Old English Mystery

Don’t go to sleep… As usual, twelve-year-old Jason is staying with his Uncle Jed in small-town Minnesota for a few days during the summer while his parents are away on business. But this time something’s horribly off. Ever since Uncle Jed’s wife died a few weeks ago, he’s been acting like a totally different person. He doesn’t eat the same food, have the same interests, or even use the same turns of phrases. Grief can do strange things to a person, but Jason’s about to find out it’s far more than grief that’s plaguing his uncle. It’s something deeper. Something darker. ...

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

Mary Lou’s fiancé leaves her as soon as tragedy strikes. Unwilling to resent him, she chooses, instead, to find him. Jonah flees from Mary Lou in order to protect her because he is convinced that he is cursed. Still, Mary Lou remains close to his heart. When Mary Lou is incapacitated and bedridden, she cannot continue her search for Jonah. Will Jonah be able to reunite with his true love and help Mary Lou when she needs him the most? Will Mary Lou’s faith be enough to help them get through the countless obstacles that are thrown their way? This is the 2nd book of a 5-book series.

Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years. An unexpected encounter rekindles the possibility of a lost love. However, this joyful reunion is jeopardised when old friends remind him of a mystery with personal implications. As Oliver delves deeper, he uncovers the disturbing truth behind why he abandoned his dearest friends. The weight and shame of his past mistakes create profound turmoil within him. He grapples with the haunting ...

When a corpse turns up at his favorite tavern, Crispin Guest-disgraced knight turned detective - begins an inquiry, but the dead man turns out to be a Templar knight, an order thought to be extinct for 75 years, charged with protecting a certain religious relic which is now missing. Before he can begin to investigate, Crispin is abducted by shadowy men who are said to be minions of the French anti-pope.

Question: What does an oil tycoon’s death, a group of old poker buddies, and a batch of freshly baked oatmeal cookies have in common? Answer: Tabitha Clive! Amateur sleuth and baker extraordinaire Tabitha Clive is out to help save Emma’s son, Caleb, from standing trial for a murder he did not commit. The year is 1980 and Tabitha Clive loves baking, writing, and running the family farm in her quiet town of Kornville, Nebraska. Well, Kornville was a quiet small town until farmer Landon Turner discovered oil on his property, turning him into a wealthy tycoon overnight. The farmer’s ...

She bought the cabin on a whim. But will it transform into her perfect getaway? Burnt out from her high-flying author career and dreaming of escaping her busy Manhattan life, when Laura discovers her husband cheating on her with another writer, she knows it’s time for a change. After her brother calls her about a country Bed and Breakfast for sale, Laura ditches New York and buys it on the spot… only to realize that the run-down cabin will need more than a little elbow grease to restore it to working condition. As she’s swept up in the quiet joys of small-town life, an ad in the local...

Somehow, they just really needed to disappear without leaving a trace of their presence behind and that simply wasn’t all that easy to do anymore. It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been staggering technological and environmental advances, human nature is still very much the same as it has always been. One woman unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the middle of a long simmering struggle between power, greed, and an overwhelming effort to keep long hidden secrets buried. Luckily she isn’t on her own. A childhood friend that she hasn’t seen in years is...

Fall has come upon Wolfhollow, New Hampshire where the days are shorter and the nights cooler. Leah, Avery, and Grayson Bartlett have started back into the rhythm of their school year. However, a family friend asks the children to help him with a research project for an ancestor who traveled the historical Underground Railroad, with a stop near the Bartlett home in Wolfhollow, New Hampshire. What starts off as field trips to local museums turns into an adventure filled with an underground train, a snake pit, and a rope bridge over waterfalls.

Once upon an evil time, there was a wicked old woman with a mammoth shoe company worth many millions of dollars, a henpecked husband, and six miserable children. Then one day death came visiting the vast Potts mansion - and began claiming its inhabitants one by one. It was then that Ellery Queen was invited to sup on this nightmare brew of diabolical murder and baffling mystery - in a case that made the most horrific crimes in his entire career seem like fairy tales. As he endeavors to solve the case, he tries to make sense of this family that defies rationality.

Goose was an exceptionally kind, open, honest, and understanding gentleman of the finest caliber. His natural charisma and charm is well-known. At the Saturday night campfires in the woods he was a magical performer, pretending to play a banjo with an old tennis racket. Goose would remain an important figure in my life when, years later, he became one of the premier artists on my fledgling label Samba Records wherein we recorded many original very popular CDs, now audiobooks, of his wonderful children’s stories and songs.

