Beate Boeker has been a traditionally published author since 2008 and offers many contemporary romances, cozy mysteries, and short stories online. Several were shortlisted for the Golden Quill Contest, the National Readers’ Choice Award, and the ‘Best Indie Books of 2012’ contest. In 2013, she has hit the Amazon bestselling lists in the category ‘international mystery & crime’ with her cozy mystery ‘Delayed Death’. While ‘Boeker’ means ‘books’ in a German dialect, her first name Beate can be translated as ‘Happy’ . . . and with a name that reads ‘Happy Books’, what else could she do but write novels with a happy end? Enjoy!

Chic in France
Beate Boeker
3.9 Stars (14 Reviews)
Genre: Travel | Romance

Chic in France is an entertaining, contemporary romance of 8.600 words . Claire has fallen hard for her New York colleague Jack who only raves about the elegance of French women. Exasperated, she decides to fly to Nice to judge things for herself. Bowled over by the French way of doing things, she ends up meeting Jacques and learns more than she counted on . . .

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Rent a Thief
Beate Boeker
4.7 Stars (7 Reviews)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Romance

When Tina wakes to find a masked thief in her bedroom, she’s shocked to discover she might be attracted to him, and now she’s wondering if she’s lost her mind. True, her plan to move to Seattle to be closer to her daughter and grandchild isn’t working out as she liked, and she’s lonelier than ever, but has she resorted to dangerous thrill-seeking? As Tina starts to dig up the secret history of the old mansion where she lives, she keeps seeing phantoms and wondering if she’s in reality talking to “her thief”. Soon, she realizes the thief stole nothing but her heart – but is he interested in her or in the priceless antique necklace she can lead him to?

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Stormy Times
Beate Boeker
4.8 Stars (5 Reviews)
Genre: Humor & Satire | Romance

Joanna is going through a hard time: Half a year ago, her beloved dog died, and two months later, she separated from her fiance because he cheated on her. Now she works like a demon in her job as a Vet to forget her feelings. Returning from a difficult foaling in the middle of a late November night on Long Island, she gets stuck in an early blizzard. With her last ounce of strength, she manages to reach a house, but the man who gives her shelter for the night treats her like an unwelcome disease. As she has no choice, she adapts to his rough manners by being impolite herself. Sparks fly, and the night ends with a rescued puppy and a power failure, but this is only the beginning of her troubles.

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A New Life – An Italian Romance
Beate Boeker
4.9 Stars (7 Reviews)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Romance

Imagine you’re accused of murder – but you’re innocent. Imagine you’ve finally been acquitted due to lack of evidence – but you’ve lost your job and your friends in the meantime. Imagine you have to start a new life in Italy – but you don’t even speak Italian. Imagine your new boss seems to hate you – but for some reason, he bowls you over. And then, just as life seems to become good again, history repeats itself . . .

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Mischief in Italy
Beate Boeker
4.7 Stars (15 Reviews)
Genre: Travel | Humor & Entertainment

All Henry wants is a serious talk with his grown-up son Josh about the wrong women in Josh’s life. However, the conversation immediately spins out of control and somehow, they reach a compromise that leaves Henry highly uncomfortable. Has he really promised to place a personal ad in a newspaper to have more fun in his life? And why on earth did he agree to put the words “house with pool at Lake Garda” into the ad? He doesn’t want any gold diggers at his heels! To counteract the undeniable attraction of a villa in Italy, he comes up with an unusual concept for his ad, and from then on, mischief is running rampant in Italy.

This romance is supposed to be taken like an after-dinner-mint – a sense of freshness and sweetness will linger and stay with you when you’ve finished the last line.

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