But why? And how did Squirrely, a homeless man, acquire a duffle bag stuffed with thousands in cash, a pistol, and a 25-year-old newspaper?As Squirrely lies in a coma, Tuper’s techie sidekick, Lana, uncovers fifty-year-old secrets about his connection to the death of a high school classmate. The cold case pops to the front burner when a second classmate dies in the same manner.A Senator, his barren wife, and a long-ago illegal adoption heat up the complications. As Tuper and Lana dig deeper, lies, fraud, and blackmail bubble to the surface. When they get too close, the killer panics and tries to take them out too.The case reaches a boiling point—just as Tuper unties a fifty-year-old twist and the cold truth finally puts the fire out.

     The search for remnants of civilization continues, and their new companions present shocking revelations that change everything. Soon after tragedy strikes, James and the others truly begin to realize that the situation is a lot worse than any of them had ever imagined. 18+

     When the body of the girl he loved in high school is found twenty years after her disappearance, Detective Ryan Devereux has a personal stake in finding the people responsible. With his personal life in shambles following the engagement of his ex-wife, Ryan throws himself headlong into the investigation. Things take a turn though when newly discovered evidence leads Ryan to believe that his ex’s new fiancé might have had a hand in the young girl’s murder. As secrets about the past are uncovered, Ryan realizes things were never as he saw them. This Lowcountry detective finds himself thrust down a rabbit hole of danger and deceit the likes of which he might never emerge from. And, when the truth comes out, he might find that the killer is closer to him than he ever imagined. Dead South is book one in the new Lowcountry Mystery Series from bestselling author David Banner. Do you enjoy reading books from Dawn Lee McKenna, Mark Stone, and Steven Becker? If so, come take a walk along the South Carolina Lowcountry. With its thick humidity, Spanish moss, and one-of-a-kind local flair, it’s sure to be a visit you won’t forget!

    Well, their almost relationship. When their only interactions are during scenes at the Bound & Controlled club, Harper can’t help but wonder if he even has the right to ask why Bailey is pulling away. Bailey’s got a secret, and it’s eating away at him and his relationship with his Dom-with-benefits Harper. It doesn’t matter how he feels about Harper or what he envisions for their future, because Harper’s made one thing clear: he doesn’t like littles. When assumptions and crossed wires erode a relationship, it’ll take a leap of faith to fix what’s broken. **Author’s Note** While the Bound & Controlled club is under the Shaw side of my world, this sweet age play book is definitely an M.A. Innes story. My books as Shaw Montgomery are the more traditional side of BDSM, and my books as M.A. Innes are filled with sweet age play and fun things like puppy play. Since A Leap of Faith straddled both sides, I decided to put it under both names. A Leap of Faith was originally included in the Dirty Daddies Pride anthology in 2021, and no material changes have been made to the story.

    You’d know how much they deserve what’s coming to them. Next on my list is the politician. A prime example.But the bouncy intern throws a wrench in my plans.I don’t intend to fall, but if I do, all bets are off.She comes first. Protecting her is all that matters, but things get complicated when feelings run hot.

      Lime Peak Ranch is home to the Dumont and Ruggles families who raise cattle, train horses, and compete in PRCA rodeos. Life down the dirt road isn’t as perfect as it seems and secrets have roots deeper than the maple trees.   Bonnie Ruggles has to leave the Lime Peak Ranch but her marriage is in pieces scattered from the house to the barn. Dallas isn’t speaking to her, his hurt bigger than any words. When tragedy strikes, Bonnie is called home to be with her husband. Their relationship is changing and only by revealing the truth can they start anew. Tearing up secrets with roots this deep can cause more damage than these two might be able to handle.  Ellie Dumont Labrum should be living in wedded bliss, but with the death of his father, Logan pulls farther and farther away. Missing the closeness they’d barley glimpsed, Ellie tries desperately to pull her husband out of his grief, Porter Dumont is destined for greatness. He sells his plot on Lime Peak Ranch—his inheritance—and leaves the ranch and family behind to chase the music to Nashville. If he can make this work, he’ll be the biggest name to come out of the ranch. George and Carol Dumont struggle to make a new life out of the ashes of their old love. They want the same things, but Carol has to trust—a task that isn’t easy when she’s been singed. If she can find confidence in her new situation, their love can finally be free from the fears that hold them back. Olivia Dumont is falling in love with Dr. Robert Canton. They would be a perfect fit if it weren’t for the fact that he is leaving at the end of the month. Not wanting to give him an ultimatum, Olivia steps back from their budding relationship. But without incentive to stay, Robert struggles to decide if he and his son, Jax, should go back to Seattle or make a home on the ranch.    Follow this family full of heart and love and loyalty as they work to navigate the revelation of long-buried secrets, bitter disappointments, new and old love, and trust in the third book in the Lime Peak Ranch series.

