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Historical Romance – More Dangerous Heroes

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More Dangerous Heroes
Sizzling Tales of Timeless Desire
By Brenda Jernigan, Amy Jarecki, Catherine Kean, Laurel O’Donnell, Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Publisher: Scott Publishing
Release Date: January 28, 2020
ISBN: 978-0463250525
ASIN: B0838PPYYS
Pages: 1668
Genre: Historical Romance, Boxed Set

USA Today & Award-Winning Authors present 1600 pages of Romance, Adventure, English Lords and Highland Warriors, and heart-stopping romance.

The Time Traveler’s Desire – Amy Jarecki

A man’s life can fall apart in an instant…

Tougher than oxhide, Lachlan Wallace can take about anything except a breakup call from his wife two minutes before competing in the Karate Championship of the World. Arriving home with a loss, he agrees to watch his uncle’s cat over the holidays. Or so he thinks–until he awakes on a fourteenth-century battlefield beside a woman fighting for her life.

The Wicked Lady – Brenda Jernigan

When Trevor Claremont is blind-sided by a pickpocket, he isn’t prepared for the feisty redhead whom he finds is one wicked lady. Seeing a solution to his pressing problem of finding a bride to please his dying grandmother, he offers her a deal: marriage to him…or prison, never imagining that this little cut-purse will also steal his heart.

A Knight’s Desire – Catherine Kean

Lady Rosetta Montgomery is on her way to her wedding when she’s kidnapped by a rider dressed all in black. She discovers her abductor is Lord Ashton Blakeley, her first and only true love, who left her to go on Crusade. Ash is a changed man now, with disfiguring scars and agonizing secrets. As rumors of lost Anglo-Saxon gold and treachery unfold, and Rosetta grows to understand the man Ash has become, will she help him fight for their love, or will the danger surrounding the hidden riches cost them all that they treasure?

The Angel and The Prince – Laurel O’Donnell

In this exciting medieval romance, the French lady knight known as the Angel of Death wages a battle of wills and desires against her dreaded enemy — the English warrior known as the Prince of Darkness.

Highlander in Her Dreams – Sue-Ellen Welfonder

They met through Highland Magic, can true love keep them together?

After stepping through a magical gateway, Kira Bedwell finds herself in fourteenth-century Scotland, face-to-face with Aidan MacDonald, the irresistible Highlander who has visited her in dreams. As their romance transcends to reality, it will take all of their courage and will for their love to survive beyond time itself…

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Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries

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Death in Trout Fork
Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries
By D. M. O’Byrne
Publisher: Black Opal Books
Published: October 2018
ISBN: 978-1644370155 (pb)
ISBN: 978-1644370148 (ebook)
ASIN: B07HYB45TF
Pages: 253
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

Kathryn “Ryn” Lowell has escaped the stifling confines of her office at the New York travel magazine she writes for and pulls into Trout Fork, a tiny fishing hamlet in the Colorado Rockies, to write an article about the town. She hasn’t been there long when, out jogging with her orange tabby cat, Jack Kerouac, she discovers a T-shirt in the local creek that belonged to missing waitress. Now foul play is suspected, and Ryn, who has fallen for the quaint mountain town, is determined to find the killer and give her new friends closure. Teaming up with the local police detective, who seems to want more than Ryn can give him, she puts it all on the line—her heart, her job, and her life.

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The Mountaintop Murders
Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries, Book Two
By D. M. O’Byrne
Publisher: Black Opal Books
Published: May 2019
ISBN: 978-1644371374
ASIN: B07R659C5J
Pages: 220
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

Travel columnist, Ryn Lowell, has been away from Trout Fork, Colorado, for barely a month when a frantic call from Alma sends her hurrying back. One of the Trout Forkers is in jail for the murder of another of the locals. With Jack, her “traveling cat,” secured on her motorcycle, Ryn heads back to her home away from home and the people she has come to care for.

Will Ryn be able to help solve the murder? Can she get her friend out of jail? And what about Detective Garrett Easterbrook? Why isn’t he on the case? Everyone knows something has been bothering him lately, but what can it be? Is there still a spark between him and Ryn? Will it become a flame or peter out?

The Mountaintop Murders is the exciting sequel to Death in Trout Fork.

A Killing in Vail
Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries, Book Three
By D. M. O’Byrne
Published: November 2019
ISBN: 978-1704969381
ASIN: B07ZY5JFSR
Pages: 210
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

Kathryn “Ryn” Lowell is settling into her new job as editor of the Pineland Park Star when she is shocked to read of the sudden death of a dear friend from her childhood. Shot while skiing near the posh town of Vail, Colorado, the young man’s death is ruled an unfortunate hunting accident by the Vail police. But something about the incident just doesn’t add up, and Ryn is determined to find the truth. But asking too many questions can be dangerous. Will Ryn be able to solve yet another murder? Will her “snooping” put her life in danger once again?

