Journalist Vivian Thomas is known for her coverage of war-torn Africa. When she abruptly abandons her career, everyone is stunned. No one knows the reason for Vivian's hasty decision: a devastating confession from Leo, the man she loves, that destroyed their five-year relationship and marred her zest for life.

Disillusioned, Vivian moves to a beautiful Caribbean island for a fresh start. When paradise isn’t mending her broken heart fast enough, Vivian is thrilled that her best friend, Amal, visits for a girlfriend’s getaway. In one night of revelry, Vivian loses track of her best friend and loses her heart to Leo once again. The passion between Vivian and Leo is as strong as ever, and Vivian succumbs to his seduction.

When days pass without any contact from Amal, Vivian fears the worst. Determined to find out what happened to her best friend, Vivian reluctantly turns to Leo for help. Together, they follow a trail of crafty lies, cunning actions, and corrupt enemies to a tragic realization. As Vivian unravels the truth about Amal's real reason for coming to the island, she gets caught in the crosshairs of a desperate killer. Can Leo save her before it’s too late?

Set against the backdrop of turquoise waters, palm trees, and pink sand beaches, Reunion Island is an exciting romantic suspense mystery about secrets, lies, and second chances at love.

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The Murder in Paradise Series books are stand-alone, no-cliffhanger romantic mysteries set in the Palmchat Islands -- a fictional beautiful, tropical archipelago inspired by the amazing islands of the Caribbean. The books can be read in any order.

REUNION ISLAND
TEMPTATION ISLAND

An enchanted staff. An anti-magic regime. An escape into a world of fairytale villains.

Cendrilla has two choices--and they could both mean death. When she is forcibly betrothed to a murderous ogre, she faces a short, brutal life. She can think of only one way out: escaping into the United Kingdom of Seven's badlands.

Armed with just her wits and a powerful and illegal brand of magic, will Cendrilla reach safety and defeat her foes?

Contains the first three novels in the action-packed Seven Kingdoms Series:

Book One - The Magestaff

Cendrilla's hand in marriage has been given to Lord Bluebeard--an ogre with a violent temper, a pack of attack hounds, and six dead wives in his basement. And she goes on the run to avoid becoming his next victim.

Book Two - The Academy

Cendrilla joins the Anti-Magic Academy to escape her betrothal to  Lord Bluebeard. But this is a fatal mistake, because in the Academy, only the strongest succeed--or survive.

Book Three - The Witch-Hunt

Cendrilla faces her most challenging adventure. Armed with just her wits and a powerful and illegal brand of magic, will Cendrilla rescue the women she swore to protect?

Perfect for fans of Xena The Warrior Princess, Brienne of Tarth, and Celaena Sardothien!

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When Lady Margaret unexpectedly inherits her great-aunt’s vast estates and servants, this gives her direct power over Mayfield's land steward, Mr. Colin Caswell, the very man who broke her heart years earlier.

Margaret knows it would solve both their problems if she could find a way to hate him, but how can she? not when she vividly remembers the sensation of his lips pressed against hers. Of course, with that memory also comes the recollection of the heart-wrenching pain she suffered at Colin’s rebuff of her hasty proposal of marriage. She understands why the stubborn man refused to let her lower herself to his social level, but he’d been wrong. While he thought she would be demeaning herself if she joined her life to his, how could loving him be anything but the best thing that could possibly happen to her?

Will Colin ever admit they belong together, or will he break Margaret’s heart a second time?

AN IRRESISTIBLE TREAT FOR FANS OF JOHN GRISHAM

Move over, Jake Brigance. No-nonsense, world-weary Minneapolis lawyer Marc Kadella shines through gritty, street-wise narrative in Dennis Carstens’ action-packed legal thriller series, sure to please fans of courtroom drama and classic noir alike.

