Marriage and Mischief - format ePub

A life of service is her passion, but this stunning place could be perfect. That is, aside from the dead body… Connie Petretta wonders if it's time for a change. After eleven years at a Boston nonprofit,...

Surf, Sand and Skeletons is Book Two of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A missing woman with a mysterious past. Connie Petretta is...

Piers, Pliers, and Problems is Book Three of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A mystery that will keep you guessing. Connie Petretta...

It's the most wonderful time of the year… that is, aside from the murder. Anna is not only looking forward to the holiday festivities in Seagull Cove, but her cousin Connie is finally coming for a visit!...

We all scream for ice cream…  And for murder. After a turbulent start, Anna McBride is finally settling into her new life in Seagull Cove, Massachusetts. Business is strong, and her ice cream shop is...

Hot fudge…cold body. Fall has arrived in New England, and the summer tourist season has come to an end, which means Anna must get creative to drum up business for her ice cream shop. When a young Seagull...

An afternoon with friends is sweeter than ice cream… unless it's cut short by murder. Anna takes a break from her busy ice cream shop for a long-awaited lunch with friends at Rosie's inn. But a pleasant...

Frozen pudding can be a deadly alternative to ice cream. Anna hopes to provide a healthier option for the customers at her ice cream shop, especially for Joe Wiggins, who comes in every day for his two...

A tropical beach-themed party. All the mango ice cream guests can eat. Cheerful party-goers. What could possibly go wrong? It has been a frigid winter in the coastal town of Seagull Cove, Massachusetts,...

Prepare for a scoop of intrigue at the annual town picnic! Anna and her staff run an ice cream stand at the town picnic. However, things take a chilling turn when the body of the new director of a local...

Murder is cold… especially when it involves a strawberry sundae. Much to Anna's delight, Ava Grant, a childhood friend of Bella's, and her husband purchase a home across the street from Mile Long Beach....

Books 10-12 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Mysteries that will keep you guessing. If you enjoy page-turner cozy mysteries, loveable...

Books 7-9 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Mysteries that will keep you guessing. If you enjoy page-turner cozy mysteries, loveable...

Books 4-6 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Mysteries that will keep you guessing. If you enjoy page-turner cozy mysteries, loveable...

Books 1-3 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Mysteries that will keep you guessing. If you enjoy page-turner cozy mysteries, loveable...

Kayaks and Killers is Book 8 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Sun-drenched Florida beaches. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. A mystery that will keep you guessing. When Connie Petretta and her...

From H.L. Crowe comes their blasphemous debut, DELIVER US TO EVIL.Woodheart, North Carolina is home to a Catholic Church like no other; it runs and operates like Vatican City with the eponymous Father...

One look was all it took to set this heart of stone ablaze. HeatI'm the president of the Kings of Anarchy MC: Virginia Charter. My reputation for being who I am and taking no shit from anyone all while...

The night they ran, the world went quiet in a way that felt unforgiving.By morning, sixteen-year-old Eli Moreno and his sisters—Maria and little Lila—are standing in the wreckage of one desperate choice:...

Tucked in the lucrative Silicon Hills of Austin, Texas, Olivia St. George thrives as a master of illusions—charming wealthy men who pay handsomely for her company, all while safeguarding her heart against...

For a year, she has been a ghost haunting the mud of the Lowlands. They whisper her name in the taverns and the market squares: Cheveux-Sang. The Girl with the Blood-Hair. A reaper with a bone-grip falchion...

I was supposed to let the beast die.Instead, I saved him.The creature I drag from the snow isn't human. He's a dragon shifter — an Alpha — and when he opens his eyes, he doesn't thank me. He looks at...

ATLASI once had her on her knees.Gun to her head. Finger on the trigger.And I let her live.That mistake carved itself into me—followed me all the way to the throne.Because now I'm the Don. And mercy like...

A charming, universally beloved gentleman hides a lifetime of reckless decisions and hidden indiscretions behind his affable, easygoing exterior. When he marries a woman decades his junior, the ghosts...

Determined to shatter the glass ceiling of her era, a fiercely ambitious young woman strikes out on her own to forge a career. She faces a gauntlet of prejudice, skepticism, and financial instability...

The competitive halls of an elite girls' academy serve as the backdrop for a gripping exploration of friendship, ambition, and youthful rivalry. A headstrong student named Tom is determined to leave her...

A mysterious and elegant woman takes up residence in a modest subterranean apartment, sparking intense curiosity among her eclectic neighbors. Beneath her quiet demeanor lies a hidden past filled with...

A tragic shipwreck leaves a young widow stranded on a desolate coast, mourning a marriage that was built on duty rather than passion. But when a mysterious stranger enters her isolated life, she is unexpectedly...

A spirited, mischievous newcomer injects a much-needed dose of energy and unpredictable chaos into a quiet, orderly household. Her brilliant mind and rebellious streak constantly upend the strict rules...

A passionate youth is torn between the overwhelming demands of a profound romantic attachment and the urgent call of a noble, life-consuming vocation. As external forces conspire to separate the lovers,...

Moments in Time — a stirring anthology that proves that even the smallest moments can change the course of an entire life. This collection of four evocative short stories blends drama, fantasy, adventure,...

A love cursed by fate…A bond that refuses to break.After the heartbreaking events of Season One, everything changes.Love is no longer just a feeling—it becomes a sacrifice written in destiny.Secrets begin...

Zalea and Milla Wood know little about the world outside their tribe's land-hold. In school they learned about the troubled Old Times, when bad leaders wreaked havoc on the nation, but that was before...

Wren is a very small bird with a very big dream: to sing her own special aria for the Queen and the Royal Court. But to achieve it, she must travel a long way, across a vast ocean, through a dense jungle,...

A man spends his life searching for truth — only to discover something within himself he cannot accept.

In a parallel universe, under the hammer fist of evil colonialism, a native people are uprooted from their homelands, taken into captivity, and relocated to a life of submission and cruelty.  Separated...

Eliza Bell can face down a requisition officer, deliver a foal at three in the morning, and run an estate stripped bare by war without once raising her voice. She cannot, for the life of her, tell a man...

The Salt Between Us is a coastal novel about love, ambition, and moral fracture set in a village threatened by both rising tides.

They killed her family to break her…but a woman like her is not easily broken. A borrowed badge. A hidden identity.And a man she should never trust. Lainee James should be mourning. Instead, she rides...

Dallas is drowning.A hurricane has flooded the streets. A casino runs on soul-debt. A platform called TRAGIX lets citizens bet on real crimes in real time, payouts cascading as bodies drop. The city's...

A glorious vision is Gloucester harbor, whether seen under the radiant sun of a clear June morning or through the haze and smoke of a mellow October afternoon. Gloucester town lies on a range of hills...

Some years ago I, the editor, was stopping with a friend, "vir doctissimus et amicus neus," at a certain University, which for the purposes of this history we will call Cambridge, and was one day much...

In old times, when voyages were longer than in these days of steam, a nautical frolic on crossing "the Line" helped to break the monotony of many a tedious passage. This time-honoured custom is slowly...

Ancient Power Awakens. Veteran war pilot Riven Voss thought the war was over. He was wrong. Humanity isn't free—it's contained. Watched. Controlled by the alien Ascendancy. Now Riven survives on the edges...

She writes the scandals that ruin men. He's the cold-hearted Duke who just became her target. Clara Stanhope is a master of the double life. By day, she is a "Pious Shadow"—a wallflower so unremarkable...

He needs a silent wife to save his reputation. She is the anonymous voice behind London's most scandalous gossip sheet.Elara Vance is the Ton's most successful wallflower. Quiet, stuttering, and overlooked,...