Clean Romantic Mystery

When screams next door wake Deputy Conner Dunne and his retired police dog, Mutt, he suspects domestic abuse. What he finds is Jody Kruse comforting her new foster child—a traumatized little girl who won't speak. Conner is determined to remain professional with his pretty neighbor. But when a break-in points to an attempted kidnapping, protecting this family may cost him his heart—and his life.

Wrong place, wrong time...and now she's running for her life... Audrey Parker has everything figured out. At twenty-one years old, she’s got everything she ever wanted… Well, almost everything. But, she’s on her way toward living her dream. It's 1920 and the world is changing, especially for women. Bright lights, a big city, and independence are finally within her reach. And now that she’s living in New York City, it’s all just a few steps away. With the help of some friends from her boarding house, Audrey is excited to get a taste of big city life at last. But when it’s finally...

Melissa’s excited. She’s got a wedding to plan. Her own. To her fiancé Jimmy, who is in a band. They have the honeymoon tickets. Venice. Woohoo! So, one night she to surprise him with cooking a nice romantic dinner. She’s even got a special gift for him. The lucky rune he told her he found in Scotland, she’s had mounted and put into a necklace that she’s going to present to him tonight. She didn’t plan on catching him in bed with a bimbo. But she still has the tickets. So, she decides to travel anyway, but she’s sure as heck not going to Venice. Plus, she’s keeping the cool...

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

Laird Niall Carrick has no interest in marriage, though the elders of the clan push the young laird to take a wife and guarantee an heir for his bloodline. He has more important matters on his mind. Such as determining who the assassin that keeps making attempts on his life is. After a particularly vicious and unexpected attack on Laird Niall Carrick and his men, Niall is left alone, wounded, and close to death. Seeking the village where he can secure healing, he takes the wrong direction and ends up at a tombstone, bleeding and injured. Considered a witch, Moira’s ostracized by the ...

Minutes after his baby nephew is kidnapped, Texas Ranger Dallas Sanders traces the crime to a child-trafficking ring hiding in plain sight. As he and local sheriff Rachel Young race to expose the sinister conspiracy, they’re determined to keep their relationship professional. But when Rachel’s infant daughter is also abducted, can she and Dallas rescue the children in time...and survive to have a future together?

Convinced his sister’s death wasn’t an accident, private investigator Sergio Ross is determined to catch her killer. But with all the clues hinting at a connection to another unsolved murder, he has to join forces with Helen Pike - a woman linked to both deaths - to find the truth. Can they follow the cold trail to get justice...before they become the next victims?

Posing as her sister for Christmas is the only way to save her, but Maggie Lofton needs help - even if it means working with her twin’s cowboy ex-boyfriend Liam Pike. But between the bull’s-eye on her back and the dangerous connection she’s forming with Liam, Maggie’s mission is harder than expected. Will their tenuous partnership be enough to shield her when the killer closes in?

Blair MacManus will not let a man tell her how to run her life. She will not let Laird Fergus Campbell betroth her to a man in his guardsman troops. She wants to follow in her dear departed mother’s footsteps. She wants to be a healer. Laird Campbell considers Blair practically as a daughter. One that needs to be bent to his will. She’ll be no man’s bride. That is not in the cards for Blair. Nae at all. Jameson Connor’s lands have been stolen by a lowlife. He’s living among brigands and refugees from clan wars. He and his men are constantly living on the fringe of society, making ...

Imagine you're one of the smartest people in the country and you're barely old enough to drive. With a brain that size you become the priceless prey for the powerful and greedy. I keep sharp so I'm no one's 'nerd'. But when I'm forced to join four other geniuses (including a beautiful but driven hottie named Taylor) to work on a "corporate sponsored' project with connections to murder and espionage...I have to put my IQ into high gear. It's a deadly race to save myself, my friends...and maybe even the world.

Selena Maldanado is living her dream working as an investigator in a prison. When she stumbles onto a drug ring, and learns her boss is involved, Selena is caught between her superior and the outside supplier. Given an ultimatum, Selena is coerced into planting evidence to save her father from being deported. Racked with guilt and fear, the only place Selena finds peace is in the faith of one of the inmates. Brandon Rollos is an undercover agent posing as an inmate. All evidence points to Selena’s involvement in the illegal activity, but Brandon’s feelings for her make him dig deeper. ...

