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Tinsel and lights and cocoa and...murder?! The islanders welcome the first big boat full of visitors to their new dock, and with them, a murder mystery weekend that involves Santa, Mrs. Claus, and an elf with legs like a Rockette. Mayor Holly Baxter is juggling her growing feelings for the island’s newest resident, a letter that arrives in the mail with news she isn’t even sure she wants, and Bonnie’s sudden interest in yet another man who threatens to draw her away from Christmas Key. Will the magic of the season be lost as the body count rises and the mystery builds? Or will the ...

Spring comes in like a lion on Christmas Key, bringing heat, humidity, and April Fools Day pranks, but leaving romance and expectation in its wake… As usual, Mayor Holly Baxter has her hands full with a visiting group—this time a reunion for a family of redheads famous for starring on a reality show—and life on the island is changing once again. She and Miguel are still happy as clams, spending more time together than apart, and the promise of an upcoming wedding on the island has everyone daydreaming about love. But there are more twists and turns than the locals can imagine, and ...

Life giveth, and life taketh away. For a woman of a certain age, loss is not unexpected, but when Ruby Hudson loses someone she loves dearly, it changes everything... At fifty, Ruby knows that life is a series of ups and downs, wins and losses, but she's still wholly unprepared to lose someone she loves so much. In the process of working through her grief, she discovers that there was so much she didn't know about this person she loved--so many contradictions and hidden stories. Has she turned a blind eye to everything but being First Lady, raising kids, and, now, to being a widow? Did she ...

*This box set includes the first two full-length novels of the series plus one of the novellas. There is no ending in this box set as the series is ongoing! When stagnation threatens the future of her beloved island, 30-year-old mayor Holly Baxter goes head-to-head with the community’s elderly retirees. With secrets swirling, family drama brewing, and an ex-boyfriend hanging around, can Holly find a way to save her slice of paradise? Her best bet is to allow a reality show to film on the island, but not everyone is thrilled to have cameras and prying eyes on Christmas Key. In fact, one of...

A Secret Service agent devotes his life to protecting the people he serves…until one day he realizes that the person who needs protecting is him. Henry Banks is a former Marine, a career Secret Service agent, and the only man allowed into the Shipwreck Key book club full of women. He’s like a handsome brick wall who doesn’t show emotion, but he’s finally let his guard down—just a little bit—to let Sunday Bond in. Banks and the former Second Lady have been dating for a few months, but now that they’re in their fifties and both divorced once, the dating dance has become more ...

The Holiday Adventure Club lands in Lisbon just in time for the annual International Horror Film Festival, and the guests on this trip are there for the scare! But after a decade as a medical examiner, is Lucy up for blood and gore, or will she hide out in the shadows and let the others enjoy the festivities? Lucy's travel buddies this time are a group called The Twins of Tucson--made up entirely of, yup: twins!--and they're ready to take Lisbon by storm. In addition, as a way to thank her for all the help she's given to Lucy's mom, she's invited her Aunt Sharon along for a little R&R, but ...

The Holiday Adventure Club is ready to take on Edinburgh for Easter. They land in Scotland at the crossroads of the Edinburgh Science Festival and a Comic Con event, and find themselves sandwiched between scientists and superheroes as they wander the historic streets of Edinburgh. Lucy's got her hands full this time as she shepherds a trio of girls about to graduate from high school, a man who truly believes he is a superhero, and a couple who've come to Scotland as a last-ditch attempt to save their floundering marriage. But she's got her own problems to deal with: her mom is in need of ...

Fiji is fiery in July...and so is Lucy's love life! Things have cranked up a notch for Lucy and Nick, and her other hot and handsome next-door work neighbor doesn't like it one bit. After months of travel and of juggling her mother's care and the two men who are interested in her, Lucy is ready for a slower pace on Fiji. She's rented bungalows for everyone coming along on this Holiday Adventure Club trip, and she's already having visions of tropical flowers, cold drinks, and island sunsets. Little does she know, but things are about to get harder, not easier, when both Nick and Dev show up ...

Ever dream of leaving your job and your troubles behind and moving to paradise? Lucy Landish did, and now she's living in sunny Florida and running a travel agency called The Holiday Adventure Club instead of working as a medical examiner in cold and wintery Buffalo. For every major holiday, Lucy and a group of travelers will hit a location somewhere in the world to soak in the culture, the romance, and the adventure. But with two handsome men vying for her attention back in Florida, and an aging mother who needs her in New York, will Lucy be able to escape reality enough to become the free...

A President dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving a secret mistress and their twelve-year-old son…and also a loyal First Lady who has no idea what went wrong with their marriage. Forty-nine-year old widow Ruby Hudson, the former First Lady of the United States, needs a fresh start. As she mourns the loss of her husband, she turns her love of books into a whole new career, opening a little bookshop on a charming, pirate-themed island called Shipwreck Key just off the coast of the Florida Panhandle. Her two daughters think she’s crazy, but Ruby can finally breathe again knowing ...

