The Duke’s Dream (The Swans of Paris Series) by Giovanna Siniscalchi

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The Duke’s Dream (The Swans of Paris Series) by Giovanna Siniscalchi
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Genre – Historical Romance
“Siniscalchi captures readers’ attention, and her union of history with passion is a winning combination.” – Booklife
Helene de Beaumont, a French émigrée in Regency London, is poised to become the star of Sir Walter Scott’s new ballet, La Sylphide. With flawless technique and a self-taught mastery of dancing en pointe, her dreams of ballet glory are finally within reach.
But when she captures the attention of William Harcourt, the powerful and enigmatic Duke of Albemarle – known in political circles as the Silent Sovereign – everything changes.
He’s spent years haunted by the image of a sprite glimpsed only in restless dreams – graceful, untouchable, and maddeningly out of reach. Now she stands before him on stage: Helene. And the moment he sees her, he knows one thing with certainty – he must have her.
As fascination turns to obsession, Helene is swept into a dangerous waltz of power, passion, and surrender. In a season glittering with promise and peril, she must choose between the life she’s fought for… or the man who could unravel it all with a single touch.
A steamy historical romance with high stakes and heart. Perfect for lovers of forbidden romance, brooding dukes, and heroines who rise from the shadows to claim center stage.

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With a quill as sharp as a sabre and prose that pirouettes between sensuality and satire, Gio writes historical romances that seduce the mind before they ever touch the heart. She conjures characters who bleed, banter, and burn—then sends them dancing through meticulously researched worlds where every corset creak and cavalry charge feels real.

 

A master of contradiction, Gio’s heroines are delicate but defiant, while her heroes—those deliciously disciplined alphas—break every rule they write. Her villains? Often aristocrats hiding rotten cores under cravats. And don’t be fooled by her succinct prose—each sentence is honed, each preposition weighed like a general inspecting his troops.

 

Whether she’s orchestrating the slow unraveling of a field marshal’s restraint or crafting a time-traveling escapade involving a bath, a tattoo, and a knight’s…sword, Gio blends elegance with mischief, wit with yearning. Her stories are built for readers who crave both heart and history—and who know that sometimes, surrendering to love is the bravest act of all.

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The Catalina Cahoots: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden

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Paradise Gone Wrong!
Catalina Island, 1932, a palm tree paradise 26 miles across the sea from Los Angeles. Sparky, our eleven-year-old former street punk and unlikely amateur sleuth, thinks this spot looks pretty nice.
But it doesn’t take long for paradise to go wrong with murder and mayhem!
It’s crazy times on an even crazier movie set… where a body becomes an unexpected prop! What the heck is going on with the fake royalty? The runaway mayor of Los Angeles?
Can smart-mouthed Sparky untangle this insanity and discover whodunit? Or will she get in trouble… yet again?
With this fifth book in the “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series, the gang gets together again: Sparky, her buddies, Tootsie her silent screen star guardian, Tootsie’s mysterious assistant Gilbert, secretive Doctor, along with Bookie and the rest of the crooks.
With everyone in the mix, there’s bound to be hilarious chaos!
The Sparky of Bunker Hill Mysteries are a fun read for middle school tweens to grown-ups who love cozy, historical mysteries with a dash of wacky noir.
“The Catalina Cahoots” mystery can be read as a standalone or enjoyed with the rest of the series: “The Cold Kid Case,” “The Cannibal Caper,” “The Monkey Island Murder,” and “The South Seas Shenanigans.” Coming next is “The Hollywood Haunt.”
“Zowie! Make time to hang with Sparky, amateur detective of Bunker Hill. You’ll be glad you did!” – Diane Vallere, national bestselling author of the “Madison Night Mystery Series”

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Rosalind Barden has long been fascinated by the history of Los Angeles’s lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. Cold Kid Case, the first in her zany, 1930s Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries and the Literary Titan Gold Medal Book Award. Over thirty of her short mystery and horror stories have been published, including her inspiration for the Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, “The Monkey’s Ghost,” part of the FAPA President’s Book Awards Silver Medalist anthology, History and Mystery, Oh My! She writes and continues to explore lost history in Los Angeles. Discover more at RosalindBarden.com.