THEIR FACES WERE THE SAME, WILL THEIR FATES BE AS WELL? Quirky newspaper columnist Cassandra Chase and by-the-book Detective Jeff McMichaels clash over the murder investigation of a woman who looks eerily like the popular reporter. Despite departmental regulations and his own common sense, McMichaels finds himself drawn to a woman he was determined to dislike. While he and the department hunt the murderer, Cassie sees the uncanny similarities between her and the dead woman’s lives as a reason to launch her own investigation—and what she uncovers gives her the sneaking suspicion that she...

Shadows of the Harvest Moon When Colleen Perkins opens the Harvest Moon Inn in the old McIntyre mansion, she hopes to welcome guests with charm and warmth. But her dream quickly turns eerie as strange occurrences begin—cold spots, unexplained weeping in the dead of night, and vivid nightmares suggest some of the mansion’s former residents never truly left. As Pinewood Corners gears up for the Harvest Happenings Festival and the Harvest Moon Masquerade Ball, Colleen finds herself unexpectedly captivated by Scott, a mysterious and intriguing guest. His presence is magnetic, but rumors ...

After spending years caring for her ailing parents and teaching art in a Springfield, Missouri high school, Jasmine (Jazzy) Dwyer no longer has any expectation of a committed relationship. Yet, beneath her self-sufficient exterior, a lonely heart longs for such a bond. Steve Prescott made a mistake that cost him his family and years of his life. Now he’s a free man, working hard, and doing everything he can to make amends, but is unable to forgive himself. When a man with whom he once worked is murdered, and he is questioned, he sets out to prove who really killed the man. Can a man with ...

In the latest Harley & Davidson mystery, there's a new meaning to the twelve days of Christmas. Hank and Agatha stumble upon a serial killer who's rewriting Santa Claus's naughty and nice list by knocking off big guys in red suits with beards. Hank isn't sure he believes this is a serial killer. Despite Agatha's insistence, he knows serial killers aren't as common as she'd like them to be for her research. Maybe deadline enthusiasm is making Agatha see this as more than it is. But Agatha knows her way around bodies, and the dead Santa's have too much in common not to be connected. Her real-...

This is a novella about a woman who believes her life is in danger from her step-mother so she moves out and is making friends. Pepper works the phone return desk at the phone store and occasionally swaps out phones she thinks might have some interesting pictures or messages. She swaps one out for a burner phone of her own, which has some incriminating pictures of her step-mother. Henri can't believe he was so stupid and he has to get his phone back. If the codes fall in the hands of the wrong person, then someone will clean out his family's bank accounts. Worried when the beautiful woman ...

Three full-length Highland romances from author Aileen Adam’s Highland Heartbeats series. Book Four of the Highland Heartbeats Series! An Auctioned Bride Some promises are forever… Hugh McInnis, trying to escape the past and the present finds himself at an auction, his attention fixed on a Norwegian beauty intended for the highest bidder. He wished he could say what possessed him to bid on Dalla. Dalla was intended for a convent—punishment for disobeying her father—until her uncle intercepted her journey and put her up for auction. A stubborn quiet Norwegian woman and a grumpy ...

It’s Daisy Williams’ birthday month, and it’s a month she will never forget. In the midst of expansion plans for her private detective agency, she finds the body of a good friend – murdered. Her desire is for revenge, but first she must find the culprit. Along with seeking justice for her friend and trying to decipher her father’s mysterious visits to various politicians, she meets with Reed O’Connor for the first time in over a year. Does her friend’s death have anything to do with an old case? And if Daisy finds the murderer, does she risk disrupting her entire agency? ...

Have you ever reached a breaking point? Brenda has. She is tired; she’s tired of the drama and the pain. All the decisions and sacrifices she has made have worn her out. She doesn’t think she can keep up with it anymore. After a near-death situation put everything into perspective, Brenda decided that all she wanted in life was peace. The problem, though, was that her loved ones resisted. Instead of peace, she was met with even more conflict. Her husband, Peter, was at a breaking point of his own. He was juggling taking care of his wife, fatherhood, and two jobs. One of those jobs was ...

Some things are unforgivable. For Brenda, it’s abandonment. Being abandoned by the person who is supposed to care about her most, and protect her, is inexcusable. Brenda’s father abandoned Brenda, her sister Martha, and their mother, leaving them to struggle on their own. He never gave so much as a reason; he just up and vanished. Brenda’s father leaving was the worst thing she had experienced. The heartbreak and pain was so strong, she vowed to never forgive him. Still, her life was great now; she was pregnant, married to the love of her life, and she was finally happy, despite her ...