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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

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About Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in “happily ever after” — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home. Follow the twists and turns of Book 1 of the Osprey Cove Lodge Series. Follow Doug and Catherine’s story to see if there is a “happily ever after” and with whom.

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Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 2) by Jinx Schwartz

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About Just Add Salt (Hetta Coffey Series, Book 2) by Jinx Schwartz

FREE! May 16–20!
FROM USA TODAY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, JINX SCHWARTZ
Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! When Hetta, a self-employed engineer, gets offered a job on Baja’s Pacific coast, she and her best friend, Jan, decide to take her boat. What could possibly go wrong when two novice off-shore boaters set to navigate a thousand-mile voyage in the Pacific Ocean? Whenever the intrepid Hetta is involved? Plenty.
Review from Laurie Hanan, author of the Louise Golden Hawaiian mysteries: When I finished the first book in the series, I realized I had Hetta withdrawals. I hurried to Amazon and purchased Just Add Salt. I would advise reading the first book first because it supplies the background – where it all began. But I enjoyed the second book even more than the first. There is danger from the get-go and tension on every page. I love a mystery with a touch of romance, and this book has it all. What it doesn’t have is over-the-top graphic violence or explicit sex. The Hetta Coffey mysteries are a refreshing change and I look forward to reading more.

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Campus Confidential by Sid Stark

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About Campus Confidential by Sid Stark

New release! Free 5/17-5/21.

“Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read…” The Prairies Book Review

Doctor Rowena Halley needs a job. But it may cost her more than she’s bargained for.

During one of the worst years on record in the academic job market, newly-minted PhD Rowena Halley has, against all odds, gotten a job. For one semester. At poverty wages. In New Jersey. But with so many of her fellow PhDs bagging groceries—or worse—instead of teaching Russian, this is the best chance she has.

New jobs come with a lot of stress, everyone knows that. But Rowena has more problems than just learning her way around a new campus and convincing all these Yankees that yes, she really is from Georgia. Tensions in the department are high, her family wants to know when she’s going to get a decent job and a decent man, and her ex-boyfriend is as usual persona non grata with the Russian government. It’s when students start coming to her for help that she really gets into trouble, though. Rowena got where she is because she wants to help people and save the world, but if she’s not careful, her idealism may get her killed.

Witty and suspenseful in the vein of the Stephanie Plum novels, “Campus Confidential” is an insider’s look at the gritty underbelly of academia, where the struggles are so vicious because the stakes are so small. Only sometimes, they’re a matter of life and death.

*Content warning: Adult language*

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DON’T TELL by Willow Rose

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This novel is based on actual events.
One close-knit family. Too many secrets.

When detective Jack Ryder is going skiing with his family in the mountains of North Carolina, he hopes for a week of fun in the snow with the ones he loves.

But then the body of a teenage boy turns up in the cold waters of the creek behind the cabin they have rented.

Don’t tell or you might be next.

The find shocks the rural community of Maggie Valley and rattles local law enforcement. What happened to the boy is more than strange.

Soon more bodies are found, and Jack Ryder digs into the case that seems to be anything but ordinary. What happened on the night that Benjamin Rutherford disappeared from the porch of his childhood home? Is his father — the local pastor — telling the truth? Is his sister?

As Jack digs deeper into this seemingly perfect family, he begins to wonder if any of them are what they pretend to be and what secrets they are hiding beneath the surface.

DON’T TELL is the seventh book in Willow Rose’s bestselling and addictive Jack Ryder series but can be read as a standalone.

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War Boat by Thomas Hollyday

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Don’t
miss this new thriller, War Boat, by Thomas Hollyday on Amazon Kindle.

In 1941
a Chesapeake town built a war boat to
attack a U-Boat marauding its shore.

Was its
sinking the work of a traitor? Were all the dead volunteers betrayed to the Nazi boats?

Now, a grandson enters the town’s dark hidden world for the
truth.
John Thornton and his archeologist pal, Dr. Clarissa Pebbles, risk their lives to uncover the secret Nazi plan that could have changed America forever. Thornton’s personal goals undergo radical change as he finds himself caring more for others, far more than he did as a cutthroat business success.

It’s a mystery told within the shadows of World War Two and the hunts for hidden war criminals. Add the natural beauty of the Eastern Shore of Maryland to its traditions and legends of good and evil. Thomas Hollyday has had much critical success with his Chesapeake fiction and non-fiction. Enjoy War Boat, his new and fascinating page turner for your reading pleasure.

War Boat is the ninth book of the acclaimed River Sunday Romance Mystery series by Thomas Hollyday. The author’s unique Chesapeake voice once again gives us an exciting read about the people, their beliefs and legends, and the grasping mud and black water wetlands of this mysterious American region. His other critically acclaimed novels include Slave Graves, Magnolia Gods, Powerboat Racer, Gold, Terror Flower, China Jewel, Easter Sunday, and Power.
Each book, introducing new memorable characters, retains the simple and beautiful lifestyle, history and beauty of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Powerful subjects written for the family such as freedom, atomic war, racism, religion, terror, sailing, and family love, are approached. Stories are insightful and well researched with technical expertise, humor, and fast moving action. See Thomas Hollyday Author Page at Amazon Author Central.

