In Painters Mill, Ohio, an entire Amish family is brutally
tortured and murder. A shocked community cannot come to
terms that one of their own is capable of such evil. As
Police Chief Kate Burkholder investigates, she discovers
the key to the killings is Mary, the oldest daughter, who
was Read more...
Desperation and poverty have driven Cassandra to London in
search of a protector. With her tattered reputation
preceding her, she's forced to crash a ball where she looks
to seduce a wealthy man. The whispers follow her as they
murmur the gossip: There is Lady Paget, who took Read more...
Lady Calpurnia Hartwell, one of society's invisible
wallflowers, tosses her lace spinster cap into the fire and
begins searching for excitement and adventure. She starts a
list of experiences she desperately wants to try. Kiss
someone passionately, smoke a cheroot, gamble at a men's
club, the possibilities are Read more...
Roxy Abruzzo carries an abundance of baggage. Among her
problems, she is the grandniece of a Pittsburg Mafia boss
who continually tries to lure Roxy into the family
business. She struggles keeping her architectural-salvage
company afloat in order to support herself and teenage
daughter. In order to survive in Read more...
With her family on the brink of bankruptcy, Alexandra
Bolton concedes to her drunken father to welcome the
courtship of a local squire. Alexandra resigns herself to
sacrifice herself to a loveless marriage to an older man in
order to provide for her younger sisters. At a ball,
Alexandra catches Read more...
When Laurel Sutherland and her sisters were young and
residing with their uncle on their country estate, Princess
Victoria was a frequent playmate. Their ties with Victoria
end when she begins preparation to become queen. When their
uncle dies, Laurel and her siblings inherit a bookstore and
live a quiet Read more...
Miss Haley Moreland dreads her upcoming nuptials with rich
industrialist Herbert Trumble. Her practical nature demands
she accept his suit to prevent the creditors from swooping
down on her family. Her resolve weakens, however, when she
meets the sinfully handsome Galen Hawke. There is a
possibility of true passion and Read more...
Since working as a companion/slave to the tyrant Lady
Lettice, Emma Chegwidden has lost her self-respect. She
quivers at Lady Lettice's threats of dismissal when Emma's
task proves unsatisfactory. Emma cannot conceive her future
tossed out in a foreign country with no money. This is the Read more...
After a fire burns her coffee shop to the ground, Maggy
Thorsen begins rebuilding her business. Her current partner
wants out, leaving Maggy desperate for a partner with a
full pocket of money. Good luck arrives in the guise of her
mercurial mood realtor, Sarah. Sarah offers her space in Read more...
Theodora Lestrange rejects the role Victorian society deems
proper for women. She takes her small inheritance and
travels to Transylvania to visit her friend Cosmina.
Transylvania, the land of legends, is the perfect place to
give Theodora inspiration for her first novel. Her first
impressions of Transylvania prove Cosmina's Read more...
Lady Lydia Eastlake grew up surrounded by the rich and
famous with her globetrotting parents. At their unexpected
death, Lydia's world collapses and she is sent to live
quietly with an elderly guardian. When she obtains her
fortune, Lydia re-emerges into the opulent and extravagant
society that she Read more...
Merry Stewart waits and waits for her betrothed. He left
for the Crusades years ago and Merry has heard not a word.
She manages her father's castle, from training his men to
running the household, while her father and brothers remain
in a constant state of inebriation. When her Read more...
Viking Princess Breanne of Stoneheim arrives unannounced at
the Earl of Havenshire's castle to visit her sister. When
she comes upon the earl beating her sister, Breanne kills
him without a second thought. With no witness except her
sister, Breanne dumps the earl's body into a privy. After Read more...
Jack Winters enters Harper Investigations with the sole
purpose of engaging Chloe Harper to locate a missing family
heirloom. His research shows Chloe as a Dreamlight talent
reader, which he needs to break the Winters curse. His fate
is tied to the lamp his alchemist ancestor, Nicolas
Winters, created. According Read more...
Kate Grayhawk Pendleton picked up a stranger in a bar nine
years ago to exact revenge on her cheating husband. From
her one-night stand, Kate became pregnant and gave birth to
twin boys. Her unhappy marriage ended with her husband's
supposed death in Afghanistan. Finally, Kate can look Read more...
Fear surrounds Lady Elizabeth Aldridge as she grapples with
a way to escape her late husband's relatives. They are
prepared to go to any lengths to inherit, including killing
her son. As weakness and lethargy envelope Elizabeth, it
makes her objections to her brother-in-law Mason
ineffectual. She Read more...
Jenny Keeble rises above her troubled beginnings and
establishes herself as Madam Esmerelda, fortuneteller
extraordinaire. Success follows her endeavor because of her
hard work and attention to details. Trouble arrives when
her favorite client, Ned, appears with his cousin. Jenny
has counseled Ned for several years after he turned up Read more...
Lady Mairi Dunwythie awaits the birth of her step-mother's
child for its gender will determine her fate. If the child
is a girl, Mairi becomes a wealthy heiress with vast lands
in Scotland. However, if it is a boy, Mairi only receives a
dowry. Mairi hides her impatience Read more...
True-crime writers Chip Hahn and Carolyn Rathbone arrive in
Eastport, Maine, to research the murders of two sisters.
The crimes occurred six years apart, but Carolyn and Chip
believe the women's husbands, Roger and Randy Dodd,
committed the murders. Before they can unpack their
luggage, Carolyn disappears. Chip Read more...
Lady Sarah enters the duke's sturdy with a steel backbone
hoping her fear does not show. She prepares to battle or
beg her father to rescind his order to banish his dying
wife to Scotland. Once again, Sarah underestimates his
cruelty and power. He has sold Sarah to a Read more...
Suan Wilson
Nine years ago, frustrated and unhappy with my career choice, I went into my favorite bookstore, Rainy Day Books, to find the perfect romance. There was a part time job opening and I snapped up the opportunity. My husband agreed to my drastic paycut: after all he was going to reap the rewards of having a happy spouse. Working at Rainy Day Books has been a wonderful journey. I met Tanzey Cutter at the store and a rewarding friendship has developed. She offered my the chance to write in her newsletter and in Fresh Fiction. It is amazing how finding your niche makes life much more enriching!