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The Moon That Fell from Heaven by N.L. Holmes

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The Moon That Fell from Heaven by N.L. Holmes
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Genre – Historical Women’s Fiction
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When Ehli-nikkalu, the daughter of his Hittite overlord, marries the vassal king of Ugarit but fails to produce an heir, she finds herself abused and isolated, especially by her mother-in-law. Longing for her homeland and beloved family, Ehli-nikkal becomes involved with a mad pretender who commands hordes of starving dispossessed, a conscienceless extortioner, and a royal concubine with a shady past. Only the bravery and friendship of a young girl, an indebted secretary, and a generous poet get her home safely – after teaching her a thing or two about love.

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N.L. Holmes is the pen name of a professional archaeologist who received her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. She has excavated in Greece and in Israel and taught ancient history and humanities at the university level for many years. She has always had a passion for books, and in childhood, she and her cousin used to write stories for fun. These days she lives in France with her husband, two cats, geese, and chickens, where she gardens, weaves, dances, and plays the violin.

The Celtic King’s Daughter (The Divided Isles Saga) by Isabella Hargreaves

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The Celtic King’s Daughter (The Divided Isles Saga) by Isabella Hargreaves
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Genre – Historical Romance
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43AD: The despised and dreaded Roman army invades Britannia, determined to crush the Celtic tribes and claim their land for its empire. Sorcha, daughter of the king of the Durotriges tribe, is devasted when her father is killed during battle against the Romans. She yearns for revenge. Instead, when the Romans march towards her hillfort home, intent on conquest, Sorcha is commanded to lead her clan’s women and children to safety.
On the way, she captures a Roman cavalry officer and is persuaded to spare his life and hold him as a hostage.
Lucius Gallus Antonius has been raised to serve Rome. Achieving his family’s ambition to enter Rome’s senatorial class rests with him. He must prove himself as an outstanding leader to Vespasian, commander of the Second Legion, and return to Rome in glory as one of the conquerors of Britannia. His capture by Sorcha jeopardizes not just his goal but also his life. Lucius must escape and return to the army of Vespasian, to share in its victory as it imposes the will of Rome on the barbarian Celts.
As the displaced Durotriges people settle into their refuge, they face mounting threats from their enemies. Sorcha and Lucius must work together to defend their new homeland. Sorcha begins to forget that the beguiling Lucius is her enemy – while Lucius comes to admire the beautiful and indomitable Sorcha.
Can they fight their growing attraction, or will they surrender to it? And if they yield to their desires, will the fates allow them happiness?
The Celtic King’s Daughter, book #1 of The Divided Isles Saga, is a spicy M/F romance novel featuring: enemies to lovers, forced proximity, and forbidden love tropes. Perfect for fans of historical romance, action-adventure, and lovers torn between duty and desire.
The Divided Isles Saga, commencing in the first century AD, follows the lives and loves of the Celtic queen, Alina, (featured in the prequel Beginnings) and her female descendants over generations. Each book is set in a time of division in Britain caused by invasion, civil war, cultural or political differences.
Other books in The Divided Isles Saga:
~Romano-Britain series~
Beginnings (free prequel)
Sons of Rebellion (Book #2)
The Rebellious Daughter (Book #3)
~Viking era~
Enthralled (Book #3)
~English Civil Wars era~
Charity’s Cavalier

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Isabella Hargreaves is an award-winning historical romance author. She writes Romance through the Ages, with a story to tell from the Regency era to Ancient Britain and to 1920s Australia. She writes sweet Regency and Australian historical romances, and spicy action romances set in Britain over a range of eras.

Isabella lives in Brisbane, Australia, where she works as an historian and is butler to three moggies. When she’s not reading and writing, Isabella loves horse-riding and scenic walks. She dreams of an around-the-world trip to indulge these passions.