What about Garrett? Is he still waiting patiently for Ryn to commit to him? Or is the beautiful new policewoman in his precinct becoming a distraction?

A Killing in Vail is the third book in the exciting Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries series

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D.M. O’Byrne’s first job was as a waitress. Now she’s a writer of mystery novels. In between, jobs included English teacher, racehorse exerciser, jockey, accountant, golf resort assistant manager, writer, and editor. Her places of residence ranged from the Jersey Shore to a lengthy sojourn in California, and finally to the Colorado Rockies. Each profession, each location was rife with life lessons, fascinating characters, potential plot lines, and wide-ranging experiences. Sooner or later, they will all end up on the written page.

O’Byrne is the author of the Ryn Lowell Colorado Mysteries series—Death in Trout Fork, The Mountaintop Murders, and A Killing in Vail. She has also written Dangerous Turf and the sequel, Three to One Odds.

D.M. lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and their cat, Warnie. They spend much of their time riding bikes and enjoying the scenery. Warnie spends his time watching the bunnies out the window, lounging on the sofa, and trying to catch his tail.

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Spellstruck by Summer Prescott

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Did you love watching Bewitched, and I Dream of Jeannie?

How about cats, a good murder mystery, and just a touch of magic?

Babs Baldwin is a decorating diva, who loves the small luxuries in life – a nice purse, a good latte, and a well-put-together room. Her Interior Decorating business is humming right along, until she meets a mysterious couple, who just bought a house, that’s supposedly haunted.
Babs doesn’t believe in such things, but even she has to admit that there’s something fishy going on, when a body is discovered.

The owner of the bakery next door is a small-time medium, who wants to read her tea leaves, and she badgers Babs mercilessly, until at last she relents, with surprising results.
A mysterious box. A magical charm. A tragic past.

Babs is a reluctant amateur sleuth, but she has to get to the bottom of the mystery, or her own life might be in danger. Will the daring diva find the killer? Or will she be the next victim?
Find out in this fast-paced, humorous, mildly paranormal Cozy Mystery!

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Summer Prescott is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author, who has penned nearly one hundred Cozy Mysteries, and one rather successful Thriller, The Quiet Type, which debuted in the top 50 of its genre. As owner of Summer Prescott Books Publishing, Summer is responsible for a combined catalog of over two hundred Cozy Mysteries and Thrillers. Mentoring and helping new Cozy writers launch their careers has long been a passion of Summer’s, and she has played a key role in the incredible success of Cozy writers such as Patti Benning and Carolyn Q. Hunter.

Summer enjoys travel, and is honored to be a featured speaker at the International Writer’s Conference in Cuenca, Ecuador, in May 2018. The event draws writers from all over the world.
In an exciting development, Summer has recently been asked to write monthly for her favorite magazine, Atomic Ranch. Having been an Interior Decorator before giving up her business to write full-time, Summer is thrilled by the opportunity and looking forward to having her writing published in the only magazine to which she actually subscribes.

Summer is a doting mother to four grown children, and lives in Champaign, Illinois with her Standard Poodle, Elvis.

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A Cowboy’s Secret By Vicki Lewis Thompson

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A cowboy by any other name…

When Air Force vet Aaron Donahue lands a dream job in Eagles Nest he doesn’t have love on his mind. Then Caitlin Dempsey pops on his radar and he can think of nothing else. But his chances of successfully wooing her take a nose dive. Against all odds, he shares his name, both first and last, with her cheating ex.

If only he could start fresh with a different name…

Saddle up for the sixteenth book in the McGavin Brothers western romance series from the NYT bestselling author who brought you the Sons of Chance and Thunder Mountain Brotherhood. If you like sexy cowboys, charming small towns, and laugh-out-loud adventures, you’ll love the McGavin Brothers. Pick up your copy today!

The McGavin Brothers
A COWBOY’S STRENGTH (Book 1)
A COWBOY’S HONOR (Book 2)
A COWBOY’S RETURN (Book 3)
A COWBOY’S HEART (Book 4)
A COWBOY’S COURAGE (Book 5)
A COWBOY’S CHRISTMAS (Book 6)
A COWBOY’S KISS (Book 7)
A COWBOY’S LUCK (Book 8)
A COWBOY’S CHARM (Book 9)
A COWBOY’S CHALLENGE (Book 10)
A COWBOY’S BABY (Book 11)
A COWBOY’S HOLIDAY (Book 12)
A COWBOY’S CHOICE (Book 13)
A COWBOY’S WORTH (Book 14)
A COWBOY’S DESTINY (Book 15)
A COWBOY’S SECRET (Book 16)

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New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson divides her writing time among cowboy heroes, werewolf heroes and nerd heroes. She’s threatening to dream up a book about a nerdy werewolf cowboy. The recipient of Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, she has more than a hundred published books and has at least a hundred more story ideas swirling in her head.

