Fast Paced Suspense

While his parents are away, vampire hybrid Patrick Woodford finds himself thrust into command of Scanguards. His temporary leadership is immediately tested by a brutal murder in the Presidio, an investigation that initially indicates a vampire attack but quickly hints at a far more sinister, preternatural threat. When Dr. Fallon Doyle asks Scanguards for protection from her obsessive ex-boyfriend, Patrick is hesitant to take her case, but after a terrifying attack on Fallon, he realizes her stalker is far more menacing than he appears. As Patrick races against the clock to solve the ...

In the heart of gangland London, Reverend Digby Rolf witnesses a chilling prison execution, the condemned man's life ending with a snap. But it's not just a man's death that haunts him; it's the divine message he sees in its aftermath: "Vengeance is mine sayeth the lord." Driven by an unwavering faith and a sense of duty, Digby embarks on a perilous quest for justice, despite the dangers lurking in the shadows of the late 1950s underworld. As he delves deeper into the murky depths of London's criminal society, Digby must confront his own naivety and navigate a treacherous landscape where ...

Silver Medalist Global Book Awards - Mystery / Women Sleuths Winner PenCraft Award for Literary Excellence - Fiction / Mystery / Sleuths "Once again, Chappell delivers!" –The American ReporterWrenn Grayson’s first summer as archivist for the Foundling Historical Society and Museum begins as unsettlingly as the electrical storms that plague Havens, Ohio. On her initial assignment, she investigates Madelaine Manor and its deceased owner, Hollis Bronwyn Jenner. Hollis blazed a trail in the late-1910s as a women’s rights activist. Her past is shadowed by World War I and the belief she ...

To find her missing sister, small-town cop Maya Hutchinson risks her life by posing as her glamorous twin. Under escalating attacks, Maya accepts protection from dashing senator's son, Connor McNamara. Cop turned PI, Connor McNamara has his own secret mission and is forced to choose between family loyalty and love. hen the scent of danger draws near, will Connor and Maya survive long enough to forgive and accept each other? Secrets of Rios Azules series: sweet, wholesome books about faith, love, and murder. Welcome to Rios Azules, a small Texas town where rivers and emotions run deep, and ...

Trucks of nuts are being hijacked; Accusations are flying; Greed is running rampant; What starts as a simple case quickly becomes threatening.If you like intriguing mysteries, witty heroines, and ruthless villains, you’ll love the first book in this high-octane cozy mystery series! Truckloads of high-priced pistachios are being highjacked, putting drivers’ lives in danger. A beleaguered grocery store owner hires Lea and Maddy to find out who is behind the malicious thefts. Is it black market vendors, local thugs at their worst, or an inside job? After plunging wholeheartedly into their ...

She’s an executive with a highly classified secret. He’s the CEO’s mysterious son. He’s coming to save her, but she’s not going to wait around to be rescued. Revital Shilon never thought her classified executive job at GENESIS BIOTECH would get her drugged, kidnapped, and held at gunpoint. The men who took her want to bring her before “The Viper” – the fearsome international terrorist. He wants something, something to do with her company’s top-secret project. Something that only she knows. It all started when she met Jonathan Moore: the charismatic and enigmatic son of the...

Once a thief, always a thief? One night, the past catches up with former model (not to mention former thief) Jan Hutchinson. When she stumbles on what she believes is her friend’s bleeding body, Jan nearly follows that fate. To stay alive and find out why members of her old crew (think runaways, not runways) disappear one by one, she needs the help of the only policeman she trusts—her ex-boyfriend, Luis Powers. The issue is, Luis Powers doesn’t know whether he trusts her after she broke his heart. But, with danger surrounding them, they must figure out how to survive—together, not ...

A football hero, a marketing genius with a vision, and the tropical island that will either make or break them. Ally Heathrow, head of marketing for the Georgia Patriots, has one goal: talk the enigmatic Preston Steele into being her poster child for a social media blast that will not only sell out the stadium, but help those who are suffering as well. She wonders if the handsome and popular football star will even notice her--she's always known she doesn't have the beauty and slim figure of her gorgeous sisters, but at least she has her sharp mind. Mustering up all the courage and ...

Returning to the Yucatan wasn’t what Hank had in mind when he and Nicole discussed taking time away from their mind-numbing research inside ATLAS headquarters. Nevertheless, the two archaeologists are asked to travel to Chichen Itza and investigate the last thing they were trained for, something a bit over their heads professionally. A murder has been committed, witnessed by one of their trusted contacts. Once they arrive and the whole story revealed, Hank and Nicole quickly understand why they, in particular, were called. A secret has been uncovered, one that Ponce de Leon failed to find...

After being gone for two decades, Maddy’s half sister, Emily, is back in town to settle their late father’s estate. Emily’s not the troubled girl Maddy remembers from their volatile childhood. Apparently, all is well. It can’t possibly matter anymore that Maddy married Emily’s first love, but the pictures Maddy finds on her husband’s phone tell a different story. Suspicions of an affair are hard to ignore.