The Holiday Adventure Club is headed to Tokyo for Thanksgiving, where they'll trade turkey for sushi, and football for kabuki. From cat cafes to robot restaurants, Lucy has all kinds of unique underground things for her tour group to see and do! Paulette and Minnie are a mother and daughter who are meeting for the first time after a clandestine pregnancy in the 70s led to a closed adoption and a lifetime of wondering. They're both excited and scared, but one of them is carrying a secret so big that she's afraid it might end their relationship before it even begins... Len Bagley spent a year...

Want to get started in property but worry you don't have enough money, time or experience? Stephanie and Nicky Taylor were there, too. They wanted the time, freedom, and options that property seemed to provide others, but they didn't know how to start and couldn't see anyone like them doing it. Since then, they have gone from financial uncertainty to building their own multi-million pound portfolio and creating an award-winning property business, HMO Heaven. Their unique Rent 2 Rent Success System will enable you to get started in property in a simple, ethical, and low-risk way.

Morocco in spring time--colorful markets by day, balmy desert nights, and romance galore. Lucy Landish is hitting her stride professionally: her Holiday Adventure Club travels have taken her to Italy, Scotland, and the French West Indies, but now it's time to take another travel group abroad, this time to Africa during Morocco's annual rose festival. Along for the trip is a world famous rockstar who wants a break from the limelight; a dying man whose last wish is to to make peace with his adult children; and--inexplicably--Lucy's ex-husband, who'd like to make peace with her. The series ...

The year of travel is winding down, but for Lucy and her latest group of intrepid travelers, things are still heating up! Lucy is determined to get her latest tour group to Cuba, but in order to get their hands on the right visas, they must sign on to a humanitarian mission and commit to rolling up their sleeves and doing some work on the island. To that end, the Holiday Adventure Club has paired with Underwater Cuba to do marine conservation, and the travelers will be spending time snorkeling and monitoring the coral reefs and ocean life. But Cuba is more than just old cars, cigars, and ...

With the crew of 'Wild Tropics' arriving to film their reality show in the middle of a Halloween heatwave, mayor Holly Baxter has her hands full with PR duties, and not everyone is thrilled to have cameras and prying eyes on Christmas Key. In fact, one of the locals is more than happy to let her know how he feels about the situation, and before she knows it, Holly is defending her choices in front of the whole island... Following their steamy summer fling, River O'Leary pays Holly another visit for the holidays. But their timing is all wrong: Holly's locked in a battle for the title of ...

Valentine’s Day in Venice was a success, but will St. Patrick’s Day on St. Barts be even more of an adventure? Lucy Landish hopes so! She’s got a troop of travelers joining her for the second Holiday Adventure Club trip, and they’re trying to get over heartbreak, find new love, and have the vacation of a lifetime. With Nick Epperson, one of her handsome, available, next-door work neighbors along for the ride, Lucy is ready to show her guests a great time in the French West Indies. But things are complicated between her and Nick; there’s clearly chemistry, but they’ve both got ...

Miami sizzles and burns with violence, drug cartels, and racial unrest in 1980 when seventeen-year-old Lucy arrives—pregnant and alone. Her uncle Jeremy and his charming, lovable, drug-dealing boyfriend, Carlos, have agreed to take her in and help her raise her baby in the improbably modern and masculine setting of their high-rise condo. The three of them quickly become a family, and despite the strangers and cops who show up at all hours of the day and night looking to buy their next fix from Carlos, Miami Beach becomes Lucy’s own little paradise. With money in her pocket from Carlos, ...

With an impulsive phone call to a radio station and an exhaustive knowledge of '80s musical trivia in her back pocket, young widow Julia Delmonico wins a spot on a “Second Chance at Romance” cruise to Hawaii. She isn’t even sure that she’s ready to find love again, but as she floats toward paradise with a piña colada in one hand, she bumps into Martin Estrada - single, handsome, and funny. But it isn’t simply smooth sailing: Julia begins to feel that there’s more to Martin than meets the eye and that he might actually be hiding something big from her.

How does a woman end up as cold and calculating as Coco Baxter, ready to sell Christmas Key and do away with the only home her daughter has ever known? Growing up in Miami, Coco Baxter was a sweet little girl with a life of luxury and two loving parents. That should have been enough. But family secrets, betrayals, and disappointments have left her hardened and on a path of self-destruction. At sixteen, Coco is angry and looking for new ways to get under her parents' skin. But will the shoplifting, older boys, and her out-of-control behavior teach her parents a lesson, or will Coco be the ...

How does a young, sexy cop end up on a tropical island full of retirees and unpaved roads? Officer Jake Zavaroni decides to leave his Miami beat after a traumatic event sends him into an emotional tailspin. His ex-girlfriend is another good reason to skip town, and putting more miles between the two of them is just a bonus. But once Jake arrives on Christmas Key, he realizes he's traded drugs, guns, and big city life for the much slower pace of a small town. The fact that the island's mayor is thirty, gorgeous, and feisty isn't lost on Jake as he gets settled in to his new home, and their ...