Willow
It started with a kiss and ended with a list. The middle is a bit more complicated.

The list of rules is supposed to protect mine and Beck’s friendship and stop us from accidentally kissing again. But most of all, it’s supposed to protect my heart from getting crushed and keep me from ending up broken like my mom.

I’ve always been great at following rules. But the more time I spend with Beck, the more I can’t stop thinking about that kiss and how amazing his lips felt against mine. For the first time in my life, I wish I was a rule breaker. But I can never cross that line. Not with Beck. Not with anyone.

Besides, if Beck knew the truth about my life, then the list wouldn’t have to exist because he wouldn't have kissed me to begin with.

Beck
It started with the most amazing kiss ever and led to Willow handing me a list.

That stupid list. When she gave it to me, I wanted to shred it to pieces, pull her against me, and kiss her until she realized a piece of paper wasn’t going to stop me. Willow’s been my best friend since forever and she should know by now that I’m not a follow-the-rules kind of guy.

She may think that kiss was a mistake, but she’s wrong. Kisses like that can’t be a mistake. Willow and I belong together, have since the day I promised to always protect her from the bad stuff in her life. And somehow I’m going to prove it to her. Just like I’ll always protect her no matter what.

A standalone contemporary romance.

Suggested reading level 18+

"An exceptionally good crime thriller, loved the Scottish setting" Gary Miller

When a body is found in a remote Scottish glen, DI Munro comes out of retirement to investigate

The Police chief wants everything wrapped up before the upcoming regatta, but the locals are remarkably unforthcoming with helpful information.

Sassy and quick, London detective sergeant Charlotte West is roped in by DI Munro to help solve what is now a murder case.

It is good police work that will unravel the truth behind the crime, but not without ruffling a few feathers first.

Will the killer escape the sharp-witted detectives’ grasp?

If you enjoy a whodunnit with a twist, this atmospheric novel is for you

Set in the coastal town of Inverkip in the north-west of Scotland, AVARICE is a straightforward murder mystery with more twists and turns than Spaghetti Junction.

No blood, no gore, no serial killers! But it's a cracker.

AVARICE is the second book by Pete Brassett to feature DI Munro and DS West, the detectives that first appeared in SHE. It's not a sequel and can be read as a standalone. However, those who have read SHE will have a head start on the characters' profiles.

Look out for Pete Brassett's many other titles on Kindle, including The Girl From Kilkenny, Prayer for the Dying and Kiss The Girls.

Kal was not a thief. He certainly did not intend to steal any dragon’s treasure.

He was an adventurer. Avid art collector. Incurable wealth adjuster and risk-taker. Kal had legendary expertise in the security arrangements of palaces and noble houses the world over. He hankered for remote, craggy mountaintops and the dragon hoards he might find hidden beneath them. Besides, what harm was there in looking? Dragon gold was so … shiny.

Most especially, he was not planning for any treasure to steal him.

That was a little awkward, to say the least.

Author's Note
Dragon Thief is a standalone novel set in an unforgettable world of powerful, majestic dragons, and follows the timeline of the bestselling dragon books Dragonfriend, The Pygmy Dragon and Aranya. Prepare to wing away to a world of deep dragon lore, magical landscapes and fiery adventure.

Content Advisory
YA and above. Recommended 16+ for some non-graphic adult banter and situations, mild and infrequent nudity. Reads at an 'older' level than Aranya or The Pygmy Dragon but is still a clean read in keeping with all of my books. Moderate battle violence.

It’s almost Halloween in Ashbrook, New Hampshire and 62-year-old Beatrice Young is just as busy decorating the Cozy Cat Café as she is deciding on the purrfect costumes for her three crime-solving cats: Hamish, Petunia, and Lucky.

But when a bomb narrowly misses blowing Beatrice’s car to smithereens, it’s time to turn her attention to tracking down the perpetrator.

For Ashbrook has a notorious Halloween prankster and even Sheriff Jacob Roy hasn’t been able to track him down. With her cats by her side, Beatrice is hot on the case—all while trying to survive her first date in decades, coming up with the perfect latte for Halloweenfest, and getting everything ready for her annual spook-tastic party!

"While the wrecked alien ship on Ghayth provides some interesting new technology, Admiral Scott has nothing on his mind but his upcoming wedding to the Lady St. August. In only a couple of months, he’ll have vows to pledge and a ring to don as he becomes a Royal himself to take the new title of Lord Scott. And the only thing in his way—even though he doesn’t know it, is his sister Gia who has pledged revenge upon him for the death of their sister, Nora.

With the upcoming release of the Ikarian longevity vaccine, the RIM Confederacy realms are all wanting more and more of the vaccines to double their lifetimes, while the Baroness is purposely chocking off the supply. Added to that is the fact that the Master Adept knows what will happen at the wedding and she is hurriedly training her own replacement and the wedding will be where the assassination attempt is made.

