Baby Steps Forward

Cancel the wedding-the groom is dead.

When a tycoon’s son is murdered the night before his wedding, the enraged and grief-stricken father offers private detective Dan Reno a life-changing bounty to find the killer. Reno, nearly broke, figures he’s finally landed in the right place at the right time. It’s a nice thought, but when a band of crooked cops get involved, Reno finds himself not only earning every penny of his paycheck, but also fighting for his life.

Who committed the murder, and why? Which cops can he trust, if any? Haunted by his murdered father and a violent, hard drinking past, Reno wants no more blood on his hands. But a man’s got to make a living, and backing off is not in his DNA. Traversing the snowy alpine winter in the Sierras and the lonely deserts of Nevada, Reno must revert to his old ways to survive. Because the fat bounty won’t do him much good if he’s dead.

Stateline is a gritty, adrenaline-fueled ride from start to finish, packed with vividly portrayed characters. Brilliantly written, it will keep you turning the pages late into the night.

Her conjury was out of reach. But when she’s flooded with strength, can she survive becoming a target?

Tuesday Larson thought she’d settled for normal. A disappointment to her mother for never taking well to magic, she deliberately put distance between her family and any witchery. But the supernatural destroys her barriers when a group of mercenaries tears through her home looking for blood.
Escaping with her cat-sized dragon to find her coven under attack, Tuesday’s stunned when a hunky wolf shifter saves her from an elf abductor. But when she ends up at a quirky hotel that unleashes her abilities, she’s shocked to learn she’s part of a race that’s being hunted to extinction.

Finally graced with formidable powers, will she outlive the shift?

Cursed Witch is the wild fourth book in the Creatures of the Otherworld urban fantasy series. If you like fast-paced action, unlikely romance, and spellbinding surprises, then you’ll love Brogan Thomas’s dimension of the unthinkable.

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Ladies, you’ve never had a first date quite like this. He’s a billionaire. Desperately handsome. Wildly charismatic. In fact, a certain article of clothing of mine has gotten quite damp. Except…
It’s not the good kind of damp. In fact, I’m suddenly very, very wet. Oh no. I’ve left out something important. I’m nine months pregnant. Don’t ask about the father. I’d rather forget. But I’m sitting in the fanciest restaurant you can imagine. Opposite the man of my dreams. It’s our first time alone together. The start of something spectacular. And…  My water just broke.

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Tasty Mango is a standalone romantic comedy about going into labor on a first date with a billionaire, the ensuing hilarity (and pushing) in a very expensive limo, and trying to manage a new relationship with the world’s most eligible bachelor while cleaning spit up out of your hair.

What if the greatest treasure in all the seven seas wasn’t gold or pearls — but the courage to give them away?
Deep beneath the waves, as the Mermaid Queen searches for her next apprentice, young Miette makes an extraordinary choice.

While others compete with dazzling displays of wealth, she gives away her most precious possessions to help her struggling fellow mermaids. Her selfless act leads to an unexpected friendship with a mysterious unicorn, bridging the worlds of land and sea in ways no one thought possible.

“A Mermaid’s Tale of Kindness and Courage” is an enchanting story that reminds readers of all ages that true magic lies not in what we own, but in what we share. Dive into this heartwarming tale of compassion and discover how one small act of kindness can create waves of change.

From the shadows of post-war Southampton comes a tale of bravery, survival and resilience — and one girl whose courage will light the way.

Southampton, 1920. Living under the oppressive thumb of her abusive father and indifferent mother, Lily Johnson’s world is filled with fear. Until one desperate night, when she breaks free and flees into the dangerous docklands of Southampton with nothing but her fierce will to survive.

All alone in the world, Lily’s luck changes when she finds work at a bustling second-hand shop. Rachel Cohen, a tough but kind-hearted widow, offers Lily a safe haven where she can begin to find strength and a sense of purpose that she never knew was possible.

As she navigates her new life, Lily encounters Tom McCann, a charismatic and protective Irishman who offers her a glimpse of a brighter future.

But Lily’s newfound happiness is jeopardised when Vittorio Teglia, a dangerous criminal, sets his eyes on her. His desire for her threatens to drag Lily back into the darkness she’s so desperately trying to escape.

Lily dreads the day that Vittorio’s relentless pursuit will test her courage and resilience like never before.

A day that dawns far too soon…

The bullets changed everything for me. Sometimes I wished I’d taken a bullet too because I lost the most important men in my life. My dad still fought every day to reclaim his confidence, mobility, and wit from the bullet that creased his brain. But my husband of seventeen days took our dreams with him when he died. They never caught the shooter.

After losing everything, Katie Wilk is starting life over in Columbia, Minnesota, with a new career — giving up cryptanalysis in favor of teaching school — and a canine companion, Maverick, a black Labrador retriever. But on one of their first outings, Katie and Maverick discover a dead body in a nearby marshland. Doctor Pete Erickson enters her life. As the county coroner, he’s one of the first on the scene; as the doctor that day in the ER, he’s the one who stitches up Katie’s head; as the son of the police chief, Pete is also in on the investigation.

Meanwhile, the locals are gearing up for the premiere of a new docudrama film called Titanic: One Story, which would be the cornerstone piece of a new Titanic exhibit, to open Labor Day weekend at the Midwest Minnesota History Center. The director selected their town as the location for some of the scenes, and many local residents are featured as extras in the movie. There will be a huge gala dinner and celebration for the grand opening. Tragedy strikes when the director dies suddenly, and there are a number of suspects.

Katie finds herself in the midst of it all and doesn’t know anyone in town well enough to know who she can trust.