HBS Author’s Spotlight – Class of April 2021

This class includes interviews and book showcases which are a MUST read. The author's bio and contact information plus their picture and book covers highlight the post.

Plus we have added a new feature: Amazon Book Series.

Be sure to check out what they have coming next for their readers.

Thanks to the following outstanding authors for a great month. Here is a summary of our April crew.


HBS Author's Spotlight Showcase

Louis W. Accola
Featured Book: Feelings and Faith

Feelings, feelings, feelings! We all have feelings. How are you handling your feelings? How do you understand your feelings? Do you embrace, suppress, or deny them? How do you feel about your feelings? Good? Bad? Confused?

Author Louis Accola invites the reader of Faith and Feelings into a personal reflection and discernment journey. The book is an insightful, positive, affirming, empowering exploration, and analysis of nine feelings: anxiety, doubt, anger, guilt, fatigue, fear, joy, peace, and wonder. The author does this exploration and analysis in the light of the meaning and the significance of each person being uniquely created in the image of God.

We are created in God's image. We each express in our own personhood the presence, the nature, and the feelings that we see attributed to the God in the Scriptures. We encounter those same feelings that are in our birthright package in the actions and teachings in Jesus's life story as the Living Word of God in human flesh. Designed by God, our feelings are a gift in the "makeup package" of our natural essence as human beings. Feelings are to be recognized, affirmed, expressed, and shared in all our relationships, potentially for good in our words and actions along life's journey.

Feelings and Faith: Reflections on God's Gift for Life's Journey is deeply inspiring and informative. It provides practical insights and guidance for self-affirmation, for a positive perspective on feelings, and for embracing and expressing our feelings in daily experiences and challenges along life's journey. This book's final chapter talks about "the faith that counts" for free and abundant living and in its challenges and special needs. The author clarifies faith as a gift in our birthright package to be recognized and affirmed as the spirit of life's presence, empowerment, guidance, and blessings along life's journey.

From his years of pastoral and counseling ministry experience, the author understands deeply the pressures and changes impacting feelings and faith. In this time of rapid and constant changes, especially intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting current economic crises, the author invites the reader to examine the impact of these changes on feelings and faith. Accola evokes new insights for the reader to embrace and affirm for "feelings and faith." This book invites the reader to purposeful, positive, and healthy living based on insights from the lifestyle and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

Author: Louis W. Accola
Author Genre: Religion & Spirituality

E-Mail: accolalw@cox.net
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Amazon Author Profile

Author Description:
Louis W. Accola has been a pastor, preacher, teacher, and counselor. He is the author of several books and numerous resources for church members and church councils used for leadership and mission development.

Accola is a nationally recognized writer of resources on prayer patterns for spiritual formation and a facilitator for spirituality retreats.

Author's Book List
Feelings and Faith
Given for You



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Mimi Barbour
Featured Book: Retaliation

A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter…

She watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid. When she finds a stash of loot in her brother’s gym locker, she has the means.

Now all she needs is the guts to make every one of those low-life gang members pay.

People might think detectives are hard-assed cops with no home life, but Trace McGuire has a dying mom he loves fiercely. Already stressed over his personal problems, he takes a bullet for a virgin beauty hiding while mobsters shoot her brother.

This chick draws out every protective instinct he thought had disintegrated over years on the job and he becomes invested – in her hot body, her plans for retaliation and her fighting spirit.

Helpless, he watches her enter the seedy underworld that’ll eat her alive.

Then he sees her fight.

And wonders if they’ll survive her.

Author: Mimi Barbour
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense

Author's Blog: AUTHORS’ BILLBOARD
Website: Mimi Barbour Believe
Twitter: @MimiBarbour
E-Mail: mimibarbour66@gmail.com
Facebook: Check Out Facebook
Goodreads: Check Out Goodreads

Amazon Author Profile

Author Description:
NYT & USA Today, best-selling, award-winning author, Mimi Barbour, has nine romance series to her credit.

She also has many single titles and a huge number of box sets - her own and multi-author collections.

Mimi lives on the East coast of Vancouver Island with her new puppy, Charli, and writes her various romances with tongue in cheek and a mad glint in her eye. She's been known to say: "If I can steal a booklover's attention away from their everyday grind, absorb them into a fantasy love story, and make them care about the ending, then I've done my job."

Author's Book List
Don't Be Cruel
Special Agent Hunter
You're the Boss
Sweet Christmas
Her Hero
Special Agent Sophia
Daddy's Mine
Because You Cared
Special Agent Murphy
He's My Baby
Leni
Special Agent Rylee
A Perfect Storm
A Wonderful Life
Special Agent Charli
Faith
Endings
Resolution
Love of My Life
Justice
Retaliation
Special Agent Booker
Frosty the Snowman
Special Agent Kandice
Special Agent Maximilian
Special Agent Finnegan
Love Me Tender
Special Agent Francesca
She's Not You
Her Sweet Revenge Series (6 book series)



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Dianne Harman
Featured Book: Holly & the Cyberbully

If students are afraid to look at their phones when they receive a text message, it means one thing. There’s a cyberbully on the loose.

Do you remember the old playground bully from elementary school? The one you tried to avoid at all costs? Well, cyberbullying takes that kind of conduct to a whole new level. Holly’s afraid her friend, Levi, is being targeted by one, however, she can’t get him to admit it, even though it’s clear from his behavior that something is very wrong.

But Levi runs out of excuses when he, as well as several other students, have their cars vandalized and horrible things written on them while they’re parked in the school parking lot.

Once Levi admits what’s been happening, Holly has no choice. She has to find out who is threatening her friend and several other students. She’s certain it’s a student, but which one?

All of us well remember the angst that goes with being a teenager. That’s enough for anyone, but throw in cyberbullying, and it adds a new layer of difficulty in dealing with the teenage years.

This book is about bullying issues that your child, your grandchild, or even you may have had to deal with when you were a teenager, only on a very modern level. It’s a book for the young and the young-at-heart, written by a USA Today Bestselling Author.


Dianne Harman
Featured Book: The Secret

Telling someone that the antique
They paid a lot of money for is a fake
Isn’t always welcome news to the owner, or for that matter,
The dealer who sold it to them.
Is that why Carl, the owner of the Palm Springs Antique Shop,
Had his life threatened?
Or maybe someone thought dressing his dog in silks and jewels Was ridiculous?
Or maybe it was telling his adult daughter,
A daughter he didn’t know he had,
And who wanted to have a relationship with him,
That he wasn’t interested.
Our pasts have a way of catching up with us.
Maybe it was just Carl’s time.

Fortunately, his friend Marty has solved a lot of mysteries, and being married to a Palm Springs Police Detective, she hopes she can help him before it’s too late. And it sure is nice to have a guard dog who seems to have psychic powers help out!

Author: Dianne Harman
Author Genre: Cozy Mystery, Romance and Literary Fiction

Author's Blog: Dianne Harman Author
Website: Dianne Harman Author
Twitter: @DianneDHarman
Facebook: Check Out Facebook
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Author Description:
Two-time USA Today Bestselling Author and seven time Amazon All Star Author, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught and certified yoga instructors. She's traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking, playing backgammon with her husband, Tom, and throwing the ball for their dog, Kelly.

Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. Dianne is the author of several cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas, High Desert, Midwest, Jack Trout, Northwest, Cottonwood Springs and a paranormal cozy mystery series.

She's also the author of the award-winning suspenseful Coyote Series, Midlife Journey Series, Slade Kelly Suspense Series, and the Cozy Cookbook Series which consists of recipes from her cozy mystery series. Enjoy!

Author's Book List
Holly & the Cyberbully
The Secret
Murdered by Adultery
Murder on the Beach
Murder After Dinner
Murdered Mayor
Holly & the Grand Opening
Murder in Kauai
Book Club Blackmail
The Deepest Dark
Murdered Mentor
A Mother's Love
Murdered Mogul
Holly for President
Murder at the Carnival
Murder at the St. Regis
Murder on the Train
Kelly & the Dog Park
Mystery at the Campground
Mystery on Main Street
Murdered for Millions
A Matter of Deception
Murder at the Dog Show
Holly and the Stolen Test
Missing in Los Angeles
Deadly Accusations
Murder in Vancouver
Murder in the Forest
The Other Witch
The War Hero's Welcome
Holly and the Ruined Party
Murder at the Manor
Little Feather
Murder at the New Dawn B & B
Murder and High Rollers
Holly & The Oracle
Trouble at the New Dawn B & B
Death in the Bay
Holly and The Missing Dog
Holly Lewis Mystery Series 1-3
The Final Curtain Call
Missing in the Islands
The Money Club
Redemption in Cottonwood Springs
Holly and the Food Pantry
Murdered in Hollywood
Murdered by Success
Murder on the Mountain
Murder on Bainbridge Island
Northwest Cozy Mystery Series (16 book series)



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Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Featured Book: Katz' Cat

Jimmy Katz, a young journalist from the Big City, throws in the towel after he's robbed at gunpoint at a gas station. He finds a job at the Twinkle Independent News in Twinkle, Texas, 385 miles from the closest shopping mall.

He settles into country life in the town of 3,000 at Mrs. Potts' boarding house with his Amazon parrot, Guppy, who has an extensive vocabulary.