Marc takes the proverbial road less traveled, going from life as a frustratingly floundering defense attorney to that of a celebrated criminal lawyer, while representing a handful of colorful clients running the gauntlet from vigilante to psychopath. And Marc deftly adapts to each of them. But the hero’s journey is only part of the fun. You can almost see the men sporting fedoras, and the babes would stop traffic even without the cleavage Carstens makes their standard attire. And there’s a contemporary angle sure to please fans of both sexes—the toughest guy in the series is gorgeous investigator Maddy Rivers.

BOOK ONE – THE KEY TO JUSTICE

Financially embarrassed, getting a divorce, living in a shabby apartment, and distinctly short of clients, Marc Kadella’s beginning to question why he ever went into the law when a friend brings him the case all Minneapolis is watching--defending an accused serial killer. If he wins, it could turn his life around— if he blows it, he better go into sales.

BOOK TWO – DESPERATE JUSTICE

After winning the case of a lifetime, Minneapolis criminal defense lawyer Marc Kadella welcomes the infusion of energy his career is receiving. Another lawyer asks him to represent the co-defendant in a murder trial resulting from a petty crime that spiraled out of control—the somewhat “accidental” murder of the nephew of Vivian Corwin, grande dame of the influential Corwin family.

BOOK THREE – MEDIA JUSTICE

An adorable—and photogenic—two-year-old girl is kidnapped, and, when her remains are found, her twenty-two-year-old widowed mother Brittany is charged with her murder. But before she can even be charged she’s been tried and convicted by the media—with tragic consequences.

BOOK FOUR – CERTAIN JUSTICE

Marc was torn about representing oft-assumed psychopath Howie Traynor—his first homicide case—but even he was relieved when Howie was put away for forty years… Until, a decade later, his case is re-opened. And now not only Howie, but a handful of wrongfully-accused felons are back out on the streets.

BOOK FIVE – PERSONAL JUSTICE

In Dennis Carstens’ fifth hard-boiled legal thriller, we meet the classic black widow. All of Mackenzie Sutherland’s late husbands were millionaires. Each died suddenly and quite mysteriously of massive heart attacks (in spite of no history of heart trouble). And each left their children with nothing—and their young, beautiful bride (of about a year or so) with millions.

No one can resist Mackenzie’s charm. Not her current family attorney, not even sharp, successful lawyer Marc Kadella.

BOOK SIX – DELAYED JUSTICE

Maddy’s new beau, investment analyst Rob Judd, is found brutally murdered in his home—with an unconscious Maddy at the gruesome scene of the crime, clutching the murder weapon. Convinced she was framed, Marc decides to take on the case in spite of his close connections to the client. He finds he must delve deep into the complex money laundering schemes of Rob’s employer to save Maddy from false imprisonment. Or worse.

Carstens’ realistic take on the law as a nuts-and-bolts, often rickety way to make a living blends nicely with his worldly-wise portrayal of backroom deals, crooked cops, and conniving judges and politicians. Now bundled as a page-turning box set in an offer legal drama fans can’t refuse!

We both need a fake marriage.
But I want so much more.
This time, I'm not letting her go...
 
Avery was the girl I left behind.
My little sister's best friend.
I could never forget how she rocked my world that night.
And ever since I saw her again, her curves and sassy mouth are making me wild.
She's in this fake-relationship for the baby she wants to adopt.
I need a wife to prove I'm the perfect family guy.
But once I get her into our newly-wed bed,
I'll show her why we're meant to be together... forever.
A family.

Even though our vows are fake, I promise our happily-ever-after will be very real.


Fake it Baby is a stand-alone novel of 80000 words. The marriage might be fake but the romance is oh-so hot! I've also included some bonus novels for your enjoyment, including an exclusive never-before-published story.

xx
Tia

Tia Siren. Spoil the bad girl in you.

LAPD Detective Gabi Longoria returns home one night to a nasty surprise—her husband has been brutally killed. Her captain refuses to let her join the murder investigation, so Gabi decides to do her own. Convinced the reason for her husband’s death can be found at the New York health club where she met him, she goes undercover as a trainer there. 