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Frenchville (Echoes of New York Series) by Jordan Elizabeth

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Elsie Winters never knew her father’s family until she received a letter inviting her to live with them in Frenchville. Recently orphaned, Elsie ventures north expecting a loving embrace. Instead, she’s met with cold stares and whispered secrets.
The cozy hamlet along the Black River Canal could have been the perfect home for her, but Elsie doesn’t know how long she dares to stay after the neighbors warn her about the Winters.
Her relatives want something from her.
She will soon learn the reason why her father fled Frenchville, and why she should have never visited.

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Jordan Elizabeth writes down her nightmares to live her dreams. When she’s not creating art or searching for lost history in the woods, she’s updating her blog. Jordan roams Central New York, but she loves to travel.

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The Amaranth Charter – A Novelette by Nathaniel H.C. Kim

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The Amaranth Charter – A Novelette by Nathaniel H.C. Kim
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Genre – Historical Mystery
Page Count – 157
Reincarnation? Alternate Universe? Divination? Fate?
Charter Boat Captain Joshua Bartan Bishop of the Amara awakens one morning to find a beautiful and lovely young woman standing on the dock behind his boat and learns she wants to charter The Amara for three days and nights – alone. Surprised by the unusual request but in need of the business, Bartan agrees; and so begins an incredible journey that will lead the two of them into enigmatic battles of love, tragedy and timeless redemption.

 

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Nathaniel H.C. Kim, resides in Hawaii, retired, Under-graduate degree in English Literature; Graduate Degree from University of Hawaii Manoa, Korean-American, single.

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The Melody of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries) by N.L. Holmes

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The Melody of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries) by N.L. Holmes
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 313
Cover Designer – Streetlight Graphics

Neferet sets out to hire musicians for her stepdaughter’s party, only to find that one of them has been murdered. The perpetrator could be a member of the musical family itself… but the main suspect is the guest of honor’s husband, Neferet’s favorite relative-in-law! This investigation will take her and her colleagues into the heart of the Theban underworld, and they may not get out alive.

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N.L. Holmes is the pen name of a professional archaeologist who received her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. She has excavated in Greece and in Israel and taught ancient history and humanities at the university level for many years. She has always had a passion for books, and in childhood, she and her cousin (also a writer today) used to write stories for fun.

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The Bootlegger’s Wife (Moonshine Madness Series) by Denise Devine

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The Bootlegger’s Wife (Moonshine Madness Series) by Denise Devine
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Genre – Historical Suspense
Page Count – 174
Cover Designer – Raine English
It’s 1925 in St. Paul, Minnesota, a haven for hardened criminals – and the women who find themselves trapped in a dangerous game…
Charlotte LeDoux’s nine-year marriage to bootlegging kingpin, Gus “Lucky” LeDoux, is falling apart. The same day Char learns she’s pregnant, she catches Gus with another woman and it’s clear he has no intention of ending the affair. Soon after, their nightclub is raided by Federal agents. As she flees from the chaos, Char becomes separated from Gus and she’s faced with a choice: search out her fugitive husband or change her identity and disappear. With her life in shambles and her future in doubt, she knows what she must do to protect her child.
Char alters her appearance and takes a job in domestic service for a private investigator. At first, living in Will Van Elsberg’s home is quiet, comfortable and safe, but everything changes the day Gus seeks out Will to find his missing wife. As Will’s investigation closes in on her, Char must once again make a decision. Should she run away again or face her violent husband and fight for her freedom? With her back to the wall, Char discovers she has more strength and determination than she ever thought possible.
Get your copy today! Book One of the Moonshine Madness series.

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Denise Devine is a USA Today bestselling author who has had a passion for books since the second grade when she discovered Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She wrote her first book, a mystery, at age thirteen and has been writing ever since. She loves all animals, especially dogs, cats, and horses, and they often find their way into her books.

 

She has written twenty-two books, including books in the Beach Brides series, Moonshine Madness series, and West Loon Bay series. Her books have hit the Top 100 Bestseller list on Amazon and she has been listed on Amazon’s Top 100 Authors.

