Teenage newlyweds, he a city gardener, she a waitress, struggle through problems of unemployment, jealousy, threats against a pet, and adjustment to each other.
Maggie, a young newspaper reporter, was pampered as a youth and her first major independent decision shocked her friends and family. She leaves her home and family abruptly, in the Chicago area, seeking to clear her mind and swirling emotions. She is confronted with alarming options, even en route, that test her character and judgment. She finds herself in the beautiful Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Maggie is attracted immediately to Bucky, a young county businessman, in the most unexpected manner, which constantly creates conflict. She is often forced to deal with raw fear, while rural characters and personalities amaze her beyond belief. She is drawn into a murder trial already in progress, and the defendants action keeps the town on the edge of ruin. The defense attorney is caught in a no win dilemma between the town and the trial. Maggie and Buckys romantic desires are confronted with continuing obstacles. A twenty-five year career sergeant must face a police officers most dreaded fear. Throughout, Maggie believed strongly, when she left, she would be the only one to escape the hurt and misery forced upon the town and prominent townspeople. Scandalous revelations come almost daily. When the town is striving to return to normal, the FINAL shocking revelation is revealed; the UNIMAGINABLE. Maggie learns, to her horror, there is no escape. Her character and strength are tested beyond belief. Unexplained deaths occur. During all these wild and fanatical happenings, romantic hearts are throbbing, down to the final second.
Now Jersey has more than one lady solving crimes! Angie Welsh and her best friend Lynn had journeyed to Horizon Beach to check out Vinnie Romano's new club, Crossbones - beckoned by a mysterious package. What she finds on her arrival is the aftermath of a bloody murder and the sister of mob boss Carmine Cabrini swinging by the neck from a ceiling fan. The New Jersey journalist can see the front page headline that just might save her job at the Jersey Times. In a bizarre twist, the journalist-turned-suspect must discover the truth buried somewhere between Captain Kidd's famous treasure, the Jersey cops and the mob. SHEREE PUCCIO is a Jersey girl, born just off exit 10. She's spent her life as a journalist in the state, winning two New Jersey Press awards. Her idea of fun is riding off into the sunset with her husband Mic, on his Harley.
This is the story of baseball player Connor Scanlon, the women he loves, and the women who love him. With help from his next-door neighbor, a career minor-league catcher, Connor proceeds from an being all-state high school player to a fine college pitcher who leads his team to its first College World Series in Omaha. When his career moves to the professional ranks, he makes as much impact with his legal ideas as with his strong right arm as he challenges the age-old system that makes players the exclusive property of the owners. He plays a tough game on and off the field, lucky on the pitching mound, and lucky in love. From his first love, Lucy, to Aileen, Suzanne, Angela and back, Connor Scanlon is a charmer. A reliable teammate and friendly companion, he faces life's crises with equanimity. As he moves from the baseball to the legal world, his skills help him contribute to major changes in the way the game is played.
Quarter life crisis? Angela Sharpe has been there and done that! In Baggage Claim: A Life Story, we learn that love means accepting one core truth: we are a sum of all of our traumas (baggage) and our efforts to heal from them OR lack thereof! But will some things be too much to "carry on"? As Angela explores a new love and is revisited by an old flame, she is challenged with facing her biggest roadblock in life--her own baggage. Will sexual chemistry and history be enough to sustain a healthy relationship? Can friendships survive even the most vile offenses? Baggage Claim will provoke you to look inwardly and ask a very important question-- have you dealt with your sh*t?
When he walked into my office it took me a while to recognise Charles Foster.Then I twigged. He was a fracking ambulance chaser. I thought the no-win no-fee lawyer was handing me an easy job for good money. All I had to do was carry out basic background checks on a few prospective clients.I found he'd left out a few things. He didn't tell me Paul Spencer was dead. He didn't tell me I was Paul's stand-in. He didn't tell me about Jessica's long legs. He didn't tell me he was going to disappear. To be fair, he didn't know that himself. Noir meets pulp meets fracking, greed and corruption in the fourth in Alan Tootill's series of Blackpool Novels, featuring PI Mike Grady.
“A twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end."—Teen Vogue “[A] riveting read…"—NPR The line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. Jess Wong is Angie Redmond’s best friend. And that’s the most important thing, even if Angie can’t see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. If nobody notices her, she’s free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more a curse than a gift. As Angie drags Jess further into Margot’s circle, Jess discovers more than her friend’s growing crush. Secrets and cruelty lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of wealth and privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won’t be able to handle the consequences. When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friend. “It doesn’t even matter that she probably doesn’t understand how much she means to me. It’s purer this way. She can take whatever she wants from me, whenever she wants it, because I’m her best friend.” A Line in the Dark is a story of love, loyalty, and murder. ★ "Mesmerizing."—Kirkus, starred review.
Andy Sinnott and Connie Kelly face off with a professional assassin in this taut psychological thriller. Burke—hired by the mob to eliminate Lester Cartwright, Tom Wesley, David Mullins, and a sequestered federal witness—is a brutal killer who uses a jackhammer on his victims. Burke sends Andy to the hospital, captures Connie, and cuts off two of her toes. Helpless and at the mercy of a sadistic serial killer, Connie must think out of the box if she hopes to survive. Fast-paced and riveting, this tale brings together characters from previous books. Who will survive and who won’t?
A CALL TO ARMS Seattle Police Lieutenant Nick Rodriguez is worried about a growing number of domestic violence calls where the accused is a gun hoarder. Worried enough that he gives Mac Davis a call one morning at 2 a.m. to the house where a man just shot his wife and two children. Mac Davis, a local cop reporter and former Marine who might qualify as a gun hoarder himself, doesn't like 2 a.m. calls to crime scenes. He especially doesn't like it when he watches them haul out body bags that are obviously children. It isn't the first case. It won't be the last. Someone is building a network of white-collar weekend warriors. Someone wants a bunch of angry white men with large arsenals. He's called Sensei. And he wants Mac to join up. If not? Well, then Sensei has other plans for him. Plans Mac won't like. Book 3 in the Mac Davis thrillers featuring a Marine turned cop reporter in Seattle.
The time seems ripe for success as Angie Turner opens her farm-to-table restaurant in her Idaho hometown—until her new tomato supplier is accused of murder and Angie has to pick the real killer . . . To Angie, nothing tastes more like summer than her Nona's fried green tomatoes. Eager to add the recipe to the menu at the County Seat, she's found the perfect produce supplier—her sous chef Estebe’s cousin, Javier. Just one problem: ladies’ man Javier’s current hot tomato Heather has turned up dead, and he’s the prime suspect. Somehow, between managing her restaurant and navigating a romantic triangle between Estebe and Ian, the owner/manager of the farmer's market, Angie needs to produce evidence to clear Javier—before this green tomato farmer gets fried . . . Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Tourist Trap Mysteries “Murder, dirty politics, pirate lore, and a hot police detective: Guidebook to Murder has it all! A cozy lover’s dream come true.” —Susan McBride, author of The Debutante Dropout Mysteries “Lynn Cahoon has created an absorbing, good fun mystery in Mission to Murder.” —Fresh Fiction