Three months into his new lifestyle, Jimmy discovers a tiny kitten he names Maddy. Then his life is turned topsy-turvey.

The town matriarch, his long-lost aunt, names him her heir. Someone takes offense. Neither Jimmy, police chief Price, or his aunt Betty know if the threats are coming from the Big City or Twinkle.

Mysterious messages on his laptop lead to a shocking discovery.

Author: Dawn Greenfield Ireland
Author Genre: Mystery Thrillers, Fantasy,Professional & Technical

Website: Dawn Ireland Writer
Twitter: @dawnireland
E-Mail: dawn@dawngreenfieldireland.com
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Author Description:
Dawn Greenfield Ireland is the CEO of Artistic Origins Inc, a writing and editing company that has been doing business since 1995. Her first book, The Puppy Baby Book (hardcover), was a finalist in the IPPY book competition (2001) and has been selling steadily ever since.

Novels include The Alcott Family Adventures cozy mystery series (Hot Chocolate, Bitter Chocolate, and Spicy Chocolate). Science Fiction includes Prophecy of Thol, and The Last Dog (dystopian/futuristic), Forced Dreams, and Gifts from Thol. Steamy shifter romance by DG Ireland includes Bonded and Tothars.

In addition to the novels, Dawn is an award-winning screenwriter with 14 feature film scripts, 2 of which were optioned. She also creates nonfiction/self-help books and products. Writers Preparation Handbook is an online course, eBook and audiobook. What's Breaking Your Budget is currently an eBook and will be available as an audiobook and an online course someday soon.

Originally from Feeding Hills, MA, Dawn migrated to San Antonio in 1968 then moved to Houston where work was more plentiful. She built a 34-year career as a technical writer/editor.

Dawn has been a member and benefactor of Women in Film and Television (Houston) for decades. Her current day job is writing, creating online courses, and editing books and all things written.

Author's Book List
Katz' Cat
Unforeseen
King of Thol
Love of Thol
Gifts from Thol
Bonded
Forced Dreams
The Far Corner
The Last Dog
What's Breaking Your Budget
Prophecy of Thol
Writer’s Preparation Handbook
Spicy Chocolate
Bitter Chocolate
Hot Chocolate
Mastering Your Money



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Russell Blake
Series Name: The Assassin Series

Author: Russell Blake
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers

Author's Blog: Russell Blake - Author Spotlight
Website: Russell Blake Suspense Writer
Twitter: @blakebooks
E-Mail: books@russellblake.com
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Goodreads: Check Out Goodreads

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Author Description:
Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Chicago Tribune, Russell Blake is The NY Times, WSJ, and USA Today bestselling author of over sixty novels, including Fatal Exchange, Fatal Deception, The Geronimo Breach, Zero Sum, King of Swords, Night of the Assassin, Revenge of the Assassin, Return of the Assassin, Blood of the Assassin, Requiem for the Assassin, Rage of the Assassin, The Delphi Chronicle trilogy, The Voynich Cypher, Silver Justice, JET, JET - Ops Files, JET - Ops Files: Terror Alert, JET II - Betrayal, JET III - Vengeance, JET IV - Reckoning, JET V - Legacy, JET VI - Justice, JET VII - Sanctuary, JET VIII - Survival, JET IX - Escape, JET X - Incarceration, JET XI - Forsaken, JET XII - Rogue State, JET XIII - Renegade, JET XIV - Dark Web, JET XV - Sahara, JET XVI - Flight, bio-thriller Upon A Pale Horse, BLACK, BLACK Is Back, BLACK Is The New Black, BLACK To Reality, BLACK In The Box, Ramsey's Gold, Emerald Buddha, The Goddess Legacy, Deadly Calm, Extinction Thailand, A Girl Apart, A Girl Betrayed, techno-thriller Quantum Synapse, and the 10 novel The Day After Never post-apocalypse series.

Non-fiction includes the international bestseller An Angel With Fur (animal biography), Retirement Secrets of Mexico, and How To Sell A Gazillion eBooks In No Time (even if drunk, high or incarcerated), a parody of all things writing-related.

Blake is co-author of The Eye of Heaven and The Solomon Curse with legendary author Clive Cussler. Blake's novel King of Swords has been translated into German by Amazon Crossing, The Voynich Cypher into Bulgarian, and his JET, Day After Never, and Ramsey's novels into Spanish, German, and Czech.

Blake writes under the moniker R.E. Blake in the NA/YA/Contemporary Romance genres. Novels include Less Than Nothing, More Than Anything, and Best Of Everything.

Having resided in Mexico for sixteen years, Blake enjoys his dogs, fishing, boating, tequila and writing.

Author's Book List
JET - Forsaken
The Day After Never - Blood Honor
Rage of the Assassin
Requiem for the Assassin
JET - Sanctuary
JET - Justice
JET - Legacy
JET - Reckoning
JET - Vengeance
JET - Betrayal
JET
JET - Ops Files
BLACK To Reality
BLACK Is The New Black
BLACK Is Back
BLACK
Upon A Pale Horse
Fatal Exchange
Blood of the Assassin
Return of the Assassin
Revenge of the Assassin
King of Swords
Night of the Assassin
The Delphi Chronicle
The Geronimo Breach
Silver Justice
The Assassin (6 book series)



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Title: THE KEY TO KRISTINA

Her father never gave her anything but a hard time—until he died and left Kristina a key. But a key to what?

A suspicious death. An inheritance. A mysterious ally. A shifty lawyer. A mystery. A key and a clue. A romance. A Quest that may be the adventure of a lifetime. None of that is what Kristina Rivera expects when she arrives for her appointment with a Houston lawyer. She thinks she's there to gather her father's possessions because he's probably been sent to jail again.

Instead, she meets Wyatt Morgan who’s also there at the lawyer’s request. She’s stunned when Morgan introduces himself as the Executor of her father’s estate. Shocked by this revelation, Kristina is grief-stricken, confused, and angry. Her father didn't have two nickels to rub together. Why would he write a will? Life has taught Kristina to initially distrust everyone and every situation, and this situation is beyond her comprehension.

With the aid of Wyatt Morgan, a man whose business seems to be fighting lost causes, Kristina undertakes The Quest, designed by her father, to find his hidden treasure. More than her legacy will be revealed, and danger stalks her every mile of her journey as she tries to discover what The Key To Kristina means.

Available at Amazon

Author: Joan Reeves
Author Genre: Romance, Chick Lit, Nonfiction

Website: Joan Reeves
Author's Blog: Joan Reeves - Sling Words
Twitter: @JoanReeves
E-Mail: Joan@JoanReeves.com
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Author Description:
Joan Reeves is a New York Times and a USA Today bestselling author of Contemporary Romance. Her novels--Keeping Romance Alive...One Sexy Book at a Time--have been published in a half dozen languages, and her ebooks are available at most ebook sellers with audio book and print editions also available.

When not writing romance--or nonfiction to share what she has learned in life--Joan divides her time between the hustle and bustle of Houston and a house in the Texas Hill Country. At their country house, Joan and her hero, her husband, sit on the porch at night, look up at the star-studded sky, and listen to the coyotes howl.

Joan lives the philosophy that is the premise of all of her romance novels: "It's never too late to live happily ever after."

Title: Heaven and Heartbreak

Strangers with the same problem, Louie and Rita shared their anguish at being spurned by their same-sex lovers with two bottles of tequila, finding temporary solace in each other’s arms, knowing they’d never see each other again.

A year later, they’re sharing custody of LuLu, the child neither thought they could ever have. Or would love so much. And then Louie’s boyfriend came back, filling their lives – and his apartment.

The doting gay father and his lover weren’t a problem for the mother but finding new housing and a woman for herself seemed impossible. And then there was the murderer next door... Would Arlie's new female partner, a youthful-looking Native meant to attract the human traffickers, solve her problems and the State of Alaska's, too?

Available at Amazon

Author: Dani Haviland
Author Genre: Time Travel, Romance

Website: Dani Haviland
Author's Blog: Dani Haviland
Twitter: @dani_haviland
E-Mail: dani@danihaviland.com
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Author Description:
Enjoy a wide variety of spunky adventures sprinkled with romance and intrigue, peppered with sarcasm and irony, a delectable blend to savor, day or night, weekday or holiday. From historical to contemporary, mysteries and thrillers to rom-com and women's fiction, with or without time travel, USA TODAY Bestselling Author Dani Haviland's vibrant characters will grab - and keep - your attention.

Mayflower descendent Dani Haviland has bounced from New Haven, Connecticut to the Valley of the Sun in Arizona, to the Knik Arm of Alaska, and wound up in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, soaking up life along the way, processing her wide variety of experiences into works of fantasy and romance, packaging them as singles, series, and box sets with other authors via Chill Out! Books, the company she established as a vehicle to share the many works with readers around the world. Kick back and enjoy the diversity!

Title: Love Stories

Three warmhearted, well-loved, spicy standalone romances in one set. Love family stories? Meet three unique and memorable kinds of family! Love in a Pawn Shop: A pit bull, a pawn shop and a pain-in-the-butt kid brother. . .

Dix is good with two out of three. She's had it with dusty shelves, desperate people and her teenage brother. With Riley about to graduate, Dix is ready to buy her one-way ticket to Paris.

