The Reckoning

by Dale Crotts

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Fifteen years ago, Spencer Rawlings left Michigan and a three-year law practice after discovering his father, a judge, was involved with a murder cover-up for a well-known Detroit mob family, the VanWarners. When he returns to Traverse City, Michigan for his father’s funeral, he becomes drawn deep into a mystery involving his father, the VanWarners, and a missing ten million dollars. As Spence pieces together the clues to find the money, he suddenly finds himself on trial for murder, while learning just how involved his father was with the VanWarners. While eluding the police to find the evidence to clear his name, Spence may have found the love he has been searching for in Macy Merit, an avenger with a strong military background and desire, not only for Spence, but to find justice. A page turning unpredictable mystery with a dash of romance, The Reckoning creates a compelling story you will be unable to put down.

The Truth Be Told

by E. Louise Jacques

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An ordinary woman discovers she has an extraordinary ability when she awakens from a coma—she’s able to make people tell the truth. When Amelia Jones recovers from a paddleboard accident on Amelia Island, Florida, she soon realizes that when she says the words ‘the truth be told,’ others are compelled to speak honestly. As she deals with the profound intellectual, emotional, and spiritual impact of the 45th Presidency, she continues her soul-searching about the nature of ‘truth’ in an alternative-facts society. Amelia faces new challenges when videos showing her abilities are posted on social media. She is inundated with requests for help from strangers, local police departments, and the FBI. She becomes involved with several high-prole cases, including a deadly plot against the Vice President, and a conspiracy by the KNC, a fanatical right-wing group planning the assassination of key political figures. While in Washington, DC, Amelia’s entanglement with the KNC leads to a life-threatening situation.

Where the Lady Slippers Grow: The Madison McKenzie Files Book 2

by Bev Freeman

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Madison helps Rick investigate a missing hiker. She has visions while alone with a corpse, and fear of her budding psychic ability causes secrecy. After Sheriff Perry’s injury, Cold Creek votes Madison as their sheriff. She demonstrates a knack for the job, exposing her to dangers beyond imagi-nation, and jealousy becomes her newest challenge.

Snooping Can Be Uncomfortable: A Lindsay Harris Murder Mystery

by Linda Hudson Hoagland

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Plucky single mom and sleuth extraordinaire, Lindsay Harris, is at it again! This time, though, it's a trickier business. She has to find evidence that will clear murder charges led against the parents of her daughter's closest friend. But Harris soon discovers that prying into a friend's business can be downright uncomfortable and dangerous business. Exciting and engaging read for all ages.

Murder on Wilson Street

Faye Duncan

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Emma Robinson is a single woman working as an editor for Nobel Prize winner Ray West. She is on her way to work, when Ray tells her that the friendly old neighbor Natalie Woodbridge has been killed. Because the police found a blonde hair next to the body, Emma gets arrested until Ray mysteriously bails her out. Why is that important to Ray? Is Emma guilty or innocence? The twists and turns in the story will keep the reader engaged from the beginning to the end.

Snooping Can Be Dangerous

Linda Hudson Hoagland

Life is good for legal assistant Lindsay Harris. She has friends, three wonderful children and a job that pays the bills. However, when a man from her neighborhood is murdered, her world is shaken up. Not only does she have to deal with her overbearing boss, but now her crazy ex-husband is back in the picture—and that means trouble. With the help of some of her closest friends, Lindsay decides to take matters into her own hands. But she soon  finds herself in the middle of a deadly situation as she learns that snooping can, indeed, be dangerous.

Snooping Can Be Contagious

Linda Hudson Hoagland

Lindsay Harris, a mother who works as a legal secretary/assistant, headed for trouble when her twin daughters, Emily and Ellen, acquire a baby-sitting job for a mysterious single dad for two small children. With the encouragement of her daughters and her friends, Jed and Marnie, she jumps knee deep into the problem of trying to prove the mysterious single dad innocent of killing his two children. Because her need to snoop into mysteries that need answers has spread to others, meaning her family and friends, Lindsay has now proven that snooping can be contagious.