But the Master is not the only wedding party member to die at the altar as the admirals sister takes careful aim and screams out her revenge and Tanner falls as do others—all to pay penance for his crime of decades ago…”

A tale of unnecessary horror

Lone Lake Killer is the tale of an accidental killer who accidentally turns into a serial killer. Following the profile made by their guidance counselor, small town deputies Tyler and Ryan plunge into the dark art of serial killer hunting.

A Maggie MacKay Holiday Short Story

It's Halloween and Maggie's mother is throwing a haunted house… as in, she's invited all the ghosts of the neighborhood over for a party. Unfortunately, one of the ghosts is not in high spirits and, in fact, is wanted by the Other Side's finest. It is up to Maggie and Killian to find out what caused this soul's unrest and return him to his happy haunting ground.

This story originally appeared in the Nightshade anthology.

WARNING: This short story contains cussing, brawling, and unladylike behavior. Proceed at your own risk.

A year ago she lost everything.  Now she wants revenge…

Accused of stealing artifacts from a five-hundred-year-old shipwreck, underwater archaeologist Erica Kesling is determined to clear her name. She’s concealed her past and taken a job certain to give her access to the buyer of the missing antiquities. She's finally closing in on her goal when she's distracted by a sexy, charismatic intern who makes her want something other than revenge. 
 
But Lee Scott is no intern. He's looking for the lead conspirator in an international artifact smuggling scheme, and Erica is his prime suspect.  He’ll do whatever it takes to win her trust and get her to reveal her secrets, even seduce her. 

As Erica and Lee struggle to conceal their real agendas, the one thing they can’t hide is the attraction that burns hot between them. When Erica’s quest puts her life in jeopardy, Lee must choose between old loyalties and a woman he never expected to fall for.

"Full of secrets, deadly intrigue and steamy romance. A MUST read." - Elisabeth Naughton, New York Times Bestselling Author

An ex-SEAL werelion just seeking peace + a feisty, curvy woman with something to prove + a pregnancy no one could have expected = Suspenseful shifter romance you can't miss!

Stone Calloway thought he left behind his life of violence once he hung up his sniper rifle and settled into an easy routine. But just like this werelion ex-SEAL doesn't know when to relax, the world doesn't know when to leave him be, either. Called in to help an old friend get back his sister, Stone begrudgingly steps back into the world of organized crime, shifters hunting shifters, and everything that comes with it. He would have never guessed that the right woman could make him see all of it differently...

Selina Rozack wanted nothing more than to run her business in peace, but the curvy woman never stood for injustice and that got her in trouble with the wrong people. Or, well... the wrong shifters! The Crimson Claws, a shifter mob organization, is after her, and they're not the only ones. Stuck between two men who both think of her as theirs, Selina has to fight tooth and nail to prove that she's her own woman. The fact that one of the men is impossibly sexy and completely irresistible doesn't help at all. With a surprise pregnancy thrown into the mix, things start looking grimmer by the day... But maybe that's exactly what she needed? A blessing in disguise.

Can Stone show Selina that he's not just another possessive shifter out to claim her, and can she see him as more than an assassin? Or will the Crimson Claws catch up with them both before they can make up their minds, robbing them of their futures and their baby...

Lessons in Purrsuasion is a full novel with a happy ever after ending and no cheating! 

 What do you get when you mix cowboys with ghosts? A collection of eight (stand-alone) amazing stories from the Old West with haunts of every variety all connected by a paranormal detective agency. The spirits are restless and Nat Tremayne is sending his best agents westward to face some of the agency's most challenging cases.

Get your love of alpha cowboys on and feed your addiction for the bizarre (and sometimes spooky) world when you download The Good, The Bad and The Ghostly. Bestselling and Award-winning authors are pleased to save you more than 75% on this fantastic boxed set! (Price if books sold separately).

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Wild, Wild Ghost by Margo Bond Collins
With everyone she loves in the grave, Ruby specializes in the dead.

Comes An Outlaw by Keta Diablo
An outlaw returns to his childhood home to find his parents and brother dead, and the lovely widow in grave danger.

Long A Ghost, and Far Away by Andrea Downing
Ghosts are restless souls, and Lizzie Adams is one of them. How many lives will she get to find the perfect love?

A Ghostly Wager by Blaire Edens
Even a skeptical detective needs a little otherworldly help.

How the Ghost Was Won by Erin Hayes
There are ghost stories. And there are ghost legends.

McKee's Ghost by Anita Philmar
The ghost living in his house might have saved him from an unhappy marriage and brought him the girl of his dreams but when his ex- fiancé returns, the same spirit turns his life upside down.

