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Never on a New Year's Eve
Heather Graham - 2021
Every Missing Thing
Martyn Ford - 2020
Two missing children. A lifetime of secrets.Ten-year-old Ethan Clarke’s disappearance gripped the nation. Just as his parents are starting to piece together a life ‘after Ethan’, their world is ripped apart once more when their daughter, Robin, disappears in almost identical circumstances. They’ve lost two children within a decade … and now doubts about their innocence are setting in.Detective Sam Maguire’s obsession with the first case cost him his own family, but he has unfinished business with the Clarkes. He is convinced that discovering what happened to Ethan holds the key to finding Robin. But what if the Clarkes know more than they’re letting on?With the world watching eagerly, the clock is ticking for Sam as he embarks on an investigation that forces him to confront his own demons. To uncover the truth, he must follow a trail of devastating deception—but the truth always comes at a cost …
Slightly Stalky
Amy Vansant - 2015
Ex-girlfriends, perpetually shirtless rich boys, frantic best-friends and a mysterious orange handbag converge to stop her. No one said stalking was easy, but if romance was left to the boys, the human race would die out while they logged fantasy football points and punched each other in the balls. Everyone knows that. Emily’s not stalking Sebastian...she’s saving the world.
Scary Mary
S.A. Hunter - 2006
When a new boy starts school, he surprises Mary by befriending her. That's a rare thing for the school freak, but her unusual abilities put a rift in their budding friendship when Mary has to tell Cy that his home is haunted and not by Casper, the friendly ghost. Mary has to get rid of the ghost, thwart the school bully, do her homework, and not get detention. Mary's sure she can do all of that except for the last part.
A Cowboy Worth Loving
Charlene Bright - 2015
She has dedicated her life to doing what she can for those in need. When she volunteers to help on a case involving a wealthy, callous neighbor and the state of Texas joining forces to take land away from struggling brother-sister ranchers, Kayla and Gavin Walker, she’s pushes her professional limits. Kayla is sweet and easy to work with. Gavin is suspicious and rude... and the most drop dead gorgeous cowboy Lucy has ever laid eyes on. Gavin Walker grew up on Salt Cedar Ranch. He left home at eighteen for college in the city and found out that people aren’t always what they seem. When the justice system turned its back on him, he spent five years paying for a crime that never happened. Now that he’s back home on the ranch, his neighbor and the government are joining forces to take away the only thing he truly trusts: his land. Lucy Lancaster, the sexy, beautiful, smart attorney from the city wants to help, but why? Gavin doesn’t want to trust her, but he’s inexplicably drawn to her. The attraction between these two cannot be ignored, no matter how hard they try, but will they realize it before it’s too late?
Complete We
Julia Kent - 2014
Living to the beat of one's own drummer means that if the beat is off, you don't have another one to follow. Making it up as you go along works well -- until there are lives and hearts in the balance. Josie and Alex reach a crisis point when their thoughts and dreams for the future don't mesh. Reality has an ugly way of rearing its head, pushing through the most ardent fantasy. Love may mean never having to say you're sorry, but it doesn't mean you're always right. How do you find permanence in a constantly-changing world? How do you find perfect love between imperfect people? It's the journey, and not the destination, as the gang discovers in Complete We. The Her Billionaires series reading order: Her Billionaires: Boxed Set It's Complicated Complete Abandon Complete Harmony Complete Bliss Complete We
Awaken
Rachel M. Humphrey-D'aigle - 2011
In the process, they have a dark awakening when their own simple, normal world, begins to collide with the complexities of the magical world. The twins face unimaginable dangers, which thrust them into an unexpected choice: to live as they always have or to learn the truth about their past and enter a world that is equally thrilling and terrifying. More importantly, however, is whether they even have a choice, or will destiny not only force this new magical reality upon them, but require them to sacrifice everyone they love in doing so? ...
