by admin | Dec 20, 2025 | Historical Fiction |
A sleepy town. A precocious girl. A drizzly night. A chilling death that makes no sense at all.
June 1938: Popular teenager Maya Hickman is found dead in a shallow creek, leaving the sleepy town of Shogie, Washington shocked and baffled. Fourteen years later, Maya begins haunting the dreams of her childhood friend and quiet Indian immigrant, Munna Dhingra, just as an anonymous letter arrives musing “Why Maya Had to Die.”
Why now? Why Munna? Rich, beautiful Maya never needed Munna when she was alive. How could she possibly need her now that she’s dead? Does Munna know something without even realizing it? And what does the eerie letter mean?
Stalked by guilt and desperate to prevent more deaths, Munna befriends Karenina – a fiendishly brilliant psychoanalyst with the uncanny ability to unearth dark secrets from even the most lighthearted conversations. As the two pull at the threads of Munna’s broken memories and the town’s vicious gossip, they unravel a web of jealousy, betrayal, and forbidden relationships within a tight-knit community desperate to cling to its veneer of tranquility.
But every secret uncovered leads to more questions and every step forward heightens a sense of encroaching dread, as Munna and Karenina race to piece together a complex psychological puzzle. Will they find out in time . . . why Maya had to die?
Maya, Dead and Dreaming is a mystery set in 1952, Washington state. Inspired by Agatha Christie with a dash of Jhumpa Lahiri.
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by admin | Dec 20, 2025 | Historical Romance |
A deal with a notorious rake may be her only hope.
In a desperate search for her missing sister, Lady Natalia Abbingale is out of money, out of options, and out of hope—until she spies the one man that may be the key to finding her sister—the Marquess of Lockston. He was a rake. A connoisseur of young widows. She knew that. But he was also the only man that could help her.
Fletcher Williston, the eleventh Marquess of Lockston, had been minding his own business in the brothel, never imaging he was being watched. That is, until Lady Natalia appears at his home, demanding he help her to find her sister. Refusing her should be easy. He has secrets he must live his life by. And those secrets did not need to be threatened by a downfallen lady of the ton.
Yet Lady Natalia possesses the right family, the right veneer, and most importantly, the right circumstance—desperation—and a deal made with her could possibly be just what he is looking for.
Note: The books in the Lords of Action series by K.J. Jackson are each stand-alone stories, and can be read individually in any order. These historical romances are set in the Regency and Victorian eras, and do not shy away from scenes with steamy heat, occasional naughty language, and moments that might possibly make you squirm.
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by admin | Dec 20, 2025 | Mystery |
A brutal murder. A cryptic crime scene. A killer who rewrites the rules.
Detective Inspector Joe Hogarth faces a chilling puzzle—a victim bound to a chair, stabbed viciously, yet eerily at peace before the end. It looks like a gangland execution. But why did the killer first administer a blissful overdose?
Then, another body turns up. Same gruesome details. Same ruthless precision.
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As the body count rises, Hogarth must untangle a web of deception, greed, and buried secrets before the next victim falls.
But danger isn’t only on the case—someone from Hogarth’s past has returned. And they’re out for only one thing…
Revenge.
With time running out and enemies closing in, Hogarth must track a killer while watching his own back.
Because justice comes at a price. And this time, it’s personal.
THE BLOOD LINE—A gripping DI Hogarth thriller where villains rise, heroes fall… and the truth cuts deep.
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by admin | Dec 20, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
Life is already complicated enough for John Lee Quarrels, what with his estranged wife dropping in for unannounced sleepovers, her oversexed sister tempting him, his pot smoking ponytailed grandfather growing his own stash, his Elvis obsessed grandmother, and being caught smack dab in the middle of a power struggle between the Sheriff and Chief Deputy. But when a road construction crew unearths the skeletons of three murder victims, John Lee suddenly finds himself on the trail of a killer who may well have died long before the deputy was even born. And then a mysterious sniper begins shooting at deputies…
As sultry as a Florida back road in August, as mysterious as the South’s live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss, and as deadly as a copperhead strike, New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s new John Lee Quarrels series is sure to hook you from the first page and keep you reading late into the night.
by admin | Dec 20, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
The house is free, but it comes with a price…
Single mom, Molly Greene, is forced to close her Michelin star restaurant due to the Covid 19 pandemic. To escape the ghosts of her past and the high cost of city living, Molly moves the Greene family to the isolated town of Old Castle where they move into a free-of-charge 200-year-old stately farmhouse…which isn’t quite vacant.
The Greene family realise they’ve become unwitting participants in a macabre contest where the farmhouse is the first prize…or is it? Little do they know they’re sharing their house with a sinister squatter that lingers in the fireplace and likes to come out and play when the sun goes down.
Financially broke, Molly decides to go public about the ominous presence in the farmhouse, hoping to cash in on the phenomena, never considering the repercussions of her actions.
