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Every good girl has secrets. He's about to expose them all. Kaitlyn Boyd knows how to be perfect. Perfect daughter. Perfect friend. Perfect future therapist. A high school junior with a five-year plan and zero room...

Every good girl has secrets. He's about to expose them all. Kaitlyn Boyd knows how to be perfect. Perfect daughter. Perfect friend. Perfect future therapist. A high school junior with a five-year plan and zero room for mistakes. All it takes is a few harmless lies. But when her boyfriend Seth walks into her parents' bedroom and exposes one of her most vulnerable secrets, Kaitlyn's carefully crafted perfection begins to crack. And Seth won't stop. He's dragging every lie Kaitlyn has ever told into the light, twisting them, sharpening them, and turning her own friends and family against her. What started as a breakup has become something far darker. A game. Desperate to survive, Kaitlyn fights back with bigger, riskier lies. Because if she doesn't twist the truth, her biggest secret won't just come out. It will shatter everything. The Breakup Game is a twisty, addictive, slow-burn coming-of-age psychological thriller about truth, obsession, and how far someone will go to stay in control of their own story. It is the first novel in a seven book series. This gripping series pits a boy's psychological warfare against a girl who's willing to do anything to break free.

When a young woman washes ashore in Crystal Cove, Detective Ava Martinez uncovers a marine‑biotech conspiracy willing to poison ecosystems, silence whistleblowers, and kill anyone who gets too close — including her partn...

When a young woman washes ashore in Crystal Cove, Detective Ava Martinez uncovers a marine‑biotech conspiracy willing to poison ecosystems, silence whistleblowers, and kill anyone who gets too close — including her partner. Praise for Swimming with Manatees “A taut, atmospheric eco‑thriller… exposes corporate malfeasance.” — BlueInk Review “Corporate secrets, crooked power… pulls no punches.” — Foreword Clarion Review Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Shortlist; 2nd Runner‑Up, Killer Nashville Readers’ Choice Award As Ava investigates April Seagram’s ties to BioSphere, a marine‑biotech company with a spotless public image and a dangerous private agenda, the case widens into a network of falsified permits, stolen research, and corporate intimidation. Crystal Cove’s beauty hides a truth powerful people will kill to protect. Then Ava’s partner is murdered. Grief sharpens into resolve as Ava pushes past every warning to expose the corruption threatening Florida’s coastline. But in a town where alliances shift like tides and silence is currency, the next body could be hers. Swimming with Manatees is an atmospheric eco‑thriller blending coastal noir, environmental stakes, and a morally complex investigation led by a heroine fighting her way back from loss. Perfect for readers who love: • Eco‑thrillers with real‑world urgency • Atmospheric Florida settings • Crime fiction rooted in character and conscience • Slow‑burn mysteries that escalate into high‑stakes danger • Investigators who refuse to break Honored with national recognition, including the Firebird Award, Literary Titan Gold, PenCraft Award for Mystery/Suspense, and the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Shortlist. Not for readers seeking light Florida adventure or nonstop action from page one. Dive into Crystal Cove — and discover why silence is the most dangerous weapon of all.

Ellen Lindgren has a sagging porch, mossy steps, and a life she's managed into a straight line. Nothing's wrong, exactly. She counts her steps. She counts everything. Then the phone rings: it's official. Her late great-a...

Ellen Lindgren has a sagging porch, mossy steps, and a life she's managed into a straight line. Nothing's wrong, exactly. She counts her steps. She counts everything. Then the phone rings: it's official. Her late great-aunt Gladys has left her twenty acres outside Wicklow, Idaho, with a farmhouse, a barn and a horse arena, and a domestic animal. And a condition she just learns about. Ellen has ninety days to move or the land reverts to a trust. Ellen hesitates. Her friends already know. She trades Tacoma rain for Idaho pine, packs up her nine years of not-pressure-washing the steps, and points her Crosstrek east with a laptop, her bike, an AI assistant in a beta testing app her coworker's husband talked her into trying, and a U-Haul trailer hitched to the back for the one thing that didn't fit. What's waiting for her doesn't fit at all: a calico cat who isn't impressed, the boy -- now a man -- she hasn't seen since she was fifteen, a heated debate over incorporation, and a town that remembers more than she does. Then someone ends up dead at the bottom of the town hall stairs, and the county calls it an accident. Dry stairs. One beer. A man who could hold his liquor. The numbers don't add up. With an AI assistant who won't stop filing evidence and a town marshal who won't stop being complicated, Ellen pulls at a tangle of land deals, family grudges, and small-town politics and discovers that accidents in Wicklow don't always add up. The Wicklow Fall is the first book in A North Idaho Mystery, a cozy mystery series set in the Idaho panhandle, where the coffee is strong, the secrets are old, and the cat eats at five.