As she seeks the truth, she befriends a handsome, mysterious man who claims an evil corporation killed her husband. What’s worse, he also claims they’ve developed a master race to replace all of humankind. Before Gabi knows it, finding her husband’s killers is the least of her problems. Not only is someone trying to have her killed, too, but people around her are mysteriously killed. And she strongly suspects the stranger has something to do with it...

NOTE: GIRL UNDERCOVER was previously published in serial format and has been edited into a thriller. There are three more books in the series, DENIAL, THE TRUTH, and SHOWDOWN, which are available October 4th, 2017.

Do you have what it takes to survive?

Ben Davis was prepared for disaster. He just didn’t know it would come so soon.

He and his teenage son, Joel, are miles deep in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains when high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic detonations light up the pre-dawn sky. Ben, Joel, and their dog, Gunner, must make their way home – or to whatever’s left of it – on foot.

Without the ability to communicate with his ex-wife in Maryland, Ben has no idea if Joel’s brother and sister are okay. The two decide they have no options but to head East. Before their journey begins, they venture into town to check Ben’s outdoor store for supplies and discover one of Joel’s classmates, Allie, alone and in desperate need of help.

When Ben realizes Allie’s flight attendant mother is most likely dead and her father lives in Pittsburgh, he knows he has to take her with them. Ben must use the skills he learned as an Army Ranger many years ago to survive the post-apocalyptic world they now live in.

Can he keep himself and two teenagers safe as they navigate the dark and dangerous road ahead?

Berkeley is a smoldering ruin.
Bloodthirsty demons prowl the streets.
A revenge-crazed magician ascends into heaven, vowing to bring it down in flames...

When Brian discovers Terry has cheated on him he is utterly devastated, and flees to San Francisco to sort through the rubble of his life…

When magicians open the gates of hell, the Blackfriars scramble to stop them from turning the East Bay into a nightmarish wasteland of torture and mayhem…

While everyone is looking the other way, a lone magician ascends through the planes of heaven with one mission in mind: kill God and bring the Kingdom of Heaven down in flames…

Wounded, bickering, and utterly incapable of handing the situation, the Blackfriars call on Brian to put things right. But if he’s not capable of even holding onto a boyfriend, how can he possibly muster the confidence needed to save heaven and earth?

The Glory is the third book in the Berkeley Blackfriars series. If you love supernatural suspense laced with humor and danger, you’ll love J.R. Mabry’s Berkeley Blackfriars’ books. Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Preacher, The Dresden Files, and the Mercy Thompson series will thrill to this new paranormal fantasy adventure.

WARNING: This book contains adult language and sexual situations. Not appropriate for children or people who are easily offended!

Five startling beginnings. Five exciting adventures. Fifty percent off.

Shiftless: After years of suppressing her inner wolf, Terra struggles to forget her old pack. But when her past finally comes calling, she has no choice but reclaim the predator within.

Half Wolf: When half-shifter Fen is cast out of her home, she and an unlikely ally are forced to shore up her waning power in an effort to save half-breeds everywhere.

Huntress Born: Werewolf and baker Ember leaves safety to hunt for her missing half brother. But with danger looming on every side, it's only a matter of time before she gets burned.

Incendiary Magic: A dragon shifter's treasure turns traitor when secrets ignite.

Jaguar at the Portal: She's a veterinarian running from her past. He's a jaguar shifter hunting for his future.

Dive into five tales of bestselling urban fantasy in this series-starter pack!

Stories from in-depth interviews with more than 100 family members from different ethnicities reveal the impact of the first-born daughter's role on her adult life, her siblings and family relationships. Commonly expressed: "I want to know I'm not the only one out there feeling this way." Results from the author's online survey of several hundred adult family members about their experiences and feelings provide additional insights into the pride and pain, resentments and hopes of oldest daughters and those who share their lives. At the end of each of the ten conversational-style chapters, a contributing clinical psychologist adds insights and self-help Reflections for personal transformation and restoring or improving sibling and family relationships. As this book illustrates, birth order is a fact; it does not have to be a fate. "Oldest Daughters: What to know if you are one or have ever been bossed around by one" affirms that changes are possible and can be transforming.

