In the exclusive neighborhood of Sycamore Lane, nothing is as it seems. Behind the perfect facades, two couples - Liam and Sophie, and Ethan and Olivia - embark on a forbidden and explosive journey of couple swapping and unbridled passion. As they surrender to their deepest desires, they must confront the secrets and lies that threaten to destroy their relationships. But will they be able to reconcile their insatiable desires with the devastating consequences of their actions? Dive into the sultry, seductive world of Sycamore Lane, where the lines between love and lust are blurred, and the true cost of desire is revealed. This is a standalone story that will leave you breathless, questioning everything you thought you knew about love, relationships, and the secrets that bind us together. This story features explicit sexual content, including couple swapping, and is intended for mature audiences only.
Detective Carl Roberts is murdered. Moments before he dies, he mails a flash drive to someone, but who? The Gravano family has had control of the illegal activities in Atlantic city for years; this one drive could crumble their empire. Everyone involved with the Gravano family searches for the elusive flash drive; no one can be trusted. When the Gravanos go after Detective Carl Roberts' family, death follows. When family members begin to disappear and are murdered, Carl's youngest daughter, Belle, must find the drive and deal with the Gravanos. This powerful thriller takes corruption, lies and deceit on a devastating ride.
The search for the killer of an aristocratic French winemaker who was Lucie Montgomery’s first crush and the discovery of dark family secrets put Lucie on a collision course with a murderer. It’s harvest season at Montgomery Estate Vineyard—the busiest time of year for winemakers in Atoka, Virginia. A skull is unearthed near Lucie Montgomery’s family cemetery, and the discovery of the bones coincides with the arrival of handsome, wealthy aristocrat Jean-Claude de Marignac. He’s come to be the head winemaker at neighboring La Vigne Cellars, but he’s no stranger to Lucie—he was her first crush twenty years ago when she spent a summer in France. Not long after his arrival, Jean-Claude is found dead, and while there is no shortage of suspects who are angry or jealous of his ego and overbearing ways, suspicion falls on Miguel Otero, an immigrant worker at La Vigne, who recently quarreled with Jean-Claude. When Miguel disappears, Lucie receives an ultimatum from her own employees: prove Miguel’s innocence or none of the immigrant community will work for her during the harvest. As Lucie hunts for Jean-Claude’s killer and continues to search for the identity of the skeleton abandoned in the cemetery, she is blindsided by a decades-old secret that shatters everything she thought she knew about her family. Now facing a wrenching emotional choice, Lucie must decide whether it’s finally time to tell the truth and hurt those she loves the most, or keep silent and let past secrets remain dead and buried. Harvest of Secrets is another corking mystery from author Ellen Crosby.
Detective Carl Roberts is murdered. Moments before he dies, he mails a flash drive to someone, but who? The Gravano family has had control of the illegal activities in Atlantic City for years; this one drive could crumble their empire. Everyone involved with the Gravano family searches for the elusive flash drive; no one can be trusted. When the Gravanos go after Detective Carl Roberts' family, death follows. When family members begin to disappear and are murdered, Carl's youngest daughter, Belle, must find the drive and deal with the Gravanos. Can an ordinary young woman outwit this influential family and survive? This powerful thriller takes corruption, lies, and deceit on a devastating ride.
After discovering the body of a prominent wine merchant near her Virginia vineyard, Lucie Montgomery helps a family friend by traveling to California, where she teams up with Quinn Santori in a deadly game involving a vengeful killer.
