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It is almost Christmas and yards glow with twinkling lights. But more than chestnuts are roasting. A raging fire sweeps through the decorated landscape of Sled Run, destroying the home of Chief Deputy Oren Rosenberg and killing two. An accident? Or did something toxic fuel the flames? Sheriff Piper Blackwell and Detective Basil Meredith believe Oren was targeted and are tasked with finding motive and means before more than the holiday burns bright. With many clues reduced to ashes, can Piper and Basil catch the culprits before they strike again? Or is this blaze just the start of the most ...

A tough-love school for troubled teens opens its doors in Trout Run, New York. What could go wrong? The locals are thrilled. The North Country Academy promises more jobs and more money flowing into town. But all Police Chief Frank Bennett sees is a throng of juvenile delinquents unpacking on his turf. Then Frank's worst fears are confirmed. An Academy teacher leading a wilderness expedition is mauled to death by a bear. Evidence points to sabotage.

These light-hearted short stories are perfect to read at bedtime and focus on the funny situations that happen to Max Nutt, a young mouse who lives in a hole in the wall of a barn. Max is clever, headstrong and adventurous. He wants to invent the cleverest invention, write and publish a book and explore the Wild Bushes, a place the fairies call enchanted. But what happens when he meets a dragon there and becomes lost? Who will save him?

A legal mystery! A corrupt corporate officer is colluding with a greedy union boss, and line worker Jim Vandenberg is caught in the middle. When Jim's young lawyer, Bill Hood, gets in over his head, Bill calls in his grandfather Henry, the ex-FBI agent turned private investigator, to help out. They have three days to extricate Jim from the hands of the company, and save him from an angry union boss. But why does the company want him out so badly, and why does the union turn on him as well? The answers can only be found through clandestine maneuvers that are patently out of Bill's skill set....

Silver Medalist Global Book Awards - Mystery / Women Sleuths Winner PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence - Fiction / Mystery / Sleuths "Once again, Chappell delivers!" –The American ReporterWrenn Grayson’s first summer as archivist for the Foundling Historical Society and Museum begins as unsettlingly as the electrical storms that plague Havens, Ohio. On her initial assignment, she investigates Madelaine Manor and its deceased owner, Hollis Bronwyn Jenner. Hollis blazed a trail in the late-1910s as a women’s rights activist. Her past is shadowed by World War I and the belief she ...

A powerful classic that is more timely than ever, the Protector of the Small series is about smashing the ceilings others place above you. As the only female page in history to pass the first year of training to become a knight, Keladry of Mindelan is a force to be reckoned with. But even with her loyal circle of friends at her side, Kel’s battle to prove herself isn’t over yet. She is still trying to master her paralysing fear of heights and keep up with Lord Wyldon’s gruelling training schedule.

Sniper Rorie Rivera aims to disrupt a politician’s wilderness trek until she butts heads and kisses with tour guide, Chad Colson. Rorie Rivera: Take the shot. Take the shot. I have the congressman’s flashy ski cap in my sights, but I’m not pulling the trigger. Not yet. Not until he tells me what he did with my missing sister. Chad Colson: I spy the stalker up in them hills. She’s tracking my expedition, but I get the jump on her and warn her to back off. Her name is Rorie, a self-proclaimed assassin, and she tries to disarm me with a hot, torrid kiss. It’s not enough. She’s up ...

When Jessica Marlowe meets a handsome older gentleman at her new home, she thinks nothing of it. He is just a kind old man. She was deceived. After putting up with a neglectful husband, Jessica wants to find pleasure in other places. She decides this old man is willing to take her into his arms and protect her from her loneliness. His handsome physique, she can't resist. Together they kindle a love that her husband Tom will have to face. His rage will not be quenched until he finds her secret lover.

“But, but, I read it on the Internet. It must be true! Right?” Do the crazies on the internet push people to violence and the edge of madness? With countless conspiracy theories at every turn, the web is a veritable smorgasbord of reasons for anyone with prejudice and envy to strike out at the focus of these insane ideas why the world is against them. In the dead of night, a soybean silo erupts into a violent fireball — and starts Detective Max Harmon’s next case off with a bang. Any hope Max has of catching up on sleep flies out the window when the deceptively sleepy Midwestern ...

"Suppose (Lillian Dove Mystery Series Book 2): When a missing woman’s case lands in Lillian Dove’s lap, she’s forced to confront the ugly truth that not all crimes remain buried. As a recovering alcoholic and amateur sleuth, Lillian’s been trying to get her life back on track—but a chilling discovery in a small-town park threatens to derail her progress. Drawn into a dark web of deceit and betrayal, Lillian must navigate a maze of suspects and uncover buried secrets that put her directly in the crosshairs of a dangerous killer. With snappy dialogue, taut pacing, and unexpected ...