Snooping Can Be Devious

Linda Hudson Hoagland

Ryan is missing! He is only eleven years old, and he is gone. Is it because I, Lindsay Harris, witnessed an armed robbery? Did his father steal him? Or a pedophile? Who is Brian? Emily, Ellen, Jed, and I take on the task of trying to  find Ryan.

Snooping Can Be Doggone Deadly

Linda Hudson Hoagland

Emily Harris, Lindsay's teenage daughter, tries to help a friend and becomes a victim. A simple act of kindness causes a great deal of trouble for Lindsay along with the fact that her friend, Jed, becomes hospitalized with a broken leg. How did Jed's broken leg, Lindsay's co-worker Annie's neighbor's missing parents, and a murdered dog become intertwined into Lindsay's life to become a matter of life and death?

Snooping Can Be Helpful Sometimes

Linda Hudson Hoagland

Maddie, a missing, homeless teenager pulls Lindsay, family, and friends, into her world. Lindsay agrees to help her daughter, Emily, Maddie's best and only friend, find Maddie and finds she must infiltrate the world of the homeless to accomplish her task. Part of a great cozy mystery series.

The Best Darn Secret

Linda Hudson Hoagland

My how times have changed! In the mid-1960s, Annette Taylor's movie star mom, Rita, keeps her hidden away in an orphanage so she won't ruin her chances of getting prime Hollywood roles. While seventeen-year-old Annette doesn't like what her mother and father are doing to her, she is still excited when they come to pick her up for a family vacation. However, things don't go as planned. A horrible car crash throws Annette from the vehicle, and now she cannot remember who she is. As she searches for her true identity, she meets some people who teach her about life, love and how a real family works-but not before she realizes someone wants her dead!

Splitters

E. Louise Jacques

On Thanksgiving weekend, empty nesters Laura and John Beck move to their part-time home on Amelia Island, FL. On the beach, they make a shocking discovery: the body of local millionaire, Eduardo Conti. As Laura begins her life as a 'splitter'-dividing her time between two homes-she meets her neighbors: Cassandra Harcourt, her friend turned- enemy from high school; Faith Proctor, a widowed Southern belle; and psychic medium, Amy Temple. The women are thrust into the mysteries surrounding Conti's murder, becoming amateur sleuths in the process. They piece together the puzzle of Conti's shady business dealings and his untimely death as they cope with personal life-changing circumstances, face dramatic events, and reveal scandalous secrets from the past. Ultimately, the women come face-to-face with a killer.

Betrayed

Ann El-Nemr

Ron Rian's sole desire is to marry his only son, Bernard, to another prominent family, to gain an heir to the Rian fortune. But Bernard has a different agenda -he falls in love with Gabrielle, a foreigner vacationing in the United States with a friend. Gabrielle is not Bernard's social equal and is a mystery to Ron. He enlists his security officer to investigate and identify this woman. As Gabrielle returns to her work and life in Canada, Bernard uncovers his father's spy tactics and confronts him. But who is this woman who has stolen Bernard's heart? Will his father put an end to their romance permanently? Can Bernard reach Gabrielle? Or is it too late?

Forgiven (Sequel of Betrayed)

Ann El-Nemr

Tom Smith, an ex-Army sergeant from Special Ops, is determined to exact revenge on the family that betrayed him and condemned him to ten long years behind bars. Tom's focus on his plot is interrupted when Chantal, an unexpected visitor to the Rians', catches his interest. Will Tom return to his mission when Chantal returns home? Will Tom yield to Chantal's love, or will he break her heart? Will his schemes disintegrate, or will he pursue his vocation to avenge his betrayal?

The Pledge

Ann El-Nemr

On the one-year anniversary of his old friend's death, Dalton receives a letter. In the message, his deceased friend reminds Dalton of his promise to honor his deathbed request: to bring love and happiness back to his widow, Annette. When Dalton unexpectedly encounters his friend's widow, he falls for her and subsequently breaks his current engagement. But should he tell her about the letter and the terms of his pledge to her former husband? Will she reject him or accept his love? Dalton finds the answers to his questions when his scorned fiancee finds the posthumous letter and becomes determined to win back Dalton at any cost-even death. Can he gain Annette's trust from his web of deceit? Can he protect Annette from his enraged former fiancee?