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Nostrils crosses the Rubicon

Nostrils is making a modest living writing police fiction; often reminiscing about his early years in the job. While attending the funeral of the late Queen, he accepts an opportunity to serve his country for one final time and the retired detective sets off to New York. As winter bites, Nostrils becomes increasingly addicted to heroin and ever more distanced from his loving family. Just when he believes his task is complete, destiny delivers to him the most brutal of choices.

1847. Fall Rivers, Massachusetts.

When Ryan Lochlan was orphaned after losing his parents to Ireland’s potato famine, he sailed on a ship to America for a better life. His dream came true when he met the beautiful Abby McVinny, even after her father threatened him with a shotgun. From the moment their eyes locked, their lives intertwined, and there began a journey of love, adventure, and tragedy. Ryan and his best friend Mick know how to defend the family against thieves and outlaws, but so do their women — the McVinny girls know how to handle a shotgun or two.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any deadlier, a massive fleet arrives from the future!

Thanks to Jim and his allies’ efforts, there’s finally peace in the galaxy… but all good things must come to an end.

The Black Fleet, hellbent on revenge, will indiscriminately ravage every planet on its way to Earth. This is the very definition of an extinction-level event, and nobody seems to be able to stop the enemy ships in their tracks. To make matters worse, the Akakies are willing to sacrifice Earth to save their own species.

Having defied the odds a few times already, it again falls onto Jim and his friends to save the day, but can he counter such a universe-ending threat? And if he does, at what cost?

Don’t miss The Black Fleet, the third book in The Crimson Deathbringer series. If you like Star Wars/Star Trek style epic space battles, time travel, and larger-than-life characters, then you’ll love this third installment. Pick it up today and find out for yourself!

To err is human, to end up in the supernatural afterlife in a hot dog suit is divine.
When Eloise Worthington drops dead and awakens in the afterlife, she knows she doesn’t belong — mainly because she’s surrounded by a supernatural cocktail of species she never knew existed. Gods, witches, vampires, werewolves — and now Eloise, a middle-aged human more concerned with getting her way than getting out of someone else’s. She quickly learns that this supernatural retirement village isn’t the last stop on the Afterlife Express and villagers can be blinked out of existence, which is exactly what happens to Zeus. Yes, that Zeus.
Unfortunately, it appears that Eloise is to blame — or is she? Never one to shy away from a challenge — although her idea of a challenge usually involves tequila and a cartwheel — Eloise sets out to clear her name and, in the process, figure out where she truly belongs.

Welcome to Divine Place, because sometimes a fresh start requires a little divine intervention.

Some of the scariest, strangest and unusual cases of haunted houses, paranormal and supernatural places, and ghost stories in the World!

Do you know what lies behind every door?

There are certain buildings which can be unsettling, disturbing, and downright terrifying. Even in seemingly normal homes, the strange and mysterious can help to create a sense of unease and ill-feeling. But there are certain buildings which scream strangeness from every surface. A coldness, an eerie atmosphere, or even the half caught sight of something moving in the corner of your vision. Some homes breathe paranormal activity and can leave you scared before you’ve even stepped over the threshold.

In this book, we will look at some of the world’s most haunted homes, buildings, and places. They are scattered across the world, proving that the unexplained and the terrifying can cross borders and is not restricted to one particular location or culture. We will look at homes, hospitals, boats, and government buildings, all of which contain a history of dark acts. There’s nothing to say what might cause a place to become haunted, but there are certain similarities that we can trace from location to location.

Murder, slaughter, torture, and all other forms of gruesome acts serve to leave an imprint. When you walk into these rooms, you can sense the evil deeds that took place. The hairs of on the back of your neck might prickle, the skin on your arms crawl, as you step onto the spot where someone was butchered hundreds of years ago. Often, these events are unexplainable. But in this book, we will attempt to gather the stories together and illustrate the reality of the world’s most haunted places.

When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions.

A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could — and between a cheating fiancé and the fallout from a controversial social media post, there are plenty.

The truth behind Kitty’s ascent to stardom from her beginnings in the segregated South threatens to expose a web of unexpected family ties, debts owed, and debatable crimes that could, with one pull, unravel the all-American fabric of the St. John sisters and those closest to them.

As Elise digs deeper into Kitty’s past, she must also turn the lens upon herself, confronting the gifts and burdens of her own choices and the power that the secrets of the dead hold over the living.

Can the past really come back to haunt you?

Cambridge, Christmas 1922

Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie’s past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she finds herself taking on a new case which is positively teeming with ghosts, shadows and secrets, where nothing is quite what it seems.

In a quest to find out what happened to Dr William Winter, a brilliant Cambridge doctor who disappeared five years previously, Posie is forced to confront her own painful memories of the Great War.

But just how safe is it really to go digging up the past?

And will Posie get to spend Christmas this year with anything other than Mr Minks, the office cat and a lonely heart for company?

First in a “wildly inventive and wildly representative” (The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series, Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves follows the exploits of a found family — six societal outcasts tasked with stealing a powerful artifact that can alter their lives for the better, but at the cost of breaking the world.

All eyes are on Paris where the Exposition Universelle World Fair is to be held. Hidden among the technological marvels and artistic creations on display is an item of unimaginable power — a Babel fragment that would enable those who wield it with magical Forging abilities over nature’s elements.