An unsolved murder, more than 40 years in the past, leads to the discovery of a new victim and the return of an old stalker. After a blow to the head, Owen Lafferty lied dying, alone in a cabin, far out in the woods and far from home. He was found by Dana Rossi-Crane as she happened along, chasing around the threads of a 1972 unsolved murder involving her mother-in-law, Faye and Owen and his family. Dana’s efforts were too little, too late to save Owen. With the two murders, 40 some years apart, looking like they’re related, a cast of suspects now in their sixties and seventies and a ...

FINALIST IN INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2023 FICTION/MYSTERY/SUSPENSE “All the books in the Wrenn Grayson Mystery series are simply brilliant.” –The Baltimore SunHistorian Wrenn Grayson is invited to the Foundling estate. She anticipates meeting the estate’s heiress, Clotilde Bronwyn. Upon arrival, though, she learns of Clotilde’s recent death and that the heiress left a letter addressed to Wrenn. Clotilde writes that she wishes to hire Wrenn to compose her memoriam. Wrenn accepts the challenge. Clotilde’s family mansion is now the home of the Foundling Historical Society. Society...

Connor Brooks returns to his Wyoming roots, his muscles toned by the sun's embrace. But behind his claims of familial healing lies a hidden desire, one that ignites a primal longing within me. Our past binds us together, but our love must remain hidden, a forbidden fire that always burns within us. Beyond the stillness of our love lies a trove of age-old secrets nestled in the land we hold dear. A burial ground steeped in the stories of our ancestors. Yet within its walls, there is also a song of possibility, a promise of our shared heritage. Our love is a fierce and fervent flame, kept ...

The cattle town of Chugwater may not look like much to outsiders. But for Duff MacCallister and the determined settlers who’ve staked their futures here, it’s a land of opportunity. That’s why the whole town is fired up by the latest news. Young railroad developer Jacob Poindexter wants to run a rail line through Chugwater, making it easier to transport cattle. Everyone is on board with the plan — at first. Duff begins to suspect that Poindexter is only after the most valuable land, and he’s using strongarm tactics to force reluctant ranchers to sell.

He’s hockey’s most notorious grump. She’s all about happy endings. Together, they’re rewriting the rules of love. Tessa Monroe believes in grand gestures, slow burns, and happily-ever-afters, the kind she sells at her indie bookstore, Once Upon a Bookshop. But when Liam O’Connor, the brooding, granite-jawed goalie of the Maple Falls Lumberjacks, crashes into her world mid-losing streak, Tessa’s fictional fantasies get a real-world rewrite. With a scowl sharp enough to slice open shrink wrap and a reputation for shutting out both pucks and people, Liam is the last man she’d ...

Some inherit a name. Mason inherited a curse. The small, isolated town of Cold Rock was supposed to be a fresh start for Mason and his dad—a quiet escape from the city. But from the moment he arrives, an unnatural darkness clinging to the Fourth of July celebrations calls to something deep within him. A violent, primal hunger he doesn't understand. He soon learns the town has a bloody secret, and he’s not just passing through. He is a key part of a brutal, ancient war between rival werewolf packs. The local alpha, a ruthless purist, sees Mason not as a boy, but as an abomination that ...

Anna Karenina fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1877. Era già stato pubblicato a puntate dal 1875, ma non fu mai pubblicata l'ottava parte perché la rivista non tollerò le prese d posizione antinazionaliste di Tolstoj, che fu quindi costretto a pubblicare l'opera completa a sue spese.Tolstoj vedeva in questo libro, considerato un capolavoro del realismo, il suo primo vero romanzo.

She’s exactly what he never knew he needed. Too bad once he figures it out, it’s too late. After a mission gone wrong cost him one of his brothers-in-arms, Navy SEAL Rob Bishop needed space. Living the reclusive life of a mountain man gave him more than enough of that, but just as he starts settling into a comfortable routine, he runs across a damsel in distress who turns his world—and his heart—upside down. Taliyah Trent is not having a good day. Instead of getting married, she’s fleeing to the California wilderness from a fiancé who might’ve put her father in prison…and ...

Mi mamá me dijo algo. Todos los niños deberían saberlo. Es acerca del diablo. Y he aprendido a odiarlo así. Sarah tiene 15 años, con un corazón amable y una disposición únicamente dulce, y se las arregla con una facilidad natural para ser la "hija perfecta" con la que todos los otros padres comparan en secreto a sus propios hijos. Sarah es definitivamente un producto de la educación que recibió, al ser criada en un hogar amoroso cuyos miembros tienen su vida centrada en adorar al Señor y la vida de la iglesia en general. Como resultado de eso, Sarah ha vivido una vida idílica, ...

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