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Tea’d Off By Lorraine Bartlett

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With the grand relaunch of Victoria Square’s tea shop, Tealicious, just days away, Nona Fiske decides it’s time to sabotage it and its owner, Katie Bonner. With gossip, innuendo, and outright lies, Nona tries to turn the other merchants on the Square against Katie. But Katie has learned how to deal with people like Nona. Can she kill with kindness?

This story takes place between the Victoria Square mystery novels Yule Be Dead and Killer Ink.

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The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what first put Lorraine Bartlett’s pen name Lorna Barrett’s name on the New York Times Bestseller list, and garnered a coveted Agatha nomination for best novel of 2009, but it’s her talent — whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett — that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series, and the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries, and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s).

Lorraine has done it all–from drilling holes for NASA, to typing scripts in Hollywood. She has also been a copy editor, an MSDS coordinator, a data-entry clerk, a secretary, a used-book seller, an antiques dealer, and an Administrative Assistant. In her writing life she has been a man, a woman, a scientist, an investigator, a cop, a bookseller, a jilted bride, a widower, a doctor, a nurse, a car, an extraterrestrial, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Lorraine lives in Rochester, NY, with her husband and two felines.

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Olympian Reckoning By Astrid Arditi

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Even in a world of mythology and stories, fairytales don’t know always come true.

By releasing the Olympians, Hope took a reckless bet. But she must face the odds and play to win, for her sake…as well as humanity’s.

Aided by her friends and allies–old and new–Hope crafts the trap meant to ensnare the gods, while striving to survive this dangerous game.

She once championed the Olympian gods. Now, she must challenge them.

Read Olympian Reckoning now to discover the ending to Hope’s heroic journey!

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Astrid Arditi has studied at Hogwarts, ridden a dragon, swam with mermaids and flown to the moon. Recently, she traveled to Mount Olympus…

She leads a double life: one of words and whimsy; the other one chasing her two young kids around the playground and kissing away booboos.

She’s a spy, a princess, a unicorn, a wife, a mother and an author. Life is never dull in her messy home in Brooklyn, or in her dreams where she escapes as often as she can.

She writes from experience, of course. You may not believe it, but everything in her books has actually happened to her…even if only in her imagination.

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The Girl Buried in the Woods by Robert Ellis

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With Detective Matt Jones on medical leave after hunting down a brutal serial killer on the East Coast in THE LOVE KILLINGS, his supervisor from Hollywood Homicide makes a late-night visit. A body has been found buried in a remote park high above Los Angeles. Because LAPD resources are maxed out, Jones is ordered to come off leave and work the case. Unfortunately, he makes a quick discovery, and it’s grim. The murder victim is a fifteen-year-old girl.

Driven by the horror of the crime, Jones and his partner, Denny Cabrera, burn through the investigation like a wildfire. But as they turn over clue after clue, nothing adds up until they make an even more gruesome discovery.

There’s another dead body out there, and now, no one is safe—especially Jones, who uncovers evidence that the murders may be linked to a turf war between an infamous mob figure and the power of Wall Street. But even worse, the big shots in city government are in on it, too. One suspect after the next shares the same goal—to pin the murders on Matt Jones and watch him run for his life.

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Robert Ellis is the international bestselling author of Access to Power, The Dead Room, the critically acclaimed Lena Gamble novels City of Fire, The Lost Witness, and Murder Season, and the Detective Matt Jones Thriller series, City of Echoes, The Love Killings, and The Girl Buried in the Woods (2019). His novels have been translated into more than ten languages and selected as top reads by Booklist, Publishers Weekly, National Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune, the Toronto Sun, the Guardian (UK), People magazine, USA Today, and the New York Times.

Born in Philadelphia, Ellis moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a writer, producer, and director in film, television, and advertising. His books have garnered praise from a diverse group of authors including Janet Evanovich. But perhaps Michael Connelly said it best: “CITY OF FIRE is my kind of crime novel. Gritty, tight and assured. Riding with Detective Lena Gamble through the hills of Los Angeles is something I could get used to. She’s tough, smart, and most of all, she’s real.”

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