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Missing: A Finn Delaney New York City Mystery Book 1

About Missing: A Finn Delaney New York City Mystery Book 1:

Sometimes, life doesn’t turn out the way we expect it to. However, when push comes to shove, we’ve all got to pull on everything we have to do what’s right… as well as to unravel the mysteries we stumble upon, and solve the crimes that form shadows in the darkest parts of our cities.
In Missing, private detective Finn Delaney leads us through a tale of danger, darkness, and corruption, and he seems to be way, way, way off the course he expected to find himself on. We’re taken on a journey into a spiderweb of international crime, and through the murkiest corners of New York City.

Finn is a man who had his hopes, dreams, and family tradition of police work snatched from him, and who has to deal with his lot the best way he can. We follow his journey into the world of private eye detecting, and feel his frustration at not following the previous four generations of his family into the NYPD. However, things quickly take a turn for the surprising… and we’re taken on a roller coaster ride of dark turns and shocking twists.

Finn’s lack of enthusiasm for his new job as a private detective is palpable. In over his head, out of his depth, and totally lacking experience, the shock that Finn gets when a vast, sprawling case lands in his lap is a truly thrilling one. With a price on his head, and the flood level of murderous danger and revenge constantly rising, Finn works his way through the network of lies and peril, and finds his calling as a PI.

With a missing girl, some dodgy cops, and a case which continues to become more than it first appears, Finn Delaney has more on his plate than he expected. With the clock ticking, and a personal vendetta against him, can this frustrated detective solve the mystery? Or will it take him to places he might not be ready to face, and challenge the pride his family had always held in the NYPD? Make no mistake, this is a crime novel for today’s discerning reader, and with its undercurrents of suspicious communities, endemic police corruption, and plenty of dynamic comic relief (especially in the form of Finn Delaney’s best friend, Kevin), it zips along at a breakneck pace that will keep even the most jaded reader on the edge of their seat.

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Kelly’s Koffee Shop by Dianne Harman

About Kelly’s Koffee Shop by Dianne Harman

Her goddaughter’s life seemed perfect. It wasn’t.

The residents of Cedar Bay come to Kelly’s Koffee Shop for breakfast, lunch, and lots of gossip.

Kelly serves it all up as she works to solve the murder of the high school Homecoming Queen, her goddaughter. The townspeople can’t believe what’s happened in their sleepy little Oregon seaside town. Kelly identifies five prime suspects, but which one did it?

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This is the first book in the bestselling Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series.

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DON’T LIE TO ME (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 1)

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When twelve-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home.
Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged.

The girl isn’t just any child. She’s the town’s most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.

As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

Local law enforcement, with her old flame Matt Miller in charge, are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae. Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home.

DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

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Don’t Lie To Me by Willow Rose

About Don’t Lie To Me by Willow Rose

New Mystery Series from million copies bestselling author Willow Rose.

When twelve-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home.
Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged.

The girl isn’t just any child. She’s the town’s most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.

As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

Local law enforcement, with her old flame Matt Miller in charge, are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae. Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home.

DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

The book is on sale for $0.99 from 4/15-5/15

This Mystery book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

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DON’T LIE TO ME (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 1) by Willow Rose

About DON’T LIE TO ME (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 1) by Willow Rose

#1 New Release in Mystery-Romance!
When twelve-year-old Sophie Williams went on a Girl Scout summer camp, she never returned home.
Three months later, her body is found inside her sleeping bag in the most frequented area of Cocoa Beach, and the town is outraged.

The girl isn’t just any child. She’s the town’s most popular surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.

As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.

Local law enforcement, with her old flame Matt Miller in charge, are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae. Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home.

DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

Praise:

“ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.”

“I just could not put it down and read it in one sitting. Excellent!”

“I loved it and can’t wait for the next one in this series. Don’t miss this one!! ”

“Eva’s character could quickly become my favorite.”

“So many twists and turns that you don’t expect.”

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

About Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in “happily ever after” — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home. Follow the twists and turns of Book 1 of the Osprey Cove Lodge Series. Follow Doug and Catherine’s story to see if there is a “happily ever after” and with whom.

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War Boat by Thomas Hollyday

About War Boat by Thomas Hollyday

Back in 1941, Nazi U-Boats infiltrated the Chesapeake Bay. Local lives were lost defending the town of River Sunday – but was a traitor involved? Now, grandson John Thornton risks his life to uncover the truth.
The town was now run by powerful businessmen who had no interest in the past. He worked hard to uncover the traitor and found the ruins of an old Nazi Bund campground with the help of a feisty archeologist, Clarissa Pebbles. When an attempt was made on his life, he knew he was getting closer. Then an amazing discovery opens up clues to a deadly Nazi plan that could have changed America forever.
It’s a mystery told within the shadows of World War Two and the hunt for long hidden war criminals. Add the natural beauty of the Eastern Shore of Maryland with its traditions and legends of good and evil. Thomas Hollyday has had much critical success with his Chesapeake fiction and non-fiction. Enjoy War Boat, his new, fascinating and well-researched page turner for your reading pleasure.