A Ride Through Time by Charlene Raddon
P.S.I. Agent Burke Jameson wants to find out if Eagle Gulch, Colorado has genuine ghosts. But he found far more than he expected, including a horse ride that could change his life forever

The Ghost and the Bridegroom by Patti Sherry-Crews
She's sent west to solve a case. What she finds will change her forever.

Calvin Greenwood is a family man in his eighties. He is alone for the first time in over sixty years: his wife, Emily, just passed away and he isn't taking her loss well. He doesn't remember how to be alone, and he isn't sure if he can forgive himself for the mistakes he made while she was alive.

Edward White is a long time family friend who knows something is wrong with Calvin. He comes to check on him during his time of need and make sure he isn't planning to do anything reckless. Edward understands just how dangerous things are for someone struggling the way Calvin is, and he hopes talking to him can settle things back down. He just hopes he isn't too late to help.

Help, however, isn't the easiest thing to give, and it can be even more difficult to accept...

Love, loss, and forgiveness weave through this human tale of friendship and hope.

Jen has never enjoyed the full moon. Not like her family and certainly not like her boss, Rob, whose monthly trysts leave the office in a shambles. Jen turns into a mouse on the full moon, the most disrespected form in the were-community.

Her crush on Rob only makes her deep loneliness and feelings of alienation worse. When her friend steals an amulet with the power to turn were-wolf, Jen decides to try it on... only to find that being a wolf isn't all its cracked up to be. Guaranteed to make you howl.

John Muir was naturalist who has the famous one. He was the first Euro-American explorers Glacier Bay. This book talks about his adventures in Alaska, which reveals the difficulties of travel to Alaska at that time. It also talks about his life after returning from Alaska.And not to be missed is a brief biography of him.

A body. A crumbling graveyard. A lively, bounding puppy.

When her beloved Mini Cooper breaks down, Reverend Annabelle Dixon stumbles upon a gruesome scene at the Mildred’s Garage… a lifeless hand peeking out from the pit beneath a parked car.

Across the road, Inspector Mike Nicholls is in Upton St. Mary on personal business, yet that business is soon overshadowed as the stalwart, logical detective finds himself embroiled in yet another mystery with the kindhearted, and tenacious, vicar.

Together, they discover who the hand in the pit belongs to, and with two missing mechanics, a money strapped town, some matchmaking, and rumors a-plenty rolling all around the English village of Upton St. Mary, the case threatens to overwhelm them. The hours and clues mount, as the duo sets off on an investigation that soon proves larger, more dangerous, and more mysterious, than either of them could ever have guessed. Thank goodness for the puppy.

Grave in the Garage is the fourth book in the Reverend Annabelle Dixon series, a set of heartwarming cozy mysteries about a country vicar that will make you laugh out loud. If you like small town mysteries full of fun and colorful characters, a strong, yet compassionate female lead, and a hint of romance, then you’ll love Alison Golden’s sweet, humorous storytelling. This book may even restore your faith in humanity.

Buy Grave in the Garage today and prepare to smile!

After a hundred years of standing tall and alone, tomorrow the House on Hollow Hill will be bulldozed. Yet the owner, Mr. Goosen, is giving you one last chance to explore inside and take one treasure of your choosing!

With your friends Jake and Emma, you have one final chance to explore the house and find the best treasure from one of Mr. Goosen's many adventures. But you quickly learn the House on Hollow Hill has a secret. Can you survive the house's ghastly occupants? Or will you fall victim to their tricks?

YOU choose your own path in this haunted house adventure! Ultimate Ending lets YOU pick the story. YOU make the decisions, solve the riddles, avoid the traps and gather the clues. It's a mystery and adventure book that YOU control!
 

About Ultimate Ending

Welcome to Ultimate Ending, where YOU choose the story!

That's right - everything that happens in this book is a result of decisions YOU make. So choose wisely!

But also be careful. Throughout this book you'll find tricks and traps, trials and tribulations! Most you can avoid with common sense and a logical approach to problem solving. Others will require a little bit of luck. Having a coin handy, or a pair of dice, will make your adventure even more fun. So grab 'em if you got 'em!

Along the way you'll also find clues, tips, and even items that can help you in your quest. You'll meet people. Pick stuff up. Taking note of these things is often important, so while you're gathering your courage, you might also want to grab yourself a pencil and a sheet of paper.

Keep in mind, there are many ways to end the story. Some conclusions are good... some not so good. Some of them are even great! But remember: there is only ONE

ULTIMATE ENDING!

