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A killer on the loose, and a village gripped by fear. Can the Shell House Detectives save Porthpella?Springtime on the Cornish coast and Porthpella?s artistic community are throwing open their doors, welcoming visitors to the annual Arts Trail. And this year, celebrity artist Harrison Loveday is the guest of honour.However, the light mood soon darkens when there?s a dramatic death at the opening-night party, and after threatening messages start appearing around the village, fear takes over. Before long, Porthpella is shocked by a second brutal murder, and whisperings of a ?serial killer? start to circulate.With the press descending on the Arts Trail for all the wrong reasons, the Shell House Detectives find themselves vying with the police to hunt down the killer, fast. As the pair uncover bitter rivalries and hidden agendas, plus a growing list of suspects, the question of who has both the means and the motive makes this the most complex case Ally and Jayden have faced yet.Can the Shell House Detectives stop the Arts Trail Killer before they strike again?

In Roswell, New Mexico, the mystery of the unknown grips a sheltered novitiate in a haunting historical novel about fate, agency, and faith by the bestselling author of October in the Earth.It?s 1947 when Sister Mary Agnes arrives in New Mexico. Her mission is to establish a monastery in the town of Roswell, where weeks before rumors of the crash landing of an unidentified craft have triggered a crisis of faith. Residents are drifting away from the divine, awed no longer by the heavens but rather the stars.In service to the frightened and confused, Sister Mary Agnes soon befriends Betty Campbell, a teenager marked both physically and psychically by the inexplicable event. Mary Agnes is also unsettlingly drawn to Harvey, an attentive handyman refurbishing the monastery?and a firsthand witness to the crash. But as Mary Agnes tries to guide her wayward friends back to the church, it?s the fantastic and the forbidden that begin to loom large in her imagination.Thrown into her own crisis of doubt, Mary Agnes must choose whether to uphold the order in which she came of age or embrace the truth she feels in her heart, despite its terrifying complexity.

Seven deadly?and ultrarich?sins rule NYC, and though she came here to escape her past, one woman?s true path to freedom might be the devil?s bonds in this scorching hot romantasy from Kait Ballenger.The seven deadly sins keep high profiles in the Big Apple: Lust runs brothels, Sloth?s a media streamer?you get the picture. Pride, though, he?s more mysterious. You might know him as Lucifer?temptation irresistibly embodied. The paparazzi are dying for some burning-hot gossip. So when someone publishes my scathing but private rant about him, they eat it up. And now my job is on the line. After all, he is my boss.With his vicious siblings vying for his power, Lucifer needs to distract the press, so he reframes my tirade as a lovers? spat, demanding I play the devil?s fiancée. I need to be a good girl, smile for the cameras, nothing more.But cocky and cruel as he is, his darkness awakens something wicked in me. Sexy and in control, he might just be the cure?an extra dose of sin to heal me from a lifetime of shame and subservience.And I like it.

Two disappearances and a murder. The mystery couldn?t be more personal in a witty and twisty rom-com caper from Amazon Charts bestselling and Edgar Award?nominated author Jess Lourey.After a year in Battle Lake, Minnesota, aspiring PI Mira James would kill not to stumble over another dead body. Given her latest discovery, though, it isn?t looking good.An ominous note hidden in an old book not only mentions Battle Lake?s former librarian, who vanished into thin air, but also Mira?s own father, who died thirteen years ago. The word ?HELP? scrawled at the top is even more unnerving. But who?s in danger? And why?As if the note isn?t mystery enough, a girl?s sudden disappearance adds another case to Mira?s plate. To solve them both, Mira?and all of Battle Lake?must navigate deadly threats and a few surprises she never saw coming.Revised edition: This edition of April Fools includes editorial revisions.

From the author of Four Steps to the Perfect Revenge comes a deliciously witty and lighthearted romance brimming with misadventures, misdeeds, misunderstandings?and one perfectly mismatched couple.A notorious rule follower, the old Daphne Davis could do no wrong. But lately she can?t get anything right.Jilted by her ex, ousted from her home, and laid off from her job, Daphne retreats to her little hometown, Fernley Island. But even there, she feels out of sync. So, bailing on her own sister?s engagement party, she suddenly embraces a brand-new philosophy: no more goody-two-shoes.Unfortunately, Daphne?s new mantra lands her squarely in the headlights?literally?of her high school nemesis, Calvin Flint. No longer a scrawny jerk, he?s Fernley?s acting sheriff, filling out his uniform waaay better than he ought to.He?s also Daphne?s new boss.As Daphne balances the books after a department scandal, a series of mishaps throws her and Calvin together. The sparks that fly take them both by surprise. But will a fake dating scheme and quest for a stolen heirloom ruin their chance at something real?