 

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Notebook Mysteries~ The Twelve Days of Murder (a Novella)

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Notebook Mysteries ~ The Twelve Days of Murder (A Notebook Mysteries Novella) by Kimberly Mullins
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Genre – Historical Murder
Page Count – 166
Cover Designer – Miblart

Christmas is only seven days away! The family has settled in for a quiet holiday. A special gift is on order for Henrietta and other shopping is ongoing. What else is there to do but to enjoy the season?

 A night out changes that. It becomes a murderous countdown to Christmas.

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Kimberly Mullins is the author of a series of books called “Notebook Mysteries”. Her serie is based on historical events occurring in 1880-1890’s Chicago. Her standalone books are based in the 1912-1913 New York and California.  She lives in Texas with her husband and son. When she is not writing she works as a Process Safety Engineer at a large chemical company. You can connect with her on her website at kimberlymullinsauthor.com, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Three Days to Be Ruined (The Winemakers Series Book 5) by Giovanna Siniscalchi

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Three Days to Be Ruined (The Winemakers Series Book 5) by Giovanna Siniscalchi
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Genre – Historical Romance
Cover Designer – Anna Rocca
An English lady proposes marriage to a brooding Scotsman – but she’s about to learn there’s nothing convenient about courting this fiery Highlander.
An English lady with everything to lose…
Beth Croft is all poise and propriety – or so she tells herself. To save her father from financial ruin, she proposes a marriage of convenience to Boyd Sandeman, the ruggedly handsome, infuriating Scotsman and wine tycoon. She expects some challenges, but she didn’t expect Boyd himself- a man with a dry wit, a commanding presence, and a knack for turning her world upside down.
A Scotsman with a taste for revenge…
For Boyd, Beth’s offer is a chance to settle an old score with her father, who once humiliated him. He agrees, but only if Beth can prove she’s up to the task. At a festive Christmas house party, Boyd devises three challenges to test her mettle, from blind wine tastings to keeping up with his demanding (and often maddening) expectations. Yet as they spar and spark, Boyd’s own defenses begin to falter in surprising ways.
Three trials, one Christmas, and undeniable chemistry…
Beth didn’t expect proving herself would mean more late nights than she’d bargained for – or that her heart would be on the line. Can she survive Boyd’s trials, break through his defenses, and make it to Christmas morning with her pride – and her heart – intact?
A standalone historical romance with spice, heart, and favorite characters from The Winemakers series, Three Days to Be Ruined is the perfect holiday escape! If you’re drawn to heart-stopping romance, rugged heroes, and daring heroines, this is your next unputdownable read. Get your copy today and dive into a journey of love, revenge, and sizzling holiday chemistry!

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Stories are the very fabric of life. I want to transport readers to exotic settings, where they can find romance and happy endings and hopefully bring some back to their daily lives. Portugal brims with beauty and passion, and I research every tiny detail of my novels, hoping to make the reader treasure my grandparents’ country as I do. I have a loving husband who still is my hero and two amazing kids. When it’s cold and rainy, I run inside to read and watch movies under blankets, sipping wine. You can find me on the beach during summer, surfing with my family.

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Their Convenient Christmas Betrothal (Matchmakers of Bath Book 2) by Amanda McCabe

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Their Convenient Christmas Betrothal (Matchmakers of Bath Book 2) by Amanda McCabe
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 257
Mary St. Aubin is a stellar matchmaker, but society has decided that, as a spinster, Mary can no longer be trusted with their matches! After watching her parents’ cold marriage, she refuses to wed for anything but love.
Then at a Christmas house party she encounters dangerously attractive Scottish laird Charles. He needs Mary’s help saving his ward from a reputation-ruining liaison with a rake. But when Charles’s own rakish past starts to get in the way, is there another match that must happen first… between Mary and Charles?

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Amanda wrote her first romance at the age of sixteen–a vast historical epic starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly during algebra class (and her parents wondered why math was not her strongest subject…)

She’s never since used algebra, but her books have been nominated for many awards, including the RITA Award, the Romantic Times BOOKReviews Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Booksellers Best, the National Readers Choice Award, and the Holt Medallion.  She lives in Santa Fe with two rescue dogs, a wonderful husband, and a very and far too many books and royal memorabilia collections. 

