A Disappearance in Drury Lane - format ePub

Three holiday mysteries fill this volume, from the ancient world to Victorian London.Saturnalian GiftsDecember, AD 63—As former gladiator Leonidas approaches his one-year anniversary of freedom, his old...

Captain Gabriel Lacey begins Spring 1818 preparing for a duel. But while he focuses on the affair of honor, darkness, greed, and death stalk the streets of London and bring tragedy to a family Lacey has...

Captain Gabriel Lacey accompanies famous dandy Lucius Grenville to Egypt, a land that Lacey has long anticipated visiting. Lacey travels there for more than a simple holiday, however—James Denis has tasked...

December, AD 63As former gladiator Leonidas approaches his one-year anniversary of freedom, his old trainer, Aemil, asks him to open the upcoming Saturnalian games. But before Leonidas can experience...

1816When I, cavalry captain Gabriel Lacey, return to London from the Napoleonic Wars, I am exhausted and fighting melancholia, my army career ended.My interest is piqued, however, when I learn of a man's...

Leonidas, freeman, former slave gladiator and champion of the Roman Colosseum, now must fight the full might of the Roman Empire.  A man who owed him money was murdered, and Leonidas is a prime suspect....

Quand la police de Bow Street convoque le capitaine Gabriel Lacey dans une salle de bal de Berkeley Square, l'heure est grave. On vient de retrouver un jeune dandy mort par arme blanche lors d'une soirée...

Leonidas, champion gladiator of Rome, is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom, a place to live, and a servant—Cassia, a scribe—to look after him. But the benefactor...

London 1816Returning home through a London night in July 1816, I am surprised to spy a well-dressed, elegant woman stride to the middle of an unfinished bridge. Following her in curiosity, I'm on hand...

Three historical mysteries span time from the court of Louis XIV to Victorian London.Meet Émilie d'Armand, a young woman who witnesses corruption and murder in seventeenth-century France (The Bishop's...

When I agree to visit Grenville in his villa near Rome, I scarcely imagine that I immediately will become embroiled in mystery and mayhem. James Denis has requested that I purchase an antique from a collector,...

London, 1819: When Brewster, my bodyguard, comes to me about a murder of a pugilist—and what's more, says his wife has summoned me—I must hasten to St. Giles to find a killer before Brewster is arrested...

March 1820When James Denis is arrested for murder and lands himself in Newgate, it falls to me to prove his innocence. I have nowhere to start but in a dark street in Seven Dials and the name of the unknown...

When Captain Gabriel Lacey finds himself standing over a dead body in Brighton Pavilion, bloody sword in hand and no memory of how he got there, he immediately fears he is a murderer.The dead man is Colonel...

Captain Lacey is asked by Peter Thompson of the Thames River Police to help him investigate a cold case–the murder of a woman found near the docks Thompson patrols. The investigation was sidelined, considered...

September 1817: Captain Gabriel Lacey travels with Lady Breckenridge to his boyhood home in northern Norfolk only to discover mysterious happenings in and around the Lacey estate. A young woman, cousin...

When a grumpy orc security guard's husky leads him straight to a curvy bear shifter's doorstep during a snowstorm, he discovers that sometimes love requires a little divine canine intervention. Artina...

Don't fall in love with me… Evangeline, Lady Courtenay, has flirted with scandal her entire life, and paid a steep price for it, with two unhappy marriages and a tarnished reputation. She's vowed never...

The Oracle fears what else may be hidden in the halls and walls of Rosehill.The Tailor is trapped in the demimonde.The Curator knows the way forward means pain and blood.As barriers break between reality...

In the mystical land of Pangea, where faith and courage are tested, a young carpenter's son must rise to become the Element Hero and save his world from darkness.Felix Aldric, a humble villager from Eldenwold,...

A broken-down truck, a curvy librarian, and an ex-soldier who falls hard.  Vivyan Souza, is a level-headed, plus-sized librarian traveling to Sander's Point to help update the local library's technology...

In the New York of the near future, society is controlled by the tools of selective law enforcement, managed through the city's information hub. When the Hub's operations are compromised by the sudden...

