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A Very Mistletoe Murder - A Starfire Cozy Mystery 1

Genres: Mystery - Cozy
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Having settled with her dog Escrow into a 55+ community in the mountain town of Starfire, Georgia, retired realtor Lottie Harper looks forward to the town's quaint Christmas traditions, including the annual Winter Solstice Festival. But Christmas cheer turns deadly when Lottie discovers her longtime rival murdered in a model home she decorated. With her candlestick as the weapon, witnesses to her heated arguments with the victim, and no solid alibi, she tops Police Chief Kincaid's suspect list. As murder headlines splash her name across the news and threaten festival attendance, Lottie doubles down on proving her innocence. She enlists her cul-de-sac gals to find the killer. But anonymous threats warn her to stop asking questions, or else. Can Lottie solve the murder before Christmas, or will she ring in the New Year from a jail cell? Includes cookie recipes and bonus interactive reader extras. “Everything you want in a...

A Christmas Cannoli Kiss, A Sweet Christmas Romance

Genres: Romance - Contemporary
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Coming home for Christmas was supposed to be a fresh start, not a second chance at first love. When Isabella moves back home to Pittsburgh, she doesn't expect to run into her teenage crush, Nate . . . or discover he's back to close the sale of her beloved neighborhood bakery to a developer who plans to replace it with a parking deck. Determined to save the bakery and the memories it holds, Isabella sets out to decipher her mom's smudged recipe for her famous cannoli cookies. Marketing them as a holiday special could give the struggling shop a second chance. But falling for Nate again complicates everything, especially when his career depends on the deal she's determined to stop. Can Isabella save the bakery and still give her and Nate a second chance at love in time for A Christmas Cannoli Kiss? READER BONUS: Includes the cannoli-cookie recipe featured...

A Tryst in Paris: A Time Travel Romance

Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Historical Fiction, Romance - Historical
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Mirabelle becomes The Carousel Time Traveler and falls for a French rogue. What happens in 1900 Paris stays in 1900 Paris . . .or will it? When Mirabelle Montgomery visits the Luxembourg Carousel in Paris, a mysterious time shifter sweeps her into the Carousel’s time travel vortex and transports her to 1900 Paris. Her return will be allowed once she completes her mission to restore a man’s fate gone wrong. But whose? Upon meeting dangerously sexy Jacques Thibaut, Mirabelle believes she has found her man. His life’s purpose as a stellar police detective has been derailed by accusations of his plotting with anarchists to overthrow the French government. If she proves Jacques to be innocent, his life will be reset to its rightful providence. He will win back his job and those who once believed in him, including the woman he planned to marry. Mirabelle’s determination to complete her mission...

With Kisses from Cecile

Genres: Historical Fiction, Romance - Historical
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

AWARD-WINNING STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, AND REDEMPTION, INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS 2020 Georgia Independent Author of the Year – Historical Fiction Three women. Three generations. One legacy of forgiveness and second chances. When Maggie Ruth Mitchell travels to Paris with her grandmother, she carries the weight of a broken marriage and an unspoken secret. On the flight, her grandmother entrusts her with a packet of century-old letters written by Cécile, a young Frenchwoman who survived the aftermath of World War I in Paris. The letters, addressed to Maggie’s great-grandmother Ruth, were part of an American–French pen-pal exchange. As she reads them, Maggie feels the echo of emotions that mirror her own. Through Cécile’s tender words—written as she fights a life-threatening illness—Maggie learns of the tragic circumstances in Ruth’s life that send her on a journey toward forgiveness. As Ruth in her time struggles to reconcile her shattered family, Maggie in...