Thursday Fun Day

A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint beach town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her quirky uncle, and enough antiques and pastries to fill your home and your belly.

Book 1 – Cupcakes and Catastrophe

Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of opening a bakery like her grandma Luna was now becoming a reality.

No sooner does she arrive in the charming beach town, when she and her quirky uncle are tangled up in a mysterious death. When a kite competition judge is found murdered in the bookstore next to her uncle’s Checkered Past Antiques shop, Tilly questions her decision to move to Belle Harbor, and everything about her new life.

As the clues emerge, and the small-town secrets are revealed, Tilly’s uncle finds himself smack dab in the middle of the investigation, and surrounded by suspects. Will the murderer be nabbed in time for the bakery’s grand opening or will this close the book on Tilly’s dreams?

Book 2 – Muffins and Misdeeds

Tilly is settling into her new cottage and life in the quaint beach town of Belle Harbor. With her fledgling bakery partnering with the local coffee shop, she has high hopes that her business will soon take off.

Tilly’s new friend Fiona convinces her to rummage through her uncle’s antique shop to find decor to fill her sparse home. But instead of the sought after beach treasures, they discover clues to a long ago unsolved mystery in the small town.

Coupled with the recent murder of a distillery owner, their investigation into the ancient family feud reveals shocking lies, sabotage, and the ultimate revenge. As they get deeper into the town’s historical secrets, they discover a stink they can’t ignore. Can Tilly’s budding friendship bloom into a dynamic duo of crime solvers in time to save her new friend from going to jail?

Book 3 – Birthday Cake and Burglary

Tilly Griffin is on top of the world. With her newfound freedom in quaint Belle Harbor she is learning to love life again. Her plans for an epic birthday bash for her cherished and kooky Uncle Jack are almost complete.

Tilly’s joy and whimsy soon turn to horror as she discovers the death of Poppy, a beloved local business owner. Rumors swirl about likely culprits that put the coming annual Arts Walk, which brings millions to the town coffers, in jeopardy.

As Tilly collects clues in the suspicious death, she learns of scandalous schemes, petty people, blackmailing busybodies, and snobby store owners, all who have a reason to want Poppy dead. Can Tilly put the pieces together in time to catch the killer and save the Arts Walk or will she be forced to pack up and find a new place to call home?

What price would you pay for true love?

Aaron Drake, wealthy, enigmatic, and impossibly charming, has returned to his ancestral home carrying scars from a past he cannot escape. The last thing he expects is to find a woman who might heal his heart.

Keira Carver longs to escape the future her family has forced upon her. She never dreamed her salvation would come in the form of a stranger whose presence both unsettles and enthralls her.

But Aaron carries a secret — one so dangerous that if it were known, the people of her village would rise against him with swords and fire. When Keira learns the truth of the beast that lurks beneath his skin, she must choose: turn away in fear, or embrace a love so powerful it could change her destiny forever.

Brock

Untouchable Kate has always been that to me, but I just found a bold letter she wrote to Santa. I’ve always been the good guy — successful, responsible, kind — but too easy to dismiss. And nice wasn’t what she asked Santa for. Kate is freshly divorced and mourning the death of her mother. She needs a friend, not a lover. But what if I could be both?What if I could give her the fantasy she craves while winning her heart? If I do this well enough, she’ll forgive a few lies…

Kate

It’s been a tough year. When I wrote the letter to Santa, I was angry. Okay, maybe I shouldn’t have asked him for anything as graphic as I did, but I didn’t mail the letter. I stopped myself before going that far. But I did drop it. Now someone is sending me naughty packages with detailed, hot suggestions. He says he’s the Head Elf in charge of fulfilling my type of request. I can’t believe I’m doing what he tells me to… and liking it. This might be exactly what I need to get out of my funk. At least, until our game begins to involve Brock — a man who has always been nice to me.I can’t use Brock that way.I won’t. I’m torn between a delicious fantasy and a chance for something real.

On a desolate beach in far northern Scotland, the winter storms have been washing up all manner of things since time began. But buried in the center of one smaller iceberg is a shard of ancient Viking pottery telling a partial tale of a hidden mysterious island beyond the ice and mist, that was home to a great treasure and even greater horrors.

Thawing in the same block of ice was a rotting flap of skin that refused to be identified but had similar skin patterns to a creature not seen for 100 million years.

Now, Troy Strom and the enigmatic Elle Burgan race to find the mysterious island of legend, while staying ahead of a group of brutal killers who claim to be the rightful owners of the greatest prize of all – Odin’s heart.

Bestselling author Greig Beck takes another Verne classic and adds his own blend of horror and action to make it a thrill ride in the tradition of Primordia and the Center Earth trilogies.

TRAVEL THE WORLD IN THIS LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SECOND CHANCE ROMCOM ABOUT STARTING AGAIN LATER IN LIFE.
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It’s never too late for your first adventure…
Meet Angela. Over fifty. Divorced. Ready to start again.

Angela’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary plans go up in smoke when her feckless now-ex-husband runs off with the caterer of their daughter’s graduation party.

Her besties Patty and Charlie persuade her to leave the house and her comfy cardies behind — and into the highest heels she can totter on. Wine bars, viral YouTubed karaoke nights, a book club. Angie’s going to live like she never has before.

Then during one of her new favourite nights — the book club with wine — she realises she can’t be the only one. How many other newly divorced people are out there, waiting for adventure?

So she sets up the Mercury Travel Club — global getaways for the more ‘mature’ holidaymaker.

Angie’s holidays are a hit.

Over the course of an ’80s inspired cruise and a trip to New York, Angie begins to see there is a whole world waiting to be explored. And, perhaps, new love to be found…
Please note this book is a completely revised edition of The Mercury Travel Club.

This laugh-out-loud feel-good romantic comedy of second chances is perfect for fans of Caroline James, Maddie Please, Jill Mansell, Shari Low, Judy Leigh and Jennifer Bohnet.

An adventurous trek through the jungle turns into a fight for survival.

What was supposed to be a scientific trip to a jungle preserve in Nicaragua for Nate Hendrix and his friends quickly turns into a treacherous battle to stay alive after mercenaries descend on the research station looking for evidence found at a recently discovered helicopter crash site.

Relying on his training in covert operations, Nate thwarts the attackers and helps his group escape the onslaught. Little does he realize his actions will create a chain of events and a firestorm of revenge that eventually follows him back home to Costa Rica.

Knowing that the only way to protect those he holds dear is to take the fight to the enemy, he sets out on his own path of justice to hunt down the mercenary leader.

As the stakes increase with each passing day, Nate closes in on his target, uncovering a web of betrayal, tangled political loyalties, and a sinister plot that threatens not only his own future but the balance of power in Latin America.