Celebrate the season with three timeless tales inspired by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Beatrix Potter. When Emma Grace Langley retreats to her grandmother’s antique shop in the snowy Cotswolds after heartbreak and job loss, she hopes to find clarity. Instead, she finds a collection of heirlooms, a portrait, a rare book, and a charming … Continue reading A Very English Christmas

Shipwrecked on a distant planet. Mysterious alien relics. His fresh start just turned into an interstellar conspiracy. After an undercover investigation goes bad, ex-soldier Evan hopes to forge a new life on a remote colony world. But when the transport ship explodes in orbit, his plans for a peaceful early retirement go out the airlock. … Continue reading Stranded

Eager to heal after losing her husband, security consultant Rachel Evans moves to the small Texas town of Rios Azules. When one of her clients is found murdered under the mistletoe and her rental is broken into, the former thief realizes danger has found her once again. Her neighbor’s widowed son volunteers to help her. … Continue reading Danger Under the Mistletoe

Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Eccess, indulges in London’s most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him, especially at Christmas. The richest food, the best cognac and the most beautiful women make the “happiest” time of the year a little more bearable. The one sin he has sworn to abstain from? Seducing … Continue reading Duke of Eccess

No one disappears without a trace… Don’t try to tell Victoria Sands that time heals all wounds. It doesn’t work that way for a woman who’s lost her husband the way she did. She was never able to say goodbye. Never able to arrange a memorial. Receive friends at the service. Write thank-you notes for … Continue reading The Woman Underwater

How far will she go to learn what happened to her parents? At fifteen, Jes has adjusted to moving without notice and never fitting in. Her adoptive parents insist she keep her past a secret from everyone they meet. Should she feel bad about the lies? It’s not like Jes remembers the night they found … Continue reading Leftover Girl

Christmas is coming in Paris, Pennsylvania, and Sophie Dubois, Chamber of Commerce Promotions Director, is trying to work up enthusiasm for what is normally her season. Paris’s business isn’t exactly booming as much as it should be. Sophie loves her job, but she must come up with a plan to save it. Her new neighbor, … Continue reading A Little Paris Christmas

Sixteen-year-old Peter Greenfield didn’t want to go to Moscow. When his Foreign Service officer parents are called on an emergency mission to Russia, he is left with little choice but to get dragged along. The trip starts off with Red Square, the Kremlin and the sights of the city, what any tourist would expect. Then … Continue reading The Streets of Moscow

One father’s desperate choice fractures time and reality itself. To everyone around him, Daniel Ward is a mild-mannered accountant, devoted husband and father in a quiet New England suburb. But when his ten-year-old son chases a runaway soccer ball into the street, straight into the path of a speeding truck, Daniel does the impossible. He … Continue reading The Breaking of Time: Chronicles of the Arvynth

There’s no place like home for the holidays… As a Navy Rescue Swimmer, Mitzi Zahn is not the kind of woman to run from disaster. But after her brother is killed in action and her injured fiancé calls off their wedding, Mitzi accepts a transfer to her hometown recruiting station where she can heal her … Continue reading The Marine’s Last Chance Christmas

An ordinary girl. A rare power. A deadly game. Lie low. Don’t draw attention to yourself. Fifteen-year-old Asha Olinger has abided by her sister’s rules her entire life. Every day, she works relentlessly as a cleaner to put food on the table, scrambling in the dredges of Althuria. Every day, she wonders about a life … Continue reading Smoke and Spells

Jogging with my playful and curious dog usually produces fresh air, exercise, and a clear head. Today, it led me to a body in the park. Oh boy… the mayor is dead! Watson sniffed out more than just squirrels this morning. Now, I’m tangled in a murder investigation that I just cannot walk away from. … Continue reading Running Into Murder

Samantha Lyons, a research scientist, has finally come home to Clam Creek, a sleepy little town on the marsh in New Jersey, but she needs an assistant to complete her mosquito research if she wants to continue living at Field Station Number 37, the first real home she has ever had. When David Halpern drives … Continue reading Heaven’s Blue

They thought the war was over… Now the Dark is back with a vengeance. Madeleine Greenbriar has everything she ever dreamed of…and is about to screw it all up. Five years after the war with the Dark, the Naturals, the order of demon hunting mages who protect the world, are busier than ever. Demons still … Continue reading Demon Bound

Now, in one ebook boxed set, a collection of suspenseful and humorous holiday stories by Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark. Deck the Halls The Christmas Thief Dashing Through the Snow

On a crisp summer day, Charlotte Halliwell begins her morning the same way she always does, skiing on the slopes of a black diamond course in Park City, Utah. As she makes her way downhill, her thoughts shift, worry setting in as she thinks about the secret she’s been keeping, a buried truth she fears … Continue reading Black Diamond Death

Snake on a Red Velvet Throne is a powerful blend of short story, memoir, and novella that examines what it means to survive the grip of another’s control. In “Umbilical” a man trapped in a psychological stranglehold must decide if what he believes is real or imagined. A woman shakes loose from her obsession with … Continue reading Snake on a Red Velvet Throne: and Other Stories