Increased Happiness and Decreased Stress with the Stoic Philosophy

Imagine leading a life that is better, stress-free, and virtuous. Do you think this isn’t achievable? Well, think again. Or perhaps you think your life is OK as it is. Then answer the following questions:

• Do you sometimes feel as if your work pressure is too much?


• Do you want to build a successful business?


• Do you want to be financially successful?


• Do you want to try alternative parenting advice?


• Do you want to lead a more virtuous life?
  
  If your answer is ‘yes’ to some of these questions, then this ebook is for you!
  
  While Stoicism is an ancient philosophy, it has tons of practical applications for our modern day lives. As you read through this detailed guidebook, you will learn:


• How not to be a slave to money


• How to stick to a financial plan


• How to fight your ego


• How to focus only on things within your control


• How to focus on the present


• How to reduce procrastinating at work and home


• How to value peace of mind


• How to prepare for business success and failure


• How to invest in yourself


• BONUS: How to manage your anger


• BONUS: How to bring up your kids and deal with spoilt brats

Alpha Billionaire. Fierce Protector. Perfect(Fake) Fiancé.
 
"My cheating ex will be there. Please helpme..."
Roxie needed a date for a wedding.
I'll pretend to be her boyfriend.
One week, no strings attached.
Sounds easy enough, right?
 
Then I saw her for the first time.
Sexy as hell with a fiery personality tomatch.
F*ck boyfriend. I'll take it even farther.
I'll be the perfect fake fiancé.
Tell her friends and family all the rightthings.
Take care of her like no other man could.
She'll forget all about her lying ex.
Screw pretending. I'll make her mine.
And claim every inch of her sweet curves.

But Roxie found out my secret. And ran.
 
Will she forgive me or will it cost useverything?

***Accidental Fiancé is a 70,000 words full-length standalone novel. Bonus content included after main content for your reading pleasure! - R.R. Banks (USA Today Bestselling Author)***

There’s always one in the bunch.

The one who takes things a little too seriously – a little too far. The fanatic, if you will.

When a radical Pagan group blows into Tequila Key to celebrate the autumnal equinox, Althea Rose’s psychic senses start tingling. She goes on full alert after meeting Horace, a Gandalf wannabe who reminds Althea of an old man playing dress up. One look into his pale eyes sets her straight, and soon Althea’s best friend Luna is forcing her to learn a magickal protection spell before they investigate Horace and his festival. To make matters worse, Althea botches the spell and the results are…interesting to say the least.

Oh, and about that love life of hers? There’s no time for love when bodies start turning up on deserted beaches. Soon, Althea is in way over her head as the full moon starts to rise and the clock counts down on the killer wandering Tequila Key’s quiet streets.

"Dead men do tell tales--the kind that'll kill you."

If you like "unputdownable" reads, then you'll love this clean, gripping "mystery-within-a-thriller" full of suspense, secrets--stunning twists and turns--a 2017 Amazon international writing competition winner. Some readers (see below) say it's just as good as a John Grisham novel. Some say it's better. Others compare it favorably to books by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, or David Baldacci. Readers of Scott Pratt and Robert Dugoni also enjoy Killdeer. Here's the story line:

It could happen to anyone. You're in the wrong place at the wrong time. You become a suspect in a friend's murder because the law has nobody else to pin it on. Then when that friend is linked to a possible terror plot, the law thinks you're a terrorist too. What would you do?

David Thompson is a burned-out lawyer and family man just trying to make ends meet when he stumbles into the crosshairs of the law. He's in a race with the clock to find his friend's killer before he's thrown in jail and railroaded all the way to the lethal injection table.

Thompson must desert his family and seek out a secret society of bird-watchers in a desperate search for the truth behind the killing. Who really was his murdered friend? What family secrets was he hiding? Did he lead a double life?

