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Rosa Larkin inherits a near-derelict corner shop in quaint Devon village Cockleberry Bay, but there’s a catch: she can’t sell it, only pass it on to someone who truly deserves it. Down on her luck in London, Rosa decides to give running the shop a real go, pouring everything into reviving it within this small seaside community. But can she succeed alone? 🏪
Her journey involves a handsome rugby player, a sexy plumber, a charlatan reporter, and meddling locals who may help or hinder her progress. Add a hit-and-run incident and a missing valuable engraved necklace, and Rosa—accompanied by her sausage dog Hot—must unravel the shadowy secrets of her inheritance while discovering her own long-hidden heritage. The mystery of her anonymous benefactor deepens as she transforms both the shop and herself. 🐕
Rosa’s determination to honor the strange legal proviso leads her through unpredictable events with surprising and heartfelt results. As she navigates romantic entanglements and community politics in Cockleberry Bay, she discovers that the greatest inheritance isn’t the shop itself but the journey of self-discovery it triggers. From a struggling Londoner to a thriving shopkeeper, Rosa’s transformation mirrors the shop’s revival. 🌊
What makes this heartwarming: The perfect blend of mystery, romance, and small-town charm as Rosa uncovers both the shop’s secrets and her own identity, aided by an adorable canine companion and a cast of colorful Devon characters.
Spring brings new beginnings for Mina Kitchen—she’s got a new (to her) car and potential boyfriends lined up, thanks to her BFF Trixie secretly signing her up on Cupidsbow.com. Some prospective dates seem odd, but new friends are always welcome, right? Unfortunately, smooth sailing vanishes when Mina loses her part-time job at Chi-Chi’s cosmetic counter, Chef Jack stops scheduling her at Squirrel Run Acres, and James replaces her catering services with a gorgeous new full-time assistant. WTH? 🚗
Financial calamities multiply as corpses start floating her way—literally and figuratively. At her aunt’s church, St. Bart’s Episcopal, congregation members are experiencing a new kind of mass exodus: they’re dropping dead faster than a greased geezer through a glass casket. The grim mortgage reaper looms ominously over Mina’s future. 💀
Just when bankruptcy seems inevitable, Mina stumbles upon a full-time job—a rather peculiar position with definitely peculiar co-workers who try to kill her and Chef Jack. Between navigating online dating disasters, dodging murderous colleagues, and solving the mysterious deaths plaguing St. Bart’s, Mina discovers that spring cleaning sometimes involves sweeping up bodies. Her resourcefulness and humor keep her afloat through financial disasters and homicidal hazards alike. ⚰️
Why readers love this series: Mina’s hilarious misadventures combine romance, mystery, and laugh-out-loud humor as she juggles dating disasters, job catastrophes, and an alarming body count with trademark wit.
Annalise Manwaring inherited the ambition gene from her presidential father, planning every aspect of her education and career to reach one goal: occupying the Oval Office. Nothing’s stopping her—certainly not romance. Luke Branson resented Annalise before they even met. Wounded by life’s hardships, he scraped for necessities and education while she received everything on a silver platter. Even working together at The Justice Project can’t quell those old feelings. 🏛️
When new feelings emerge for both of them, they’re forced to choose between their careers and their love. Luke finally finds a woman he can love, but she wants to be president of the United States! The stakes couldn’t be higher as these two star-crossed lovers navigate the treacherous waters of D.C. politics, where personal desires clash with professional ambitions. 💼
Their connection deepens despite their vastly different backgrounds and seemingly incompatible life goals. As attraction transforms into something deeper, both must confront whether compromise is possible when one dreams of the White House and the other seeks authentic connection. Set against Washington’s power corridors, their relationship tests whether love can survive ambition—or if they’ll find a way to have both. ❤️
What makes this compelling: High-stakes romance meets political intrigue as two people from opposite worlds discover whether love can coexist with presidential ambitions in the cutthroat world of Washington politics.