Then sexy cop Dane Caldwell walks into her store on the hunt for stolen goods, and threatens her brother and her business.

The worst threat is to Dix's heart...if she loses that, she loses her dream.

Dane soon realizes he's found love in a pawn shop. Even the pit bull thinks he's okay. Now all he has to do is convince Dix that love is more than just another complication.

Sweet Ride: Katie Calhoun can multi-task like a pro. She can run a business, manage her life, and nurse her mentor back to health all at the same time. But as far as family goes...well, that's outside her comfort zone. Her years in the foster system taught her it was best to bail when things got emotional. So when her mentor's sexy nephew shows up, making her feel all the messy emotions she's always tried so hard to avoid, Katie is thrown for a loop. This can't possibly end happily...can it?

Hotshot banker Jace Donner doesn't want emotional entanglements, either. He just landed his dream job in Switzerland, but wouldn't feel right about leaving the country without first helping his stubborn uncle get back on his feet. And he's especially not leaving without learning everything there is to know about the feisty Katie, who may or may not be a gold digger out to make off with the family silver.

It's not long before Jace realizes there's more to Katie than meets the eye--and everything he learns about her only makes him want to know more. Now all he has to do is convince Katie to let down her defenses and give him a chance to prove that happy endings can actually happen...

Like An Angel: A runaway New York heiress lands in the middle of a Canadian prairie…it might as well be OZ…

Andi Morrison needs to unplug and unwind, but this farm is not where she wants to hide out. Being forced to stay and pretend she’s a foster mom is way out of her comfort zone.

But sexy foster dad Brice Logan needs a woman bad and even though Andi is a rebel in high heels, she’s the only woman he’s got. He has to make her stay long enough to be able to keep his foster family together.

The children are sweet, their foster dad is sexy but Andi has never been needed a day in her life. How can she cope with all the things they need? She’s not a cook, not a mommy, and certainly not the saving grace they seem to think she is.

But soon, Brice sees he needs more than Andi’s help. He needs her everything.

Caught in a sweet, sexy romance neither of them expected Brice and Andi learn that opposites attract. For Andi, being polar opposites makes love hard and staying in the Great White North even harder.

Available at Amazon

Author: Bonnie Edwards
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal

Website: Bonnie Edwards, Romance Author
Twitter: @BonnieEdwards
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Author Description:
Bonnie Edwards has been writing all her life, starting with a poem about Santa suffering with gout. She was seven, Santa was a thousandteen years old. Delighted with writing, she went on to write family sagas, humorous contemporary romance, romantic suspense, erotic paranormal ghost romances and more.

She may jump around within romance, but all her stories come with a tear, a laugh, and a happy ending. Published by Kensington Books, Harlequin Books, Carina Press, and Robinson (UK) Bonnie's stories stretch from short stories to novellas and novels. Now, she's happy to be publishing her work herself.

With over 30 titles to her credit, she has been translated into several languages and sold books worldwide. Aside from standalone romances, she has 4 ongoing romance series, Tales of Perdition, The Brantons, and Love at Christmas. Contemporary family sagas find a home in Return to Welcome. She's hard at work on a brand new series coming in summer 2021.Learn about more exciting releases and get a free romance by subscribing to her newsletter, Bonnie's Newsy Bits through her website.

Title: Don't Be Cruel

Audra can’t fight her attraction to her cousin’s lover, so she leaves their small town and builds a life for herself in Los Angeles. Soon, her cousin, Cari, begs to move in with her and give up her life as a spoiled daughter, and girlfriend to the man every woman in town desires.

How can Audra refuse? She’s never stood up to Cari’s female force… until a baby’s life depends on it. After his birth, she finds the strength once more to fight for him. Really, how can Cari expect her to let the beautiful baby of the only man she’s ever loved, be given up for adoption?

Johnny finds it impossible to believe the one person he’s trusted his heart to is leaving him. How can she be so cruel?

Although he doesn’t beg her to stay, he misses her with such heartbreak, he pushes everyone away and replaces fun times with constant hard work.

Worst of all… he doesn’t find out about his three-year-old son until the hospital calls for him to get there as soon as possible.

Available at Amazon

Author: Mimi Barbour
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense

Website: Mimi Barbour Believe
Author's Blog: AUTHORS’ BILLBOARD
Twitter: @MimiBarbour
E-Mail: mimibarbour66@gmail.com
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Author Description:
NYT & USA Today, best-selling, award-winning author, Mimi Barbour, has nine romance series to her credit.

She also has many single titles and a huge number of box sets - her own and multi-author collections.

Mimi lives on the East coast of Vancouver Island with her new puppy, Charli, and writes her various romances with tongue in cheek and a mad glint in her eye. She's been known to say: "If I can steal a booklover's attention away from their everyday grind, absorb them into a fantasy love story, and make them care about the ending, then I've done my job."

Title: When In Rome

BOOK #2 OF THE AWARD WINNING Brooke & Abby cozy mystery series, where clues from the past help solve modern murder cases.

Why does Abby tarot card her way back to Ancient Rome when there’s no need to? After all, the recent death in town has been declared by the local pathologist to be simply an accidental, epileptic tragedy and nothing more. Or is it?

Follow the Gang of Five, as Abby time-travels to the Age of Emperors, Brooke learns to follow her heart, Henry studies old antiquities, detectives Tony and Larry continue their police work, and Brooke’s niece, Haley, joins their ranks––just in time to learn a most valuable lesson: things aren’t always what they seem…

Available at Amazon

Author: S.R. Mallery
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery

Website: S.R. Mallery's AND HISTORY FOR ALL
Author's Blog: S.R. Mallery's AND HISTORY FOR ALL
Twitter: @SarahMallery1
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Author Description:
A USA TODAY Best Selling author and two-time READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL winner, S. R. Mallery--as her fans say--"brings history to life."

They say I'm as eclectic as my characters. I've been a singer, a composer, a calligrapher, a quilt artist, and an ESL/Reading teacher. But it is the world of writing historical fiction and time travel that I feel I've truly come "home." Why? Because then I get to do my second love: Research.

Title: Just on Porpoise

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it!

Hetta, her dog, and parrot—along with a band of zany friends and frenemies—make for one rousing adventure after another.

In Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, an endangered species is on the very precipice of total extinction, but taking on a vicious cartel to save a little porpoise might be a mite on the difficult side. Can they do it?

The clock is ticking.

Available at Amazon

Author: Jinx Schwartz
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult/tweens, Historical/Western, Humor, Chicklit

Website: Jinx Schwartz
Author's Blog: Jinx Schwartz's Water Writes
Twitter: @jinxschwartz
E-Mail: jinxschwartz@yahoo.com
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Author Description:
USA TODAY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, Jinx Schwartz, has written fourteen books, including ten in the Hetta Coffey series. Hetta is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it!

A ninth-generation Texan, Jinx has lived and worked all over the globe, and much like the protagonist in her Hetta Coffey mystery series, she's a woman with a yacht and not afraid to use it.

Title: The Secret

Telling someone that the antique
They paid a lot of money for is a fake
Isn’t always welcome news to the owner, or for that matter,
The dealer who sold it to them.
Is that why Carl, the owner of the Palm Springs Antique Shop,
Had his life threatened?
Or maybe someone thought dressing his dog in silks and jewels Was ridiculous?
Or maybe it was telling his adult daughter,
A daughter he didn’t know he had,
And who wanted to have a relationship with him,
That he wasn’t interested.
Our pasts have a way of catching up with us.
Maybe it was just Carl’s time.

Fortunately, his friend Marty has solved a lot of mysteries, and being married to a Palm Springs Police Detective, she hopes she can help him before it’s too late. And it sure is nice to have a guard dog who seems to have psychic powers help out!

Available at Amazon

Author: Dianne Harman
Author Genre: Cozy Mystery, Romance and Literary Fiction

Website: Dianne Harman Author
Author's Blog: Dianne Harman Author
Twitter: @DianneDHarman
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Author Description:
Two-time USA Today Bestselling Author and seven time Amazon All Star Author, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught and certified yoga instructors. She's traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking, playing backgammon with her husband, Tom, and throwing the ball for their dog, Kelly.

Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. Dianne is the author of several cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas, High Desert, Midwest, Jack Trout, Northwest, Cottonwood Springs and a paranormal cozy mystery series.

She's also the author of the award-winning suspenseful Coyote Series, Midlife Journey Series, Slade Kelly Suspense Series, and the Cozy Cookbook Series which consists of recipes from her cozy mystery series. Enjoy!

Title: Seas the Day

Caterer River Holloway cooks like a dream and is known on Shell Island as a “finder” of things. Which is why a desperate mother begs River to track down her grown son, Chili Bolz, who’s vanished.

Deputy Lance Hamlyn can’t find the missing man, so he teams up with River. The missing person case boils over into something frightening when Chili’s mother falls victim to a brutal assault. Worse, her dying words incriminate River’s friends in both kidnapping and, now, murder. River soon finds herself caught in an unsavory recipe for disaster.

Despite catering events and the return of her absentee boyfriend, River finds the number of suspects growing longer than her food shopping list. Along the way she befriends a black cat who becomes her crime-solving partner. River must locate Chili and discover who killed his mother before her own goose is quite literally cooked.

