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With a classical series sold and a portrait commissioned, Cherry Tucker's art career is in Georgia overdrive. But when the sheriff asks Cherry to draw a composite sketch of a hijacker, her life takes a hairpin as the composite leads to a related murder, her local card-sharking buddy Max Avtaikin becomes bear bait and her nemesis labels the classical series "pervert art". While she seeks to help the misfortunate and save her local reputation, Cherry's hammer-down attitude has her facing the headlights of an oncoming killer.

Murder doesn’t set much colder than on the icy shores of Lake Ontario, where Jesse James is hot on the trail of a real estate scam that really has the feisty reporter steamed. This sleazy operation is behind a string of costly accidents - but it's no accident when Jesse wakes up, bandaged head to toe, in a hospital where everyone insists she’s Daphne Malcross, a young socialite with more connections and cash than common sense.

As with many of Ostrovsky's plays, the target of the author's satire is the merchant class and the inevitable corruption associated with mercantile endeavors. In Ostrovsky's bitterly realistic world, all personal encounters end in transactions, some humourous and some tragic.

Sarah Meyer has lived a rather interesting life. Conjoined with a Demon that won't let go, she has been under the protective custody of the Sisters of San Francesco. Under the guidance of her mentor, Father Lucian, she helps solve some of the world’s most terrifying paranormal mysteries. These are her stories.

Maizie Albright might have once played a (teenage) private investigator on TV, but she’s now living the (adult) part. Her (mother’s) name is on her business cards. Her (boss’s) appointment book is brimming with new clients. And her bank account has grown large enough to finally trade in her dirt bike for an actual new (pre-owned) vehicle. While the police begin their inquiries, Maizie starts her own case. She’s needling Black Pine’s wealthy do-gooders, threading through lies, stitching together clues, and ripping out false leads.

Climate change wiped out planet Earth in 2054. However, the richest and most powerful one percent of society did not hesitate to escape to a space station. But what would that new society become if classism and fascism were what prevailed among them at the time our world died?

Boomtown San Diego, in 1888, erupts in murder. Retired marshal and hero of the O.K. Corral Wyatt Earp is involved. What's really going on? Award-winning, best-selling mystery author James Musgrave takes issues from the present and turns them into ingenious puzzles for listeners to solve. In the 19th century, the same human foibles existed, but the problems happened at a much slower pace.

Emily Fredrickson is left devastated after her husband, Matthew, is arrested for doing meth at their daughter's third birthday party. Her small town of Hibbing turns on her quickly as rumors circulate and the accusations and judgment get her fired from the job she loves. Greenrock Road is a story of heartbreak, hidden family secrets, and a mother's quest to make peace with the decisions of her past.

While ex-celebrity Maizie Albright’s dreams of becoming a for-real private investigator have not exactly been dashed, they have been slightly thwarted. Her ex-manager and still-mother, Vicki Albright, has taken the helm of Nash Security Services while rebuilding her entertainment management company. Sometimes with the same clients. Like Chinese action star, Lili Liang, who’s making the film Unlucky 18 in Georgia.

Destiny Lawson cannot believe her luck. On a run in the middle of the woods her freshman year of collage, she meets the man of her dreams, Bryan Fredrickson. He is sweet, handsome, and everything she dreamed of. Their relationship continues to strengthen and then one day he takes her back to the bridge where they met and asks for her hand in marriage.

Agent Nora Wexler rolls up her sleeves to tackle a new set of mysteries and killings in this riveting new sequel trilogy full of devastating revelations and action! Now a seasoned FBI agent, Nora discovers that having experience working for the bureau is much different than knowing what'll happen next. When a shooting takes place at Joint Base Andrews, she finds that the killer has committed suicide, but the question of what happened is more alive than ever. Meanwhile, her personal life threatens to explode when Travis takes up the case of another woman.

Nora and Travis are quickly forced back on the hunt for their primary target as the stability of the military continues to disintegrate, giving rise to a daunting force that threatens to change everything about the American way of life.

Nora and Travis' honeymoon does not go as planned. Don't miss the exciting second book in the Agent Nora Wexler Mysteries Wedding Trilogy and the fifth book overall in the series.

As an ex-star of a hit teen detective show, Maizie Albright gets the youth demographic. Or so she thought. Now that she’s adulting, today’s kids make Maizie feel out of date. At least the teen Youtube stars of Bigfoot Trackers who want to hire her to look into the disappearance and possible murder of their producer. A murder the police find as likely as Bigfoot.

I’ve made it out of Nocturnal Academy. No longer do I exist to please the vamps. Now, as a member of the Winter Court, my job is to execute them. Yet my new standing as an assassin is not much better than being a courtesan. The rules of the game have changed, but I’m still a pawn. Worse, Thorsten, a handsome jerk of a vampire who has messed with my mind and feelings one too many times, is back.

In continuing her career-makeover quest as a for-real detective, ex-teen and reality star Maizie Albright has a big learning curve to overcome. A sleuthing background starring in a TV show does not cut the real life mustard. It doesn't even buy her lunch, let alone extra condiments. So when a major movie producer needs a babysitter for his hot mess starlet, Maizie eagerly takes the job against her mentor's wishes. But when her starlet appears dead and then not dead, Maizie's got more than an actress to watch and a missing corpse to find.

There's nothing like finding love in a vacation getaway! Four sweet, clean romances! The Sand Escape Resort Series box set features four books: The Billionaire Cook, The Billionaire Geek, The Billionaire Partner, and The Billionaire Tour Guide. Listen to these funny, heartwarming clean billionaire romances today!

Julia Rigby didn't expect her boyfriend to break up with her. I mean, don't you sense those type of things coming? I mean, life was good. She was thriving at her job. She just won a trip to an exclusive resort. And...her relationship that she thought was going strong...wasn't.... But Julia didn't have time to think about that loser who crushed her heart. She had a vacation prize to claim! And she was determined to make the most out of this now solo trip! Dean Lockwood was set to take over his family's billion-dollar business. No biggie.

She had a job that she was really good at. She was a travel agent extraordinaire - an expert at planning other people's adventures. She had a loving family. She had a nice apartment. Everything is nice and great. Okay. The truth is Molly wasn't living passionately, and she knew it! She wanted to travel and discover the world...but, she shouldn't do that. Because that was irresponsible.

The scariest kind of serial killer - one you don't know exists. Martin Barlow was Clare Carlson's first newspaper editor, a beloved mentor who inspired her career as a journalist. But, since retiring from his newspaper job, he had become a kind of pathetic figure. When Martin Barlow is killed on the street one night during an apparent mugging attempt gone bad, it seems like he was just an old man whose time had come. As she digs deeper and deeper into his secret files, she uncovers shocking evidence of a serial killer worse than Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, or any of the others.