by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Historical Romance |
Lady Julia Cavendish has always been a most sensible and practical young woman. So when her parents declare that she must marry, or spend the rest of her days acting as a companion to her dreadful Aunt Mildred, she agrees.
Love, she believes, is not real, and an advantageous marriage is far preferable to the life of a servant.
But then she meets Lord Montague…
The only son of the house her family has been quarrelling with for centuries, he is the last person a sensible and practical girl would think to fall in love. But try as she might, Julia cannot resist the rake’s charm and smiles, and finds herself falling head over heels into something she believed was impossible.
Robert William Montague, current holder of the title Marquess of Thornbrook and heir to the Ducal Seat of Staffordshire, has fallen in love. Again.
But this time, he has not given his heart to an unsuitable actress, or an outrageous opera singer. No, this time, he has given it to a lady, and he has given it away for the last time.
True, the lady in question seems reluctant to accept his heart, and even more determined to talk her way out of falling in love with him, but Robert is determined.
Their two lost souls will find a home together if Robert can just convince Lady Julia to see the light.
As Julia struggles to trust a rake with such a tarnished past, Robert must prove himself to be a changed man. But when the families’ enmity boils over into violence once again, it will take a miracle to join these two star-crossed lovers…
…or at the very least, a little help from Julia’s fellow wallflowers.
The Rake and Lady Julia is the third instalment in the Wilful Wallflowers Series. A charming adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it brings this fun-filled series to a sweet and satisfying conclusion.
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by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Mystery |
Two days. That’s all it was supposed to take.
But when Mylas suddenly discovers the truth, it’s no longer two days. It’s an eternity.
Private investigator Mylas Grey is anticipating photographer Whitney Engel’s visit to Washington.
He’s been planning their itinerary, looking forward to spending time with her, and wondering if the spark between them will ignite into a roaring fire.
He isn’t anticipating having to do a favor for Senator Allen.
However, the favor isn’t supposed to take more than two days. All he has to do is take a trip up to Baltimore, spend a couple of days investigating a matter for another senator, and then he’ll have the rest of the week to entertain Whitney.
But then . . .
He wasn’t anticipating having an encounter with a psychopath.
When Mylas realizes the man he’s investigating has a dark side to him, and he starts digging into his background a little further, it sets off a series of events that puts his own life, as well as Whitney’s, in grave danger.
Which means . . .
He must rely on his faith to overcome the danger.
Mylas is a smart man, a highly skilled investigator, and a man of means. Yet, when he’s confronted with a threat he never imagined, he must depend on his fledgling faith or he could lose everything.
Book II in the Mylas Grey Mystery Series is a clean, nail-biting mystery, involving complex personalities, developing relationships, and a man learning about his newfound faith.
If you enjoy an engaging, multilayered mystery with a vulnerable, endearing hero, someone who will make you cry one minute and laugh the next, you’ll love this book!
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by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Mystery |
DEUCE MORA DOESN’T SHY AWAY FROM FIGHTS – SHE PICKS THEM. THE BIGGER THE BETTER.
Although, to be fair, this one is brought to her by a dog with a bone in his teeth. In Jean Heller’s first Deuce Mora mystery, the scrappy female sleuth tangled with the mob; this time out she’s on the wrong side of the NSA, the FBI and the CIA. At a minimum. Fans of hard-boiled female protagonists should hang onto their fedoras– this one’s an action-packed extravaganza!
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, bit by bit, only to find some Fed in her face, at her door, emerging from the shadows, always guarding the edges of the story, insisting it will not be told. Yes, the Feds are aware of the trafficking ring; yes, they have a plan to move on it; no, Deuce can’t be told about the plan; and under no circumstances can she write about its existence.
This is the story of a lifetime– bigger than the Vinnie Colangelo story, which earned Deuce and the Journal a Pulitzer, and, for once, she has the support of her editor, 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?
And this story has become very personal for Deuce, as she herself admits, lamenting her loss of objectivity. The hard-hitting journalist has fallen hard for a new guy: a savvy and charming eight-year-old boy named Charles with the face of an angel and the possibility of a bright future, but at great risk due to a life in foster care. Already the street-smart kid has revealed a depth of knowledge about the failures of DCFS and the machinery meant to protect him. For Deuce, every child reported missing and every new body discovered in the hunting ground has Charles’s face. But while she’s racing to break the case wide open, her life and her career are threatened on all sides; she has to wonder where– or if– the Feds will stop to contain the horrific truth.
But break wide open it does, racing to an outrageous surprise ending that seems shockingly … plausible, and Deuce learns first-hand the lesson that sometimes the only way to accomplish a great good is to commit unthinkable evil, and then learn to live with the consequences. Author Heller does a masterful job of expanding the story– and her canvas– from a simple murder mystery to an ever-widening crime thriller, and finally to an international conspiracy.
“Good reporters do not always good novelists make, but Jean Heller is both.” — The Boston Sunday Globe
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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by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Historical Romance |
“You want to play games, little wife?”
Two years after her friend’s disappearance, Diana is the only one still looking for her. Even if it takes her into the darkest alleys of London, kissing a most distracting, mysterious man.
As the son of a murderer, Duke Andrew knows only an arranged marriage can save his name. But upon meeting his bride, he realizes he has tasted her lips before…
And, unexpectedly, Diana has a condition: He must show her what it truly means to be a woman. Yet Andrew refuses to let his dark desires corrupt his innocent little wife.
Even if she begs for it…
*If you like a realistic yet steamy depiction of the Regency and Victorian era, then Ravishing his Duchess is the novel for you.
An enchanting regency romance of 80,000 words (around 400 pages), written by Scarlett Osborne and published by Cobalt Fairy.
No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a strong happily ever after.
Pick up “Ravishing his Duchess” today to discover Scarlett’s fantastic new story!
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by admin | Aug 15, 2025 | Dark & Urban Fantasy |
“Victor Catano had me from page one and his style of writing is fun, filled with dialogue that is priceless and face it, who doesn’t love a slobbering, gaseous dog who has a perfect grasp of comedic timing while still being heroic? Mr. Catano has a gem here just waiting to be discovered!” Tome Tender Book Blog
When Gabriel’s witch girlfriend doesn’t return from her latest trip, he gets on the road and heads out to find her. Sheila’s coven is secretive and distrustful of Gabriel, so the only help he has is Sheila’s familiar, a bulldog named Orson, who is psychically linked to both of them.
In Florida, they walk right into an elaborate plan to steal Orson. A mysterious wizard named Yareth is behind the plot, and he may also know where Sheila is.
Gabriel and Orson will have to fight for their lives as they navigate around all the magical roadblocks to force Yareth’s hand. They won’t give up until Sheila is safe.