    Wielding incredible power, Jed grows up next door with his childhood partner, Erin Constanza, sharing Jed’s monstrous secret of what his Mom thinks of as raising the ‘Dark Superman’. Jed and Erin, now a policewoman with the Sacramento Police Department, find out their lives have been catalogued by a secret government group formed to watch Jed’s growth into adulthood power. They want to harness Jed’s blood lust for their own purposes. He’s happy to oblige.

    Read back to back they become a delightful, fun romp. Add in stories to add to the over-all book bundle and they're even more fun! Enjoy reading these sweet, clean and wholesome western historical romances of Kit's! That Healing Touch: Jack Carlson spied for the union army for four, long years and what did he get for his trouble? Blindness. Battered by the war and lost without his sight, he seeks refuge in Cutter’s Creek, Montana. There he hopes to heal his bitter heart. But he’s going to need a lot more help than what he can come up with. His cousin, the local preacher, thinks so too and sends off for a mail-order bride for him, praying a wife will do the trick. Love is Blind: Lucius Judrow was good at his job, maybe too good. Hired by Jack Carlson of Cutter’s Creek to track down and retrieve his sister Emma, Lucius got more than he bargained for. The free-spirited Emma wasn’t what he expected, nor was the family she’d taken refuge with. Recipe for Christmas: Eldon Judrow searched for his brother Lucius for years, during which, he just happen to strike it rich. Imagine Lucius’s surprise when Eldon shows up in Cutter’s Creek! But even though Eldon’s bank account makes it appear he has everything a man could want, his brother has something far more precious. A wife. Can Eldon find the same happiness? After all, the pickings in Cutter’s Creek aren’t just slim, they’re practically non-existent!

    A beast rarely seen but greatly feared, the Jackal Man has haunted the minds of this sleepy hamlet for ages from the woods to the south. Now a land developer has purchased the area with the intent to build houses, and Frank Stanford has moved into the strange town with his family to oversee the project. He and his punk son Willie will be forced to deal with the truth behind the myth, along with an obsessed cop, a quirky zookeeper, and a sadistic hunter that may be more dangerous than the beast...

    

    Spring has arrived, and Grace Ann Bryant's days are filled with crabby council members, a brooding bard, turbulent townspeople, and a pouting phoenix. At least her daughter is having a great time with the pixie that she caught. So much for that mom to daughter, heart to heart talk about fairies. Grace is neck deep in the issues of Shady Grove and her family. The last thing she needed was a wind sylph determined to destroy Shady Grove. The crew has to find out what got her panties in a wad while a mysterious man lurks around town. Grace is sure she knows him. Everyone insists that she give him some room, but she's tired of being told what to do. It's time Grace takes things into her own hands.The winds are picking up in Shady Grove. Will Grace and the town survive the tumult? Watch out, Shady Grove! It's comin' up a cloud.Gully WasherGrace and company face enough rain and turmoil to swallow Shady Grove whole.As spring rains cause the swamps to rise, Shady Grove and its citizens decide that it might be best to shut off the town from the rest of the human world. Grace Ann Bryant, the Queen of the Exiles, and Levi Rearden, her bard, unsuccessfully attempt to protect the town with a huge ward. They need the songbook that Jeremiah Freyman took into the Otherworld, but do they risk the unknown to retrieve the book from the Summer Realm. During the midst of this crisis, Grace’s nemesis, Stephanie Davis, returns to Shady Grove despite being banished with a shocking announcement. Following her arrival, a flood of new problems including a traitor in the fairy council plague Grace’s life. How will Grace handle the nastier parts of her duties as queen? Can she make the tough decisions even if it means sending her servants into the Otherworld or executing a traitor? Will her father’s power drain her has it had once before?Dylan, Levi, and Grace tread water while trying to keep the town from sinking.Moonshine in a Mason JarJust when you thought you knew the whole story…Once upon a time (isn't that how a fairy tale is supposed to start?), there was a sheriff who was brought to a town full of fairies to keep the naïve fairy queen in check. His abilities could crush her life in an instant. Dylan Riggs was recruited by the Sanhedrin to keep daily watch of the exiled fairy queen known as Grace Ann Bryant. They sold him a fairy tale of a town full of fairies where he could settle down and produce an heir.However, from the moment Dylan Riggs walked into town he made mistake after mistake. He found himself entangled with a dangerous and selfish fairy queen. His daily reminder that he made the wrong choice taunted him as his “partner” on supernatural cases. How did he shed the consequences of his mistakes to find himself with the only woman he has ever loved? What sacrifices were required to keep her safe as she plodded around obvious to the danger lurking around her life? Will Dylan get his Happily Ever After?Moonshine in a Mason Jar is Dylan Rigg’s story. You just thought you knew everything about Shady Grove’s Phoenix Sheriff. From the day he walks into Shady Grove until the days following his birthday party, Dylan’s story comes to light in this book. Moonshine is about finding the truth and realizing it isn’t always what you thought it was.

