by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Mystery |
Best-Selling and Award-Winning Author
After a multi-year absence, Matt Royal returns to the courtroom. Reluctantly.
Matt Royal is going back to the courtroom. He has agreed to defend his good friend and wife of Longboat Key’s Police Chief. Abby Lester has been charged with the murder of Nate Bannister, an unlikeable, shady character. He was found shot to death in his downtown Sarasota condo and the evidence points to Abby as the killer.
Matt cannot refuse Abby’s pleas for help, despite having retired from the practice of law several years earlier. Now, he must face a hotshot prosecuting attorney with a record of twenty-two wins and zero losses in murder trials.
As he begins to investigate, Matt finds that nothing is what it seems. Police, politicians, academics, real estate moguls and other powerful forces are tied together in a cauldron of issues that Matt must untangle to get at the truth. Can he rekindle his legal skills and outwit the prosecution pitted against him? Matt knows he must, as the life of his friend hangs in the balance.
Perfect for fans of Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer
While all of the novels in the Matt Royal Mystery Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
Blood Island
Wyatt’s Revenge
Bitter Legacy
Collateral Damage
Fatal Decree
Found
Chasing Justice
Mortal Dilemma
Vindication
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by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Treat yourself to a cozy seaside escape from a USA Today bestselling author!
Bookseller and recent divorcée Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she’s barely opened the shop’s doors when her new storybook life takes a dark turn. The morning after the grand opening–featuring a famous author who shows up at the store on the arm of Max’s ex-husband–Max’s rescue dog Winston finds a dead man on the beach behind the shop. The murder weapon? An antique flatiron doorstop… from Max’s bookstore.
Will Max solve the case before the murderer strikes again? Or will her bright new beginning turn into a killer of an ending?
“A fabulous first book for the new Snug Harbor series. You’ll be hard pressed to put it down. The characters are bright and well developed, creating an irresistible town where you will want to return again and again.” — Melissa, Amazon Reviewer
“I could not put it down. I was hooked right from page #1!” — Avid Mystery Reader
“The quintessential cozy mystery.” — Trudi B., Amazon Reviewer
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by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Historical Fiction |
As spring wildflowers bloom in the American midwest in 1917, Lorraine McQuarrie envisions those same flowers rising from the trenches in war-torn France. Ever a fearless young woman, Lorraine knows the Great War is coming for her nation and her loved ones. She would brandish a helmet and uniform if she could; anything to save her youngest brother from the fate of a German rifle.
It’s not until General John Pershing calls upon women to join the war effort that Lorraine finds her opportunity. For the first time, American women will join their husbands, sons, and brothers at the front lines. With the skills needed and a heart for adventure, Lorraine joins the U.S. Army Signal Corps and begins her journey as a Hello Girl.
Fighting against her sister’s disapproval and a rigorous training program, Lorraine is determined to make it to France and discover her purpose in the process. Despite the evils of war, she finds that there is much more to life, love, and sisterhood than her homestead on the Kansas prairie raised her to believe.
by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
“Taut and suspenseful” (Kirkus Reviews): Grief-stricken after their daughter’s death, Dr. Dagny Steele and her husband set sail across the Indian Ocean — but can they survive the terror ahead? “Definitely not for the faint of heart” (New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry).
“An expertly paced psychological thriller on the high seas.” –Best Thrillers
Trapped on a storm-damaged yacht, a grieving woman must conquer her worst fears and fight for her life, in a story described as The Shining on a yacht. Dr. Dagny Steele is on the verge of fulfilling her lifelong calling to become a pediatric surgeon when the sudden death of her daughter sends her into a crushing depression.
Grief stricken and desperate to heal, she takes a leave of absence and sails across the Indian Ocean with her husband. Dagny begins to recover from her tragic loss when her voyage turns into a nightmare.
Isolated and hunted at sea, can she survive a deadly crucible?
by admin | Dec 1, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
“Great story, excellent characterization, lots of action…”
The town I grew up in is dying, and I know who’s killing it. At least I think I do. But he’s a master manipulator and nobody will believe me. It’s up to me to prove that he’s the serial killer who has been stalking the streets. I have to stop him before he targets me, or worse, my family.
Kill Cycle – a psychological thriller that leaves you guessing until the final page.
“There are monsters all around us. We do not always see them for who they are.”