In this journey from first love to second chances, New York Times bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin brings a single mom and a widower back home to renew the spark that will light their way forward.Devorah Campbell?s life falls apart under the pressure of one truth: her husband is having an affair with her best friend. So Devorah packs up her daughter and their shared heartbreak for small-town Oyster Bay, where she grew up. Her relationship with her father is still on the rocks, but Devorah has her brother there?and, unexpectedly, her brother?s best friend.Hayden McKenna lost his wife a year ago and has struggled with single fatherhood ever since. Moving back home with his son is a last but best resort, a chance to start fresh, surrounded by family and old friends. But when Hayden runs into Devorah, his childhood crush, sparks fly as bright as ever. If only he could make her see them too?Amid a swirl of hurt and healing, Devorah and Hayden grow closer, rekindling what they had all those years ago to discover that, sometimes, a new start means going back to the beginning.

Forbidden love on the sun-kissed Mediterranean. Regardless of the risks, it?s easy to get swept away in a breathtaking romance by Sariah Wilson, the USA Today bestselling author of Hypnotized by Love.Lucky Salerno?s dream is to own a bakery. To earn enough money to achieve it, she has secured a lucrative job as chief stewardess on a superyacht cruising the Mediterranean. Aboard the ship, there?s one unbreakable rule: no hookups among the crew. No problem. The last thing Lucky has time for is a man. Then she meets Hunter Smith, the gorgeous new deckhand sharing her cabin. Is the universe trying to test her willpower?Who needs the drama that comes with a relationship? Not Hunter. Who can ignore a witty, beautiful bunkmate like Lucky? Also not Hunter. There?s something just as enticing for Lucky: a tantalizing mystery behind Hunter?s piercing blue eyes she can?t wait to solve. But at what risk?As they get to know each other, a secret romance buds at sea, and Lucky has to choose. Abide by the rules to make her career dreams come true, or pursue her love for Hunter?another dream that?s just as near to her heart.

A whirlwind romance. An impulsive marriage. A Floridian paradise. And a murder among friends in a twisty whodunit by Boo Walker, the bestselling author of The Stars Don?t Lie and An Echo in Time, and coauthor Peggy Shainberg.On a tiny island off Paradiso, Florida, in 1970, neighbors gather to toast two new arrivals: shy Catherine and her taciturn husband, Dr. Frank Overbrook, who is taking over an old friend?s medical practice. It?s an intimate welcoming for the newlyweds, who have abandoned city life for swaying palms and an ocean breeze. But the morning after is anything but peaceful when Frank is found dead on the beach.Detective Quentin Jones has his eyes on the island?s residents and the welcome party?s guest list. There?s the retiring doctor and host, as well as his nurse. Volatile marrieds Miriam and her husband, David, constantly at each other?s throats. The Carters, a strangely antisocial young couple. And Sylvie, a blind sculptor to whom Quentin lost his heart years ago.But which one is a murderer? As the investigation unravels a close-knit group of friends, secrets are exposed?and more than one of them is worth killing for.

A missing woman. A gruesome delivery. A terrifying discovery. Where is Caroline Crow?"Just when you think Payne is at the top of her game, she pulls this out of the bag."?Graham BartlettAll has been quiet in Liverpool, suspiciously quiet?So, when a frantic 999 call comes into Hale Street Police Station reporting a missing woman, it seems like there?s work to do. Except for DI Sheridan Holler there are questions. Why did Caroline Crow take her purse, suitcase and even tell friends she was going away? There?s no reason to suspect foul play?until a severed, burned hand is delivered to another address.With no hard evidence linking the two cases, Holler?s gut is telling her that all is not as it seems and if she?s right, time is running out to find Caroline alive.As DI Holler attempts to weed out the truth from the lies, will this be one puzzle that runs out the clock? Or can Holler and her team fit the pieces together before it?s too late?

A haunted woman stalked by a serial killer confronts the horrors of fairy tales and the nightmares of real life in a breathtaking novel of psychological suspense by a Bram Stoker Award?winning author.It started the night journalist Briar Thorne?s mother died in their rambling old mansion on Chicago?s South Side.The nightmares of a woman in white pleading to come home, music switched on in locked rooms, and the panicked fear of being swallowed by the dark?Bri has almost convinced herself that these stirrings of dread are simply manifestations of grief and not the beyond-world of ghostly impossibilities her mother believed in. And more tangible terrors still lurk outside the decaying Victorian greystone.A serial killer has claimed the lives of fifty-one women in the Chicago area. When Bri starts researching the murders, she meets a stranger who tells her there?s more to her sleepless nights than bad dreams?they hold the key to putting ghosts to rest and stopping a killer. But the killer has caught on and is closing in, and if Bri doesn?t answer the call of the dead soon, she?ll be walking among them.

An intimate and deeply moving coming-of-age novel about second chances and the inextricable bonds between lovers and friends.The only love Ari has known is Morgan. Engaged and planning a life with him in New York, Ari is shocked when Morgan sits her down one rainy afternoon and tells her their decade-long relationship is over. They?ve been over for a long time now, he says?and Ari knows he?s right.Twenty-eight years old and suddenly alone, Ari throws herself into a new job in Boston, as assistant to a tech CEO. Wells is British, twelve years her senior, a devoted husband and father. He?s also captivated by Ari, in a way neither of them can explain. Ignoring every warning signal from friends and their own instincts, they dive into a fiery affair, which becomes more dangerous as Ari finds herself intricately tangled with his wife, Leah.Nothing can prepare Ari for the choices she must make as she tries to uncover what?s right for herself, and for the people she can?t let go. As a new path opens?a journey of lies and the twisted calculus of protecting them?Ari?s second chance at happiness forces her to consider who she really is. Can you love someone without dragging them under? What does it take to start over again?