Shannon Cooper came to Nightshade Island to carry out a mission. But she can't do it without the mysterious Gideon Stone. The enigmatic, battle-hardened former soldier is much more than just the island's caretaker. And the powerful feelings he's awakening go deeper than fleeting desire. Former special ops, Gideon has seen danger up close and personal. Now, protecting Shannon from deadly mercenaries is his first priority. But who will shield him from the onslaught of emotion the beautiful computer tech is arousing? As a storm hurtles up the Alabama Gulf Coast, mirroring the passion raging through his defenses, Gideon will do whatever it takes to survive…and explore a relationship as impossible as it is irresistible.…
Tell me your secrets, and I'll tell you mine... Schoolteacher Sienna Cruz has always been a good girl. She’s a dreamer, a rule-follower, and she’s saving herself for marriage. She’s also just won a coveted position teaching in a prestigious London school, which means in a few short months she’ll be saying goodbye to Whispering Pines forever. Everything is going according to plan until she meets playboy Dashiell Springer. Dash has made too many mistakes to count. He dropped out of high school and hitch-hiked his way across the country. He met the wrong woman, ran with the wrong crowd, and ended up with a prison record. After eight years on the West Coast, coming home to open a local gym is his first step toward a fresh start. He has no intention of revealing his past or starting up a relationship with anyone, let alone a woman like Sienna who’s way out of his league. But the more time they spend together, the more both Sienna and Dash begin to question everything about the rules of dating they’ve set for themselves. When Dash’s past catches up with him, will their relationship be strong enough to withstand the truth? If you love small towns, memorable characters, and swoon-worthy happy endings, then you'll love this sweet romance by a USA Today best-selling author!
An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather's snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might be in for the summer of a lifetime. With her trademark wit and easy charm, Barbara O'Connor spins a fantastic fable of friends, enemies, and superbly slimy bullfrogs. This title has Common Core connections.
Now in one volume, the first three books of the Jersey Shore Mysteries DEAD MAN'S FLOAT HER OLD HIGH SCHOOL CRUSH HAS CLEANED UP HIS ACT … Annie Hardaway is a reluctant expert on house-cleaning, horticulture, and pet care, who specializes in making some of the country's most famous how-to writers look good in print. But when her long-ago high school crush is found dead in their New Jersey shore hometown, Anne has no idea "how-to" find out the truth. BY WASHING UP ON SHORE … When Tigger Mills returned home to archly conservative devoutly religious Oceanside Heights, no one was happy to see him. Tigger left twenty years ago after being accused of setting fire to an old hotel that killed the owner's little girl. Though the always maintained his innocence, no one believed him — except then teenager Anne Hardaway. After Tigger's lifeless body is pulled from the surf, everyone but Anne assumes it was suicide. Now this woman with a relentless knack for research makes it her mission to tackle the town's closed minds, curious suspicions and ancient lies, to dredge the past and uncover a twenty-year-old motive for present-day murder. DEATH AT HIGH TIDE Oceanside Heights Becomes Hollywood By The Sea In the quaint New Jersey seaside town of Ocean Heights, freelance ghostwriter Anne Hardaway is frustrated by her latest assignment: a tell-all autobiography of Mallory Loving, the former local sexpot who has made it big in movies. Even though Mallory's new film is being shot in town, Anne finds that her high-profile subject is a first-class prima donna. And Anne isn't the only one having a hard time with the ego-driven star. But Murder Wasn't In The Script Treating the film's crew, cast, locals and her husband like personal minions, Mallory is a woman whose popularity, like her career, is on the wane. As several accidents delay shooting, a series of threatening letters from a deranged fan unsettle the star's fragile nerves. In the midst of the turmoil, the actress disappears-only to resurface as a corpse. Though the police rule the death as an accident, Anne suspects murder. Using the biography as her calling card, Anne begins an investigation into Mallory's murder to determine which suspect is only "acting" innocent. DEATH'S A BEACH A Brutal Storm Unearths A 20-Year-Old Secret … An out-of-season nor'easter tears across the New Jersey coast, and the beach community of Oceanside Heights is a mess. Ghostwriter Anne Hardaway's cottage-by-the-sea has seen better days to begin with, but she reluctantly decides to repair her rotting basement floor. Never mind that her newest assignment is writing a "how-to" home repair book for women—she still can barely tell a flat head from a Phillips, a lack of skill she's grateful for when her handyman finds a twenty-year-old skeleton buried in the dirt beneath her basement's wooden floor. And The Forecast Calls For A Chance Of Scattered Murders When her gruesome guest turns out to be the psychologist who treated her mother in the mid-70's, Anne must consider whether her own mother could have been the killer. Some discreet investigating soon leads Anne to Sunnydale Nursing Home where elderly clients are dying at an alarming rate and the staff makes Nurse Ratched look endearing. Before she can say riptide, Anne is hip deep in the residue of a killer storm and uncovering a tale of dark desire that makes the climate ripe for more murder.
