Valentines Mystery

Lights, Camera, Poltergeist. A Hollywood dream becomes a nightmare. Called to a movie set, Red investigates a haunting that threatens to turn a Christmas flick into a slasher film. Allied with a soulmancer, she has to save the Hollywood A-Listers from a phantom that wants souls instead of autographs. Busting ghosts is easier than laying her own personal demons to rest. With a paralyzed mentor, a sexy vampire playing hard to get, and petrifying anxiety about her own mysterious origins, Red is struggling to find the holiday spirit. Everyone wants their fifteen minutes of fame in Los Angeles, ...

A Student in Trouble Missing Chocolates Valentine’s Day will never be the same Rylly is sure she won’t survive Valentine’s Day. Her boyfriend is missing in action. She’s agreed to do another fund raiser, this time to help a boy get the surgery he needs, her first cooking class students are graduating, and there’s a dead body on her kitchen floor. If having a dead body on the kitchen floor isn’t enough, her close cop friend Mac has suddenly lost his mind. Even though she has an alibi for the murder, he keeps twisting her testimony so that she looks guilty. Then she wipes out her ...

Charlene has hired a van to ferry her B&B guests to an all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage dinner hosted by Salem's Irish community at the Ancient Order of Hibernians club—but she should have booked a hearse. It's never a good sign when the family black sheep drunkenly crashes a party by punching the guy dressed as a leprechaun. But things go from troublesome to fatal when Charlene stumbles upon a second brawl in an upper room—and this fight Connor Gallagher loses, his anonymous assailant rushing past Charlene, hidden by a hoodie.

It's been seven weeks, two days, and ten hours since she discovered the grave of a dead girl with her face… In the dark underworld, Red is a witch trained as a supernatural bounty hunter. Where she came from is a mystery even to herself. Over four books, the plot thickened as she came up against vampire conspiracies, doppelganger mysteries, shady warlocks, modern alchemists, greedy werewolves, and more supernatural weirdness. Now, the road takes her north to an idyllic village on the Oregon coast. It could hold all the answers she has desperately wanted for so long, but her origins aren't...

The Valentine Ball, the glittering social event of 1932 Boston. Who would want to spoil a debutante cotillion with a murder? Nurse Aggie Burnside goes to Boston to assist her cousin Amanda with the final touches on the dazzling debutante presentation to raise funds for a major hospital. But it seems there are new obstacles every day: the budget gets cut, the band quits, the finance manager interferes and the hospital board members argue. Despite the hurdles, the evening comes together without a hitch. And then someone is murdered, and a large amount of money disappears. What was the motive...

"Now, Watson, the fair sex is your department," said Holmes, with a smile. Dr. J. Watson is vulnerable. He has a tendency to fall in love. In these two books in the series of New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, he does just that. As my Valentine’s Day card to you, my readers and followers, I offer these two books (combined into one file) at the lowest Amazon would allow me to post. Included in this Valentine's Day card are The Sign of the Tooth and The Adventure of the Devilish Footnote. So, please: Click, download and enjoy. And happy Valentine’s Day, 2023. To be released on February 14 -- ...

Bakery owner Lucy is focused on growing her small business when her matchmaking best friend insists she attend the annual Halloween bash in their quaint town to meet some new romantic prospects. Although reluctant, Lucy dons her Day of the Dead costume and shows off her festive Halloween-themed cupcakes at the party. But when her signature treats vanish, Lucy switches to detective mode to uncover the confectionary thief. Amidst the outrageous costumes, apple bobbing, and spooky decor, she finds an unlikely assistant in Sam, the handsome new firefighter in town. As they team up to solve the ...

It's the middle of February in Hopeless, fresh snow is on Main Street, and Valentine's is just around the corner. And three things are bothering investigative reporter Hope Walker: The worst woman in history has just become mayor; Hope still doesn't have a date for Valentine's; and a very dead body has turned up.... And Hope? She has no idea what happened. Order the seventh book in the Hope Walker Mysteries, A Hopeless Valentine, today, and listen as award-winning narrator, Tavia Gilbert, brings Hope, Katie, Granny, and all the residents of Hopeless to life!

Most people’s births aren’t immortalized in a police report—but Olivia was born during the infamous Camp Lost Lake murders. Seventeen years later, Olivia’s life looks pretty perfect . . . until she discovers the man she calls dad is not her biological father. Now she wants answers about her bloodline, and the only place she knows to look is Camp Lost Lake. Most people don’t spend their formative years on the run with an alleged murderer—but Reagan did. In the court of public opinion, her mom was found guilty of the deaths at Camp Lost Lake, and both of them have been in hiding ever since.

Rowan’s missing. Hazel’s heart skips a beat when she’s hears those two horrible words. She wastes no time and immediately gets on an airplane home. There’s one problem. She can’t fly without being heavily sedated and there was no time to get any medicine. Just as her panic is about to overwhelm her the sexy stranger in the seat next to her offers to hold her hand. Six hand clenching hours later, Hazel is safely on the ground. But as she learns the circumstances surrounding her brother’s disappearance, her world shatters.