Dog trainer Bea Whitman expects a routine case helping a traumatized French Bulldog when renowned mystery author Diana Blackwood is found dead in her Palm Harbor mansion. But Diana’s last act—leaving her beloved Max to Bea’s care—was no random choice. As suspicious deaths multiply and old secrets surface, Bea realizes Max might be the key to solving a mystery thirty-five years in the making. 🐕
With help from handsome new veterinarian-turned-coroner Dr. James Crawford, Bea must uncover Diana’s cleverly hidden clues before a killer strikes again. But someone in this charming coastal town will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried, even if it means silencing a determined dog trainer and her four-legged witnesses. Diana’s intricate plotting extends beyond her novels into real life. 🔍
As Bea gets closer to the truth, she discovers that in Palm Harbor, the most dangerous secrets are ones that have had decades to fester. With attempts on her life escalating, she’ll need more than her training expertise—she’ll need Max’s uncanny ability to sense when danger lurks behind a friendly face. The French Bulldog witnessed something crucial, and Bea must decode his canine testimony before becoming the next victim. 🦴
Why this is un-put-downable: A seasoned dog trainer, a traumatized French Bulldog who saw too much, and a mystery author’s final puzzle combine in this atmospheric coastal mystery where the key witness has four paws.
Their Double Lives
Living a double life always comes with a cost. A down-on-her-luck waitress at a posh New Jersey country club, Kim Valva couldn’t be living a more different life from the carefree socialites she serves. Her live-in boyfriend recently cheated on her, her social life is in shambles, and her dog needs a life-saving surgery that she can’t afford. Then her luck seems to change when a mysterious figure identifying themself only as The Stranger contacts her with an offer she can’t refuse: Put a pill in the new member’s drink and, when he dies, she’ll have enough money to fix her dog and her life. 💊Her target turns out to be Tony Fiore—Kim’s bad boy ex-boyfriend from high school. Fifteen years have passed, and he now goes by Anthony Fuller. He’s cleaned up, made tens of millions, and his gorgeous fiancée, twenty-two-year-old PJ Walsh, is on his arm. PJ had her own agenda from the second she met Anthony. Find him, trick him, marry him, kill him. It was supposed to be easy, but she finds that while living her double life, the lines blur between who she is and who she’s pretending to be. 😱
Why I’m including this: Living a double life always comes with a cost. Down-on-her-luck waitress Kim Valva’s dog needs a life-saving surgery she can’t afford. Then a mysterious figure called The Stranger contacts her with an offer: Put a pill in the new member’s drink and she’ll have enough money to fix her dog and her life. Her target turns out to be Tony Fiore—Kim’s bad boy ex-boyfriend from high school. Fifteen years have passed and he now goes by Anthony Fuller. He’s cleaned up, made tens of millions, and his gorgeous fiancée PJ Walsh has her own agenda: Find him, trick him, marry him, kill him.
Brody: I never let anyone get close. It’s too easy to lose the people you love. Just like I lost my mother, Shannon, after whom I named my business. That strategy has worked splendidly, until the night my steel walls were shattered by a single kiss. Freedom: What harm is a little New Year’s Eve kiss? It doesn’t mean anything. The same applies to a New Year’s Eve hook-up, right? Except I can’t get that infuriating man out of my mind. Not even to focus on the most important task of my life, completing my last semester at Stanford. 🥃At his distillery, Brody McCrae crafts a fine Scottish whiskey, while Freedom Mercier is finishing her Master’s degree with big plans to change the world. When the two of them are brought together at a holiday party, neither one can predict the impact that moment will have on their lives and those they love. M. S. Parker delivers contemporary women fiction where steel walls shattered by single kisses create infuriating men out of minds until distillery crafters and Master’s degree finishers predict impact moments having on lives. 💕
Why I’m including this: Brody never lets anyone get close. It’s too easy to lose the people you love. Just like he lost his mother Shannon, after whom he named his business. That strategy has worked splendidly, until the night his steel walls were shattered by a single kiss. Freedom: What harm is a little New Year’s Eve kiss? It doesn’t mean anything. Except she can’t get that infuriating man out of her mind. At his distillery, Brody McCrae crafts fine Scottish whiskey, while Freedom Mercier finishes her Master’s degree with big plans to change the world.