Through a Glass Darkly
Gilbert Morris - 1999
Some unlikely people gather around him to help him back into life, and then he meets a woman who touches his heart and who may be the key to his unknown past
Mystic Notch Boxed Set: Books 1-3
Leighann Dobbs - 2017
Join Willa Chance bookstore owner and the cats of Mystic Notch in three magical twisty mysteries. Book 1 Ghostly Paws Middle age can be murder ... At least that’s how it seems to former crime journalist, Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect ... she sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of the town librarian who insists Willa solve her murder. Luckily, she has lots of help, including a quirky cast of small-town characters, the cat she’s inherited from her grandmother, and her best friend, Pepper, who claims her herbal teas can work magic. But just when Willa thinks she’s discovered who the killer is, she finds out that things are not what they seem in Mystic Notch, and the case takes a strange turn that has Willa adding even some of her long-time friends to her suspect list. Can Willa find the real killer in time to keep the magical balance in Mystic Notch on the side of good, or will evil prevail? Book 2 - A Spirited Tail Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is looking forward to the opportunity of appraising a valuable private library that hasn't seen the light of day for fifty years ... until she finds a dead body in the backyard and the ghost of the home's previous owner anxiously waiting for her inside. Hampered by the persistent ghost who insists on keeping secrets from her, Willa navigates a sea of confusing clues as she struggles to uncover the connection between the recent murder and two murders fifty years ago. Is the answer contained in the secret she found in the library? Or the unusual bequest left by the long-dead owner of the house? Or maybe it has something to do with the mysterious journal that everyone seems to be after. Once again, Willa's cat Pandora has to help her figure out the clues, while she and the other cats of Mystic Notch try to keep vital mystical knowledge from getting into the wrong hands. Can Willa discover the identity of the killer in time or will she end up being the fourth victim? Book 3 - A Mew To A Kill When the ghost of a murder victim appears in Last Chance Books, middle-aged bookstore owner, Willa Chance, must find the ghost's killer or risk being haunted with its unwanted advice forever. Too bad the ghost suffers from amnesia and only has a few scant clues as to the identity of the killer. That's okay, though, because Willa has a pretty good idea who did it ... until her investigation turns up additional suspects with curious motives. Meanwhile her cat, Pandora, is on the hunt for a mystical kitten that the cats of Mystic Notch must bring into the fold before the kitten is enticed to the side of evil by a powerful foe. When Willa's own life is threatened, she enters into a race against time to figure out the identity of the killer before she becomes the next victim.
Secrets of the Heart
Laurie LeClair - 2014
Both are in jeopardy now that sexy cop Nick Carletti wants his family back. She’ll do anything to protect her secret. She has for years along with her forbidden feelings for Nick. He knows she’s hiding something and wants the truth. Getting to the bottom of it will give him what he wants, but at what price?How can Nick and Bree make a life together when he feels as if he’s betraying his dead son, can’t trust Bree, and has lost faith in everything, especially himself? Can Bree and Nick get what they want or will their forbidden past and growing feelings for each other expose too many secrets to heal their hearts?
Alphas for the Holidays
Mandy M. RothColleen Gleason - 2016
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Everlastingly by Michelle M. Pillow
Hell for the Holidays by Celia KyleComplication by Elle ThorneSeduced by Santa by Mina CarterA Mate’s Wish by P. JamesonThe Werewolf’s Christmas Wish by Kristen PainterSugar Plum Fairy by Chloe ColeRaging Winter by Colleen Gleason
Jameson by K.F. BreeneDoomed Mate by Bella Love-WinsKissed by Temptation by Deanna ChaseDead to Begin With by Jennifer Blackstream
Gentlemen Prefer Voodoo by Angie FoxMidnight Magic by Ann GimpelA Cleopatra Hill Christmas by Christine PopeThe McCall Brother Trilogy by Marie Mason (3 Books)A Countess for Christmas by Anthea LawsonRocky by Bianca D’ArcThe Ice Queen by Jovee WintersGhost of Shifters Past by Tasha BlackBlack Christmas by JC Andrijeski (Plus a bonus story)Kitchen Witch by Dawn Montgomery
Firebird by Jaycee ClarkUp On the Housetop by Suzanne RockThe Eternal Kiss by Tracey H. KittsWolf’s Consort by Celeste AnwarThe Psychic’s Beast by Jax Cassidy
The Ghost of Jeopardy Belle (The Ghosts of Summerleigh Book 2)
M.L. Bullock - 2018
Supernatural sightings at the old house increase along with Jerica's terror. As the former nurse ponders her future, she has to work to help other ghosts at Summerleigh...and save herself. The Ghost of Jeopardy Belle is Book Two in The Ghosts of Summerleigh series.
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The Ghost of Jeopardy Belle is Book Two in The Ghosts of Summerleigh series.
Familiar Pieces (North and Martin Abduction Mystery #6)
James Hunt - 2021
Since then, twelve more children have been abducted, and the man responsible is still at large. With the abductor taunting the detectives with mysterious texts, they have pushed themselves to the brink, and their obsession of bringing the kidnapper to justice could cost them everything.
A Gift of Ghosts
Sarah Wynde - 2011
And ghosts.All the logic and reason in the world can’t protect her from the truth—she can see and communicate with spirits. But Akira is sure that her ability is just a genetic quirk and the ghosts she encounters simply leftover electromagnetic energy. Dangerous electromagnetic energy.Zane Latimer believes in telepathy, precognition, auras, and that playing Halo with your employees is an excellent management technique. He also thinks that maybe, just maybe, Akira Malone can help his family get in touch with their lost loved ones.But will Akira ever be able to face her fears and accept her gift? Or will Zane’s relatives be trapped between life and death forever?
Cursed
Casey Odell - 2012
But legends sometimes forget the true history of things and Claire’s eyes are soon opened to a world she never knew. One that has been kept from her for most of her life. All Claire wants to do is return home and start looking for her mother, the only family she ever had. But the elves have different plans. The mysterious mark that appeared on her arm isn’t a curse, at least not to them anyway, and before she knows it, she is whisked away on a mission she never agreed to, unless they help her in return.Now she is stuck on an adventure with the perverted elf, Aeron, and one with an attitude, Farron. But there is more to this adventure than she’d ever hoped for.