by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
On a scale from one to ten, how bad is it that I want to kiss my fake boyfriend?MarnieWhat’s worse than being left at the altar? Becoming a meme because one of your nearest and dearest took a video of you running—and falling—down the aisle and made it internet famous.Yup, I’m that Marnie Jones. My sister is for-real famous, which only makes people more interested in my predicament. Is it any wonder I’m feeling down?My best friends will try anything to cheer me up…including setting me up with the Fairy Godmother Agency, a maybe-crazy husband and wife private investigator-slash-life coach team who promise to find the person who sold me out. Better yet, they lend me a fake boyfriend to make my ex jealous and appease my sister.Griffin is gorgeous, attentive, and a very convincing actor. He’s perfect for the job.Too perfect.***GriffinAfter a lifetime of practice, I’m good at pretending. But the more time I spend with Marnie Jones, the less I have to feign my interest in her.She may be down, but she’s not out. She’s beautiful, funny, and just the right amount of weird. All she needs is someone to remind her of that.If I weren’t such a screw up, I’d have half a mind to do it myself.
by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
The Australian Outback is a hot, remote, desolate place to die. Skeletal remains of several young women have been discovered in the bottom of a long abandoned well, and Major Crime Investigators Russell Foley and Sam Rose are assigned to the case.Foley and Rose soon learn a number of young backpackers, traveling around Australia on the adventure of a lifetime, have been reported missing in the area. Are these the remains of those unfortunate young women?As yet another young girl is reported missing, Foley and Rose find themselves in a race against time to find her before she becomes another victim at the bottom of the well. But can they find the killer amid millions of acres of nothing – and stay alive in the process?
by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
SOON TO BE ADAPTED FOR TV! ‘Glorious fun, packed with puzzles and twists. An absolute riot’ Tom Mead, author of The Murder WheelA gripping new mystery featuring Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs.Members of the Lewes Bonfire Society would say afterwards that the event would have been a huge success that year, if it hadn’t been for the dead body…When the charred remains of MP Rupert Millington are found inside a burning effigy, no one knows how they got there, but there are plenty of rumours about whodunnit.The lead suspect wants Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs to help clear her name. She says she’s being framed, but surely there is no smoke without fire.The heat is on when a second victim is killed in a locked room while Tess and Sarah are in the building. Can the duo solve this puzzling mystery and find the real killer before they strike again?Praise for J.L. Blackhurst‘A tasty whodunnit’ The Sun‘One of the few authors where the twists leave me speechless’ Reader review ?????’A real puzzle box of a story’ J.M. Hall, author of A Spoonful of Murder‘Incredibly ingenious’ Reader review ?????’Twisty, tricksy and whip-smart … crackles with tension and humour’ Marion Todd, author of the Detective Clare Mackay series‘From the first sentence to the end I was hooked’ Reader review?????
by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | Fantasy |
One mother. One daughter. One haunted town.NiamhWidow. Divorcee. Mother.Retired ghost hunter.Something has just unleashed dozens of 200-year-old ghosts on my hometown. And my seventeen-year-old daughter wants to be the one to solve the mystery. Isn’t that just great?Little does she know that a ghost killed her dad. Which is why I really, really don’t want either of us to go near them ever again.But, of course, she’s my daughter. Stubbornness runs in the family.So does ghost hunting. If I don’t look into the ghosts haunting the town, I’ll never be able to live with myself if someone else gets hurt.But how can I when I’m terrified they’ll hurt my family again?EdieI never signed up to be a ghost hunter. I was born one.But my mum won’t let me do it. Which means I can see ghosts, but I can’t actually do anything.I can’t help them. I can’t help the people they haunt. And, if she had her way, I wouldn’t event talk to them. Ugh.What’s the point in having magic if you can’t even use it?I need to prove to Mum, once and for all, that I can do this. The question is, how?Discover a whole new world of ghosts, magic, and romance in The Ghost’s Call, the first book in a new mother/daughter fantasy series. It’s a little bit spooky, sprinkled with romance, and seriously sarcastic. Perfect for fans of Charmed, Supernatural, Ghost Whisperer, and Lost Girl.
by admin | Mar 10, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
Can a stylish sleuth pull a rabbit out of her hat to solve an Easter murder in this to-dye-for cozy mystery?When hairstylist Marla Vail attends an Easter egg hunt at historic Tremayne Manor, she’s only there to fix hair for a client, Bonnie “Blinky” Morris. But when she’s asked to comb the grounds for leftover goodies, Marla discovers more than just a few dyed eggs. The dead body in the bunny costume is definitely not having a good hare day. And Blinky seems to have disappeared down a rabbit hole.When trying to solve a murder, everyone needs a friend who’s all ears. For Marla, that’s her husband, homicide detective Dalton Vail. They make an eggcellent team. Dalton isn’t the kind to leap to conclusions, but with his wife seven months pregnant, and knowing Marla finds crime-solving to be irresistible, he worries about her running off on another hare-raising adventure.Marla’s peeps are hoping for a happy ending, but she may have found a basketful of trouble this time. Can she crack the case before Blinky becomes the next victim? Recipes Included!Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal WinnerRoyal Palm Literary Awards Finalist American Fiction Awards Finalist“This story will fill your reading basket with entertainment, charming characters, plot twists, tasty recipes, and a cozy murder mystery to solve.” Mason Canyon, Thoughts in Progress
