Books For Lunch

Meet Gia Santella. Heiress. Rebel. Reluctant Vigilante.

She’s got a taste for danger, a closet full of stilettos, and a garage full of fast cars. Nightclubs, tequila, and steamy nights with beautiful strangers are her antidote to grief.

But Gia’s high-octane world shatters when she receives a letter that changes everything.

Her parents didn’t die in a tragic accident.
They were murdered.
And now the killer is coming for her.

On the run and out of allies, Gia must rely on her instincts — and her willingness to get her hands dirty — to outwit a powerful enemy with no intention of letting her live. The deeper she digs, the darker the truth becomes. And Gia Santella? She’s done running.

They took everything from her. Now it’s her turn.

Nina Braden’s twin brother is dead, and her childhood crush is back in her life.

Sexy firefighter Seamus DeLuca was Neal’s best friend. He and Nina shared a forbidden kiss at seventeen, but life has kept them apart.

Her brother’s death brings them together, close enough to tempt them both. But something is… off about the way Neal died, and neither she nor Seamus can let it go. The police say it’s suicide, but there’s an encrypted video in his financial documents, and his fiancée is acting strangely…

Nina feels like there’s a clue just outside her grasp that will make the mystery of her twin’s death fall into place. But the mystery of her own heart may be harder to solve…

She’s not on the ballot. She is the bullet

Berlin, present day. A secret cache of World War II gold — once hoarded by Germany’s central bank — disappears, sparking a conspiracy that threatens to tear the country apart. As the election countdown begins, a ruthless far-right terrorist group prepares to unleash chaos — and install their own puppet in the Chancellery.

The state turns to Captain Sophie Decker, commander of the covert strike unit Department 89. Her mandate is simple: eliminate threats to the Republic. Quietly. Permanently.

Decker follows encrypted trails of blood money and buried secrets through the corridors of Berlin’s power brokers. Every lead points to financiers, politicians, and killers bound together by a conspiracy rooted in the war’s darkest days.

If she fails, the election collapses. Germany burns. And democracy dies in a blaze.

1365, Venice, Italy. For generations, the merchants of House Aretoli have profited through faithful service to the Republic of Venice. Despite being only a minor senatorial family, they’ve established a reputation for reliability, fidelity, and ingenuity.

But the Aretoli are about to face the ultimate test. Caught up in a rebellion on Venice’s territory of Crete, young Niccolo Aretoli returns as a hero after saving the governor’s life and evacuating the loyal citizenry. Yet despite his new fame, not all is well in Venice. Niccolo’s beloved has been forced into marriage to safeguard her family from ruin. Fresh jealousies divide him from his brother Flavio. And traitorous senators and a seductive foreign agent threaten to divide and destroy his family as part of an even darker design.

From brothel to Senate, on land and sea, through marriage and loss, the sons and daughters of House Aretoli struggle against spies, treachery, and assassination. The seeds of discord are already growing, and they threaten to turn sibling against sibling. Chased on land and sea by enemies and betrayed by his closest allies, Niccolo must overcome a conspiracy that threatens his survival, the lives of his family, and the very existence of the republic itself.

Bushwhacked by the corrupt lawman Walker Dodge, Dalton loses his money, his horse, his gun and very nearly his life.

Recuperating in the dead-end town of Harmony, he hears rumors of a fabulous treasure hidden nearby and, even with Walker closing in on him, that’s enticing enough to risk staying. And then there’s Misty Valdez, the one person who claims to know where the treasure is, and she entices him even more!

But the price of her help may be too high for Dalton. With time running out, can he avoid Misty’s trap and find the treasure before the gun-toting Walker catches up with him?