In Old Loves Die Hard, Lauren Carr continues the rags-to-riches story of Mac Faraday, an underpaid homicide detective who inherits 270 million dollars and an estate on Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. Mac is settling nicely into his new life at Spencer Manor when his ex-wife Christine shows up-and she wants him back! Before Mac can send her packing, Christine and her estranged lover are murdered in Mac's private penthouse suite at the Spencer Inn, the five-star resort built by his ancestors.

Box Set that includes two stories from the Simply Meant to Be series...Heart of the Cottage Court Motel and The Moment I Saw You. Connor and Rebecca have known each other since they were children...Lucas and Emma have just met...but sometimes love finds you when least expected and is Simply Meant to Be. Heart of the Cottage Court Motel Rebecca has one love in her life…her young five-year-old son. Unexpectedly, after a number of sudden and unexpected changes to her well thought out plans, the single mother finds herself and her son living with her Great-Aunt Lettie in her big historic home...

Memories restored, Trench returns to the Stokeham Herald only to find that Editor Law’s girlfriend, ‘Moaning’ Margaret has replaced him as senior reporter at the Herald. Even worse, Margaret insists on only investigating stories that are ‘good for the community’. And what seems like a straight forward theft story at the local night school is first on her hit list. But there is something decidedly odd going on at Stokeham Night School and it might, just might turn into the type of investigation Margaret wanted to avoid in the first place…

My Fearless Freshman Year: My Years in High School This is "My Fearless Freshman Year". This is book 1 in the 4-part series "My Years in High School". Follow the adventures of Nancy Jane and her friends as they experience school, boys, partying, driving, dealing with Nancy Janes' nemesis Lois Talker and more. Other titles in this series include: Book #2: My Silly Sophomore Year Book #3: My Just Get Over with It Junior Year Book #4: My Time to Get Serious Senior Year Book #5: Books #1 through #4 altogether in one volume Following is an excerpt from Chapter 1. Hicston High School is located ...

My brother's best friend is out to light my world one flame at a time. From my inescapable past to a relationship I never saw coming. Scott Miller has always driven me crazy. We clash like fire and ice. He saved me from a wedding planning disaster. Instead of soothing my stress, he blames me for the whole situation. Fate intervened, turning him into someone I desperately need. He's not just a striking firefighter; he's also my new client's son. To save my wedding planning business, I have to work closely with him. I want to deny it. But the passion he shows for his job and family is ...

Tyler's an Alpha Tester. Unfortunately... ...he's not nearly the typical ALPHA MALE! The subdermal implant that made him irresistible has got some...BUGS! Tyler wanted to pass the dangerous-looking gizmo on to his subordinate, but his hot, MILF of a boss wasn't having it.. Good thing, because when the new product turned him into an irresistible alpha-male living to serve his own carnal desires with all the lusty, unprotected babes his mind could dream up, the proverbial stuff hit the fan. It turns out that the target the developers want him to pursue, the daughter of a powerful politician, ...

Tyler's an Alpha Tester. Unfortunately... ...he's not nearly the typical ALPHA MALE! The subdermal implant that made him irresistible has been upgraded to RELEASE CANDIDATE... Tyler wanted to pass the dangerous-looking gizmo on to his subordinate, but his hot, MILF of a boss wasn't having it.. Good thing, because when the new product turned him into an irresistible alpha-male living to serve his own carnal desires with all the lusty, unprotected babes his mind could dream up, the proverbial stuff hit the fan. Will Tyler bend to the will of the mysterious manufacturers, wanting him to seduce...

The pack is counting on her. Cassie Stevens has one shot to secure a powerful ally for her pack, and she can’t afford to fail. Her mission? Convince the formidable Damien Blackwood to join forces in their quest for revenge against the Beauchamp clan. But with Damien’s wealth, devastating good looks, and intimidating presence, Cassie’s confidence wavers. Still, no one in the pack wants vengeance more than she does, and revenge will come much faster once they get the region’s biggest alpha on their side. Fated mates aren’t real... or so he thinks. Damien Blackwood has always ...

Hiding is no longer enough…she needed answers… What did Jackson see on the video…and how does he tell Simon… Daman and Niall are asking all the right questions...will they survive to find the answers... Mick Johnson might be dead but his killer is unknown and the clues leading to them are non-existent. Completely non-existent…which according to Jackson never ever happens… Elijah Sullivan, the father she adored all her life left clues…Ava just has to unravel them even as she comes to terms with her feelings about Harper…and his for her. It’s the middle of the twenty-third ...