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Killer Chardonnay
by Kate Lansing
"A Killer Tasting"
Posted January 14, 2021

Parker Valentine has stopped at nothing to make her dream of opening Vino Valentine, a winery in her hometown of Boulder, Colorado, a reality. Pouring her blood, sweat, tears, and almost every last cent she has into it, she is finally ready to open the doors to the public Read more...

Bait and Witch
by Angela M. Sanders
"A Witchy Tale of Good Versus Evil"
Posted January 14, 2021

Josie Way has her dream job working at the Library of Congress, until she is a witness to a bribery exchange that puts her in danger. Fearing for her life, she decides to leave D.C. for a little while and accepts the head librarian position in Wilfred, Oregon Read more...

Here Comes the Body
by Maria DiRico
"Welcome to the Family!"
Posted January 14, 2021

Mia is escaping Florida, a bad marriage, and a now-missing husband. Heading home to Queens to help her father out at his new catering hall, Belle View, is just the new beginning she needs after being cleared of any suspicion in her husband’s disappearance. Her father Read more...

Murder Once Removed
by S.C. Perkins
"Research Can Be Murder"
Posted January 14, 2021

Genealogist Lucy Lancaster loves nothing more than digging into the past for her clients. A close second is doing so for her clients in her beloved state of Texas. When Texas billionaire and powerhouse, Gus Halloran hires her to investigate his past lineage, Lucy gleefully accepts. What Lucy did Read more...

Tea & Treachery
by Vicki Delany
"Tea and Murder, a Perfect Pairing"
Posted January 4, 2021

Lily Roberts is the proud new owner of Tea by the Sea, an English Tea Room in Cape Cod. Right next door is her grandmother Rose’s B & B. The quiet, albeit busy, life is just what Lily was after when relocating to Cape Cod. Running the Read more...

Long Live the Queen
by Bryan Kozlowski
"Royal Tips and Tricks to Living Your Best Life!"
Posted January 4, 2021

Would you take advice from the longest reigning monarch? Would you want to know the little secrets to her health, stamina, and how her mental outlook keeps her grounded? Count me in! In this behind the scenes look into Queen Elizabeth II’s life, learn to channel your Read more...

Christmas at the Island Hotel
by Jenny Colgan
"Merry Christmas from the Island of Mure!"
Posted October 27, 2020

On the tiny, beautiful, and remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, a new hotel opening is a big event. New mother Flora MacKenzie and her brother Fintan are working themselves half to death to get it ready in time for Christmas. 

The new Read more...

Murder in the Margins
by Margaret Loudon
"A Great Start to a New Series!"
Posted October 27, 2020

Penelope Parish is a new, best-selling, American gothic author with a deadline for book number two. Unfortunately, she also has a serious case of writer’s block. She decides to completely change things up and accepts a position in Chumley-on-Stoke, England at The Open Book Read more...

Christmas Cupcake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
"Welcome Back To The Cookie Jar!"
Posted October 5, 2020

In the throws of the pre-Holiday season, Hannah Swenson is up to her elbows in cookie and cupcake batter at The Cookie Jar. Making her old favorite recipes and testing new ones to keep her customers happy, on top of extra Christmas orders stacking up, is all Hannah Read more...

Dying in a Winter Wonderland
by Vicki Delany
"A Not So Merry Christmas"
Posted October 5, 2020

In the quaint town of Rudolph, New York the Christmas spirit is always on display. Known as Christmas Town every shop in Rudolph has some association with the holiday. Merry Wilkinson owns Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, a one-stop-shop for all your decorating and handmade toy needs Read more...

Confessions on the 7:45
by Lisa Unger
"So twisted, even the most die-hard fans of the genre will be left stunned."
Posted October 1, 2020

To say Selena Murphy is overwhelmed is an understatement. As a working mom and with a husband who hasn’t been pulling his weight lately, life is barreling down on her. Commuting on the late train gives her some space just to be still. When Martha, a beautiful Read more...

Before the Crown
by Flora Harding
"A Royal Love Story"
Posted September 24, 2020

It’s 1943. The war rages across Europe. Princess Elizabeth and her family are at Windsor Castle and she and sister Margaret are set to perform Aladdin for her parents. Sneaking a peak around the curtain she is looking for someone, Prince Philip of Greece. Disappointed Read more...

For Whom the Book Tolls
by Laura Gail Black
"A New Murder For The Books"
Posted September 8, 2020

Jenna Quinn just can’t seem to stay out of trouble. Fleeing her hometown of Charlotte after being wrongfully accused of a crime, she ends up in Hokes Folly, North Carolina. Her uncle that she hasn’t seen for years has invited her to stay with him Read more...

Lies, Lies, Lies
by Adele Parks
"The tangled webs we weave will always come undone..."
Posted September 3, 2020

Daisy is a primary school teacher and her husband Simon is an interior decorator. After years of trying, they finally have daughter Millie. Life should be perfect, except it’s not. Simon starts drinking too much and Daisy is left to pick up the pieces he leaves behind Read more...

The Royal Governess
by Wendy Holden
"An Insider's Look Into Raising a Queen"
Posted August 22, 2020

It’s 1933 and Marion Crawford has taken a role she really didn’t want: Marion is tutoring Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret. It seems hard to imagine not wanting an inside pass to the royals and the glitz and glamour of royal life, but Marion Read more...

Eighty Days to Elsewhere
by K.C. Dyer
"A Thought-Provoking Journey Around the World"
Posted August 6, 2020

Romona Keene has lived in New York City her entire life and has had no desire to leave the city she loves. Sure, she dreams of what lies beyond, but home is safe, so that is where she stays. Working in her uncle’s secondhand bookstore, Ramona is Read more...

Booked for Death
by Victoria Gilbert
"A Book To Die For"
Posted August 6, 2020

Widow Charlotte Reed is starting over in Beaufort, North Carolina. She has inherited her Great-Aunt Isabella’s bed and breakfast, Chapters, which focuses on all things books. Her first big week is celebrating author Josephine Tey. Charlotte needs this event to go well to give her a Read more...

ROMeANTICALLY CHALLENGED
by Marina Adair
"Your next favorite romantic comedy!"
Posted August 6, 2020

Annie has a problem. A few problems actually. Annie was born in Vietnam and adopted by white parents from the United States. She has tried everything to fit into two worlds and is left feeling like an outsider in both. Additionally, every time she thinks she has found happiness Read more...

The First to Lie
by Hank Phillippi Ryan
"A Twisty Thriller That Will Leave You Guessing"
Posted July 27, 2020

Ellie Berensen is an investigative reporter with a brand-new news organization with a lead on a story that could make her career and expose a pharmaceutical company. Pharminex has a drug that has been a godsend to some women with fertility issues and a nightmare for others. The Read more...

Handbook for Homicide
by Lorna Barrett
"Another Murder For The Books!"
Posted July 26, 2020

Tricia Miles is just returning from a not-so-great vacation in Ireland with on-again boyfriend Marshall Cambridge when tragedy strikes behind her bookstore, Haven’t Got a Clue. A body has been found in the dumpster and it is Susan Morris, a homeless Navy veteran known Read more...

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