A little competition never hurt anyone. But it just might kill them. Cupcake shop owner, Melissa Gladstone, is a hometown Southern gal, with a nose for clues and a talent for tasty cupcakes. Missy’s hometown of LaChance, Louisiana is a sleepy southern berg, where everyone knows everyone, and where the townsfolk have been watching the rivalry between Missy Gladstone and Darryl ‘The Donut Man’ Davis for years. Both local proprietors vie fiercely for the morning coffee crowd, and it was well known that the two competitive folks weren’t exactly fond of each other. What the good people of LaChance never imagined is that one of them would become a murder victim. 🧁Life gets crazy, and a whole heap of trouble is stirred up in town, when The Donut Man is found dead in his shop. Given the history of bad blood between Missy and Darryl, she’s an obvious choice for the perpetrator of the crime. Chas Beckett, LaChance’s handsome new homicide detective, has some serious questions for Missy and her loyal assistant Ben, and it’s up to Missy to figure out who the killer is before the two of them find themselves in jail. Missy never fancied herself as an amateur sleuth, but this strong southern woman is not one to shrink from a challenge, so she dives headfirst into her own murder investigation, despite warnings from the hunky homicide detective. Will she solve the case? Or will she be the next victim? 😱

Why I’m including this: A little competition never hurt anyone. But it just might kill them. Cupcake shop owner Melissa Gladstone is a hometown Southern gal with a nose for clues and a talent for tasty cupcakes. Missy’s hometown of LaChance, Louisiana is a sleepy southern berg where everyone knows everyone and where townsfolk have been watching the rivalry between Missy and Darryl ‘The Donut Man’ Davis for years. When The Donut Man is found dead in his shop, given the history of bad blood, Missy’s an obvious choice for perpetrator.

When DNA evidence links Lieutenant Quinn Colson’s brother to the scene of a grisly murder, Quinn realizes he’ll do anything to keep his brother from returning to prison, even if it costs him his job and the woman who’s stolen his heart. By day, Bobbi Cross runs a shooting range. By night, she teaches yoga. A contradiction? Sure. But life is all about balance. Until she finds her business partner dead in a burning house—and the only thing keeping her from going up in flames is a brooding police lieutenant who’s as frustrating as he is irresistible. 🔥Quinn Colson came to town to keep his brother out of trouble. He never expected his first big case to land him in the crosshairs of the most captivating woman he’s ever met. Then DNA evidence shatters everything. Quinn’s own brother—who he swore to protect—becomes the prime suspect. Now, he’s forced to make an impossible choice—protect his own blood or lose the woman he never saw coming. Amanda McKinney delivers small town romantic suspense where DNA evidence links brothers to grisly murder scenes creating impossible choices between protecting blood or losing women never saw coming. 💔

Why I’m including this: When DNA evidence links Lieutenant Quinn Colson’s brother to the scene of a grisly murder, Quinn realizes he’ll do anything to keep his brother from returning to prison, even if it costs him his job and the woman who’s stolen his heart. Bobbi Cross runs a shooting range by day and teaches yoga by night. When she finds her business partner dead in a burning house, the only thing keeping her from going up in flames is a brooding police lieutenant who’s as frustrating as he is irresistible.

A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone—even a dead someone—must have witnessed the crime. Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff, Ellis Wydell, inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. And her ex-fiancé, Ellis’s brother, is back with an agenda of his own. 👻Undaunted, Verity presses forward, uncovering scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues that places her directly in the path of a killer. Angie Fox delivers paranormal cozy mystery romance where haunted libraries are no place for girls who can see ghosts until stumbling on dead bodies in main reading rooms means someone even dead someone must have witnessed crime. 😱

Why I’m including this: A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone—even a dead someone—must have witnessed the crime. Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff Ellis Wydell inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. Undaunted, Verity uncovers scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues placing her in the path of a killer.