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Author: Maggie Toussaint
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Romance,Suspense

Website: Maggie Toussaint - Romance Danger Mystery
Author's Blog: Mudpies and Magnolias
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Award-winning southern author Maggie Toussaint is published in romance and mystery genres as Maggie Toussaint and in science fiction as Rigel Carson. She's a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Visit her at www.maggietoussaint.com and www.rigelcarson.com. While you're there, sign up for her newsletter to keep up with her latest news.

Maggie uses real life inspiration to flavor her books. Her rich scenery and colorful characters have received much notice, but at heart, she tells a darn good story.

Title: Virtually Impossible

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Dr. Barbara Ebel, comes a gripping stand-alone medical suspense novel. In addition, the novel is part of a multi-author series tied together by an interlocking cast of characters.

This volume presents Dr. Hook Hookie, a Molecular Genetic Pathologist, whose high-tech genetic analysis equipment is stolen from right under his nose.

Concerted thievery abounds at Monument Medical Center in Atlanta!

Dr. Hook Hookie may have a prestigious educational and military background, but he now spends his days discovering the most intricate mysteries of the human genome. The elderly scientist also extrapolates genetic information that informs patients of their hereditary health risks--deadly or not.

But Dr. Hookie isn't the only one with a use for the high-tech genetic machinery - a villainess stalks the Medical Center, and she isn't interested in telling people if they're going to die from cancer.

Her thievery goes too far while the cat and mouse skulduggery mounts.

Maybe, just maybe, Dr. Hookie's expertise as a Genetic Pathologist will help solve the crimes!

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Author: Barbara Ebel
Author Genre: Suspense, Thriller, Fiction

Website: Barbara Ebel M.D.
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Barbara Ebel is an award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author who sprinkles credible medicine into the background of her medical suspense novels. Since she is a physician and specialized in Anesthesiology, her operating room scenes shine. However, her vivid characters and plots take center stage.

She has penned two medical suspense series, a separate medical novel, and five children's books about her therapy dog.

"Doctor Barbara's" Dr. Annabel Tilson series includes six books (which can each stand alone), and is based on a female medical sleuth who promises exciting times on the wards as well as in her personal life. Two books in the series have won awards: Death Grip, the 4th book, won the 2018 NIEA award (National Indie Excellence Award), and Deadly Delusions won the 2017 Kindle Book Awards Semi-Finalist for thrillers.

Her first series, the Dr. Danny Tilson novels, takes place in Tennessee and is based on a neurosurgeon who has his hands full in the O.R. as well as in his personal life due to a female villainess, a favorite character of readers (who have a love-hate relationship with her). Dr. Danny's third book, Collateral Circulation, was the 2015 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist for Medical Thrillers. Operation Neurosurgeon, the first book in the series, was the top finalist for best-selling medical mystery books in 2012. (Best Selling Books' blog announced on PR Buzz Press Release Wire, Chicago, IL).

Dr. Ebel lives in a natural wildlife corridor in Tennessee with her husband and dogs. She maintains an active, non-clinical role in medicine, and loves to hear from readers.

In addition to her adult writing, she has illustrated and penned a children's book series called Chester the Chesapeake. The books developed during her philanthropic visits with her therapy dog, Chester. The dog books continue to inspire adults and children alike.

Title: Big Man on Campus

Jack

They say I'm a troubled kid, labeled a bad-boy jock for my rebel attitude. You'd think at St. Paul University that label would put me at the top of the watch list for expulsion, or at least be a death sentence to my social life.

But no.

In truth, I should be a pariah, but I'm not.

I'm the BMOC because I'm the starting quarterback of the prized football team. After last season's bowl game victory, I could be Voldemort and I'd still get the champagne treatment.

But who cares? Because the one girl on this campus I want doesn't give a sh*t about football. She thinks bad boys are, well, bad.

Worst of all, she's my nemesis from back home.

It's messed up that I'm stuck on Joni, because she's the biggest threat to my goal of winning the Heisman Trophy. It kills me that she's also a hot tamale as my grandpa would say. If he were still alive.

Losing grandpa started my trouble.

Being with Joni could ruin me. Or it could save me.

All I need to do is convince her she's not my enemy…

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Author: Stephanie Queen
Author Genre: Mystery, Romantic Comedy

Website: Stephanie Queen
Author's Blog: Quirky Quips Blog
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USA Today bestselling author Stephanie Queen writes steamy angsty new adult and sports romance and romantic suspense. She's been writing stories forever, the kind with happy endings.

Besides writing, she loves UConn basketball, NFL football, kittens and hanging out with friends and fellow readers in real life and on Facebook talking about books, romance and life.

She goes to the gym. More or less. She is the president of her local Chocoholics Anonymous chapter (after a long-standing denial and spectacular failure to control her permanent addiction).

"Living on a lake in New Hampshire with my husband and having our two grown sons nearby, while I write romance novels is a dream come true--except for the lack of grandkids... so far."

Title: A DEAD RED HORSE THIEF

A Novella. When P.I. Lalla Bains is asked to look into a cowboy's missing horses and fiancée, she will uncover a con-artist with a secret agenda and a parolee on the lam with a deadly agenda of his own.

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Author: R.P. Dahlke
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Humor

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My protagonist for the Dead Red Mystery series is a tall, blond ex-model turned crop-duster who, to quote Lalla Bains, has "been married so many times they oughta revoke my license."

Lalla is no Danielle Steele character & she's not afraid of chipping her manicure. Scratch that, the girl doesn't have time for a manicure what with herding recalcitrant pilots and juggling work orders just to keep her father's flagging business alive.

And beginning with A Dead Red Alibi, Lalla and family move to South East Arizona where she and cousin, Pearlie Bains, will continue to their hard earned license as Wishbone, Arizona's tenaciously annoying blonde P.I.s.

A Dead Red Cadillac
A Dead Red Heart
A Dead Red Oleander
A Dead Red Alibi
A Dead Red Miracle
A Dead Red Gamble
A Dead Red Horse Thief-coming late 2019

My romantic suspense books are also on Kindle: A Dangerous Harbor, and Hurricane Hole. If you liked my Lalla Bains series, I know you'll love these books: More romance, more suspense, and in an exotic location with nastier bad guys and a bald parrot!


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Title: Northwest Cozy Mystery Series (16 book series)

From Book 1: A murdered guest at her first catering event? Definitely not good for DeeDee’s fledgling business. So much for post-divorce new beginnings.

When Lisa, a well-known Seattle art gallery owner, is murdered at the event, shock waves ripple through the local Seattle art community.

The following day, newspaper reports indicate the cause of death might have been poison in the food DeeDee served. She has to find the killer to save her business and her new life.

Join DeeDee, Jake, a private investigator she's developed a relationship with, and Balto, her husky dog as they search for the murderer.

Murder on Bainbridge Island
A murdered guest at her first catering event? Definitely not good for DeeDee’s fledgling business. So much for post-divorce new beginnings.

When Lisa, a well-known Seattle art gallery owner, is murdered at the event, shock waves ripple through the local Seattle art community.

The following day, newspaper reports indicate the cause of death might have been poison in the food DeeDee served. She has to find the killer to save her business and her new life.

Murder in Whistle
You have secrets. Everyone does, are they worth murder?

When DeeDee and her boyfriend, Jake, head to Whistler, British Columbia, to vacation, the last thing they expect is to become involved in a murder. Particularly when it’s her former neighbor and good friend’s husband.

Join, DeeDee, Jake, their husky dogs, Balto and Yukon, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as they try to figure out who murdered Johnny and why.

Murder in Seattle
Wedding bells and murder. What a way to start a marriage!

What would you do if your sister’s husband of twelve hours was a suspect in connection with his rich Uncle Vinny’s murder? And the rich uncle just happened to be a member of the Mob?

DeeDee has no choice but to enlist the help of her boyfriend Jake, a private investigator, as well as Al, Uncle Vinny’s scary bodyguard, to help her find the murderer and clear her brother-in-law’s name.

Murder After Midnight
Ever hear of someone celebrating New Year’s Eve by committing murder? Well, it happened, and the killer is looking for DeeDee!

That’s the situation DeeDee found herself in after the very successful New Year’s Eve party she catered for Dana, the popular hostess of a Seattle television entertainment show. The party quickly became a distant memory when Dana was found murdered near her pool house. It didn’t help that the murderer was certain they’d been spotted by DeeDee, and she could identify the killer.

Murder at Le Bijou Bistro
Death by chocolate, but it's the wrong person. Meant for the ex-Mafia man or his bride, a food critic?

Could it have been an act of jealousy by Al De Duco's ex-girlfriend, Kitten Knight, or an act of revenge by Mario Carlucci, a long-time enemy of his from Al’s days with the Mafia in Chicago?

Or was the intended victim Al’s wife of two weeks, Cassie, the very popular food critic who writes the Food Spy column for The Seattle Times? But who would want to murder Cassie?

Murder at the Gallery
The caterer had a photographic memory. The murdered art dealer had secrets. His wife had a lover.

You’re in Provence, France, and happen to see the same painting for sale by the same artist your best friend just bought from a gallery in Seattle. What would you do?

DeeDee discovers the murdered art dealer’s body and knows she needs Jake’s help. Having a private detective as your fiancé is a good thing when you’re looking for a murderer. So is having a husky dog.

