A Fun Little Game

Bethany:
This coffee shop is going to kill me.
Sure, it’s my dad’s dream. If he hadn’t died eight months ago, I wouldn’t be here, a college drop out, trying not to drown in debt.
Nor would I be staring into the muddy eyes of a viking-sized man that’s telling me everything I’m doing wrong — as if he knows so much about business in a small mountain town.
Except he does.
And when the biggest, most unexpected surprise of all falls in my lap, I’ll have no choice but to ask for his help.
Time for some power lipstick.

Maverick:
This girl is drowning.
She might have eyes like glacier pools and hair so black it’s glossy, but that doesn’t mean she knows how to run a coffee shop. She’s drowning in more than debt, interest, and credit card payments.
She’ll never make it.
But I kind of want her to.
Because underneath that bright lipstick and those sun dresses is a woman that I have an uncomfortable feeling is about to rock. my. world.

When a young man chooses a forbidden calling, he must prove his worth… or watch his kingdom fall.

Sixteen-year-old Augum Stone is a warlock prodigy suffocating under the weight of expectations. Students idolize him. Nobles plot to exploit him. Commoners think he’s a miracle-maker. And with invasion looming, his already war-weakened kingdom expects him to be its champion.

But Augum doesn’t want to be a pawn in someone else’s game. He’ll forge his own path: that of the Arcaner — not a warlock or a knight, but a lethal combination of both. Legend says Arcaners once had the power to summon dragons. If true, it could change everything.

Resurrecting the Arcaner path comes with consequences, however. Scandal. Malice. Treachery. And a harrowing test of character.

He must survive.
He must prove he’s worthy of an ancient path.
And he must save the kingdom… before it’s too late.

A man vanishes from a commuter train.
No trace. No explanation.

Private investigators Eva Roberts and Dan Bradley take the case.
It should be simple.
It isn’t.

Because some people don’t disappear by accident.
They pay for it.

Hidden along the Essex commuter line is a service that can erase a life —
New identity. Clean exit. No trace.

But this disappearance wasn’t clean.
And someone is watching Eva closely as she digs deeper…

Then a letter arrives.
Hand-delivered. No stamp.
A letter that knows too much.

Is Eva investigating the case…
or has she been chosen for it?

Tense. Gripping. Addictive.
Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and Peter James.

“Dialogue and flow of the story are excellent.” — NetGalley
Every heart is asked, at some point, to leave something or someone behind while it yearns and aches for a different outcome. Beebe Walker is pulled into a compelling story of lost and found. Inside, she’s haunted by a farewell that never came. Her mother abandoned her and her father without a word when she was sixteen.

Beebe is surprised by a visit from her ex-fiancé, Vincent Bostick. He brings shocking news. Reluctantly, Beebe decides to move back home, to face the past and renew a relationship with her father. Time and again, unexpected sights and sounds invade her memories. They can be both fiends and friends, welcoming and alarming.

The first person Beebe meets upon her return is a young man who’s new in town. The story Yates Strand tells adds a new facet to Beebe’s search for a proper goodbye.

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