Ronan was a legend among men and the last thing he needed was a troublesome woman. Yet this fierce Irish warrior took a deathbed oath to protect a chieftain’s rebellious daughter. Triona was a hellion of a woman who would let no man rule her. Raised in the ways of a warrior, she defied Ronan’s every command. So he planned to marry her off, to be rid of the wild lass forever. But in the heat of battle—enflamed by her passionate spirit—Ronan decided he wanted this beautiful, impossible woman for himself! ⚔️Miriam Minger delivers medieval historical romance where legends among men taking deathbed oaths protecting chieftains’ rebellious daughters discover hellions of women raised in warrior ways defying every command until heat of battle enflamed by passionate spirits creates wanting beautiful impossible women for themselves. 💕

Why I’m including this: Ronan was a legend among men and the last thing he needed was a troublesome woman. Yet this fierce Irish warrior took a deathbed oath to protect a chieftain’s rebellious daughter. Triona was a hellion of a woman who would let no man rule her. Raised in the ways of a warrior, she defied Ronan’s every command. So he planned to marry her off to be rid of the wild lass forever. But in the heat of battle—enflamed by her passionate spirit—Ronan decided he wanted this beautiful, impossible woman for himself!

It’s the kind of situation most people would dread. Starting at a new high school, in the middle of my senior year, in a new town, in a new state. I know no one. No one knows me. That’s what I’m counting on. A year ago, Aurora “Rory” Pine was just a normal teenage girl—just as sweet and naive as the fairy tale princess she was named after. But this isn’t a year ago. Rory is broken, and now suffering from a debilitating anxiety disorder, wrought with precarious triggers, she moves across the country to escape the source of her troubles. Her plan is anonymity, but that’s easier said than achieved for the new girl having a panic episode outside of calculus. The worst part? There’s a witness—and a gorgeous one at that. 💔Sam is a walking trigger for Rory. Incredibly handsome, built like the star athlete he obviously is, and undoubtedly popular, Sam outwardly represents everything Rory despises about high school. But as the fates keep throwing them together, a connection sparks that neither ever expected, and certainly couldn’t ignore. Danielle Pearl delivers coming of age fiction where normal teenage girls become broken suffering from debilitating anxiety disorders moving across country escaping troubles until gorgeous witnesses create walking triggers sparking unexpected connections. 💕

Why I’m including this: Starting at a new high school in the middle of senior year, in a new town, in a new state. I know no one. No one knows me. That’s what I’m counting on. A year ago, Aurora “Rory” Pine was just a normal teenage girl. But this isn’t a year ago. Rory is broken, suffering from a debilitating anxiety disorder, moving across the country to escape the source of her troubles. Her plan is anonymity but that’s easier said than achieved for the new girl having a panic episode outside of calculus. The worst part? There’s a gorgeous witness.

One family home. Three generations. What could possibly go wrong? Carly loves her family. She really does. It’s just that now her three children are grown up, she thought it was her time. Everyone talks about the empty nest and how difficult that can be, but Carly and her husband, Frank, have often fantasised about it—meals without arguments, conversation without shouting over the sound of the Xbox, holidays planned around the culture not the kids’ club. 🏠But Carly’s nest is far from empty. Her elderly dad needs more support and is moving in “temporarily.” On top of which, Carly’s son, Eddie, is far too comfortable at home—why go out and get a job, when your parents keep you fed and your clothes laundered? And just when Carly is starting to pull her hair out, Eddie drops a bombshell that changes everything. Is there room in the nest for one more? Fiona Gibson delivers romantic comedy where empty nests become full nests with elderly dads moving in temporarily and sons far too comfortable at home creating bombshells changing everything. 😱

Why I’m including this: Carly loves her family, but now her three children are grown up, she thought it was her time. She and husband Frank have fantasised about empty nest life—meals without arguments, holidays planned around culture not kids’ clubs. But Carly’s nest is far from empty. Her elderly dad is moving in temporarily and son Eddie is far too comfortable at home. Just when she’s pulling her hair out, Eddie drops a bombshell that changes everything.