    Except they think we’re only acting. Harper Layne is a young actress tasked with filming her first sex scene, and it happens to be with the hottest man in Hollywood. James Grant. His many years of experience and playboy reputation only add to his appeal. But they also make her nervous. What if she’s not good enough? Her fears are put to rest the moment they get into bed together. It all feels so natural, her body responding to his every touch, that she doesn’t have to act at all. But then James surprises her by making things a little more realistic. They're no longer simulating the scene, he's taking her for real—right in front of the director and everyone else on set! James is in for a surprise too though, because Harper's never done this before. She's just as innocent as the character she's portraying! With that realization, he becomes determined to claim her, through whatever means necessary. And what better way than getting her pregnant?

    Thanks to my brother I've found just the man I want it with, the only problem is, it looks like he already has one. Is this how my whole life is going to go? Always wanting what I can't have? God I hope not because there's one thing that's for sure, I want Jake, want his little girl to be mine, want him to be daddy to all sorts of babies we can make. Jake: I've spent my life creating a company but that's not what I really wanted out of life. I want a good girl to give me babies, lots of them, but after my last mistake, I don't see that happening. Not until she walks into my life and takes it over in one second flat. The instant the word Daddy slips from her lips I know she's mine. I'll do anything to ensure it, to give her everything she's ever wanted, especially learning it's precisely what I want as well, my babies. I'll give her as many as she wants and love all of my babies, including her. Daddy's Babies is a short read around 15,000 words, with strong language, no cheating, and HEAs. It's intended for an adult audience that will leave you wanting to find your own daddy to enjoy.

     I was drunk, over-tired, and pretty certain I was about to lose my TA position with my professor. So what did I do? Sent an angry message on the campus email system of course, berating him for being a sexist, chauvinist pig . . . except I selected the wrong name on the department list. Suddenly, I’ve been reassigned and my new advisor is none other than Professor Reed Baron himself. The accidental recipient of my fiery email. Reed Baron is unlike any of the faculty on campus. He’s young, mysterious and wickedly hot. But all of that comes wrapped up in a man that’s even naughtier than I could ever imagine. Now he wants me to be more than just his TA, and his CEO best friend is joining in on the fun . . The Bad Boy Billionaires and The Student is a standalone, naughty, thigh-drenching, MFM Billionaire Menage Romance from your new favorite author Harper West. If a sexy professor and a charming CEO ready and waiting to please you, sounds like a good time, this book is for you! Guaranteed HEA & No Cheating.

    The only thing missing is a new relationship. Her best friend decides she needs to jump feet first into the dating pool and sets her up a profile on Curve Connection - a dating app for men seeking curvy women. At first she's sceptical and some of the messages she receives don’t help. But then she matches with NerdGuy - a sweet sensitive younger man who just gets her. Could this be the new relationship she's been looking for?TateStarting a tech company with his twin brother was always Tate’s dream, but when times got tough, they took a job refitting the tech in a small Elementary school. He arrives expecting to meet a middle aged, matronly principal. However, the woman who crashes into him is a curvy, sexy, sassy pain in his ass. As they begin to work together, she fights him at every turn, but he just loves butting heads with her. Tate knows starting a relationship with Principal Jess Vega is not an option, not while they work together. So instead he turns to Curve Connection to see if he can match with another curvy woman to try and take his mind off Jess's peachy round ass.Can these two find love online or will it land unexpectantly on their doorstep?Searching for your soulmate? Welcome to Curve Connection, a brand-new dating app developed by curvy women for curvy women and the men who love them. Whether you're into executives, sports stars, blue collar workers, rockstars, or billionaires, we deliver guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Swipe left or right to start searching for your soulmate today.Curvy Soulmates is a collection of steamy short romances brought to you by 12 of your favorite instalove authors.Coming November 2021.