Séverin Montagnet-Alarie’s birthright was stolen from him. Now, to reclaim his rightful place among France’s elite, he must obtain the Babel fragment for the Order. It is a heist that will require the ingenuity and skills of those with nothing to lose and everything to gain: Enrique, a gifted historian and wordsmith, caught between two worlds; Zofia, a brilliant Forging artist and engineer, separated from her family; Hypnos, a rival aristocrat who needs an ally among the Order; Tristan, an extraordinary Forger raised at Séverin’s side, loyal to his adopted brother’s quest; and Laila, the mysterious dancer and espionage artist who stole Séverin’s heart in a moment of vulnerability he couldn’t afford.

But as the dangerous risks of their escapade surge, Séverin finds himself torn between his desire for revenge against all those who wronged him and the people he’s deliberately placing in harm’s way — including the woman he loves and fears to lose…

Enjoy the first three books of the award-winning McCutcheon Family series in this special offering. The twelve book saga follows the McCutcheon family, as well as the characters of Y Knot, Montana Territory and Rio Wells, Texas from 1883 to 1887.

Book 1: MONTANA DAWN
VCRW Laurel Wreath Winner, Maggie Finalist, Gayle Wilson Finalist, RWA Golden Heart Finalist

Montana Territory, 1883
When Luke McCutcheon finds Faith Brown about to give birth in her rickety wagon, his first instincts are to ride for help. Instead, he stays and delivers a beautiful baby girl. Unable to leave the pretty young widow and her little son and newborn unprotected in the Montana wilderness, he brings them along on his family’s cattle drive, to the absolute delight of the other friendly cowboys. Luke, third son of Montana’s wealthy McCutcheon family, is different from his brothers. As the offspring of a Cheyenne warrior, he carries a chip on his shoulder for all to see. His flashing eyes and handsome face make Faith feel she’s stepped into some long-ago tale where men cherish their women–and keep them safe. If only she could trust him! Faith is on the run, and although she’s pampered and protected by Luke and his family, she just can’t risk the consequences of sharing the details of her past–one that’s hunting to take her back to the nightmare she’s just escaped. Happy-ever-afters are for fairytales, she reminds herself sternly as her heart feels the warm pull of his. Still, she can’t help but dream of a loving family, a home to call her own, a beautiful and bright… Montana Dawn.

Book 2: TEXAS TWILIGHT
VCRW Laurel Wreath Winner

Texas Badlands, 1886
Fresh out of medical school, John McCutcheon finds his stagecoach under attack by brutal outlaws. With the help of a feisty acquaintance, Lily Anthony, he manages to fend off the assault. Lily is attracted to the charming cowboy-doctor, with his chiseled good looks and teasing ways, then heartbroken to learn he’s engaged to be married. Once settled in Rio Wells, Texas, John tries to ignore the fact that his cousin has taken a shine to Lily. When a bounty hunter shows up looking for a priceless jewel that Lily has found stashed away in her aunt’s belongings, Lily fears her dreams of owning her own shop–and of finding true love–are about to go up in flames… or, could that just be the glow of a beautiful… Texas Twilight?

Book 3: MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST: EVIE
Golden Quill Contest Finalist

A mail order bride goes to Y Knot
Montana, 1886
Secretly answering a letter from the mail order bride agency she works for as a maid, Evie Davenport travels by stagecoach to Y Knot, Montana to marry Chance Holcomb, a young rancher who once worked for the powerful McCutcheon family. Evie’s never been out of St. Louis and rarely left the large Victorian where she was raised. The beauty and vastness of Montana steals her heart and soul, but will her fairytale marriage come to an end when Chance discovers the truth about her past and how his letter ended up in her care? Book three of the McCutcheon family series continues the saga…

From the bestselling Scandinavian author Inger Wolf comes another spine-chilling mystery.

In an empty villa in Aarhus, Denmark, a teenage boy is found murdered. He has been tortured, and around his body, dead wasps are scattered.

Lieutenant Daniel Trokic and the rest of the investigation team suspect that the murdered boy’s parents are hiding a secret about a series of scars on the boy’s body.

But the police find it extraordinarily difficult to uncover what the parents are concealing and how it ties together with the wasps, a fanatic collector, and an old rape case.

Meanwhile, a patient escapes from the psychiatric hospital’s closed ward-a patient obsessed with wasps.

Delicious, comforting, and easy-to-make slow cooker recipes for soup meals, just like Grandma’s!

Wouldn’t it be nice to come home to a warm, ready-to-eat dinner of hearty, tasty one-pot meals like comforting soups or stews? Have you ever tried making soup just as your Grandma did, slow and flavorful? But found the process too time-consuming and sometimes too complicated. The slow cooker solves all this; as you prepare your ingredients, dump them in the slow cooker and let it do its magic. You will come home to a hot soup warming in a pot, ready for serving, and making your home smell heavenly.

Never been successful in using a slow cooker? You can finally make delicious and soothing soups easily! Many homemakers, professionals, culinary experts, and beginner cooks alike have found it rewarding to make soups in the slow cooker. This cookbook will guide you through each step to help you come up with fresh and delicious, wholesome soups.

By using the slow cooker, you’ll save time, energy, and money. Here you’ll find recipes ranging from the classics to exotic soups that are just as good for the soul as for the palate. Whatever your experience in cooking, you’ll be able to dish out various soups to delight everyone eating at your table.