Murder is a dish best served cold, preferably with frosting and plausible deniability. Charlotte Mission didn’t plan to spend her retirement dodging mop buckets and folding fitted sheets, but when your ex-husband’s a rogue spy out for revenge, you take what you can get. In this case? A job at her grandmother’s sleepy little inn in Gossip, Texas. Only, it’s not so sleepy. 🧁On her very first day, a guest faceplants in the dining room—dead. And of course, Charlie’s the one holding the tray. The cops want answers. The guests want refunds. And Charlie? She just wants to keep her cover from being blown like a badly iced cupcake. Now she’s got to solve a murder, serve breakfast with a smile, and stay one step ahead of the man who wants her dead. 😱
Why I’m including this: Charlotte Mission’s retirement plan involves dodging her rogue spy ex-husband at her grandmother’s sleepy inn in Gossip, Texas. On her very first day, a guest faceplants dead and Charlie’s holding the tray. Now she’s got to solve a murder, serve breakfast with a smile, and stay one step ahead of the man who wants her dead.
Blayze Shaw grew up in the shadow of his famous father, Brock Shaw, a multi-year PBR champion, but chose not to follow in his dad’s footsteps. Instead, choosing to work on the family’s cattle ranch in Hamilton, Montana. Everything in his life was exactly how he wanted it, and he was the happiest he’d ever been. When a woman from his past resurfaces and is given the task of diving deep into his world for the answers he isn’t willing to share, Blayze’s perfect world is thrown into a tailspin. 🤠Georgiana Crenshaw is chasing a career as a sports reporter and has something to prove. She dives in when given a chance to show she has what it takes to get the promotion she desperately wants. Told it will be the interview of a lifetime, Georgiana shows up at the airport with a go-get-’em attitude. Only when her father tells her who she’ll be interviewing does she have a moment of doubt. But honestly, how hard could it be to interview an arrogant, self-centered, obnoxious, too handsome for his own good flirt, who gave Georgiana her first kiss behind the barn on his father’s ranch? 💕
Why I’m including this: Blayze Shaw works on the family cattle ranch in Hamilton, Montana, happiest he’s ever been until a woman from his past resurfaces to interview him. Sports reporter Georgiana Crenshaw is chasing a promotion when she discovers she’ll be interviewing the arrogant, too handsome flirt who gave her her first kiss behind the barn on his father’s ranch.
A grandfather’s tale. A mysterious shipwreck. A race against time. Cayman Islands divemaster AJ Bailey is searching for a long forgotten WWII U-boat at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. Armed with nothing more than an adventurous spirit and her late grandfather’s tale, she’s determined to find the submarine and the secret it protects. 🤿When a wealthy treasure hunter shows up with a ruthless crew, AJ becomes entangled in a frantic duel to find the precious piece of history. Diving into the path of merciless killers at treacherous depths, she must fight to keep her grandfather’s dream—and herself—alive. Nicholas Harvey delivers mystery action where Cayman Islands divemasters search for WWII U-boats armed with grandfather’s tales until wealthy treasure hunters’ ruthless crews create frantic duels. 😱
Why I’m including this: Cayman Islands divemaster AJ Bailey searches for a long forgotten WWII U-boat at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea armed with her late grandfather’s tale. When a wealthy treasure hunter shows up with a ruthless crew, AJ becomes entangled in a frantic duel diving into the path of merciless killers at treacherous depths.
Enquiry
Dick Francis, Edgar-Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. A closed-door enquiry has found Kelly Hughes guilty of the lowest crime imaginable by a professional jockey, throwing a race for money. He’s been framed, his reputation is scarred, he’s been banned from horse racing, and there’s nowhere to turn for help. 🏇But that doesn’t mean he has to take it. He’s begun his own investigation to uncover the people who ruined his career, and to find out why they want him off the track. But when the enquiry gets too personal, asking the wrong questions might just get him killed. Dick Francis delivers Edgar-Award–winning suspense where a framed jockey fights to clear his name—but uncovering the truth might cost him everything. 😱
Why I’m including this: A closed-door enquiry found Kelly Hughes guilty of throwing a race for money. He’s been framed, his reputation scarred, banned from horse racing with nowhere to turn for help. But that doesn’t mean he has to take it. He’s begun his own investigation to uncover who ruined his career and why they want him off the track. But asking the wrong questions might just get him killed.
An artist who’s lost her creative spark. The beachside town she abandoned years ago. Will a return to her hometown give her a second chance in life and love? Darla Sims left her hometown of Whale Harbor years ago to pursue a career as an artist in New York City. But after a disastrous art show that leaves her questioning everything, she receives even more devastating news: her beloved grandmother has passed away, and she needs to return home for the funeral. 🎨Going back to Whale Harbor wasn’t in her plans, and from the moment Darla sets foot in the small coastal town where she grew up, her life is turned on its head. She and her mother have barely spoken in years, and as they struggle to reconnect, misunderstandings threaten to drive them further apart. On top of that, an accidental run-in with her first crush has Darla wondering if there’s truly such a thing as second chances when it comes to love. Not that it matters. She doesn’t plan to be in Whale Harbor long, so there’s no point in trying to patch up old relationships or begin new ones. The hustle and grind of New York is where she truly belongs. Isn’t it? 💔
Why I’m including this: Darla Sims left Whale Harbor years ago to pursue art in New York. After a disastrous show and her grandmother’s death, she returns home where she and her mother have barely spoken in years. Misunderstandings threaten to drive them further apart while an accidental run-in with her first crush makes her question if there’s such a thing as second chances when it comes to love.
Noah Ryan was my whole life. From start to end, it was always him. He taught me pain, patience, forgiveness, and the impact of the footprints I will leave in the sands of time. But most of all, he taught me what it meant to truly give my heart to another. It was short-lived and intense—a soul-shattering type of love—but it was mine, and I clung to it right until the end. Noah Ryan was my salvation. And I, I was his first great love. 💔Sheridan Anne delivers a heartbreaking contemporary romance about the kind of love that teaches you everything—pain, patience, forgiveness—and leaves footprints in the sands of time. A soul-shattering story of first love, salvation, and the impact one person can have on your entire life. 😱
Why I’m including this: Noah Ryan was my whole life. From start to end, it was always him. He taught me pain, patience, forgiveness, and the impact of the footprints I will leave in the sands of time. But most of all, he taught me what it meant to truly give my heart to another. It was short-lived and intense—a soul-shattering type of love—but it was mine, and I clung to it right until the end. Noah Ryan was my salvation. And I was his first great love.
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