When not writing or reading, she loves taking dance classes, collecting cheesy travel souvenirs, and watching the Food Network–even though she doesn’t cook.  She also writes as Amanda Allen

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Lights, Camera, Murder!! by Kimberly Mullins

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Lights, Camera, Murder!! by Kimberly Mullins
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 347
Cover Designer – More Visual Design
Sisters Jean and Merle Cooper have limited time to change the direction of their lives. A scandal and police pursuit force them on the road to Hollywood California in 1913. Hollywood is bustling with people; movies are being made and Jean and Merle need jobs. Jean can’t help but wish that one particular policeman she left behind, Patrick Flannigan, was a part of their new lives.
Merle wants to support her sister and help her achieve her dream of being a stunt woman, but her life choices could affect both her and Jean’s burgeoning careers. Excitement follows the two sisters and reunites them with Patrick as secrets are uncovered. Lives could be changed with events involving sabotage and murder.

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Kimberly Mullins is the author of a series of books called “Notebook Mysteries”. Her serie is based on historical events occurring in 1880-1890’s Chicago. Her standalone books are based in the 1912-1913 New York and California.  She lives in Texas with her husband and son. When she is not writing she works as a Process Safety Engineer at a large chemical company. You can connect with her on her website at kimberlymullinsauthor.com, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

A Wallflower’s Wassail Punch (Once Upon a Widow Book 8 and Revenge of the Wallflowers Book 35) by Aubrey Wynne

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A Wallflower’s Wassail Punch (Once Upon a Widow Book 8 and Revenge of the Wallflowers Book 35) by Aubrey Wynne
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 150
Cover Designer – Mandy Koehler Designs
An accidental female pugilist…
Lady Annette Page is twenty-four and ready to climb onto the shelf. Her first Season was a disaster after a duke’s son pinched her by the punchbowl, and she walloped him in the nose. And broke it. After five years, she has yet to live down the scandal. Her father hopes to remarry, but his betrothed will not agree until Lady Annette is gone. With an enormous dowry offered for her hand, the earl hosts a house party at Christmastide. The men arrive, hoping to claim her fortune, while the ladies continue to dredge up the past.
A handsome viscount with a sense of humor…
Lord Wilkinson has been a widow for twenty years. Now that his daughter is betrothed, he is ready to consider taking another wife. Invited to a house party by an old friend, he arrives to find the earl’s daughter is the guest of honor, and the week of revelry is a ploy to marry her off. Wilkinson is surprised the other gentlemen view her as a quiet, awkward female. The viscount, seeing a striking, intelligent woman with a dry wit only he seems to appreciate, comes to her rescue.
Add a walloping wassail punch…
When the two become allies, their partnership soon goes beyond friendship. But will Lady Annette’s age and the viscount’s interfering daughter keep them from a happy ending under the mistletoe?

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The South Seas Shenanigans: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden

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The South Seas Shenanigans: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 240
Cover Designer – Tabitha Lahr Design

A high-seas adventure – or a deep-water tombstone?!
Depression-era sleuth Sparky is back in action, but this time she is out to sea! Sparky skipped it out of landlocked Bunker Hill and stowed away on an ocean liner, which turns out to be jam-packed with disgruntled ex-silent movie actors hoping the mysterious film project they are sailing toward will rejuvenate their dead careers. But when Sparky is soon discovered, she becomes hopelessly ensnared in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.
Tensions are running high. Someone tumbled overboard under strange circumstances. But Sparky didn’t do it! The passengers are suspicious of Sparky, but she’s even more suspicious of them. Will Sparky uncover what’s really going on before the vengeful passengers make her walk the plank?
Sparky misses her guardian, former silent movie star, Tootsie, and she even misses her sketchy ex-boss, Bookie. Will she ever see them again? Or will our young hero be forever lost at sea?
“The South Seas Shenanigans” by award-winning author Rosalind Barden is the fourth in the hilarious, 1930s cozy noir “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series that delivers a fast, fun read for tweens to grown-ups.