Some paintings are not paintings. They are prisons.Milan, 1497. Leonardo da Vinci has painted Judas seventeen times.Seventeen times he has scraped the traitor's face from The Last Supper. Seventeen times it has come back...

Some paintings are not paintings. They are prisons.Milan, 1497. Leonardo da Vinci has painted Judas seventeen times.Seventeen times he has scraped the traitor's face from The Last Supper. Seventeen times it has come back wrong.The plaster will not hold it. The pigment changes overnight. And something on the other side of the wall has learned to speak in Leonardo's own voice.Then a letter arrives from his dead grandfather.Antonio da Vinci has been buried a month. The letter calls Leonardo home to the box that went into the grave with him.Inside: seven pots of pigment that should not exist, a half-finished portrait wearing the wrong smile, and a journal containing seven names.Seven names. Seven cities. Seven deaths.Antonio was the eighth keeper.Leonardo is the ninth.The colours are ground from things dug out of unconsecrated earth. They hold more than light and shadow. They hold a presence. They can build a prison no soul can leave.And they work.That is the horror of them.Because every colour demands payment, and the payment is never money. A memory. A face. A colour a boy will never see again. Something you love so completely that you will not know it is gone until you reach for it and find a warm and empty place where it used to be.And whatever is taken leaves a room behind.Something has already begun to move in.The Painted Souls begins here.Grandfather's Pigments is the Renaissance prequel to The Mona Lisa Cage: a supernatural thriller of forbidden art, buried family secrets, and the price of painting something that should never have been painted.Now a full novel. Expanded from the original novella with five new movements and more than twenty thousand words of new story.Free, always.Read it slow. Read it at night. Trust nothing in the corners.

She's protecting a bestselling vampire author. Too bad nobody protected the assistant.Mimi Capurro has seen some things. Cheating husbands. Insurance fraudsters. One very uncomfortable stakeout involving a coffee can. Bu...

She's protecting a bestselling vampire author. Too bad nobody protected the assistant.Mimi Capurro has seen some things. Cheating husbands. Insurance fraudsters. One very uncomfortable stakeout involving a coffee can. But nothing in her private detective career prepared her for walking into the dining room of her current client's home that night. Now Mimi's juggling a book tour bodyguard gig, a murder investigation she was specifically told to stay out of, and the sudden reappearance of Nick Christianson — the one man from her past who can make her forget she's a professional. Mostly by being infuriating.With a killer who's clearly read the book, a vampire role-playing cult with surprisingly good rock-paper-scissors skills, and a client whose entire crisis may have been a publicity stunt, Mimi's going to need more than her nine millimeter and her Doberman Lola to sort this one out.Though, honestly? Lola might be enough.Wickedly funny, deliciously twisty, and just dark enough to make you sleep with the lights on — Let Us Prey proves that the most dangerous fans aren't the ones who love you. They're the ones keeping score.Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Charlaine Harris who like their mysteries with a side of chaos and a heroine who pukes at crime scenes but shows up anyway.

"“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Rookie FBI Agent Sierra Knight follows her murdered mother’s footsteps in joining...

"“This is an excellent book… When you start reading, be sure you don’t have to wake up early!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Rookie FBI Agent Sierra Knight follows her murdered mother’s footsteps in joining the FBI, determined to solve her cold case. Armed with a box of unsolved murder files, Sierra must hunt an elusive killer across years of history. But stirring up the past may just leave her to be targeted herself…When successful women are found murdered and posed facing away from mirrors, FBI Agent Sierra Knight discovers a killer who's hunting echoes of remembrances past. Racing to decode the pattern behind the victims, can Sierra stop him before another accomplished woman is forced to turn her back on her own success forever?First, Sierra will have to face her mother’s secretive past, learning things about her she never knew—and may never want to know.Should the past be left alone?SECOND GIRL is the first book in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestselling mystery and suspense author Kate Bold, whose bestseller NOT ME (a free download) has received over 3,000 five star ratings and reviews.The Sierra Knight mystery series delivers heart-pounding tension through intricate plots packed with stunning revelations. With her razor-sharp instincts and relentless pursuit of justice, Sierra navigates twisted criminal minds while keeping readers on edge until the final page. Fans of Lisa Gardner, Karin Slaughter, and Patricia Cornwell are sure to fall in love.Future books in the series are also available! “This book moved very fast and every page was exciting. Plenty of dialogue, you absolutely love the characters, and you were rooting for the good guy throughout the whole story… I look forward to reading the next in the series.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Kate did an amazing job on this book and I was hooked from the first chapter!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“I really enjoyed this book. The characters were authentic, and I see the bad guys as something we hear about daily on the news... Looking forward to book 2.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“This was a really good book. The main characters were real, flawed and human. The story went along quickly and wasn't mired in too many unnecessary details. I really enjoyed it.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Alexa Chase is headstrong, impatient, but most of all brave with a capital B. She never, repeat never, backs down until the bad guys are put where they belong. Clearly five stars!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Captivating and riveting serial murder with a twist of the macabre… Very well done.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“WOW what a great read! Talk about a diabolical killer! Really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to reading others by this author as well.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Page turner for sure. Great characters and relationships. I got into the middle of this story and couldn’t put it down. Looking forward to more from Kate Bold.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Hard to put down. It has an excellent plot and has the right amount of suspense. I really enjoyed this book.”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“Extremely well written, and well worth buying and reading. I can't wait to read book two!”—Reader review for The Killing Game⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"