Murder at the Waterfront
Men, Mobsters, and Murder! Poor Maureen. Was she just collateral damage?

She had an ex who wanted to reconcile, a chef she’d broken up with, and a salesman from Kansas who’d fallen in love with her. Her brother-in-law had ties to the Mafia as well as some interesting business deals. Was she simply a pawn in their game? And what about her ex-husband’s fiancée? Plenty of suspects, but who’s the murderer?

Al, a retired mobster, has taken over a friend’s private investigation firm. Mobsters have a different way of dealing with murderers. Sometimes they revert to old habits.

Murder and Food Porn
Food porn can be addictive, but is it worth murder?

When her food photographer is murdered, the police ask Cassie's husband, ex-Mafia man, Al, to help. Al’s ways of solving murder don’t always follow police procedurals.

A cozy mystery that leaves you with a smile on your face! As always plenty of dogs, mouth-watering food, and recipes.

Murder in the Cayman Islands
Things aren’t always what they seem. Like, what could possibly go wrong on a vacation in the Cayman Islands – a Caribbean haven with beautiful women, plenty of rum, mouth-watering seafood, duty free shopping, and some of the best scuba diving and snorkeling in the world?

Well, murder for one.

When DeeDee, Jake, Al, and Cassie go to Al’s home in the Cayman Islands for a respite from the string of murders they’ve had to investigate in the last year, the last thing they expect is to be involved in is yet another murder. And it’s even harder when it’s Al’s longtime Mafia friend and next-door neighbor, Nicky Luchesse.

Murder in Chicago
Al’s past is catching up with him...40 years in the mob and karma has his number.

He’s a marked man, but a tip-off buys him some time. Can he catch his would-be murderer before they catch up with him?

It’s a game of cat and mouse...will Al live long enough to enjoy the future with Cassie? Or will Red be lying vigil by his coffin?

The Final Curtain Call
When the curtain falls, the show is over
Unfortunately, it was opening night
And when it fell
It was definitely over for Angel Bridges!

Affairs and jealousy, not to mention old resentments, are all good motives for murder. But just which one brought the curtain down on Angel?

Murder at the Manor
Cecil Boatwright-Jones was the epitome of a crotchety old man
So crotchety he was murdered
After all, when you’re worth millions
And you won’t spend a dime
On your run-down English manor, Little Dockery
Or your family
Or anything else
Maybe murder is the answer
But it’s never acceptable

DeeDee and Jake wish they’d never left Seattle to accept a case in the village of Finchingfield , England. What started out as a wonderful excuse to spend some time in Europe quickly becomes a nightmare. Staying in a manor that has over one hundred rooms and a lot of secrets doesn’t make for pleasant dreams.

When everyone hates a man, finding people with a motive is not a problem. What is a problem is too many suspects with very good reasons to commit murder. DeeDee and Jake have another problem. If they don’t find the murderer, there’s a good chance they’ll be the next victims.

Murder in Vancouver
A famous fashion designer
A poisoned box of chocolates
A stolen painting
Al, the Mafia man, is back on the job

Milton Arrowsmith is murdered by a poisoned box of chocolates on the morning of an art fundraiser, and a valuable painting is stolen from his apartment.

His friends hire Al, both for their own security, and to find out what happened to Milton. Al investigates their social circle, and finds out everyone has secrets, some even connected to the case. It turns out the killer is much closer to home than anyone could have imagined...

Murder on the Train
A luxury train tour in Europe.
A dysfunctional family.
A murdered matriarch.

When a long-awaited vacation ends in murder for one of the tour guests and passports are confiscated by the authorities, the dream trip turns into a nightmare.

DeeDee, Jake, Al, and Cassie find themselves stranded in a luxury hotel in Venice, Italy. Sounds great, but they can’t leave until the murderer is found. They have no choice but to help the local police, so they can return home to the United States.

Murder After Dinner
There’s just something about “bad boys”
That fascinates people.
But there’s a reason they’re called “bad boys.”
Is that why Kade, the one with the “bad boy” reputation, was murdered?
Of course, there were a lot of people who had a reason to want him dead.
Like Harper, his ex-girlfriend, whose parents
Told her no more partying with him and put her on a short financial leash.
And Kyran, who was supposed to run the company
When Kade’s father died unexpectedly.
But what about those rumors that Kade’s father had been murdered?
Was Kade involved?
Then there was Cooper.
He never thought Kade would steal business opportunities from him.
Particularly the ones Cooper had shared with him.
But that’s something else “bad boys” do.
And what about Jessica?
The roofie Kade gave her ruined her life.
All of them attended the dinner party hosted by Ivy,
The CEO of Rosie’s Seafood Company.
And Kade had made her look like a fool when she asked for a company loan.

The Troubled Tycoon
When you’re a tycoon
And you sit on top of the business mountain,
Seems like a lot of people want to see you fall.
And Cooper was at the top, but he’d made a lot of enemies
In order to get there.
Then there were the women in his life,
And he’d be the first to admit he’d wronged a few.
When it became clear that someone was out to destroy Cooper
By ruining his reputation and the companies he owned,
He hired Jake and Al, the retired ex-mobster, to find out who it was.
But sometimes there’s nothing better than a dog to save the day!

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Author: Dianne Harman
Author Genre: Cozy Mystery, Romance and Literary Fiction

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Two-time USA Today Bestselling Author and seven time Amazon All Star Author, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught and certified yoga instructors. She's traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking, playing backgammon with her husband, Tom, and throwing the ball for their dog, Kelly.

Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn't resist writing about food and dogs. Dianne is the author of several cozy mystery series: Cedar Bay, Liz Lucas, High Desert, Midwest, Jack Trout, Northwest, Cottonwood Springs and a paranormal cozy mystery series.

She's also the author of the award-winning suspenseful Coyote Series, Midlife Journey Series, Slade Kelly Suspense Series, and the Cozy Cookbook Series which consists of recipes from her cozy mystery series. Enjoy!

Title: The Assassin (6 book series)




From Book 1: A plot to kill the American and Mexican presidents.

A super-assassin who never fails.

A lone cop the only thing standing between them.

Can he stop the unthinkable from happening when his adversary is a ghost?

The Assassin - King of Swords
A plot to kill the American and Mexican presidents.
A super-assassin who never fails.
A lone cop the only thing standing between them.
Can he stop the unthinkable from happening when his adversary is a ghost?

Revenge of the Assassin
Revenge of the Assassin, the second novel in the Assassin series, is the blistering sequel to the bestselling international thriller King of Swords. When El Rey, the super assassin responsible for Latin America's most spectacular hits, returns to Mexico for one final sanction, the race is on for Captain Romero Cruz of the Federales to stop him before he can fulfill his contract to kill the president. Revenge will delight fans of King of Swords, and offers the same gritty, unpredictable ride of thrills, twists and surprises, before arriving at a conclusion that is sure to leave readers gasping.

Return of the Assassin
Revenge of the Assassin, the second novel in the Assassin series, is the blistering sequel to the bestselling international thriller King of Swords. When El Rey, the super assassin responsible for Latin America's most spectacular hits, returns to Mexico for one final sanction, the race is on for Captain Romero Cruz of the Federales to stop him before he can fulfill his contract to kill the president. Revenge will delight fans of King of Swords, and offers the same gritty, unpredictable ride of thrills, twists and surprises, before arriving at a conclusion that is sure to leave readers gasping.

Blood of the Assassin
A German hit man has targeted a world leader for execution. In a high octane race against the clock, an unlikely alliance must track and stop the assassin before he can carry out his unthinkable scheme. The fourth of the bestselling Assassin novels, Blood of the Assassin can be read as a stand-alone novel or as the continuation of the series.

Requiem for the Assassin
In Requiem for the Assassin, El Rey, the world's deadliest assassin, is called into the field to terminate a list of seemingly unrelated targets on behalf of CISEN, the Mexican Intelligence Agency. But things are never as they seem in the murky world of intrigue, and he quickly goes from being the hunter to the prey.

Rage of the Assassin
In the final installment in the bestselling Assassin series, El Rey and Captain Romero Cruz race the clock to stop a terrorist threat to Mexico City and save thousands of lives. Gritty, unflinching, with a plot drawn from today's headlines, Rage of the Assassin concludes the saga that began with King of Swords.

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Author: Russell Blake
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers

Website: Russell Blake Suspense Writer
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Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Chicago Tribune, Russell Blake is The NY Times, WSJ, and USA Today bestselling author of over sixty novels, including Fatal Exchange, Fatal Deception, The Geronimo Breach, Zero Sum, King of Swords, Night of the Assassin, Revenge of the Assassin, Return of the Assassin, Blood of the Assassin, Requiem for the Assassin, Rage of the Assassin, The Delphi Chronicle trilogy, The Voynich Cypher, Silver Justice, JET, JET - Ops Files, JET - Ops Files: Terror Alert, JET II - Betrayal, JET III - Vengeance, JET IV - Reckoning, JET V - Legacy, JET VI - Justice, JET VII - Sanctuary, JET VIII - Survival, JET IX - Escape, JET X - Incarceration, JET XI - Forsaken, JET XII - Rogue State, JET XIII - Renegade, JET XIV - Dark Web, JET XV - Sahara, JET XVI - Flight, bio-thriller Upon A Pale Horse, BLACK, BLACK Is Back, BLACK Is The New Black, BLACK To Reality, BLACK In The Box, Ramsey's Gold, Emerald Buddha, The Goddess Legacy, Deadly Calm, Extinction Thailand, A Girl Apart, A Girl Betrayed, techno-thriller Quantum Synapse, and the 10 novel The Day After Never post-apocalypse series.