Dru has only 24 hours to save the world. It’s definitely going to be an all-nighter.Being the world’s only crystal sorceress means no vacation time, lousy pay, and zero benefits. But what’s worse? Finding out there actually is another crystal sorceress—who happens to be wickedly powerful and also dead-set on destroying the world. When she breaks into Dru’s shop, sets the place on fire, and steals an apocalyptic amulet, it’s hard not to take things personally. What’s a girl to do? Hit the road in a high-speed chase to get that amulet back before the seas boil, the stars fall ...

French Quarter P.I. Wyatt Thomas deals with murder and illusion at the Louisiana Hospital of the Insane Secrets fester, and danger lurks in the shadowed depths of Louisiana's bayous. Private investigator Wyatt Thomas is summoned to the sleepy town of Pinebridge by notorious mob boss Frankie Castellano. His mission is to find Frankie’s missing half-sister, Bella Donna Castellano, who vanished from the Louisiana Mental Hospital under suspicious circumstances. On his first night in town, Wyatt stumbles upon a gruesome murder, drawing him into a web of corruption and cruelty. Partnering with ...

When an unwed fifteen year old gives birth to twins, one baby is legally adopted by a military family, while the other is adopted out of the back of an ambulance in a seedy part of New York City. When the mother arrives at the hospital with one child, no one ever suspected that there was another baby somewhere in the city. As the years march along, the twins grow up in vastly different circumstances and are quickly turning into polar opposites. Adopted by the wealthy Holt family, Libby Ann has a passion for acting, a best friend named Sawyer, and no idea she was adopted. With her on-again, ...

Audrey Singer revels in her position as the admissions director of an exclusive Manhattan private school. Parents cater to her whims and desires, desperate to give their children an edge. Audrey’s power is undeniable; privilege comes with the territory. Her perfect marriage completes the glossy picture of her life. Until the arrival of the neurotic, vulnerable Sarah Price. Determined to get her son into the city’s most coveted kindergarten class, Sarah inserts herself into Audrey’s world, testing boundaries at every turn.

Iðunn – the fountain of eternal youth or an instrument of death? Iðunn once granted the Norse gods eternal youth and immortality. But she took her secret to the grave long ago. Now, a reckless expedition is following in the footsteps of this myth, summoning great disaster. A mystical storm costs the lives of two expedition members, and the group's leader disappears without a trace. What the sole survivor reports sounds incredible: an archaic warrior of superhuman strength guards Iðunn's grave and will not rest as long as her heritage is in danger. A divine power that would have been ...

Miguel Vargas thought he’d left his past behind—a life of quiet regrets and fractured family ties now his only focus. But when a mysterious phone call dredges up the name Raul Porto, everything Miguel has fought to forget comes rushing back. The voice on the line knows too much, and its cryptic warnings hint at a shadow Miguel thought he’d escaped. As old sins resurface and tensions boil over, Miguel must navigate a dangerous web of lies, betrayals, and moral compromises to protect his family—and confront the truth he’s avoided for far too long. Set against the dusty backdrop of ...

Following the success of In Plain Sight, Valerie Davisson delivers another fast-paced, thrilling mystery set on the Oregon coast. This time, the stakes for Logan McKenna have never been higher. Commercial crabbing is a dangerous business. Add murder to the mix and you wind up with at least one dead body and impossibly tangled threads of fact and fiction for Logan to unravel to find the truth. The more she learns, the less she knows. No one is as they seem. Sam asks her to help defend a friend, but is he innocent? With more than one life at risk, she can’t give up. Pulling out all the ...

She's not a karate expert. She can't pick a lock. And she certainly isn't a master of disguise.... But Riley is stubborn, and this is her city. She's not going down without a fight! If you like female characters who are strong, funny, and real, then you're going to love Kay Riley, a Chicago cop wrongly accused of a terrorist bombing, and on the run for her life. A wiser woman might flee the country, but Riley is determined to clear her name. Armed with a quick wit and some friends who don't mind breaking a few laws, Riley becomes an amateur vigilante.

Fast-paced dark fantasy infused with mystery, suspense, and dry humor! The city of Caedia is ambushed by the army of Beorland. Kove, an outcast, a coward, unfit to join the King’s Guard huddles alone amidst the chaos as his city, his home, all that he loves is destroyed. Tasked with the assassination of King Alban of Caedia, Raena S’ehn of the Black Knives witnesses an otherworldly power in the form of flame erupting from Kove’s body during the assault. With her assassination attempt thwarted, she opts to kidnap Kove in place of the king, taking him to her master hidden deep beneath ...

THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING DEBUT THRILLER BY T.J.HAWKINS Tom Rivers is a middle aged professional. He has a wife and two daughters. His life is comfortable, if somewhat unremarkable. But he has a secret, that even he doesn't know about. During a business trip to London he discovers that he is instead, a genetically superior and highly trained MI5 agent who has been kept in a sleeper state for the past twenty five years and is now expected to save his country from catastrophe. A terrorist cell has developed a weapon so devastating that it could send Britain back to the Dark Ages and, at the ...