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A secret they intended to take to the grave, but the dead will tell...In 1945, Liv commits an unspeakable act. She flees from her life, but all actions have consequences. Twenty years later, she's drawn back to Northern Michigan where it all began. Dead Stream Curse weaves together the past and present in a chilling ghost story filled with mystery.

With a diva ballerina waltzing through town for two sold-out performances, Grace Ward has to be on her toes to make sure the star's flowers are perfect. Her delivery goes awry when she finds the prima donna dead, and another Augusta mystery lands in her lap.

The first full week in April means a blooming business for Grace Ward, whose floral designs will be part of several parties with the major golf tournament in town. After the murder of a young woman with a mysterious tattoo, Grace finds herself in the middle of an investigation and wonders if these parties she's beautifying are actually fronts for something more sinister.

Private investigator Ava Worthington and her partners head to the mountains to solve the death of a farmer’s son. Without local cowboy Cory Mortel's protection, Ava won’t get the chance to follow leads as the killer tries to stop her investigation. But Cory seems reluctant to get involved. Cory Mortel has retreated to the seclusion of the mountains after a personal disaster. The last thing he needs is to babysit a beautiful amateur detective and her friends. But Ava seems to attract danger, so Cory has choice but to step in and protect her.

A reluctant camper. A devoted single dad. A wildfire that changes everything. Reluctantly, Morgan Winters accepts an offer for an immersive camping trip meant to breathe life into her next novel—and save her struggling writing career. Though she’s lived in Colorado most of her life, she's...

Worthington Investigations is on another grisly case in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. When P.I. Shauna Pratley heads up the investigation for Christopher Newen, a rural firefighter, she wants only to solve his father's murder, not fall in love. How will they work together to find a killer without letting love get in the way? Will they have to admit maybe God has used the horrors of evil to bring them together for good?

There's a new, handsome deputy in town. Will a disgraced waitress or a beautiful real-estate agent win his heart in this sweet, feel-good small-town holiday romance? Cassie closed her eyes, took a deep breath of courage, picked up her pride off the floor, then walked toward the front door. On...

Linda Blaine didn't care for the high handed tactics of her muscled bound neighbor or his predatory pup. But she did like the intense spark between them, and she looked forward to teaching some manners to both man and beast.

Grace Ward wonders if she's been cursed. She's seen too much death in 12 months. A floral designer, who never wanted to be involved in law enforcement, Grace finds herself in the middle of another homicide investigation while planning for an upcoming fundraising gala. She quickly learns all is not as it seems in this case.

The radio newscast sent a chill down Grace Ward's spine. Drew had been accused of killing a young woman, and was behind bars. Grace knew there had to be some mistake. Drew would never kill someone. Now, it's up to Grace to find out what really happened, and it could be her toughest case yet.

Despite her PTSD, seasoned photojournalist Annie Hawkins heads back to Afghanistan. The Taliban’s takeover of the country is the story of the decade, and Annie is determined to cover it. She’s also desperate to keep an eye on her twenty-two-year-old daughter Mel, whose first job out of college has taken her to Kabul. The very air of the city is heavy with fear as the Taliban draw closer. The danger becomes even more personal for Annie when she discovers her daughter at the airport after a bombing. 

Bill Andrews has a history of being up to no good. Grace Ward knows it's a bad idea when he decides to make a bid for Augusta mayor. Apparently, someone else shares Grace's feelings and puts an end to Bill's political ambitions forever. That leaves Grace in the thick of another murder investigation.

November 2015—Seasoned war photojournalist Annie Hawkins returns home after an assignment to find her life falling apart. She’s under investigation for an incident that happened six months earlier in Afghanistan. Her best friend’s daughter, Seema, is still missing, apparently with her Taliban boyfriend. Her daughter Mel and friends are busy fundraising to rebuild the Wad Qol Secondary School for Girls and expect Annie to deliver the money. To make matters worse, she has a major argument with the love of her life, Finn Cerelli, and they’re no longer speaking.

Charlotte Blackburn - hero, hunted, the unwitting symbol of a dark rebellion - she thwarted the deadly intent of the treacherous Order of the Sword and Scroll, but at a shattering cost. Now, she fights to survive among a tribe of fierce wind reapers who troll the wasteland aboard massive metal walkers. But a new storm is brewing, and Charlotte is once again the linchpin in a deadly plan.

Charlotte Blackburn - legend, traitor, the order's worst nightmare - she escaped the torturous experiments by the villainous Viceroy Arecibo, but is forever changed. Now, she battles to retain her humanity as she fights to survive among the wild sky settlers of Outer City. But an old threat emerges, and Charlotte must choose between revenge and redemption.

Charlotte Blackburn — beautiful, intelligent, a gifted tinkerer — lives in a cloistered world of wealth and privilege beneath the Electric Tesla Dome that shields survivors of The Great Calamity. But when her father is abducted, and a strange sickness starts transforming men into vicious monsters, she discovers that technology is no protection at all.

Eight years ago, seasoned photojournalist Annie Hawkins Green barely survived a Taliban ambush that left her military escort dead and a young Afghan girl dying in her arms. Since then, she has managed to suppress her memories of that brutal day - until she returns to Afghanistan to teach a photography workshop at the girls’ school run by her expat best friend, Darya Faludi. As the Taliban gain prominence in the once peaceful region, Annie’s nightmares from her last time in-country come roaring back with a vengeance. But are they just dreams?

Roy Bowers wins a 160-acre lot in the 1832 Georgia land lottery. He leaves his successful Macon business in the hands of his oldest son and takes his sixteen-year-old boy with him on a long journey through the frontier to North Georgia. Roy finds the land rich in resources, and Tim meets a lovely half-Cherokee maiden. Still, the Bowers must overcome attacks and take big risks in developing a thriving community along the Toccoa River in the North Georgia mountains.

In this powerful book, an award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a Black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff—a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America...

Dreams have haunted Grace Ward's nights for many years. The latest one is the worst. For once, couldn't her dreams just reveal something wonderful? Why does murder always get the final word?