Non-fiction includes the international bestseller An Angel With Fur (animal biography), Retirement Secrets of Mexico, and How To Sell A Gazillion eBooks In No Time (even if drunk, high or incarcerated), a parody of all things writing-related.

Blake is co-author of The Eye of Heaven and The Solomon Curse with legendary author Clive Cussler. Blake's novel King of Swords has been translated into German by Amazon Crossing, The Voynich Cypher into Bulgarian, and his JET, Day After Never, and Ramsey's novels into Spanish, German, and Czech.

Blake writes under the moniker R.E. Blake in the NA/YA/Contemporary Romance genres. Novels include Less Than Nothing, More Than Anything, and Best Of Everything.

Having resided in Mexico for sixteen years, Blake enjoys his dogs, fishing, boating, tequila and writing.

Title: The Turkish Connection (3 book series)

Raised in the bleak aftermath of WWII, Jez Kornfeld becomes a reluctant assassin for the Soviets. But when he makes a mistake and is framed for murder, the hunter becomes the prey. For discerning readers of nail biting thrillers.

Birth of an Assassin
Raised in the bleak aftermath of WWII, Jez Kornfeld becomes a reluctant assassin for the Soviets. But when he makes a mistake and is framed for murder, the hunter becomes the prey.

The Turkish Connection
Kidnapped and forced to rob markets and souks, Mehmet believes life can’t get worse … until they want him dead.

The Man in the Blue Fez
When Jez sees his camp destroyed, he runs, but a Spetsnaz unit have caught sight of him and give chase.

Anna is taken prisoner in Turkey. If Jez doesn’t make it through, she dies.

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Author: Rik Stone
Author Genre: Thriller, Crime, Suspense

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Rik Stone worked in the shipyards on the River Tyne and spent time in the Merchant Navy long before he was in a position to pursue his dream of writing full time. Whether the sea was in his blood or he just loved traveling isn't clear, but from his experiences of exotic locations his imagination was fired up and he wrote Birth of an Assassin, the first in a series.

Brazil had been the first foreign soil his feet touched down on and that was when he and other crew members were flown out to pick up a ship. The memories of what he saw on his travels in South America and the images that were conjured up, have lived on in his mind over the years and now, because the story refused to go on hold, he has taken time out from the Birth of an Assassin series to write a present day novel set in an imaginary favela, on an imaginary hillside, in Recife.

Title: Cottage on Gooseberry Bay (6 book series)

USA Today Bestselling author Kathi Daley brings you a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers and fostering hope while building friendships and embracing the magic of life by the sea and small town holidays.

Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past. She’d come to find an explanation for the dreams that haunted her after the death of the cop who’d both rescued and raised her. And she’d come to identify the family she couldn’t remember but knew in her heart she’d once belonged to.

Ainsley hoped that by finding these answers, she’d also find healing. She hoped that once she’d resurrected the memories buried deep in her mind, she’d find peace.

The Cottage at Gooseberry Bay is a series about, not only finding answers, but finding hope.
It’s a series about family and friendship.
It’s a series about shared holidays, festivals, and celebrations.
It’s a series about shared heartbreak and hardship.
And it’s a series about the bond that can be forged amongst strangers when tragedy binds two or more individuals with a common goal.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Halloween Moon
Her first night in town she meets a young woman who is later found dead. The local sheriff has labeled the death of this young woman a suicide based on a text message she’d sent before she died. But Ainsley, who’d spoken to the victim only hours before the text was sent, isn’t quite as sure of the easy answer the sheriff would like everyone to believe.

An investigative journalist by trade and cops daughter by upbringing, Ainsley never had been the sort to walk away from unanswered questions, so with the help of new friends she meets along the way, she initiates a parallel investigation which seems to indicate the sheriff’s real motivation in trying to sell the suicide angle to the community is to protect the interests of a very rich and very powerful man.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Thanksgiving Past
Ainsley finally meets Adam Winchester who agrees to help her find the answers she is looking for.

Meanwhile, Ainsley joins forces with Parker, Jemma, and Josie as they search for the truth about what might have happened to the family who vanished five Thanksgivings ago.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Gooseberry Christmas
Ainsley decides to set aside her search for answers to her past and enjoy her first Gooseberry Christmas by volunteering along with the rest of the gang for the Christmas Festival on the boardwalk. Normally Ainsley didn’t bother much with Christmas and all its trappings but this year she is excited to join in as most of the locals are prone to do. Of course it does put a bit of a damper on the festivities when a body is found in the tree lot where the gang had offered to help out, but that doesn’t stop Ainsley from making the most of the season in spite of the crazy investigation she can’t help but get pulled into.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay: Kiss 'N Tell
Four friends come to the area over Valentine’s Day. While in Gooseberry Bay they notice a kissing booth which gets them to joking around and they decide to come up with their own challenge - The Casanova Challenge - to prove once and for all which of the four is really the king of romance. Each of four the men agree to spend the weekend wooing the local women, raking up points for various acts such as, buying a woman a drink, getting a cell number, actually going on a date, engaging in a make out session, and actually scoring. One of the men apparently set his sights on the wrong woman since he ends up dead. Parker sets out to cover the story pulling Ainsley and the others into her investigation along the way.

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Author: Kathi Daley
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance

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Author's Blog: Random Thoughts and Meaningless Musings.
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USA Today Bestselling Author Kathi Daley lives in the beautiful alpine community of Lake Tahoe with her husband Ken. When she's not writing she enjoys hanging out on the beach with her children and grandchildren. During the summer she enjoys hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, wakeboarding, and sunset cruises on the lake. During the winter she enjoys cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and curling up by a fire with a good book.

Kathi uses her mountain home as inspiration for her books, all which include appearances by the wildlife she shares her life with.

Title: Her Sweet Revenge Series (6 book series)

From Book 1: A virgin librarian with hot-chick potential, the conflicts in her story won’t let you put the book down. Be prepared for an all-nighter…

She watches the mob kill her twin and is too frozen with fear to stop them. How can she live with that cowardice eating away at her self-respect? Revenge claws at her sheltered existence until she can’t breathe. Though she’s naïve, she isn’t stupid. When she finds a stash of loot in her brother’s gym locker, she has the means.

Now all she needs is the guts to make every one of those low-life gang members pay.

People might think detectives are hard-assed cops with no home life, but Trace McGuire has a dying mom he loves fiercely. Already stressed over his personal problems, he takes a bullet for a virgin beauty hiding while mobsters shoot her brother.

This chick draws out every protective instinct he thought had disintegrated over years on the job and he becomes invested – in her hot body, her plans for retaliation and her fighting spirit.

Helpless, he watches her enter the seedy underworld that’ll eat her alive.

Then he sees her fight.

And wonders if they’ll survive her.

Book #1 - Retaliation
Cass won't rest until her brother's murderers are jailed or dead. She goes after them one at a time with no intention of stopping until she has her revenge. Detective McGuire takes a bullet for her. Now the annoying man believes she’s his responsibility and wants to stop her, protect her... control her.

Book #2 - Justice
When she continues to dig for information on who killed her brother, Cassi's life becomes fraught with danger. Between bartending in a sleazy joint, getting into fights with hookers and trying to scare off her stalker, she never seems to get any time to just be a girl in love.

Book #3 - Resolution
Since her brother Raoul’s murder at the hands of his own gang members, revenge has driven Cass to find answers. Money, hidden by Raoul, is funding her quest. And tenacity born of hate fuels the relentless need to make those killers pay.

Book #4 - Endings
Cassi’s a fighter who won’t stop until she gets justice for her murdered brother. Once she’s faced with the ultimate cost, will she be able to see it through? And can she live with herself if she doesn't?

Book #5 - Faith
Faith’s always tried to be a good person. From the beginning, everything was against her. A sick mother forced her into a world of drugs and sexual dysfunction that she couldn’t overcome. Until she lost the man she loved and found a baby who filled her heart.

Book #6 -Leni
Leni believes her mother didn't come back for her because she'd died. Wrong! Blackmail finally forces the woman out of the shadows. On top of these stresses, Leni learns the name of her cousin's killer. Payback is her only option.

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Author: Mimi Barbour
Author Genre: Romance, Paranormal, Suspense

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NYT & USA Today, best-selling, award-winning author, Mimi Barbour, has nine romance series to her credit.

She also has many single titles and a huge number of box sets - her own and multi-author collections.

Mimi lives on the East coast of Vancouver Island with her new puppy, Charli, and writes her various romances with tongue in cheek and a mad glint in her eye. She's been known to say: "If I can steal a booklover's attention away from their everyday grind, absorb them into a fantasy love story, and make them care about the ending, then I've done my job."

Title: Bluewater Thrillers (17 book series)

A serial killer is roaming from Florida to the Eastern Caribbean. His victims are women who hitchhike on his sailing yacht. He hides his crimes by disposing of their bodies at sea. Picking Dani Berger as his next victim is his big mistake.