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Rosalind Barden has long been fascinated by the history of Los Angeles’s lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. Cold Kid Case, the first in her zany, 1930s Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries and the Literary Titan Gold Medal Book Award. Over thirty of her short mystery and horror stories have been published, including her inspiration for the Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, “The Monkey’s Ghost,” part of the FAPA President’s Book Awards Silver Medalist anthology, History and Mystery, Oh My! She writes and continues to explore lost history in Los Angeles. Discover more at RosalindBarden.com.

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The South Seas Shenanigans: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 240
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A high-seas adventure – or a deep-water tombstone?!
Depression-era sleuth Sparky is back in action, but this time she is out to sea! Sparky skipped it out of landlocked Bunker Hill and stowed away on an ocean liner, which turns out to be jam-packed with disgruntled ex-silent movie actors hoping the mysterious film project they are sailing toward will rejuvenate their dead careers. But when Sparky is soon discovered, she becomes hopelessly ensnared in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.
Tensions are running high. Someone tumbled overboard under strange circumstances. But Sparky didn’t do it! The passengers are suspicious of Sparky, but she’s even more suspicious of them. Will Sparky uncover what’s really going on before the vengeful passengers make her walk the plank?
Sparky misses her guardian, former silent movie star, Tootsie, and she even misses her sketchy ex-boss, Bookie. Will she ever see them again? Or will our young hero be forever lost at sea?
“The South Seas Shenanigans” by award-winning author Rosalind Barden is the fourth in the hilarious, 1930s cozy noir “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series that delivers a fast, fun read for tweens to grown-ups.

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Rosalind Barden has long been fascinated by the history of Los Angeles’s lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. “The Cold Kid Case,” the first in her zany 1930s “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series is a #1 Amazon New Release, #1 Amazon Bestseller in its category, and has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries. Over thirty of her short mystery and horror stories have been published, including her inspiration for the Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, “The Monkey’s Ghost,” part of the FAPA President’s Book Awards Silver Medalist anthology, History and Mystery, Oh My! She writes and continues to explore lost history in Los Angeles. Discover more at RosalindBarden.com.

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Miss Georgiana Darcy’s Quest For Love ~ A Pride And Prejudice Variation Novelette (Love Through The Ages Series) by TL Clark

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Miss Georgiana Darcy’s Quest For Love ~ A Pride And Prejudice Variation Novelette (Love Through The Ages Series) by TL Clark
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 35
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Can Miss Georgiana Darcy ever find salvation?
Having been compromised by the wicked Mr Wickham, she held little hope for a happy future. Mercifully, her brother supplied a content home with his family at Pemberley. But Georgiana has become a third wheel.
Lizzy attempts to coax courage out of the unassuming, shy girl as she blooms into adulthood. And under Mr Darcy’s watchful gaze, she finds hope. But what manner of man will want to be united in marriage with such a girl? Are any of the suitors to be trusted?
Read the results of Mr Darcy’s Pemberley house party now in this alluring tale of matchmaking.
NB This novelette began as a short story in the Austen Tea Party charity anthology. It has now been expanded and released in its own right, with an optional epilogue for those wishing to read some marital bedroom antics.

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TL Clark is an award-winning, best-selling, British, romance author who stumbles through life as if it were a gauntlet of catastrophes.

Rather than playing the victim, she uses these unfortunate events to fuel her passion for writing, for reaching out to help others.

She writes about different kinds of love in the hope that she‘ll uncover its mysteries.

Her loving husband (and mourned for cat) have proven to her that true love really does exist.

Writing has shown her that coffee may well be the source of life.

