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Prosecco Pink (Franki Amato Mysteries 2)

by Traci Andrighetti

For PI Franki Amato, New Orleans is anything but The Big Easy. Her best friend and employer has assigned her an unsettling investigation—the murder of a gorgeous cosmetics CEO at an allegedly haunted plantation. Adding to Franki’s stress, her meddling Sicilian nonna is planning her engagement even though her boyfriend, Bradley, hasn’t popped the question, and his new secretary seems determined to ensure a proposal never happens. As Bradley grows distant and the plantation gr... more

Limoncello Yellow (Franki Amato Mysteries 1)

by Traci Andrighetti

Francesca "Franki" Amato is a straight-shooting rookie cop in Austin, Texas, until an embarrassing 911 call prompts her to take a job at her best friend’s PI agency in New Orleans. But Franki soon learns that solving crime in The Big Easy is no Bourbon Street party. Case in point, her first investigation involves the murder of a beautiful boutique manager who was strangled with a cheap yellow scarf, and her primary suspect is her client. When Franki’s not on the clock, s... more

Legacy of Lies

by Lexa M. Mack

A multitude of secrets are buried in the past, but with DNA testing on the rise, the sins of the father are visited upon the children. Lies are unearthed, histories are changed, and lives are ended.

The Tempest In Glass

by Dirk Eichhorst

One man’s prayer for the safety of a woman causes a terrible accident, launching him on a dangerous quest through ancient ruins and mystical realms, where he discovers unspeakable secrets that threaten the course of eternity.

Raaz Mahal: The Palace of Secrets

by Neal Nathan

Taj Mahal - the magnificent mausoleum in marble, a symbol of love, erected by Mughal emperor Shahjahan for his wife Mumtaz that took 22 years, 20,000 laborers, and architects from far-off places to build … so goes the legend. In Agra, India - the city of the Taj Mahal - the Bureau of Archaeology (BoA) receives a bizarre petition under the Right-To-Information (RTI) Act, demanding the bureau disclose authentic historical evidence for the legend of the World Heritage monument. The bureau dumps the... more

Black Aries

by Shaundra Felder

"Black Aries" is a gripping novel that tells the story of a marketing executive who returns to her hometown to stop an ambitious special investigator from exhuming her stepfather’s body and exposing the secret she thought was buried forever.

In the spring of 1978, six-year-old Denise Blackburn caused her shell-shocked stepfather to fall to his death, then she killed the elderly neighbor who witnessed it. At least that is what the nightmares tell her. Forty years later, t... more

The Informants

by Scott Nickerson

The wife of a Mexican Cartel leader is poisoned while having dinner with her 11-year-old daughter, and the head of the most violent drug trafficking cartel in the world sets a $10 million reward for the murder of the waiter responsible for poisoning his wife, as well as the unknown individual responsible for ordering the hit. Julian Castro Rodriguez, aka: El Jefe, orders dozens of Cartel members to Sinaloa and offers the reward for information leading to the murderer. \tMeanwhile, DEA holds a c... more

White Gold

by Micheal E. Jimerson

For thirty years, E.J. Kane exemplified perfection in law enforcement. But when he loses a son to the war on terror in Afghanistan, both his marriage and his career as a Texas Ranger are crushed. Incapable of acknowledging his daughter’s drug addiction, she ends up sex trafficked. His last chance job as head of security at an energy company pulls him into the romantic clutches of a ruthless businesswoman known as Widow Welchel. She allies with a sovereign citizen group stealing casinghead gas, a... more

The Best Laid Lies

by Laura Honken

Even with money, good looks, a loving husband and a beautiful stepdaughter, Ella Dalton suffers from severe anxiety and self-doubt. But, when her husband is the prime suspect in a murder investigation, she must find the courage to uncover the truth—no matter where it might lead. Living on their six-hundred acres of land in southwest Minnesota, all Ella wants is to enjoy a quiet and secluded life with her husband, Matthew, and his daughter, Ava. However, with Ava’s mother and stepfather livin... more

Conspiracy in Bologna

by Ken Tentarelli

In Renaissance Italy, young lawyer Nico Argenti is a member of the Florentine Security Commission charged with defeating threats against the Florentine Republic. The first hint of trouble comes from Nico's sister, who tells him that boys are going missing from the orphanage. She persuades Nico to look into the matter, but before he can do so, he is sent on an official mission to investigate reports of a rogue band of mercenaries operating close to the Florentine border.

Nico's i... more

The Trespass

by Eric Stoffle

When Cameo Fox's agent insists that ex-cop, Joe Rampone, provide security for the media starlet against unnamed threats, Rampone grudgingly takes the job. Now a detective from Rampone's old department wants to dig up an unsolved kidnapping case that has haunted him for years. With assassins gunning for his client, Rampone knows time is short to unravel a mystery that has already claimed two kidnapped girls and a series of murders. Torn between providing Fox the protection she needs and solvin... more

DAY TWO: Leave no enemy alive

by Don Sedei

Come chase the minutes of Kachada Toscano. A tortured soul fleeing from a death that constantly stalks him. Where the unlikely tale of two parallel universes—the chilling traditions of the Comanche tribe and the ruthless code of the Sicilian Mafia—mysteriously intersect.

The Girl From Chapel Hill: Her Journey of Faith, Forgiveness, and Freedom

by vanester williams

Growing up, Laura never knew her father or even his last name. Many years later, an encounter with a stranger would drastically impact her life and cause her to question her own identity. Then through a spiraling chain of terrifying events, she learns there’s an unknown enemy who appears to stop at nothing to do her harm. Meanwhile, she carries a painful burden of a dark haunting secret, hidden unforgiveness, and low self-esteem. Her story begins and ends with reflections on lessons she learn... more

Cardinal Virtues

by R.G. Roberts

Commander Alex Coleman is no hero. Just ask him.

It’s 2037 and Alex is one more disobeyed order away from kissing his naval career goodbye.

He used to be high speed, the kind of officer on the fast track to submarine command. Then he threw it all away trying to save a few civilian lives from his glory hungry commanding officer. No pain no gain, right? Alex isn’t sorry he did the right thing but being everyone’s favorite scapegoat isn&rsq... more

The Woman at la Gare de l'Est

by Theasa Tuohy

Three women and a child are caught up in an international sting when the 4-year-old refuses to let her nanny pack her Bugs Bunny suitcase for a weekend trip from Paris to Prague.

Catching the Nightjar

by Chloë Walford

Every Bird Loves to Hear Himself Sing... To her aunt and cousins, Ophélie Davenport is as wise as she is inaccessible. Behind her gaze she hides a harrowing past, one she must confront when her uncle and guardian inherits Baudières—the ghostly estate from which Ophélie was banished as a child. The year is 1881, and the Belle Epoque is arriving to sweep away the remnants of France’s old world order. But the glitzy, gated community to which Ophélie returns is unrecognisable in its own way; t... more

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