Enjoy the adventure as Dani's friends pursue the killer through the islands under sail. Meet some true-to-life island characters as they solve the mystery of the missing women. If you enjoy action / adventure stories with strong female lead characters, the Bluewater Thrillers were written for you.

Bluewater Killer is the first novel in the Bluewater Thriller series. Dani Berger, introduced as a victim in this story, emerges as the tough, self-sufficient protagonist in the series. By the end of Bluewater Killer, she's angry and determined to get even. This is the story of her rescue and the beginning of her quest for vengeance.

If you've ever dreamed of escaping to the islands and are charmed by the idea of living the dream aboard a classic sailing yacht, you can get a feel for what it's like from reading this book and the others in the series. Feel the spray and smell the clean sea air while you admire the islands.

Bluewater Killer
A serial killer is roaming from Florida to the Eastern Caribbean. His victims are women who hitchhike on his sailing yacht. He hides his crimes by disposing of their bodies at sea. Picking Dani Berger as his next victim is his big mistake.

Enjoy the adventure as Dani's friends pursue the killer through the islands under sail. Meet some true-to-life island characters as they solve the mystery of the missing women. If you enjoy action / adventure stories with strong female lead characters, the Bluewater Thrillers were written for you.

Bluewater Vengeance
Dani Berger's just been rescued from human traffickers. She has a million-dollar yacht and a gut full of anger. She wants to get even.

Dani's former captor, irate at his loss, tries to snatch her again. This gives Dani just the opening she needs. Watch what happens when a bully encounters a victim seeking vengeance.

Bluewater Voodoo
A terrorist plans to use an ancient Voodoo potion to disrupt the U.S. election.

Dani and Liz have charter guests aboard who are studying Voodoo while they sail. They cross paths with the terrorist as they travel. The mystery stretches from Florida to the Caribbean when their guests' research intersects the terrorist's plot.

If you like fast paced action and adventure in the islands, start reading Bluewater Voodoo today.

Bluewater Ice
Dani Berger and Liz Chirac's new charter guest is hiding something. Connie Barrera brought more aboard Vengeance than just her luggage, but they don't know that. Connie's on the run.

Connie booked Vengeance under an assumed name to escape the Bahamas. She's not sure who's chasing her, but she knows what they want. She's determined that they won't get it.

Connie couldn't have picked better people to fight her corner than Dani and Liz. The three quickly become friends, but Dani and Liz are puzzled by Connie's occasional moments of paranoia.

Bluewater Betrayal
Liz Chirac is accused of murder. By the time the police in Bequia decide she's innocent, somebody's trying to kill her.

Liz left Dani Berger in Martinique with a charter guest aboard their yacht, Vengeance. When she returns, Liz brings trouble.

Sail through the islands with the three women as they fight to survive. While they teach their guest to sail, Dani and Liz show her how to kick ass, too.

Bluewater Stalker
Murder follows the yacht Vengeance through the islands. As Dani Berger and Liz Chirac sail north from Grenada with their charter guests, a series of killings matches their landfalls.

There's tension between the guests, a husband and wife. Is one of them the killer? Or a potential victim? The facts support either outcome.

Bluewater Bullion
Their guests deny it, but Dani and Liz can see that they're searching for sunken treasure.

The two men are an odd pair. They've chosen a sailing yacht for a task better suited to a salvage vessel. Besides, a private espionage organization is watching them. Who are these two, and what kind of trouble did they bring to the islands from Florida?

Bluewater Rendezvous
A woman on the run from the Mafia, a kidnapping, and revenge in Florida

Their new charter guest is too mysterious to suit Dani. When the guest's fiancé fails to make their rendezvous in Antigua, Dani and Liz find themselves in a struggle with the Mafia.

The Mafia boss kidnaps a member of Dani's family to force Dani to bend to his wishes, but the mobster gets a surprise. He's not the only one who makes his own rules. Dani, fuming with suppressed rage from her own problems, vents her ire on the unsuspecting thugs.

As she dives into the fray, Dani discovers some puzzling connections to a man from her past. Liz has teased her about Ralph Suarez for years, but he provides some unexpected help in resolving their differences with the mob.

Bluewater Ganja
A woman on the run from the Mafia, a kidnapping, and revenge in Florida

Their new charter guest is too mysterious to suit Dani. When the guest's fiancé fails to make their rendezvous in Antigua, Dani and Liz find themselves in a struggle with the Mafia.

The Mafia boss kidnaps a member of Dani's family to force Dani to bend to his wishes, but the mobster gets a surprise. He's not the only one who makes his own rules. Dani, fuming with suppressed rage from her own problems, vents her ire on the unsuspecting thugs.

As she dives into the fray, Dani discovers some puzzling connections to a man from her past. Liz has teased her about Ralph Suarez for years, but he provides some unexpected help in resolving their differences with the mob.

Bluewater Jailbird
Dani Berger has vanished in St. Lucia.

After a trip to Europe, Liz Chirac returns to the charter yacht she owns with Dani and finds it abandoned. The people on the adjacent boat tell Liz that the police picked up Dani from her yacht a few hours before Liz's return.

When the police evade Liz's questions, she starts her own investigation with the aid of friends. In her quest, Liz runs afoul of a human trafficking ring that's also smuggling terrorists from the Middle East into Miami via the Caribbean islands.

Bluewater Drone
He said he'd make Dani a star. She's not impressed.

Dani Berger and Liz Chirac have new charter guests aboard the yacht Vengeance. Blaine and Mindy Wilkes booked the charter to make an adventure travel video for their TV series. Upon arrival, they confess to be paparazzi in pursuit of a movie star named Kev Strong, as well.

Discovering that Dani has an entrée to Strong, the guests encourage her to see him. Spurred on by Liz, Dani agrees. She meets him for lunch to provide a photo opportunity for her guests. Strong, smitten by Dani, offers to make her a star. He invites her to join him aboard his Russian investor's megayacht to audition for a part.

Bluewater Revolution
Fidel's dead, Raul's old, and Cuba's in play. Viva Cuba Libre!

Dani Berger and Liz Chirac are caught up in a plot to invade Cuba. They're in Miami for a gathering of family and friends when Phillip Davis encounters a mercenary he knows from his days in military intelligence.

José Martinez says he is working for a consortium of Cuban exile groups in Miami, buying weapons to oust the Castro regime. Or does Martinez have something else in mind?

Bluewater Enigma
Dani Berger and Liz Chirac return to Miami from a vacation to discover that their yacht, Vengeance, has been stolen. Then their charter broker calls. She has a client for them.

The client refuses to accept any yacht other than Vengeance. The charter is to be a surprise for her lover, who admires classic yachts.

Dani and Liz recover Vengeance in time for the charter. But before the guests arrive, they learn that their client plans to use the rendezvous to blackmail her lover.

Bluewater Quest
Did the Moors discover America 600 years before Columbus?

Rick Everett is on a quest to prove they did. He and his wife have chartered Vengeance to search for evidence in the Caribbean.

He's enlisted Dani Berger and Liz Chirac to help him hunt for artifacts that support his theory.

Without knowing it, Everett's made them all pawns in a centuries-old struggle. Caught between the Sunni Muslim Saudis and the Iranian Shiites, they're in for a rough sail.

Bluewater Target
Marie LaCroix is planning an assassination in Washington.

She wants to use the yacht Vengeance as her base. Marie has approached Dani Berger, who runs the charter yacht with her partner, Liz Chirac. Dani is an adrenalin junky; she's ready for action. But what about Liz?

Join the three friends on their storm-tossed sail from Martinique to the Chesapeake Bay. Watch them plan their hit. Their target is a killer himself. Will he turn their plans against them?

Bluewater Blackmail
Murder and Extortion in the Tropics
Alex Cruz, a wealthy Miami socialite, died from an overdose. Was it an accident? A suicide? Or murder?
Lucie, Alex's 16-year-old daughter, found her mother's body, and she knows what happened. Lucie thinks she's to blame, but is she?
Lucie's guardian sends her on a charter with Dani Berger and Liz Chirac, intending to keep Lucie out of harm's way while the police investigate her mother's death.

Bluewater Clickbait
Murder, Sex Trafficking, and Kidnapping in the Islands
When their new charter guest introduces herself as "clickbait personified," Dani Berger and Liz Chirac get a crash course in social media marketing.

Although Cait Everett, their guest, seems to be a nice young woman, she's attracted the attention of an unsavory character who's stalking her on her voyage through the islands. Cait has something he wants, something that belongs to him, but she won't say what it is.

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Author: Charles Dougherty
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

Website: C.L.R. Dougherty
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Dougherty is a lifelong sailor; he's lived what he writes. He and his wife have spent over 30 years sailing together. For 15 years, they lived aboard their boat full-time, cruising the East Coast and the islands. They spent most of that time exploring the Eastern Caribbean. Dougherty is well acquainted with the islands and their people. The characters and locations in his novels reflect his experience.

A storyteller before all else, Dougherty lets his characters speak for themselves. Pick up one of his thrillers and listen to the sound of adventure as you smell the salt air. Enjoy the views of distant horizons and meet some people you won't forget.

