Old English Mystery

After dumping my boyfriend for cheating, his grandfather shows up to move out his belongings. I’m glad to get rid of the jerk’s stuff, but then this hot, much older man suddenly gets a charley horse. Even though I hate his cheating grandson’s guts, I offer to massage his calf and make it all better, which it does. Unfortunately, it puts me in a bind because after my soft hands touch him, it looks like something else on this old man might need a hard squeeze.

Murder in the Asylum is a soft romance mystery with a genealogy theme. Why did the estate manager want to buy back the painting Kit had just purchased? How was the painting linked to a nineteenth century murder and treasure? These and other questions are answered as Kit and Mike delve into the records of the past..

After a fight with his wife, Rumpole stays with Erskine-Browns and finds that Portia is prosecuting one of his clients.

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place so they could figure out what to do next and stop running in circles trying to stay one step ahead of the guys who seemed to want her dead. Simon Sullivan might not be who Ava always believed him to be, but along with his brother, he’d spent his life trying to protect her. That wasn’t going to change especially now when everything they’d planned for, hoping against hope it would never be needed, was playing out exactly as they’d feared. But he’s not alone. Harper Riley isn’t about to ...

General Ransom Jarvis is writing his memoirs about a distinguished career that spanned five continents and three wars. Along the way, he stumbles upon a scandal about a philandering ancestor - America’s ambassador to England who went on to become president of the United States. But a very clear and present danger embroils the irascible retired general in a deepening quagmire of deceit, fraud, and murder.

December 1970: A young woman is murdered in a motel on the outskirts of St. Louis. In an attempt to cover his tracks, her murderer sets her room on fire and the unsolved case becomes known as Twenty-One. Coincidentally, Clara Carson was loaned to the St. Louis police in one of her first criminal profiling assignments, but the case remained unsolved, languishing in the police department cold case files. December 1994: The death of a Berkeley professor during rush hour in San Francisco is ruled an apparent suicide. After their last case, Jack and Clara recovering from their injuries at Eva's ...

Maigret is called to the home of Armand de Saint-Hilaire, a highly respected official who has been found shot dead in his study by his housekeeper. After interviewing everyone concerned, Maigret is at a loss to the identity of the perpetrator until he comes across a series of letters from the past 50 years between the victim and a recently widowed woman. As Maigret uncovers the details behind the two's relationship, he gets closer to discovering the tragic truth behind the official's demise. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Society.

Chef Charlie Hunter's arrival in the beautiful Chilterns is the fulfillment of a long-held dream: to open her own restaurant in an idyllic countryside location. The Old Forge sits on the village green (complete with duck pond and flint-faced houses) and seems just the place for the high-quality cooking she wants to be known for. But instead of rural peace and a chance to lick her wounds, Charlie finds something ugly stirring under the chocolate box perfection. When a prominent local builder is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Charlie the outsider becomes a suspect.

Ever on the lookout for new experiences to keep life interesting, Tillie Thistlethwaite joins the local community choir, where she is drawn into an adventure which soon has her questioning her penchant for amature sleuthing. Surprised when she is chosen as the new soloist, Tillie is dismayed to become the focus of the local diva's resentment and animosity. Inadvertantly, our delightful Mrs. Thistlethwaite soon finds herself embroiled in yet another mysterious crime. Will she find the culprit before becoming another victim? BONUS: Recipe and whimsical short story Included!

Elizabeth had always believed there was nothing more magical than the precious gift of love...even now in the heart of danger, she still believed it...she always would. After telling the story of Simon's magical cowboy ranch for more years than she cared to count, Elizabeth Fountaine wondered if there might be more to the fanciful fairy-tale than being an elaborate bedtime story to tell children. More than ever before, she very much needed for even just a small piece of the fairy-tale to be real. Kellyn had always loved Elias Stratton with all her heart and probably always would. She'd ...