Two leaders, two fleets, two wars. The Rawtenuga war is effectively over, although dealing with the remaining fleets will take time. On the other hand, the Trixone war keeps getting bigger. Jon's problem is how to wield the growing Thorn's Cluster Militia among all the other problems of a growing Imperium. But even with a Grand Master Mage coming into his power, the sheer scale of the war seems to nullify any advantages they have. For Jon, it comes back to one repeating question. What the hell do I do next? Bud’s problem is dealing with people thinking a Grand Master Mage can do anything....

It's February, love is in the air and spring is just around the corner - but so is deceit. Maxine has just moved in to the street across from Leger and she is so smitten with him that she instantly adopts and renames him. She and Leger bond quickly, so when she is accused of stalking and harassment by her former neighbours, Leger cannot believe she would do such a thing. Besides, she was with him at the time when the harassment occurred. But a cat is not an alibi who will stand up in court. Desperate to clear Maxine's name, Leger seeks help from his friends, both feline and human and along ...

MORE INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . FOR THE HOLIDAYS! A rival mafia family destroyed my world, and that's only the beginning of my nightmare before Christmas. But instead of starting an unwinnable war against a more powerful family, I offer something to the ruthless Italian mobster . . . A Christmas gift wrapped neatly in red . . . A red dress, that is. Because I'm that peace offering . . . I'm that gift . . . I'm . . . I'm . . . I'm . . . I'm his. OMG, I'm his! New instalove series of novellas. Sweetness and darkness wrapped tight in a bow. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Guaranteed...

Red wanted a peaceful vacation. It lasts three days before evil ambushes her mountain cabin. An old enemy returns to strike without mercy. He makes only one mistake. He should have double checked that she was dead. She rises from the ashes for vengeance. Kristoff joins her global quest as tutor in mayhem. Obsessed, she's committed to do what it takes even murder. Will she lose herself before she finds her nemesis? Payback's A Witch is the 8th book of the Red Witch Chronicles, a gritty urban fantasy series containing thrilling plots, complicated characters, and magical mayhem along with ...

If they knew what Red had planned, they would have sent her to another prison. Stonetree Prison is England's most secure prison for supernaturals. No one gets in or out without the warden's permission. Red is counting on that. One of her fellow prisoners thought he was safe behind bars. She's ready to prove him wrong. Her friends say she's obsessed. Red says she's on a mission. And dead or alive, she'll finish it. Prison Witch is the ninth book of the Red Witch Chronicles.

Turn the page on this short and sweet romance, punctuated with conflict and subtle mystery. “Believable and charming, without offering only fairy tail resolutions, this story hits hfor all who know the pain of a healing heart.” Self-Publishing Review In the small town of Valentine, Wisconsin, children’s librarian Hannah Sawyer has written off love as a result of a past breakup and numerous recently failed attempts at online dating. She can’t fight the fact that she’s pushing forty with the likelihood of remaining a perpetual spinster. Coming to the bitter conclusion that there is ...

Joshua Valentine is a down and out private detective on the verge of giving up his practice. But one last case has popped up. He has been hired to find the murderer of his best friend's husband. Now he must stumble from problem to problem in hopes of finding the biggest snake in the snake pit. Can our hero satisfy his friend and save the day? Find out.

Ivory has the perfect man… …from his microchip processor to his flesh-like exterior. Ivory hated that she loved her Christmas gift this year. Her sister gave her the perfect humanoid companion, but there’s a huge problem: he’ll never be able to say he loves her, no matter how much she loves him. Was her dream man a present or a curse? But when Ethan (Ivory’s Dream Droid) looks at her with those sweet blue eyes and secretly earns enough money to enter her in the city-wide bake-off offering a prize she drools over, she realizes she doesn’t care. He’s hers, and that’s the best ...

Mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance didn't really want to go to her neighbor's Valentine Day masked ball - particularly not after the voluptuous brunette made a pass at Annie's husband, Max. So when her dizzy mother-in-law, Laurel, made a surprise visit to Broward's Rock Island, Annie thought it would be a perfect excuse to skip the party. She should have known better: True to form, Laurel accepted the invitation for all three of them. But the biggest surprise of all came at the party's end, when Annie found the amorous hostess in the gazebo - murdered.

In 1899, the dead rule the night. Juniper St. James, a witch ensnared in the grasp of the alluring vampire Lucas Crawford, finds herself entwined in a sinister game of power and destiny. She is Lucas's courtesan, forced to serve his infamous vampire family. Ordered to recruit their latest victims, she is drawn deeper into their world of ancient rivalries and insatiable bloodlust. Prague's cobblestone alleys conceal secrets darker than the abyss, and the dead's thirst for dominion grows stronger with every heartbeat. A forbidden connection blooms with Kristoff Novak, a captivating butler ...