Title: Mylas Grey Mysteries

Each book in the series finds Mylas involved in an investigation, a good old-fashioned mystery, where he meets a variety of characters, ultimately solves a crime, and learns a lot about himself in the process. While Mylas is a man of means, he's still searching for a woman who shares his newly discovered faith, and who's willing to put up with his hectic lifestyle on Capitol Hill.

Each Mylas Grey Mystery can be read as a standalone, but to have the series experience, One Day Gone should be read first, followed by Two Days Taken. The next book in the series will be Three Days Clueless, coming in May 2021.

If you enjoy clean, character-driven mysteries, with touches of humor, romance, non-partisan politics, and a dog named Babe, you’ll love the Mylas Grey Mystery series!

One Day Gone
Mylas Grey is a private investigator but don’t call him a private detective. That title belongs to his father—not to him. Mylas is the Chief Investigator for Senator Davis Allen, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. His job is to do background investigations for the President’s judicial nominees, and that’s the only kind of investigation he’s interested in doing.

Two Days Taken
Two days. That's all it's supposed to take. But when Mylas suddenly discovers the truth, it isn't two days anymore.

Private investigator Mylas Grey is anticipating photographer Whitney Engel's visit to Washington.

He's been planning their itinerary, looking forward to spending time with her, and wondering if the spark between them will ignite into a roaring fire.

Three Days Clueless
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight.

There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . .
When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.

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Author: Luana Ehrlich
Author Genre: Mystery,Christian, Fiction, Thriller

Website: Luana Ehrlich
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Twitter: @luanasbooks
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Luana Ehrlich is the author of the award-winning Titus Ray Thriller Series, featuring CIA intelligence officer Titus Ray, and the Mylas Grey Mystery Series, featuring private investigator, Mylas Grey. Her novels are clean reads with intriguing plots, fascinating characters, jaw-dropping twists, and occasional touches of heart-warming romance.

Readers are invited to sign up for Luana's newsletter and receive a free book at LuanaEhrlich.com.

Luana developed her passion for spy thrillers and mystery novels at an early age, but she didn't begin writing her series of Titus Ray Thrillers until her husband retired from the ministry. Now, she writes from an undisclosed location, trying to avoid the torture of mundane housework, grocery shopping, and golf stories. However, she occasionally comes out of hiding to visit with her two grandsons or to enjoy a Starbucks caramel macchiato.

Besides being an award-winning author, Luana is a freelance writer, minister's wife, and former missionary. She and her husband are long-time residents of Norman, Oklahoma. She's also lived in Indiana, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas, and Michigan, and for several years, she and her husband were missionaries in Costa Rica and Venezuela.

In addition to being an avid reader, Luana is also a news fanatic, following events around the world on a daily basis, particularly the Middle East. She loves to hear from her readers!

Title: Hetta Coffey Series

Hetta Coffey is a globe-trotting civil engineer with a swath of failed multi-national affairs in her jet stream.

Plying the San Francisco waterfront, trolling for triceps, her attention is snagged by a parade of passing yachts—especially their predominantly male skippers—and experiences a champagne-induced epiphany…

>>>If she had a boat, she could get a man
In spite of a spectacular ignorance of all things nautical, Hetta buys her dream boat, but a shadowy stalker, an inconvenient body, and Hetta’s own self-destructive foibles imperil her goal.

Just Add Water
Hetta Coffey is a globe-trotting civil engineer with a swath of failed multi-national affairs in her jet stream.

Plying the San Francisco waterfront, trolling for triceps, her attention is snagged by a parade of passing yachts—especially their predominantly male skippers—and experiences a champagne-induced epiphany…

>>>If she had a boat, she could get a man
In spite of a spectacular ignorance of all things nautical, Hetta buys her dream boat, but a shadowy stalker, an inconvenient body, and Hetta’s own self-destructive foibles imperil her goal.

Just Add Salt
A globe-trotting engineer with attitude, a penchant for trouble, and a yacht, Hetta is back, and this time she's steering us into hot Mexican waters.

Miffed that vacation plans with her chronically absent boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins, have gone awry, she accepts a job in Baja.

>>>So what, if she and her friend Jan are spectacularly unqualified to take her yacht on a thousand-mile cruise in the eastern Pacific Ocean during hurricane season?

Hiring a handsome, if somewhat fishy captain for the trip might keep them off the rocks, but probably won't do the same for her future with Jenks. Meanwhile, a little eye candy on board can't be all bad.

Just Add Trouble
A globe-trotting engineer with adventure in her soul, Hetta is determined to solidify her relationship with her long-distance boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins. What better place for a romantic interlude than aboard her yacht in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful and solitary Sea of Cortez?

>>>But where Hetta goes, trouble follows, and chaos is sure to ensue. After a run-in with a couple of sea serpents that threaten to rock the boat, she nevertheless decides to take on a project in the Mexican port city of Guaymas. After all, Jenks is headed back to Kuwait, so why not cash in on the best of both worlds by picking up a few pesos while living aboard her boat in Mexico?

>>>Once again, Hetta's indomitable spirit, stubborn independence and penchant for deceit will keep the reader in stitches as she launches herself and her best friend, Jan, into a sea of trouble.

Just Deserts
As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant for oddball (read: shady) projects, she has a way of attracting trouble.

With her floating home dry-docked for repairs in Mexico, Hetta needs a place to live and a job to pay for boat repairs. Landing a project at a mining operation not far from her boat, she finds herself on the tumultuous Arizona/Mexico border, where all hell is breaking loose...even before she gets there.

Just The Pits
As a self-employed engineering consultant with a penchant for oddball—read: shady—projects, Hetta Coffey has a history of inviting trouble. But now that she's been hired for a legitimate mining project in Mexico's Baja, it looks like smooth sailing ahead...until she discovers that people and pesos are disappearing faster than you can say, "This job is the pits!"

Just Needs Killin'
After several months of cruising Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez, Hetta's in Puerto Escondido, a place once described by author John Steinbeck as "a magic harbor." Anchored out, swaying on the hook at the whim of breeze and tide, surrounded by magnificent views and turquoise water can be magical. Stuck at anchor alone? Not so much.

>>>A Luxury Party Gone Wrong
So when her best friend, Jan, gets them an invite to a party at a nearby luxury resort hosted by a Japanese businessman—all expenses paid—Hetta figures, why not? Why turn down an evening of free food and booze? And besides, what could possibly go wrong?

Just Different Devils
She's an intrepid cruiser, but wild rumors of marauding gangs of flesh-shredding giant Humboldt squid on a rampage in the Sea of Cortez could keep even Hetta tied to an expensive dock.

However, when the opportunity for an intriguing and highly lucrative charter arises she talks her best friend, Jan, into signing on for a mysterious cruise. Damn the calamari! Full bank account ahead!

Just Pardon My French
She’s living aboard her forty-five foot boat in Mexico’s spectacular Sea of Cortez, taking work where she can get it and, characteristically, she isn’t all that concerned about any pesky legalities involved.

Docked at a pricey marina in La Paz, her cruising kitty is taking a hit, so when she’s offered a dream job, she jumps on it. All she has to do is act as a courier, babysitting equipment and sensitive documentation for her former employer to their new offices in France.

>>>An easy job and a romantic vacation, all paid for; what could possibly go wrong?

Not only does she get to revisit a country she once lived in and loved, she’ll meet with her significant other, Jenks Jenkins, in Paris. Oh là là! What could possibly go wrong?

Just Follow The Money
She’s been visiting France for a couple of months, barging on the Canal du Midi with her boyfriend, Jenks Jenkins. She hit the hot spots in the South of France, eating great food, drinking fine wine, and foiling a terrorist plot: all the usual stuff.

Now, she’s ready to leave for Mexico and back to her yacht in the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast! At the last minute she’s offered a mysterious and lucrative assignment by persons unknown, and jumps at it. After all, Jenks is back at work in Dubai, so why not stay in France a little longer and make some bucks, to boot? Never mind that she doesn’t know where she’ll be working, or for whom.

Just For The Birds
While docked at Marina de la Paz, in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez, Hetta gets a surprise visitor that sets off a chain of events like only Hetta can manage to get herself embroiled in. With her best friend, Jan, and her dog, Po Thang, they are hot on the trail of some dastardly smugglers.

Just A Happy Camper
While docked at Marina de la Paz, in Mexico's hauntingly beautiful Sea of Cortez, Hetta gets a surprise visitor that sets off a chain of events like only Hetta can manage to get herself embroiled in. With her best friend, Jan, and her dog, Po Thang, they are hot on the trail of some dastardly smugglers.

Just on Porpoise
Hetta, her dog, and parrot—along with a band of zany friends and frenemies—make for one rousing adventure after another.

In Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, an endangered species is on the very precipice of total extinction, but taking on a vicious cartel to save a little porpoise might be a mite on the difficult side. Can they do it?
The clock is ticking.

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Author: Jinx Schwartz
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Young Adult/tweens, Historical/Western, Humor, Chicklit

Website: Jinx Schwartz
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR, Jinx Schwartz, has written fourteen books, including ten in the Hetta Coffey series. Hetta is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she's not afraid to use it!

A ninth-generation Texan, Jinx has lived and worked all over the globe, and much like the protagonist in her Hetta Coffey mystery series, she's a woman with a yacht and not afraid to use it.

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