Grab your walker, secure your catheter, and make sure there's double adhesive on your dentures! Then hang on for dear life, because you are about to ride along with the covert Senile Squad -- a bunch of elderly cops who refuse to stop catching crooks. Fighting street crime the old-fashioned way is their modus operandi. The Ol' Blues, led by their cigar-chewing Sarge, bring justice back to the streets of Omaha by taking down a brutal Sudanese kingpin who thinks he's a powerful gang lord.

The Concordia sisters, owners of the One Woman's Junk consignment shop, are up to their eyeballs in trouble as they try to help their friends, solve a murder and plan a wedding. All while managing not to kill each other, offend any of their wacky clientele, or wreck their own love lives.

While watering the tree on Christmas Eve, I can’t help but notice my 18-year-old brat's Secret Santa gift to her boyfriend. Curious about what the young bastard is getting from the sexy, innocent girl I raised, I carefully peel open the envelop and read her words, then immediately burst into expletives. There’s NO WAY she’s doing that to some guy she’s known for a few months. I don’t care how good he is to her. Damn it, I’m the one who raised her. So I’m the one who should be the lucky recipient of her dirty Secret Santa present. And I plan to cash in on this gift tonight.

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

To all appearances, Dan Chase is a harmless retiree in Vermont with two big mutts and a grown daughter he keeps in touch with by phone. But most sixty-year-old widowers don't have multiple licenses, savings stockpiled in banks across the country, and a bugout kit with two Beretta Nanos. Years ago, as a young hotshot in army intelligence, Chase was sent to Libya to covertly assist a rebel army. When the plan turned sour, Chase reacted according to his own ideas of right and wrong, triggering consequences he could never have anticipated. And someone still wants him dead because of them.

She bought the cabin on a whim. But will it transform into her perfect getaway? Burnt out from her high-flying author career and dreaming of escaping her busy Manhattan life, when Laura discovers her husband cheating on her with another writer, she knows it’s time for a change. After her brother calls her about a country Bed and Breakfast for sale, Laura ditches New York and buys it on the spot… only to realize that the run-down cabin will need more than a little elbow grease to restore it to working condition. As she’s swept up in the quiet joys of small-town life, an ad in the local...

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!"~Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!"~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!"~ G. Taylor In this searing-hot sexy 14,000-word story, a young woman and an older man go on the adventure of their lifetimes as they begin a passionate intimate relationship. Kiera Harper is a sassy, quick-witted computer hacker living in Chicago when she gets hired for some field work to conduct surveillance. The next thing she knows, she is embroiled in a labyrinthine plot and a grand conspiracy, and the only way to save the day is by starting a...

When Mrs. Peck, a wealthy, widowed Texan grandmother is saddled with her three grandsons for the summer, she is anything but grateful. Luckily, both a young governess and a talented tutor are available, and she quickly hires them. However thrown together in such close proximity day after day, Heidi and Heinrich quickly discover a more-than a professional interest in one another. And though Heidi is reserved and Heinrich is cautious, their attraction only grows stronger by the day. Both know they may never find love like this again. However, if their association becomes known, they will lose...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried... What was supposed to be a carefree summer at the lake house turns into something far more dangerous when a group of cousins stumbles across old bones buried deep in the woods. The discovery pulls them into a decades-old mystery that was never meant to be uncovered. As they dig deeper, they unravel the dark history of Lake Hollow Springs, a town built on secrets, betrayals, and a secret society known only as The Keeper’s Circle. Now, someone is watching. Someone willing to do whatever it takes to keep the past hidden. With time running out, the cousins...

Mary Lou’s fiancé leaves her as soon as tragedy strikes. Unwilling to resent him, she chooses, instead, to find him. Jonah flees from Mary Lou in order to protect her because he is convinced that he is cursed. Still, Mary Lou remains close to his heart. When Mary Lou is incapacitated and bedridden, she cannot continue her search for Jonah. Will Jonah be able to reunite with his true love and help Mary Lou when she needs him the most? Will Mary Lou’s faith be enough to help them get through the countless obstacles that are thrown their way? This is the 2nd book of a 5-book series.