by admin | Dec 2, 2025 | Historical Romance |
Lucy dreamed of marrying Samuel until she woke up as his wife.
Dismissed after a disastrous year at the newly created Harvard Medical School, Samuel buries his dreams of the future. Shamed by his dismissal, he returns to his north shore home, where he avoids his lifelong friend Lucy dismissing all ideas of marrying her.
Lucy pretends Samuel’s rejection means little as she helps her family on their farm until an early New England blizzard brings challenges and death to her door. When it is over, Lucy lays in her cabin near death with only five-year-old Sally to aid her. Samuel discovers Lucy delirious with fever and endeavors to save her. Unwittingly, he puts her reputation in danger. At his parents’ insistence, Samuel is forced to marry a barely conscious Lucy.
Lucy awakens to a reality more bizarre than her dreams. Sure that Samuel’s vows are coerced, she does everything in her power to convince him to annul the marriage. With the help of his mother and Sarah, Samuel sets out to prove to Lucy that the vows he took are permanent, if she will give him a second chance.
American Homespun series:
Waking Lucy
Remembering Anna (Novella)
Reforming Elizabeth
Healing Sarah
Waking Lucy is the recipient of the 2017 Recommended Read Award in the League of Utah Writers published book contest.
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by admin | Dec 2, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
The Luke Sackville Crime Thriller series continues…
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood
Luke Sackville’s Ethics Team has several projects on the go ranging from environmental negligence to social media trolling. As they start to investigate these apparently minor misdemeanours, Luke begins to see a link between them.
Further work reveals connections to an organised crime cartel, but before Luke can act a trap is laid and more than one of his team find themselves fighting for their lives.
Tiger Bait is the eighth book in the series of crime thrillers featuring ex-DCI Luke Sackville and his Ethics Team.
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by admin | Dec 2, 2025 | Mystery |
“Be prepped for a good read!”
When Ricky Steele, a fifty- something odd jobber, plays a practical joke on her former boarding school, she plunges headlong into kidnapping and murder. While she pretends to be an ace private investigator, the niece of Massachusetts’ governor goes missing and a murderer terrorizes the campus. Ricky enlists the aid of her former roommates, Lolly and Katie and together, they create mayhem during Whitley School’s reunion weekend. As she bungles along in search of the truth, old ghosts of her boarding school days come back to haunt the pretend sleuth. Ghosts and a secret love.
Join Ricky on her first caper and see how this humorous rollicking mystery series got its start.
“…finally someone I can identify with.”
“I am so glad to read a mystery in which the pseudo- PI is a mature woman and not young or Miss Marple. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.”
by admin | Dec 2, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
After her painful and heartbreaking divorce, Bonnie Mayberry thought her life was over. The numbness, the disbelief in what had happened and the fear of what would come next ensured that her every thought was tinged with doubt.
Hoping for a fresh start, she’s packed up, said her goodbyes and moved to the small town of Snow Ridge, New Hampshire. Settling down in an old, renovated farmhouse, she plans to focus on the simple things in life. And, in time, she is determined to get back to some semblance of normalcy.
But, apparently, that is not going to happen any time soon…
The young girl at the local bookstore Bonnie frequents has been murdered. She was one of the few with whom Bonnie has become friendly during her short time in town. And, whether it’s her mysterious past, her reserved nature or simply the relative ease in pinning the blame on the outsider, the police have Bonnie at the top of their list of suspects.
Now, if she wishes to avoid a prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit, it appears as if Bonnie is going to have to prove her own innocence. In doing so, she’ll uncover a crooked politician, unveil a hidden monster and unearth a web of secrets & lies that certain residents of the town have spent their lives concealing. And, with a little luck, she may just survive long enough to clear her good name.
Find out what happens in Body In The Bookstore, the first story in the new “Snow Ridge Mysteries” series, written by Emma Lee and published by Amazon bestselling author, Nancy McGovern.
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by admin | Dec 2, 2025 | Womens Fiction |
‘Fans of Cathy Kelly and Sinead Moriarty will love this.’
When you think you have everything figured out, Life has other ideas
Diane has it all. A great career, a beautiful home and a lavish lifestyle. When all that changes overnight, she is left with some very difficult decisions.
Suze feels invisible. Neither family nor friends seem to have noticed her gradual disappearance. She desperately needs to escape from the trap her life has become, but is there any way out?
Sarah’s world is rocked when her husband of over twenty years makes an astonishing admission. Everything she thought she knew is a lie. What will it take for her to accept the past and move on?
Laurie waits at home while her actor boyfriend Kevin goes to Hollywood for auditions. Then a devastating call from a stranger turns her world upside down.
Four best friends. When life lets them down, at least they have each other.
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