She believes in sugar, spice, and second chances. He doesn’t believe in Christmas.Beth Morrison has two great loves: baking and bringing cheer to her sleepy hometown of Evergreen Hollow. When her car breaks down on the way to the holiday market, she finds herself at the mercy of grumpy mechanic Daryl Walker—the town’s least festive citizen.Daryl would rather spend Christmas under a hood than under mistletoe. But Beth’s infectious spirit—and her peppermint c...

Two young immigrant women. One historic strike. And the fire that changed America.In 1909, shy sixteen-year-old Rosie Lehrer is sent to New York City to earn money for her family’s emigration from Russia. She will, but she also longs to make her mark on the world before her parents arrive and marry her to a suitable Jewish man. Could she somehow become one of the passionate and articulate “fiery girls” of her garment workers’ union?Maria Cirrito, spoiled an...

The streets are a perilous place for a young laundry maid dismissed without a character for indecent acts. Roz knew the end of the path for a country girl alone in the city of Rotenek. A desperate escape in the night brings her to the doorstep of Dominique the dressmaker and the hope of a second chance beyond what she could have imagined. Roz’s apprenticeship with the needle, under the patronage of the royal thaumaturgist, wasn’t supposed to include learning magic, but Celeste, the dressma...

Salem was a place near and dear to Jenna Duffy and Samuel Hall -- it was where they’d met on a strange and sinister case.They never dreamed that they’d be called back. That history could repeat itself in a most macabre and terrifying fashion.But, then again, it was Salem at Halloween. Seasoned Krewe members, they still find themselves facing the unspeakable horrors in a desperate race to save each other-and perhaps even their very souls.Reviews for All Hallows E...

Years ago, Jake Mallory fell in love all over again with Ashley Donegal—while he and the Krewe were investigating a murder that replicated a horrible Civil War death at her family’s Donegal Plantation.Now, Ashley and Jake are back—planning for their wedding, which will take place the following month at Donegal Plantation, her beautiful old antebellum home.But Halloween is approaching and Ashley is haunted by a ghost warning her of deaths about to come in the city of New Orl...

When you're looking for the victim of a mysterious murder in a theater, there is nothing like calling on a dead diva for help! Krewe members must find the victim if they're to discover the identity of a murderer at large, one more than willing to kill the performers when he doesn't like the show.It’s Halloween at the Global Tower Theatre, a fantastic and historic theater owned by Adam Harrison and run by spouses of Krewe members. During a special performance, a strange actor makes ...

The X-Files meets Dan Brown in this suspenseful tale of dark magic, ancient curses, and modern murder, as two agents with unusual talents investigate a series of sensational crimes in the historic city of St. Augustine, Florida.The case is sensational. Whistle-blower investigative journalist George Maynard has been killed in his St. Augustine home, his body so badly burned the morgue is needed to verify hi...

"A galvanizing exposé" of America's trash problem from plastic in the ocean to "wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators" ( Booklist, starred review).Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you're soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet's number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 pounds daily. But garbage is also a global problem. Today, t...

A sensible betrothal leads to secret passion discovered in the dangerous streets of London in the New York Times bestselling author’s Victorian romance.Queen Victoria’s London is a teeming metropolis of pageantry, forbidden desire, and danger—especially in the East End, where a mysterious murderer preys on ladies of the night. What widow Lady Maggie Graham does there provides plenty of grist for the rumor mill. When she agrees to wed the much older Viscoun...

Yonah has a life-changing decision to make.Ever since she was sold into slavery and separated from her brother and sister, all she's ever wanted was to reunite with them. But Yonah grapples with an unwilling attraction to her temperamental master, Naris, who has swiftly fallen in love with her.Whispers of rebellion can be heard throughout Harasa and the slave population wants to see an end to their subjugation. Yonah has an opportunity to do her part, which...

No one believes that Caine Butcher was murdered.That’s the first thing sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne learns when the school paper assigns her the article commemorating the anniversary of the death of Seaside Prep’s best hockey player. The article should have been an easy fluff piece. Yet, when Finley investigates the popular senior’s past, she discovers there’s more to his death than meets the eye.Faking stats. Cheating on his girlfriend. Betraying his brot...

Murder and mystery fuel thrilling romantic suspense from New York Times –bestselling authors in a two-for-one collection you can't afford to miss!Tangled Threat by Heather GrahamA body hanging from the infamous History Tree and a wrongful murder charge unraveled Maura Antrim and Brock McGovern's teenage love. Now grown up, Maura is again tangled up with Brock, and they'r...