Polish your shotgun, sharpen your machete, and get ready for the first blood-splattered instalment in the Mortuous 28 series by International Bestselling and Global Book Award-winning author Kevin W. K. Moore. This unrel...

Polish your shotgun, sharpen your machete, and get ready for the first blood-splattered instalment in the Mortuous 28 series by International Bestselling and Global Book Award-winning author Kevin W. K. Moore. This unrelenting, nightmarish odyssey is seething with gore, violence, vile human behaviour, and hordes of festering, undead monsters. Ashes of Civilization is sure to satisfy your lust for gut-wrenching carnage and bloodcurdling despair. Thaddeus Stormbreaker, a hardened Finnish-Canadian immigrant, is forced to decide his fate when a viral infection dubbed Mortuous 28 spreads, unchecked, across the globe, turning man and beast into insatiable undead predators. When the infection crashes into North America, Canada's leaders abandon their people to save themselves, leaving millions to survive the violence and self-protectionism that is spreading faster than the undead.With his electric campervan, Thaddeus claws his way 1600 kilometres north toward his family's secluded cabin in the woods. As people devolve faster than the infection can spread, he quickly learns that the living are far more dangerous than the undead. When isolation begins to chip and fracture his sanity, Thaddeus takes a dangerous gamble and picks up a lone hitchhiker. Together, they push through the endless bush, soaked in fear.In the rotting hellscape south, what's left of the skeletal U.S. government ignores whispers of a cure, choosing blood over hope instead. As ever-swelling hordes march across the eastern states, the U.S. government turns its guns inward, tightening control instead of offering protection.As the U.S. government prepares for a sacrificial stand that demands catastrophic collateral damage, Marie-Soleil Surprenant, a fearless rogue journalist, risks everything to break through government censorship and expose the truth. When starvation finally outweighs terror, she forces her fear aside and ventures out from the false safety of her apartment—only to find self-preservation has stripped humans of their humanity.The sixth great extinction is upon us. Time is running out. Can a cure be found? Or has humankind's time on Earth come to an end?Proudly written and designed by humans! No AI contributed to this work of fiction!

New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' beloved detectives from the Shetland series, Willow Reeves and Jimmy Perez, move to the Orkney islands and unearth a new investigation in this gripping short story. Detectives Will...

New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves' beloved detectives from the Shetland series, Willow Reeves and Jimmy Perez, move to the Orkney islands and unearth a new investigation in this gripping short story. Detectives Willow Reeves and Jimmy Perez have left Shetland and moved to Orkney, the group of islands off the northern coast of Scotland. Their house isn't quite ready yet so they decide to rent a cottage for three months, found through a police colleague.Davie Tait is a farmer in his seventies and owns the land on which the cottage sits. Naturally, Willow and Jimmy befriend him during their stay. When a woman named Gloria comes to visit Davie one day, Willow becomes suspicious of their relationship once she learns of the unlikely circumstances that brought them together. She can't help but suspect something is amiss . . .

When Chief Maggie Riley finds a body one stormy night, she’s convinced a terrified teenage girl she glimpses at the scene must know something… but can the girl be trusted?   Maggie, once a big-city detective, lost everyt...