But when Thompson gets too close to the truth, the real killer goes on the hunt. It seems everyone wants a piece of Thompson. His family just wants him back home.

Thrust on a riveting thrill ride through the oil fields of North Dakota, Thompson's quest to save his own skin suddenly explodes into a race to save both his family and the nation from a deadly tidal wave of terror. But he may be too late . . .

**Get a copy instantly and join the thrill ride now.**

**The paperback version with its awesome cover makes a great gift!**

***The standalone prequel to The Killdeer Connection is Saving Babe Ruth. Check it out!***

Here's what readers are saying about Killdeer: 

"I never saw the end coming. The book was hard to put down to go to sleep the night I started it. It's as good as any Grisham novel I've ever read." - Mountain Mom

"Unputdownable. This book absolutely draws you in and makes you feel as if you're there. Lee Child meets John Grisham."- Robann

"This is a new legal writer who deserves to be viewed with Grisham and Baldacci. From page one word you are drawn in until the last word on the last page." - Ken

Nothing can keep the doctor away...

Each man kills the thing he loves…

Edward Marsham is admitted to the Royal Infirmary having hung himself in his prison cell.

As predicted, he dies.

In the wake of several unexpected deaths at the hospital, however, Dr. Claire Woodforde suspects there is a killer amongst the staff. As Detective Chief Inspector Beverley Wharton and her new sergeant Tom Bayes begin to investigate Marsham’s death, they too start to wonder if it was natural or whether someone…

helped him along.

But as they start to make headway on the case, something much more sinister comes to light.

A body is found in an empty house.

A body without its limbs. And head.

Dr. John Eisenmenger is tasked with examining the torso to uncover clues which will lead to its identity and cause of death; a grisly job even for the most hardened of pathologists.

But as the investigation unfolds, the team discovers that there is much, much worse to come, and in addition, there is growing suspicion that there is a link between the two cases.

This not-for-the-faint-hearted crime thriller shines a light into the darkest recesses of the human soul.

Fans of Patricia Cornwell, Tami Hoag and Tess Gerritsen will be hooked on A Kiss Before Killing.
 

Praise for A Kiss Before Killing

‘Pacey, well-written medical thriller ... the suspense built so that I had to finish it in a sitting’ – Andrew Puckett, bestselling author of Sisters of Mercy

‘Dark and disturbing. Sharp and deliciously violent. A must read’ – Robert White, bestselling author of Breaking Bones

Accidentally engaged. Then he dared me to make it real.

It was one freaking kiss with a stranger.
I wasn't looking for a hero the day Brent Eden charged into my life.
He saw a damsel in distress facing humiliation.
We played pretend. Swore I was his. Baited sweet chaos.
Blew apart everything.

My dating disaster? Gone.
Our kiss? Electric. Divine. Toe-curling.
His mistake? Oh, boy.
Dropping the ultimate F-bomb: fiancé.
Especially when my gossipy cousin tells the whole family.

Forget how he's badass personified.
The ink. The leather. The abs. The smirk.
The lightning eyes and the growl I can't resist.
Nothing changes the fact that he's my favorite student's father.
I'm risking it all for this charade. And I'm losing.

The closer we get, the deeper I fall.
The louder he vows to protect me.
The more we come undone.
Even my questions have questions.
What if I'm not the only one who needs saving?
What if our marriage mistake gets way too real?

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow - two hearts, one lie, and no mercy! Plus a damaged single dad who just can't let his Not Fiancée go. Full length romance novel with everything Happily Ever Afters are made of.

To make her his, he must earn her trust

A Powerful Secret

Aria Sparks has always known she is different... her singing can heal the sick and wounded. She'd kept her magic hidden all her life, but when a coven of vampires snatches her for her potent blood, it only confirms she must keep her secret to herself.

A Dragon Warrior

Dax is convinced Aria is his mate, and he will stop at nothing to save her from the vampires' clutches. But winning her trust will require more patience than this burly warrior knows how to muster.