An intimate and deeply moving coming-of-age novel about second chances and the inextricable bonds between lovers and friends.The only love Ari has known is Morgan. Engaged and planning a life with him in New York, Ari is shocked when Morgan sits her down one rainy afternoon and tells her their decade-long relationship is over. They?ve been over for a long time now, he says?and Ari knows he?s right.Twenty-eight years old and suddenly alone, Ari throws herself into a new job in Boston, as assistant to a tech CEO. Wells is British, twelve years her senior, a devoted husband and father. He?s also captivated by Ari, in a way neither of them can explain. Ignoring every warning signal from friends and their own instincts, they dive into a fiery affair, which becomes more dangerous as Ari finds herself intricately tangled with his wife, Leah.Nothing can prepare Ari for the choices she must make as she tries to uncover what?s right for herself, and for the people she can?t let go. As a new path opens?a journey of lies and the twisted calculus of protecting them?Ari?s second chance at happiness forces her to consider who she really is. Can you love someone without dragging them under? What does it take to start over again?

From USA Today bestselling author Sonali Dev comes the heartfelt story of a woman determined to reunite a lost ring with its owner, who ends up finding herself along the way.Mira Salvi has the perfect life?a job she loves, a fiancé everyone adores, and the secure future she?s always imagined for herself. Really, she hasn?t a thing to complain about, not even when she has to go on her engagement trip to New York alone.While playing tourist in the city, Mira chances upon a lost ring, and her social media post to locate its owner goes viral. With everyone trying to claim the ring, only one person seems to want to find its owner as badly as Mira does: journalist Krish Hale. Brooding and arrogant, he will do anything to get to write this story.As Krish and Mira reluctantly join forces and jump into the adventure of tracing the ring back to where it belongs, Mira begins to wonder if she is in the right place in her own life. She had to have found this ring for a reason?right? Maybe, like the owner of the lost ring, her happy ending hasn?t been written yet either.

From USA Today bestselling author Audrey J. Cole comes a harrowing thriller about a woman faced with the unthinkable, when her infant goes missing aboard a plane to New York.Rushing back to her seat, Makayla Rossi is relieved that all?s still quiet. But when she checks on her sleeping baby, relief morphs into fear. The bassinet is empty.Liam is gone.It was a long flight from Anchorage to New York, and with every flight attendant busy, Makayla reluctantly ran to the restroom, asking a seat neighbor to watch her son. She stepped away for just a few minutes. Yet at thirty thousand feet, he still vanished.Passengers and crew scour the plane to no avail, and since no one recalls seeing her with a baby, suspicions begin to mount about Makayla?s mental state. She?s certain this is nothing like her mother?s on-air memory meltdown. If only Jack, her husband, were there. He would believe her. A high-profile banker featured in Forbes, maybe he could even help.But Makayla is squarely on her own. And she?ll have to think fast in order to find her son?before it?s too late.

USA Today bestselling author Sara Ney sizzles with a quick-witted, sexy romp about an eager entrepreneur and a cocky football star who couldn?t be more different?or more into each other.Harlow James is destined to rock the dating world. The creator of Kissmet, the app helping singles find love, she?s in New York to secure advertisers. But the sassy, small-town girl can?t help meddling in other people?s business.When she runs into a muscular stranger at her go-to food truck, Harlow doesn?t realize he?s Landon ?Andy? Burke, the NFL?s most-wanted free agent, in town to talk contracts. She just sees a hottie about to get burned by undercooked street food. Though she tries to warn him, he shrugs her off, making a little wager instead.In a messy twist of fate, Andy finds himself in the same hotel as Harlow. When she collects on their bet, they make a mind-blowing?and bed-rocking?connection. But after the weekend, she goes home to Green Bay to her goofy dad and corgi, ready to focus everything on work again. Kissmet, however, has other ideas, when Andy knocks on her door?

Everybody?s got to have a hobby. But some pastimes hide murder in a delightfully crafty rom-com mystery by Amazon Charts bestselling and Edgar Award?nominated author Jess Lourey.A charitable senior finds her calling making creepily authentic life-size dolls. Call it recreation. But when Mira finds a dead body encased under that painted porcelain, it?s more like murder.It gets even stranger when Mira?s investigation lands her just where the Battle Lake police chief wants her: in jail. Luckily, Team Mira is on the case. They?re a fierce, if unlikely, force to be reckoned with: one flashy lady mayor and Mira?s scrappy nonagenarian best friend.They plan to bust Mira out and clear her name. Bad news, though: a bizarrely motivated killer is still on the loose and can?t wait to see Mira all dolled up?to death.Revised edition: This edition of March of Crimes includes editorial revisions.