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Trafficked! – A Natalie McMasters Mystery by Thomas A. Burns, Jr.

About Trafficked! – A Natalie McMasters Mystery by Thomas A. Burns, Jr.

Bullet wounds heal, but a broken heart is something else entirely. Natalie McMasters is twenty-one, short and blonde (OK, it’s bleached), a way cute former stripper and a pre-law student at State. Nattie also works as a private detective at her uncle’s 3M detective agency. After her last case, in which she was nearly killed, she’s faced with a new, daunting challenge. She must trace the most important person in her life – who doesn’t want to be found – through the squalid sexworld of New York City. Even with help from old and new friends, Natalie will need more persistence and courage than she’s ever shown before if she is to prevail in her most difficult and personal challenge. Trafficked! – A Natalie McMasters Mystery is full of the action, suspense, and unexpected plot twists that Nattie’s many fans thrive on. You totally won’t be disappointed!

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Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer

About Arsenic in the Azaleas by Dale Mayer

Riches to rags. … Controlling to chaos. … But murder … seriously?

After her ex-husband leaves her high and dry, former socialite Doreen Montgomery’s chance at a new life comes in the form of her grandmother, Nan’s, dilapidated old house in picturesque Kelowna … and the added job of caring for the animals Nan couldn’t take into assisted living with her: Thaddeus, the loquacious African gray parrot with a ripe vocabulary, and his buddy, Goliath, a monster-size cat with an equally monstrous attitude.

It’s the new start Doreen and her beloved basset hound, Mugs, desperately need. But, just as things start to look up for Doreen, Goliath the cat and Mugs the dog find a human finger in Nan’s overrun garden.

And not just a finger. Once the police start digging, the rest of the body turns up and turns out to be connected to an old unsolved crime.

With her grandmother as the prime suspect, Doreen soon finds herself stumbling over clues and getting on Corporal Mack Moreau’s last nerve, as she does her best to prove her beloved Nan innocent of murder.

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Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Diane Greenwood Muir

About Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 by Diane Greenwood Muir

April 6-8, 2019 – Bellingwood Boxed Set: Books 1-3 – FREE

Get the first three books in the popular Bellingwood series and join thousands of readers who have fallen in love with this small Iowa town and characters. Polly Giller returns to Iowa and finds mysteries and new friends. These heartwarming stories will captivate you, making you wish you could move to Bellingwood and be part of the excitement.

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Jake Hancock Mystery Box Set (Books 1-4) by Dan Taylor

About Jake Hancock Mystery Box Set (Books 1-4) by Dan Taylor

Jake Hancock’s a private investigator so cool, you shouldn’t put your tongue anywhere near him. For a limited time, his first four mysteries are available to download as a box set for less than a dollar! That’s four laugh-out-loud, super-fast-paced books for around the price of a lettuce head, and that wouldn’t make you laugh even half as much.

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Where Sleeping Lies Lie by M. Naidoo

About Where Sleeping Lies Lie by M. Naidoo:

“Two men… two worlds… one desperate Promise…”

If Anna had ONLY known how the simple push of a button would turn her life upside down, she would never have pressed ‘Play.’
By the end of the 52-second recording all she knows is that, if the voice in the thick German accent is right, she has been living with an unthinkable lie for the past thirty years. There is only one way to find out: Follow the instruction left by a dead person and head back to Germany, to a life she has next to no conscious memory of.
To Anna’s surprise, she finds an unexpected ally in Peter, an old childhood friend whose law degree and language skills prove to be more than useful. Besides, he has the most gorgeous blue eyes she has ever seen and the uncanny ability to push her buttons without the slightest effort. At every turn, their search for answers is littered with more lies and revelations.
Anna must ultimately decide whether even the noblest of ends, truly justify the means and whether some secrets should better stay buried.

“Mystery, history, and a twist at every turn. Brilliant characters and prolific storytelling… irresistible!”

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Lennie, Guido and Me by D. W. Drake

About Lennie, Guido and Me by D. W. Drake

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Three feisty old men, confined to an old folk’s home against their will, join forces to create as much havoc as they can in retaliation. Along the way they accidentally discover that the home is being used as a storage site for illegal contraband and end up in the sights of a Chinese triad. Throw in a mob hit man wanting to settle old scores and you have a rollicking good mystery that will have you laughing from beginning to end.

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Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

About Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in “happily ever after” — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home. Follow the twists and turns of Book 1 of the Osprey Cove Lodge Series. Follow Doug and Catherine’s story to see if there is a “happily ever after” and with whom

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Midwest Cozy Mysteries Superseries by Dianne Harman

About Midwest Cozy Mysteries Superseries by Dianne Harman

Welcome to Lindsay, Kansas! A small college town filled with colorful characters… AND MURDER.

Little did Sexy Cissy know that her writing would become secondary to solving crimes ranging from a dead judge to a murder in Sardinia, Italy.

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