Four Pumpkins For Me

The eerie, disturbing story of one of our perennial fascinations — witchcraft in colonial America — wrapped up in a lyrical novel of psychological suspense.

“Once upon a time there was and there wasn’t a woman who went to the woods.” In this horror story set in colonial New England, a law-abiding Puritan woman goes missing. Or perhaps she has fled or abandoned her family. Or perhaps she’s been kidnapped, and set loose to wander in the dense woods of the north. Alone and possibly lost, she meets another woman in the forest. Then everything changes.

On a journey that will take her through dark woods full of almost-human wolves, through a deep well wet with the screams of men, and on a living ship made of human bones, our heroine may find that the evil she flees has been inside her all along.

In the House in the Dark of the Woods is a novel of psychological horror and suspense told in Laird Hunt’s characteristically lyrical prose style. It is the story of a bewitching, a betrayal, a master huntress and her quarry. It is a story of anger, of evil, of hatred and of redemption. It is the story of a haunting, a story that makes up the bedrock of American mythology, told in a vivid way you will never forget.

A guest with an axe to grind. A bridal party full of secrets. This wedding planner is about to turn detective…

Annabelle Archer is a few days away from completing the most elaborate wedding she’s ever planned. As she daydreams about the doors her perfect reception could unlock for her business, she stumbles over a dead body at the bottom of the stairs. The planner is horrified to recognize the body lying underfoot as the mother of the bride. When the police determine the victim was poisoned, Annabelle’s best friend and caterer becomes the prime suspect.

As she works to clear her best friend’s name, Annabelle discovers the bride’s mother had more enemies and secrets than she could ever fit on the guest list. To save her business and her friend, D.C.’s premiere wedding planner must find the killer. But will getting too close to the action make this wedding day her last?

Better Off Wed is the Agatha Award-winning first book in the Annabelle Archer Wedding Planner Mystery Series. If you like hilarious-yet-deadly whodunits, charming characters, and delightfully witty tales, you’ll love Laura Durham’s cozy mystery series.

Enjoy exciting western action and romance in each book of the Travess Blood trilogy, including:

TRAVESS BLOOD

Clint Travess, Sheriff of Trenton County, is a man plagued by guilt and tormented by his longing for another man’s wife. Determined to lead an upstanding life, he buries his own desires beneath his duty to uphold the law.
Then Troy Travess, the brother Clint arrested years ago, is released from prison. Troy has vowed revenge, and when a string of unsolved murders accompanies his arrival back in Trenton, Clint is torn between his responsibilities as sheriff and regret over lost chances with his brother.
Determined to protect his town–and the woman he loves but cannot have–Clint must catch the killer before time runs out. But if Troy turns out to be the man he’s hunting, can Clint bring his own flesh and blood to justice?

TRAVESS LAND

Sick of killing, Clint quits as Trenton’s sheriff and buys a small farm, hoping for a peaceful life with his wife and family. But his farm borders a portion of Circle G Ranch, and its greedy new owner is determined to grab Clint’s land for his own nefarious reasons–by fair means or foul.
Forced to confront this steadily encroaching danger, Clint has two choices: sell his farm to the rancher and leave Trenton, or become a lawman again and fight for his town, his family and their Travess Land. But pinning on his badge means breaking his promise to the woman he loves. If he chooses to fight, will she leave him?

TRAVESS GOLD

When Clint Travess discovers a mother lode on his Montana homestead, the news draws gold-hungry men who’ll do almost anything–legal or not–for the precious treasure in Double Heart Mine.
While some men are willing to work as miners for a share of the gold, others set their sights on something far more lucrative. The powerful syndicate that owns Circle G Ranch–the Baltimore Cattle Company–conspires to grab Clint’s entire gold mine by any means necessary, including murder.
Suspicious accidents and deaths multiply as the syndicate hires a professional killer to eliminate Travess and his two partners. Determined to protect his friends and family, Trenton’s former sheriff pins on the badge of a lawman once again, vowing to stop the killer and bring the conspirators to justice. But can one man defeat the syndicate’s power?

For ages 18+ due to adult scenes, some profanity and violence. Please note: The books in the Travess Blood western trilogy should be read in sequential order for the best reading experience.

A HEARTWARMING FESTIVE ROMANCE WITH A DASH OF MYSTERY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LITTLE PINK TAXI.

It’s the most magical time of the year…
Bubbly Cassie Bell has taken over her mum’s business, Bluebell’s Cleaning.

There’s nothing she enjoys more than bringing a touch of sparkle to her clients’ lives. Not just with her cleaning skills but with her sunny disposition.

But she has her work cut out for her with grumpy pilot Stefan. He was wounded by his stint in the armed forces. And not all of his scars are visible…
Cassie is used to clutter, but dealing with him is easily the messiest situation she’s been in.

She’s determined to spread her Christmas cheer and won’t let Stefan’s moody attitude get her down.

She just knows she can turn this humbug into a Christmas cracker. But Cassie has her hands full with the business, caring for her sick grandfather and some increasingly strange occurrences in the town…
Perhaps it’s time someone brought a little sparkle to her life, too?

Over the course of just two hundred years, the Ottoman Empire grew from a small, obscure Anatolian state into the most powerful Muslim nation in the world, controlling vast swathes of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and North Africa. Within the empire science, medicine, technology, and art flourished, and the Ottoman army became one of the most feared and efficient fighting forces in existence. Then came a period of gradual decline. Beset by external enemies and torn apart by conflicting elements inside, over the next three hundred and fifty years the Ottoman Empire lost power, territory, and prestige until it became “the sick man of Europe.”