Secrets Exposed

When Dax discovers Aria's secret, his graceless ways could ruin everything. Can a gentle songstress trust the brash warrior with not only her magic but her heart? And when it all seems lost, can Aria find her inner strength and discover the true extent of her power?

From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a delicious sinful hero.

The USA TODAY Bestseller

THREE YEARS
Since I ran away for the night, danced in New York streets, and almost got killed in an alley by two thieves. Until he showed up and saved me. 

THREE DAYS
Since I threw a drink at the man my father expected me to marry, then found myself slammed against a wall with Penn Everett's seductive voice whispering a proposal I couldn't refuse.

THREE HOURS
To fall into hate with the man who reminded me of so many things and hid so much behind his lies. He couldn't be the man who saved me three years ago...but there's something so familiar...

THREE MINUTES
For our relationship to switch from no-strings to marriage. He announced it to my father―he's ecstatic. He told my friends―they're shocked. But he didn't ask me, he commanded me―and I'm livid. 

THREE SECONDS
For his lies to slowly steal my heart and make me believe, hope...trust.

THREE BREATHS
For his truth to destroy me.
Advance Reviews:
"Crown of Lies takes sensual and gripping to the next level in a masterfully written tangled web that will keep you furiously turning pages. Pepper Winters has outdone herself. Penn Everett will be your new obsession." --USA Today bestselling author Meghan March

"Thrilling and mysterious, this book has left me with a major hangover!!!!"--Lina's Reviews

"Crown of Lies is my first top 2017 read so far and it's a MUST read, one-click worthy book." -- Punch Drunk Library

"Pepper does a great job of delivering, yet again, one of the hottest alphas cloaked in mystery out there." --Dee, Goodreads

"The chemistry between them is scorchingly hot and the banter is perfect."--Vickie Goodreads

"WOW Pepper has done it again. I really wish I could give this book so much more than 5 stars it is brilliant" --We've Licked That Book Blog

Mica Thomas is an ordinary woman with an extraordinary destiny. As unseen forces shape her future, her only anchor is Sean-the Primani assigned to keep her alive. If he crosses the line, there will be hell to pay.

Sometimes destiny is wrong...

After surviving a year of heartbreaking tragedy, college student Mica Thomas is finally ready to have some fun. Determined to live life on her terms, she sets her sights on the gorgeous mystery man who keeps showing up when she’s in trouble. Intense, cranky, and oh, so sexy, he’s the exact kind of challenge she loves. Romance, adventure, and good friends--She’s living the dream, but this dream is shattered when fate intervenes. When her life is threatened again, this budding psychic is suddenly swept under the protection of an immortal special ops team with a mission too fantastic to believe.

Powerful and ruthless, Sean O’Cahan is a legendary Primani. His job is to disrupt demon activity and protect special humans. When his special ops team is assigned to Mica Thomas, he knows he’s there to guard more than her body. There are plans for her. Plans that’ll change everything she believes if she survives long enough to learn the truth. For the Primani, this is a routine protection detail, but nothing about this woman is routine. Fiercely independent, brave, and sexy as hell, she’s making him crazy. He’s supposed to watch from the shadows, but the more he watches, the more he wants her in ways that break all of the rules.

As their attraction grows, sparks fly and emotions run hot. Sean’s not allowed to mess with destiny, but one moment of weakness awakens a power in Mica that sends her careening down a path towards immortality that no one saw coming.

Accompanied by her demon-hunting Dalmatian, Mica’s pulled into the Primani world of angels and demons until there’s no way out, and she doesn’t want to leave.

Urban Fantasy Romance filled with humor, sexual situations, and intense action sequences.

After growing up in an orphanage, Rose Smith enjoys using her imagination to escape her reality.
Yet while she'd readily claim that she'd made the best decisions in life, her only mistake is when she falls for the one man in the world she can never have.

The Earl of Obenshire.

They're just friends, however.
Albeit, very close friends.
But that will never change the fact that he is an earl and the heir to a dukedom.

Could her life get any more complicated?