The Trouble With Secrets

Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork, Ireland 1958

For eighteen-year-old Lena O’Sullivan, life feels like a cage with invisible bars. While everyone expects her to follow the well-worn path of marriage to a local boy and raising a family, Lena dreams of adventure and a world beyond the rolling hills of Kilteegan Bridge.

Malachy Berger is heir to a vast fortune, owner of the most magnificent house in the county, and blessed with an education that opens doors to anywhere in the world, Malachy represents everything Lena has ever yearned for. Not only is Malachy intriguing but there’s something deliciously mysterious about his eccentric German father and their enigmatic past that has the entire village whispering behind closed doors.

When Lena and Malachy’s friendship blossoms into something deeper, their families react with shocking hostility. But why? What dark secrets are they so desperate to hide? What could possibly be so dangerous about two young people falling in love?

As Lena digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a labyrinth of family secrets that span generations and continents. From the windswept cliffs of Ireland to the bustling streets of Cardiff, and back to the shadows of old Germany, she discovers that her destiny has been shaped by forces beyond her imagination.

Now Lena and Malachy must navigate a treacherous web of lies, betrayal, and secrets. Can they break free from the chains of the past, or are the doomed to pay for the sins of those gone before?

A sweeping tale of mystery, romance, and the courage to forge your own destiny against impossible odds.

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Jasmine Sea

Danger lurks in the sea… with a storm of the heart and a storm of the sky.

Christie has never been so happy. She adores living in Rivers End and every day her relationship with Martin grows stronger. But a last-minute job in Melbourne puts her back in the sights of the one person she vowed to keep away from, setting in motion a dangerous series of events.

Back home again, she works on the renovations of the stationmaster’s cottage and discovers a hidden room whose secrets might heal the old hurts of someone she loves… or reopen past wounds.

When a sudden crime spree affects the town, Christie finds herself at odds with Martin over her safety. Instead of the proposal she hoped for, she’s now unsure of their future and loses focus on the danger closing in on her.

In a heart-stopping series of events, Christie comes face to face with her greatest fear… and has one chance to save those she loves.

Jasmine Sea follows on from The Stationmaster’s Cottage, with heart-pounding suspense and heartwarming joy.

Deuce Mora Mystery Series (Volumes 1-3)

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Deuce Mora’s one tough cookie–-a female sleuth with a conscience and an attitude–fiery, tough, athletic, a dirty fighter when she has to be. The scrappy lead columnist for the Chicago Journal normally writes about politics, and, rather than shying away from fights, she tends to pick them, but every once in a while, Deuce’s search for a good story brings her face to face with more trouble than she was really looking for. In award-winning (including two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist) journalist Jean Heller’s first action-packed mystery featuring the intrepid sleuth, Deuce learns in short order that if you mess with organized crime, you have to be tough—and you’d better be as much detective as reporter. The second volume finds Deuce on the wrong side of the NSA, the FBI and the CIA. At a minimum. Exhausted by these two white-knuckle investigations in one year, Deuce is content to focus on her column until she gains information that could help catch the relentless arsonist whose Burning Rage is consuming Chicago. Fans of hard-boiled female protagonists should hang onto their fedoras– this one’s an action-packed extravaganza! “Good reporters do not always good novelists make, but Jean Heller is both.” — The Boston Sunday Globe “Superb … It reads like a multimillion-dollar movie thriller.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Deuce … finds dead-ends and danger at every turn. Part journalism procedural, part character study, THE SOMEDAY FILE is a humdinger of a mystery, the first of a welcome new series.” –Paul Levine, author of Bum Rap THE SOMEDAY FILE Deuce uncovers a series of crimes committed over nearly six decades, and, as her human interest story morphs into a hard-boiled, action-packed mystery, she finds herself dead center in a storm of threats and reprisals from the mob. Fortunately, she has many allies, but at least one of them, she suspects, is hiding a secret–- corruption? Murder? The veteran reporter knows: if you’re talking Chicago crime scene—it’s probably both. THE HUNTING GROUND The grisly discovery of a human bone while Deuce is out for a hike with handsome arson investigator Mark Hearst leads to the unearthing of a vast burial field, a human trafficking ring, and international intrigue. The pull-no-punches columnist– and meticulous detective– keeps turning up information, but the Journal’s lawyer appears daily, bringing warnings about “national security.” What, Deuce seethes, could be a greater matter of national security than the safety of the city’s children, who are being kidnapped and murdered? BURNING RAGE Whole blocks of Chicago real estate are falling to an arsonist, but no one knows why and everyone suspects the worst – terrorism. But no terrorist group has claimed the mayhem. From the moment she hears the earliest details of the first fire, her detective-instincts say the pieces don’t fit, and every other instinct tells the hard-hitting reporter she can’t walk away from the story – even though she knows she’ll regret it. WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Chicago private investigators VI Warshawski and Libby Fischer Hellman’s Georgia Davis, get-the-story-or-die reporters like Hank Philippi Ryan’s Jane Ryland and Kelly Lange’s Maxi Poole, hard-boiled female protagonists like Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone and Laura Lippman’s Tess Monaghan; and anyone who admires tough-minded women sleuths who’re good in a fight.
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Witch for Hire

Most witches don’t work for police departments, but Michelle isn’t your average witch. She’s clanless, looking for a warlock who isn’t offended by her lack of family connections, and in danger of losing her job if she can’t find the escaped trolls before they start eating the local residents.

Trolls, angry police, and misbehaving spells are the least of her problems. Statues attacking homeowners might be problematic for your average witch, but to Michelle it’s another day at the office. Her real concern is the wizard suddenly interested in dating her and an old elf set on pestering her. When her happy family is rocked by a long kept secret her stable life falls apart faster than she can pick up the pieces.

And she still hasn’t found those trolls.

Honored Enemy

New York Times Bestselling Author

In the frozen Northlands of Midkemia, Captain Dennis Hartraft’s Marauders have just had a disastrous encounter with their sworn enemy, the Tsurani. Wounded and disheartened, the Mauraders set out for the shelter of a frontier garrison. They don’t know that a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on that same garrison. Arriving simultaneously, the Marauders and Tsurani find the outpost already overrun by a dark enemy whose ferocity is legendary in Midkemia. In order to survive, the foes must band together and fight as one.

As they make their way across the inhospitable climate, the two batallions struggle not only with the elements and their enemy, but also their consciences. Can their hatred for their mutual enemy overcome their distrust of each other? And, with both sides carrying painful scars from past wars, what is more important: one’s life or one’s honor?