When Chief Maggie Riley finds a body one stormy night, she’s convinced a terrified teenage girl she glimpses at the scene must know something… but can the girl be trusted?   Maggie, once a big-city detective, lost everything when her little brother went missing. Heartbroken, she’s never stopped searching for him, even if that's left her with no option other than to become the underpaid police chief of Coyote Cove, a tiny, run-down logging town in a remote corner of the Maine woods.   But when Maggie discovers a murdered man discarded on the side of the road one dark, wild night, she is plunged back into the investigative world she’d left behind. And when Heather—a recent high-school dropout—emerges shivering from the dense forest nearby, Maggie is certain the girl is hiding something. But why won’t Heather talk?   With everyone, even her own deputy, working against her, it seems no one’s willing to tell Maggie the truth. Then a terrifying kidnapping turns everything Maggie thought she knew about the case on its head. Desperate to atone for the past, Maggie would do everything to save another innocent life. But will it be enough? Or will the most twisted killer she’s ever encountered remain one step ahead of her, for good…?   A totally addictive crime thriller packed with suspense. If you love Lisa Regan, Louise Penny and Melinda Leigh, you’ll love The Girl Who Lied.   This is the first book in a new series featuring Chief Maggie Riley, followed by Their Angel’s Cry and The Shadow Girl.   What readers are saying about The Girl Who Lied:   “Hollinger had me from page one in this book! I looooved this book! I was cheering Maggie on. It is filled with suspense from start to finish! I am hooked!!!  I was so happy to see that this book said "Book 1" I will definitely be reading more of Maggie Riley!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “I am now HOOKED! This book was filled with so many twists and turns, and when you think everything is wrapped up, it keeps going! This is a fast read and was so good!!! I absolutely loved the characters!... You won't be able to put down…!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “Small Town Crime & a Chief of Police with a devastating past, yes please!… OMG what an absolute wild ride this was, I read it in a few short hours and I really couldn’t believe the HUGE TWIST at the end.” Yorkshire Carly, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “What an amazing series this is! I am completely enthralled… Loved this book and did not want it to finish even as I frantically turned the pages, gripped by the incredibly addictive and transporting tale. This author is sheer genius.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “Another perfect dark thriller suspense… hooks you at the first chapter and keeps you on your toes until the end… I was engrossed… Another 5-star read… Highly Recommend!” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “Stunning. An absolutely addictive page turner. Do not give this one a miss - it is a real treat. Loved, loved, loved.” NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “This was one hell of a start to a series with just the right amount of twists, turns and revelations to keep you constantly second guessing and playing amateur Detective. It had me sucked in from the very beginning and didn’t let up until the very end. Fantastic…!” @bookreviewercakemaker, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “I was so invested in this … a fantastic start to a new series. I love all the twists.” Littlemissbooklover87, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “This is a fantastic fast paced crime thriller. It’s dark, creepy and full of secrets… had me guessing all the way through.  Grab a chair and a spare few hours and you’ll read it in one sitting.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “I loved this book… I love this new series and can’t wait to read more from it. This is a definite five-star crime mystery.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   “I was completely invested… I could not put it down. This book was twisty, thrilling and darkly dangerous… Every time I would think I had it figured out, another shocking twist would appear.  Kudos to the writer.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“A great story of murder, romance, new beginnings, love, friendships and a wonderful cascade of mystery.” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BONBON BETRAYAL: A MILLIE SWISS COZY MYSTERY (BOOK #1...

“A great story of murder, romance, new beginnings, love, friendships and a wonderful cascade of mystery.” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ BONBON BETRAYAL: A MILLIE SWISS COZY MYSTERY (BOOK #1) is the first book in a new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace, #1 bestselling author of Murder in the Manor, which has over 10,000 five star reviews! After a messy divorce, chocolatier Amelia “Millie” Swiss decides to fulfill her lifelong dream of moving to Paris and opening her own chocolate shop. But even amid the romantic backdrop of Paris, Millie finds her world upended when she has to solve a murder as suspicion swirls around her… A renowned food critic drops dead after indulging in her salted caramel bonbons. As suspicion swirls around her beloved shop, Millie must whip up a blend of intuition and investigative skills before her sweet dream dissolves before her very eyes. Dive into the captivating universe of the Millie Swiss series, where coziness meets clever humor and delightful oddity. This series masterfully interweaves moments of gentle laughter, deep feelings, and surprising narrative twists. Expect to encounter an adorable lead character who will capture your affection and hold your attention captive well into the wee hours of the night. Future books in the series are also available! "Very entertaining. I highly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that appreciates a very well written mystery, with some twists and an intelligent plot. You will not be disappointed. Excellent way to spend a cold weekend!" --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The story line wasn't just a who done it, but had a story about her life and romance, including village life. Very entertaining.” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  “It has endearing and sometimes quirky characters, a plot that keeps you reading and the right amount of romance. I can’t wait to start book two!” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “What a great story of murder, romance, new beginnings, love, friendships and a wonderful cascade of mystery.” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Murder in the Manor) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is a clean contemporary romance that you will find hard to put down!” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Always, Forever) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A bit of romance and a very determined woman! I have read many of Fiona Grace's novels and loved every one of them—this was no exception. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this new series!” --Amazon reviewer (regarding Always, With You) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