When a spirited spinster enlists her butler’s help to turn her life around, it leads to an unfathomable mystery, great danger, and a chance at love in this rollicking Regency romance. Lady Avery Heywood has never been kissed. She’s never had a Season, danced the waltz at a ball, or been in love. The staunch spinster has resigned herself to a loveless existence, where she dutifully raises her brother’s four children and cares for an ageing aunt. But Avery yearns to break free from the shackles of her humdrum existence. Determined to check off each item on her list of unfulfilled dreams, she turns to her butler for assistance. Little does she know that beneath her butler’s unassuming demeanour lies a secret that could forever alter their destinies. 💕As Avery and her enigmatic butler navigate the bewildering world of high society and its glittering balls, their worlds collide in a tumultuous dance of mixed identities and hidden desires. But as class lines blur and danger looms, she wonders: Who is Jerkins, really? Servant, lord, rakehell or perhaps even a daring highwayman? Before long, Avery finds herself tumbling into a splendid adventure of mistaken identity, danger, and intrigue. In this lively and romantic tale of love against all odds, Avery will discover that true passion can be found with the most unexpected of people. 😱
Why I’m including this: When a spirited spinster enlists her butler’s help to turn her life around, it leads to an unfathomable mystery, great danger, and a chance at love. Lady Avery Heywood has never been kissed. She’s never had a Season, danced the waltz at a ball, or been in love. The staunch spinster has resigned herself to a loveless existence raising her brother’s four children and caring for an ageing aunt. But Avery yearns to break free. Determined to check off each item on her list of unfulfilled dreams, she turns to her butler for assistance. Little does she know that beneath her butler’s unassuming demeanour lies a secret that could forever alter their destinies.
He is here to destroy my hometown. I’m here to stop him. Billionaire Land Developer Daniel Calloway is arrogant, ruthless, and thirteen years my senior. He’s determined to turn my sleepy small town into another soulless development, including the diner that’s my last connection to my parents. His plans threaten everything I love. The problem? He’s impossibly hot, with a rock-hard body, confident smile, and skilled hands that make my resolve crumble. I tell myself I hate him. So why do our heated arguments always end with his soft luscious lips claiming mine, his commanding touch setting my body ablaze? 🔥I thought one night would be enough to get him out of my system. I was so wrong. Now, two pink lines reveal I have a bigger problem—one that binds me forever to the man I swore to defeat. His reaction? Pure possessive determination. Ella Ashton delivers enemies to lovers small town romance where billionaire land developers determined turning sleepy small towns into soulless developments threaten everything loved until heated arguments end with soft luscious lips claiming creating one night not enough getting out of system. 😱
Why I’m including this: He is here to destroy my hometown. I’m here to stop him. Billionaire Land Developer Daniel Calloway is arrogant, ruthless, and thirteen years my senior. He’s determined to turn my sleepy small town into another soulless development, including the diner that’s my last connection to my parents. His plans threaten everything I love. The problem? He’s impossibly hot, with a rock-hard body, confident smile, and skilled hands that make my resolve crumble. I thought one night would be enough to get him out of my system. I was so wrong. Now, two pink lines reveal I have a bigger problem.
Life kicked her in the teeth, but former federal agent Alexis Parker is ready to kick back. Alexis Parker was a rising star at the FBI, but after a mission went south, she resigned. Now she needs a job. Any job. But she only knows how to do one thing—solve crimes. And this one’s a doozy. Someone wants James Martin dead. The handsome, playboy CEO has a target on his back. Desperate, he hires Alex as his new security consultant. But after an explosion wracks Martin’s office building, she wonders if this is more than she can handle. 💥Alex already lost one partner and won’t survive losing another, but with the way things are going, it’s unlikely everyone will make it out alive. G.K. Parks delivers hard-boiled mystery where life kicking in teeth creates former federal agents ready to kick back until rising stars resign needing jobs solving crimes as handsome playboy CEOs have targets on backs hiring new security consultants. 😱
Why I’m including this: Life kicked her in the teeth, but former federal agent Alexis Parker is ready to kick back. Alexis Parker was a rising star at the FBI, but after a mission went south, she resigned. Now she needs a job. Any job. But she only knows how to do one thing—solve crimes. And this one’s a doozy. Someone wants James Martin dead. The handsome, playboy CEO has a target on his back. Desperate, he hires Alex as his new security consultant. But after an explosion wracks Martin’s office building, she wonders if this is more than she can handle.
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