. She’s stumbled upon a shocker while handling her boss’s phone—a cryptic text she wasn’t supposed to see that not only implicates the firm in the political assassination but also suggests something impossible: that Dean’s father may still be very much alive. 📱

As Dean and his brothers are pulled into a dark conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power, he and April find themselves on the run as the next targets of a mysterious assassin. They’re one kill shot away from discovering the truth about a father whose death may have been elaborately faked, and whose secrets are worth murdering to protect. The investigation forces Dean to question everything he thought he knew about his family history and his father’s supposed death. 🎯

Racing against time and professional killers, Dean must unravel why his father would fake his death, what role he played in a presidential assassination, and whether the man who abandoned them years ago is trying to protect them now or using them as pawns in a conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything. The novel explores themes of family betrayal, dangerous legacies, and whether blood ties create obligations even when they’re built on lies and abandonment. 💀

What makes this essential: A gripping crime thriller where a reporter investigating a presidential assassination discovers his dead father may actually be alive and involved in the conspiracy, launching him and his ex-girlfriend into a deadly chase where family secrets prove more dangerous than assassins. 🔥

The Harper and Wells families have regarded each other with deep suspicion for four generations, their mutual distrust legendary in certain circles. The Harpers have been known to offer their psychic talents for less-than-legal purposes, while the powerful Wells clan has a reputation for playing both sides of the street in ways that make them equally dangerous. But for all the years of history and animosity between them, there exists a mysterious pact binding the two families together—they share responsibility for protecting a long-buried and very dangerous secret. 🔮

Sophy Harper and Luke Wells are shocked to learn that her aunt and his uncle have been conducting a secret affair—and now they’re both missing without a trace. Not only that, but the last evidence of them is at the scene of a murder soaked in negative paranormal energy that suggests something far darker than a simple disappearance. Clearly, someone is willing to kill to obtain the secret their families have been charged with protecting for generations, and that someone now has their relatives. 💀

Despite their mutual distrust, which as far as Sophy is concerned extends to Luke’s hellhound of a dog that seems to dislike her on principle, they both know the terms of the ancient pact must be honored. Their investigation uncovers a psychic trail leading to a bizarre desert art colony where nothing is as it seems and danger lurks beneath the surface of creative eccentricity. Every step deeper into the mystery reveals new layers of deception and escalating threats. 🏜️

Sophy and Luke must navigate not just external enemies but their own family legacies of suspicion and secrecy while trying to rescue their relatives and protect the dangerous secret that’s been targeted. The romantic tension builds as they’re forced to trust each other despite generations of reasons not to, discovering that sometimes the person you’re supposed to mistrust most is exactly who you need when darkness closes in. Their psychic abilities become both weapon and vulnerability as they face an enemy willing to destroy everything to claim what the Harper and Wells families have hidden. ⚡

What makes this essential: A romantic suspense thriller where psychic Sophy Harper and Luke Wells must overcome four generations of family distrust to rescue their missing relatives from a bizarre desert art colony, protect an ancient dangerous secret, and survive enemies willing to murder for what they’re guarding. 🌟

Welcome to The Ocean’s Edge—an idyllic yet eccentric retirement community where retirement has never felt so deadly. Disco is dead, there’s a serial killer on the loose terrorizing residents who thought they’d left danger behind decades ago, the coffin dodgers are solving cold cases with more success than the actual police, and only the neighborhood cat knows where all the proverbial bodies are buried. This isn’t your typical golden years destination. 🏖️

When sharp-tongued sugar heiress Diana is ousted from the empire she helped build, she retreats to this posh 55+ paradise expecting peace, mai tais, and maybe even a pool boy. Instead, she finds a ragtag group of retirees with an unsettling knack for solving cold cases—and a disturbing talent for attracting new ones. She quickly finds herself entangled with this quirky yet capable team of senior sleuths: psychic tarot-reading twin duo, a retired detective with decades of experience, a conspiracy-minded tech guru who navigates the dark web, and a nurse who might just talk to animals. 🔮

Among tarot cards, a talking cat with attitude, and dark web dives that would make young hackers jealous, this misfit crew uncovers far more than bingo night secrets. Because in a place this sunny with such picture-perfect landscaping, the shadows run deep and someone at The Ocean’s Edge has blood on their hands. The investigation reveals that paradise has a dark underbelly where past crimes and present dangers intersect in deadly ways. 🐱

Diana must adapt from corporate boardrooms to amateur sleuthing while her new friends deploy their eccentric skills to catch a killer hiding among the retirement community. The novel blends cozy mystery charm with genuine suspense as these seniors prove that age brings wisdom, experience, and the kind of fearlessness that comes from having less to lose. Between shuffleboard games and early bird specials, they’re hunting a murderer who underestimated what happens when retirees refuse to go gentle into that good night. 🌅

What makes this essential: A witty ghost suspense novel where ousted sugar heiress Diana joins a team of eccentric senior sleuths—including psychic twins, a conspiracy theorist, and a possibly animal-talking nurse—to catch a serial killer in their retirement paradise with help from a mysterious cat. 🎭