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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Merchant Of Venus by Ellen Hart

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Death On A Silver Platter, June 2005
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Merchant Of Venus, February 2002
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Hunting The Witch, September 1999
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MERCHANT OF VENUS
By: Ellen Hart

Jane Lawless #10
Minotaur Books
February 2002
On Sale: February 8, 2002
Featuring: Jane Lawless
408 pages
ISBN: 0312289057
EAN: 9780312289058
Kindle: B007MPFU4M
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LGBTQ Mystery | Mystery Woman Sleuth | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Jane Lawless is a woman at a crossroads - her lover has left, she has finally recovered from a vicious attack sustained last year, and the holidays are closing in. With no one to help her ring in the new year, Jane reluctantly agrees to accompany her good friend Cordelia Thorn on a peculiar holiday trip: Cordelia's estranged sister, Broadway star Octavia Thorn, has asked them to attend her wedding.

Octavia getting married is no surprise - she's done it three times before - but her candidate for hubby #4 certainly is. Roland Lester is a reclusive eighty-three-year-old retired Hollywood director, a relic from the golden age of Tinseltown with a controversial past. No one can understand how the two met, much less fell in love. When the bodies start to drop, Jane realizes it might not be love at all that brought the young diva and the aged director together, but something much deeper, and perhaps more sinister.

Delving deep into film history, Jane finds unsettling connections between Roland and a murder that was never solved. Finding out what happened 40 years ago could be the key to unlock the mystery of Octavia's curious marriage, but laying bare such long-buried secrets also promises grave consequences for everyone involved.

Jane Lawless

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A Killing Cure
A KILLING CURE
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Small Sacrifice
SMALL SACRIFICE
#5.0 β€’ October 2009
Faint Praise
FAINT PRAISE
#6.0 β€’ October 2009
Robber's Wine
ROBBER'S WINE
#7.0 β€’ May 2010
Wicked Games
WICKED GAMES
#8.0 β€’ August 2010
Hunting The Witch
HUNTING THE WITCH
#9.0 β€’ September 1999
Merchant Of Venus
MERCHANT OF VENUS
#10.0 β€’ February 2002
Immaculate Midnight
IMMACULATE MIDNIGHT
#11.0 β€’ July 2002
An Intimate Ghost
AN INTIMATE GHOST
#12.0 β€’ March 2004
The Iron Girl
THE IRON GIRL
#13.0 β€’ August 2005
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NIGHT VISION
#14.0 β€’ December 2006
The Mortal Groove
THE MORTAL GROOVE
#15.0 β€’ December 2007
Sweet Poison
SWEET POISON
#16.0 β€’ November 2008
The Mirror And The Mask
THE MIRROR AND THE MASK
#17.0 β€’ November 2009
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THE CRUEL EVER AFTER
#18.0 β€’ June 2010
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