From the USA TODAY Bestselling author of The Bellum Sisters Bundle comes The Untouchables Bundle, a three-book bundle filled with plus-length, page-turning novels that will keep you up late at night. Come visit the dark and enticing world of the Blackmoore family where political intrigue, the rich and the poor, and the ugly and beautiful work through conflicts with one unending tether tying them all together: desire.

Take Me Book 1 - Dominic Blackmoore (the politician)
Tempting Gray Book 2 - Grayson Blackmoore (the security agent)
Merely Immortal Book 3 - Lucas Blackmoore (the rockstar)
Rogue Blood Book 4 - Vasilius Blackmoore (the scarred computer expert)

Federal investigator Jackson Guild sifts through the rubble after a terrorist attack destroys Washington. Guild—that’s Guild as in wild—gets the call to action, but he’s been rocked by the catastrophe, the casualties, and the horror. He’s drawn between two poles, one from the military and one from the intelligence community. Both threaten to have him quartered.
 
The Pentagon’s CSI-like forensics team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico lays the blame on Islamo-terrorism. But Langley’s spooks shout foul. They find Vladimir Putin’s fingerprints  all over the sneak attack. 

Guild’s happens upon a third pole, another clue. But it may turn out to be a third rail. He’s learned that the truth about the strike lies along a DNA strand of an imprisoned Wall Street War Lord.  A simple calculation made from his genetic code holds the cipher key that unlocks the actual orders to destroy the US government. 

Guild’s in the chase for the genome, but he’s drinking again and making mistakes, which is too bad, because, he’s about to be kidnapped, shot in the face, and held hostage to a gang of Russian thugs. And they hold the strand of DNA.

Life is Too Short to Work for Someone Else!

Are you tired of struggling just to get by with a paycheck that doesn’t quite stretch far enough? Or are you one of the millions of people who are out of work in an economy gone bad? Maybe you long to be your own boss so you can set your own schedule and choose the path your life will take.

Whatever it is that brought you to this page, you’re obviously looking for answers. The good news is you’ve come to the right place.

I've spent the past 20 years working for myself, and I would never dream of punching another clock or trudging to someone else’s office every day to collect a meager paycheck. That’s because I’ve discovered the secret: when you work for yourself, you’re happier, more productive, and you have unlimited earning potential.

After all, why would you want to work so hard to fund someone else’s dreams?

Working for myself has allowed me to live a lifestyle that many people can only dream about. I have the flexibility to create the life I want, take days off when I need to, and I decide how much money I make by choosing the hours I work.

But don’t be fooled. Working from home at a home-based business isn’t easy. It takes hard work and dedication to build a successful business that will make money.

In my book, I’m pleased to offer you 10 proven, realistic ways to work from home and earn a great income. And I won’t just offer you a brief explanation of each method like some other books do.

In each chapter, I provide you with the information and facts you need to determine if that business is right for you.But I don’t stop there. I’ll also give you important links and resources, so if you decide you want to pursue one of the home-based business ideas listed in this book, you’ll have everything you need to begin.

So, the choice is yours. Will you wake up tomorrow morning and spend your day funding someone else’s dream, or will you finally take the steps needed to claim your own success?

Why not start right now by buying How to Work From Home and Make Money? It’s one of the most important things you’ll do to begin the process of achieving your own dreams.

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Armed with snacks and voted 'Most Likely to Succeed' by his fly-by-night private investigator school, Reverend Richard Burgess has left the pulpit behind to try his hand at helping people in a different way. After shedding his pastor duds for a newly acquired closetful of somewhat questionable disguises, Detective Burgess sets out to leverage his considerable people smarts to solve crimes and bring closure to his clients.

In this hilarious novel of linked short stories, the former minister busts a smuggling ring, solves a murder, launches a viral video on YouTube, tracks down a ghost, and after exposing a deadly real estate scam, finds CNN in his front yard. After church is over, staying out of trouble might just be Richard’s new full-time job.

200 years ago, the USS Nomad escaped Earth in search of a mythical lost colony.
100 years ago, it returned unmanned, its data stores corrupted.
Today, as humanity's last stronghold is destroyed, the Nomad goes back.

After two centuries of war with a mysterious enemy known as the Reclaimed, humanity's last stronghold crumbles. Fleeing their ruined capital, calamity strikes: the entire fleet is annihilated by the Reclaimed's destroyers. All except the USS Nomad, an scout class vessel crewed by a last minute assembly of cast-offs.

But after executing an FTL jump to escape its pursuers, the ancient vessel has problems of its own: its comms are down, one of its engines has sustained severe damage, and someone, in the midst of the escape, murdered the leader of the mission.

The surviving crew must find the killer while piloting the heavily damaged Nomad to this long lost world if humanity is to survive. But the truth about who's responsible for the failed escape - and the larger invasion - will set everyone aboard further adrift and unable to trust anyone at all...