The past isn’t always dead and buried. A house with history. That’s how the estate agent described the old toll house on the edge of the town. For Kelda it’s the perfect rural home for her young son Dylan after a difficult few years. But when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything changes. Inexplicable things happen in the house, Kelda cannot shake the feeling of being watched and Dylan is plagued by nightmares, convinced he can see figures in his room. 😱As Dylan’s behaviour becomes increasingly challenging, Kelda seeks answers in the house’s mysterious past. But she’s running out of time. Because something has awoken. And now it won’t rest. Carly Reagon delivers ghost suspense where estate agents describe houses with history as perfect rural homes until death masks concealed behind walls change everything creating inexplicable things happening with feelings of being watched and nightmares plaguing young sons. 👻

Why I’m including this: The estate agent described the old toll house as a house with history—the perfect rural home for Kelda and her young son Dylan after a difficult few years. But when Kelda finds a death mask concealed behind one of the walls, everything changes. Inexplicable things happen in the house, Kelda cannot shake the feeling of being watched, and Dylan is plagued by nightmares convinced he can see figures in his room. Something has awoken and now it won’t rest.

Ripped from her mother’s arms, betrayed by her country, Russia’s silent assassin becomes America’s Avenging Angel. When former Russian SVR Captain Anastasia “Anya” Burinkova defected to the United States, the life she imagined was far from the one she discovered. As the freedom she’s longed for turns to little more than imprisonment, her deadly skill set, forged and honed behind the Iron Curtain, is the only key that can possibly unshackle her. 🇷🇺A late-night vigilante mission under the veil of darkness turns from vendetta to entrapment in an instant. What should’ve been a mission to right decades-old injustices becomes a deadly encounter with federal agents determined to turn the assassin into an indentured servant. With terrifying glimpses inside the modern-day Russian Mafia in the United States, this non-stop thriller takes the reader into the hedonistic streets of Miami’s South Beach, where millionaires play alongside The Bratva—The Brotherhood—of former Russian prisoners and current international criminals bent on breaking every rule to collect what they believe the world owes them. 😱

Why I’m including this: Ripped from her mother’s arms, betrayed by her country, Russia’s silent assassin becomes America’s Avenging Angel. When former Russian SVR Captain Anastasia “Anya” Burinkova defected to the United States, the life she imagined was far from what she discovered. As freedom turns to imprisonment, her deadly skill set forged behind the Iron Curtain is the only key that can unshackle her. A late-night vigilante mission turns from vendetta to entrapment when federal agents turn the assassin into an indentured servant.

Three mothers. Three secrets. One devastating scandal. Anna has always been the quiet one, the soft-spoken mother who kept her head down and her secrets close. But when she’s thrown together with Maggie and Rhea on a PTA project, they begin to bond over wine and gossip, and slowly share the truths behind their picture-perfect lives. As a relationship therapist, Maggie is struggling with the painful, embarrassing reality of her floundering marriage. Rhea, despite her wealthy appearance, admits her troubled past could resurface and shatter her perfect world. But it’s Anna who harbors the darkest secret, hiding the reality of her home life to protect the reputation of her husband—the school headmaster. 😱When the three women stumble upon a scandal the school has gone to great lengths to bury, Anna is caught in an impossible dilemma. With the centennial gala approaching, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to expose the truth. Because doing so could wreck all of their perfect lives in one instant. Caitlin Weaver delivers psychological literary fiction where quiet soft-spoken mothers keep secrets close until thrown together on PTA projects bonding over wine and gossip sharing truths behind picture-perfect lives. 💔

Why I’m including this: Three mothers. Three secrets. One devastating scandal. Anna has always been the quiet one, keeping her secrets close. But when she’s thrown together with Maggie and Rhea on a PTA project, they bond over wine and gossip, slowly sharing the truths behind their picture-perfect lives. Maggie struggles with her floundering marriage. Rhea’s troubled past could shatter her perfect world. But Anna harbors the darkest secret, hiding her home life to protect her husband—the school headmaster. When they stumble upon a scandal the school has buried, Anna must decide how far she’ll go to expose the truth.

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