The war is over. Havenwood stands battered but unbroken, a testament to human will and the complex coexistence with the undead. Kael and Dr. Aria Kline push forward with groundbreaking research to pacify...

One favor turns into forever the moment I fall for the town librarian. RhettMy best friend Joel and his wife Sienna have the flu, so I offer to take their three-year-old to the Sunday Market for the day....

When book club discussions turn deadly, Sam Prescott must solve a mystery that's definitely not on the reading list.Sam Prescott thought joining the Twice-Told Tales book club would be a perfect way to...

In the sun-scorched expanse of the Persian Gulf lies Khark Island, a remote outpost of limestone and salt flats where the relentless hum of oil pumps echoes like a heartbeat that refuses to fade. Max...

If the world  doesn't wreck him, he'll do it himself. Dave Telford's life had no trigger warnings.  It should've come with all of them.  The torment of an abusive childhood, volatile affairs of the heart,...

The Light Between the Waves is a tender, immersive novel about loss, resilience, and the quiet ways love finds us when the world goes dark.Gilly Adrienne knows the sea the way others know their own hands....

I accidentally told my parents that the wealthy stranger who drove me to their house from the airport is my boyfriend.Oops.My life was literally falling apart on the terminal floor.Crushed goldfish crackers.A...

The truth is out. The galaxy is burning.Three months after broadcasting the horrors of Project Chimera to the galaxy, the crew of the freighter Indira is no longer just running. They are a symbol. Under...

Dog groomer Harlee Brady's big dream is to see Orcas in their natural habitat. At twenty-three, she has pretty much given up on it. Out of the blue, a precious old friend named Artie, invites her to celebrate...

It's spring 1979, and retired deli owner Sol Hirsch, formerly of Queens, New York, has traded in his life of corned beef and kosher pickles for the relaxing, sunny climate of Miami Beach. But after a...

This novelette follows Olivia Romano, a woman whose perfect life fractures behind closed doors, forcing her to choose between survival and silence. Told through intimate journal entries, her story traces...

At Obsidian Ridge, combat instructor Dale Ricoh thinks he's unshakable—until a no-gloves sparring match with former Marine Ty Monroe ends in a kiss that feels like both contact and conquest. Oren Callaghan...

Demons are preying on schoolchildren in her city, so Francesca Barnes does what any red-blooded librarian would--she researches, and goes hunting. But the books she finds in a secret cache don't tell...

In the aftermath of the Veiled Convergence, Eldoria stands healed—but never the same. The realms have quieted, yet beneath the surface, echoes of a cosmic song still tremble through stone and sky.Bound...

And so we say farewell. . .Gil, Janetta, Sir Palamedes and Floki Magnusson sail the Atlantic aboard the South Bay Cat, Jack of the Beach. Reading their course in the passage of sea birds and fish shoals,...

Andy is an army veteran attending Middle Tennessee State University, eager to get his college degree and live a normal life. However, he is haunted by the memories of his military past. Will Andy be able...

When the love of your life became the very thing you sworn to protect, you had to kill her. And live with the weight of the knowledge you did so. This is the story of Nathan. A husband. A protector. The...

Phantom Hearts is a three-book fantasy romance collection of ghostly supernatural suspense stories. Each novel is a standalone tale written by A.L. Hawke. This series collection includes the novels Shades,...

April 1861. As war looms, Lorena McKenzie's battle begins at home.Heir to two indebted estates after her father's death, Lorena struggles to fend off cutthroat bankers determined to seize The Pines, her...

"Scrooge's Consumer: Harlo Nale" masterfully blends Charles Dickens' ornate prose style and social commentary with Gnostic philosophy, following financier Harlo Nale through his spiritual awakening via...

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The Oak and the Order is a work of historical fiction set in Iron Age Ireland, where ritual, lineage, and land shape the lives of those who inherit them.The story follows Trad, a boy drawn toward the...

The Illusion of Innocence dives deeper into the world of Aquarius Luis, a young man caught between the glittering promise of suburban life and the harsh realities of the streets. As he navigates loyalty,...

Seventeen-year-old Aquarius Luis has lived a life of privilege, shielded from the shadows that built his family's empire. Handsome, booksmart, and worldly, he believes his life is untouched by the streets....