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Alchemy of Glass (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett

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Alchemy of Glass (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett
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Genre – Historical Fantasy
Page Count – 411
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In the catacombs of an ancient ruined monastery, hidden away in the Eildon Hills of Scotland, a land of myth and mystery–the place where immortal apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune found sanctuary as a lad– Gaelan discovers a journal, apparently written by his old friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chronicling an adventure into the Otherworld, a land of fairy castles and filigree trees hung with Spanish moss.
Falling from the journal’s pages, a small piece of glass, which Gaelan recognizes as a fragment long missing from a stained glass panel he’d created a century earlier. When the opalescent glass seems to come alive in his hand, Gaelan is suddenly thrust into strange world far from the fantastical dreamscape Conan Doyle describes.
Alchemy of Glass weaves a tale magical as spun glass and terrifying as a shattered mirror, drawing upon cutting edge science and the most ancient of Celtic mythology, intertwining the magic of fairy lore and the harsh reality of difficult choices, returning us to the world of Gaelan Erceldoune as his past, present and future collide.

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Barbara Barnett is the author of three books,  including  the award-winning The Apothecary’s Curse, a finalist for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for a debut novel. She is an editor-at-large and former publisher and executive editor of Blogcritics (blogcritics.org), an Internet magazine of pop culture, politics, and more, for which she has also contributed nearly 1,000 essays, reviews, and interviews over the past decade. Always a pop-culture and sci-fi geek, Barbara was raised on a steady diet of TV (and TV dinners), but she always found her way to fiction’s tragic anti- heroes and misunderstood champions, whether on TV, in the movies, or in literature. (In other words, Spock, not Kirk; Han Solo, not Luke Skywalker!) Her first  book,  Chasing  Zebras:  The  Unofficial  Guide  to House, M.D. (ECW Press), reflects her passion for these Byronic heroes, and it was inevitable that she would have to someday create one of her own in Gaelan Erceldoune, hero of both The Apothecary’s Curse and The Alchemy of Glass.

 

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Notebook Mysteries ~ Art of Deception (Notebook Mysteries Series) by Kimberly Mullins

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Notebook Mysteries ~ Art of Deception (Notebook Mysteries Series) by Kimberly Mullins
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Genre – Historical Crime
Page Count – 286
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A friend needs help, when a family member is viciously murdered. . Emma and Jeremy must juggle new family responsibilities and an undercover investigation. The situation becomes complicated quickly with more than one suspect desperately seeking money that the deceased may have been hiding. Is there money to be found? Murder and mayhem abound, and Emma and Jeremy will have to use all their skills to solve this case!

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Kimberly Mullins is the author of a series of books called “Notebook Mysteries”. Her stories are based on historical events occurring in 1880-1890’s Chicago. She holds a BS in biology and a Masters in business. Her favorite classes were in history. She lives in Texas with her husband and son. When she is not writing she works as a Process Safety Engineer at a large chemical company. You can connect with her on her website at kimberlymullinsauthor.com, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Wheel of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries) by N.L. Holmes

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Wheel of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries) by N.L. Holmes
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 302
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When Neferet’s uncle Pipi gets sucked into a get-rich-quick scheme at a chariot workshop that is too good to be true, she’s not surprised when investors start turning up dead. Can she and Bener-ib and their band of teen-aged detectives find out what’s really at stake and who is behind it before she herself becomes the next victim?

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N.L. Holmes is the pen name of a professional archaeologist who received her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. She has excavated in Greece and in Israel and taught ancient history and humanities at the university level for many years. She has always had a passion for books, and in childhood, she and her cousin (also a writer today) used to write stories for fun.

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The Apothecary’s Curse (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett

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The Apothecary’s Curse (The Apothecary Series) by Barbara Barnett
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Genre – Historical Fantasy
Page Count – 350
Cover Designer – Galen Dara
A 2017 Bram Stoker Award nominee, The Apothecary’s Curse is an alchemist’s brew of historical fantasy and cutting edge genetics as a physician Simon Bell and apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune race against time to recover the ancient book that made them immortal centuries ago.
In Victorian London, the fates of physician Simon Bell and apothecary Gaelan Erceldoune entwine when Simon gives his wife an elixir created by Gaelan from an ancient manuscript. Meant to cure her cancer, it kills her. Suicidal, Simon swallows the remainder–only to find he cannot die. Years later, hearing rumors of a Bedlam inmate with regenerative powers like his own, Simon is shocked to discover it’s Gaelan.
Two centuries later, a modern-day pharmaceutical company unearths diaries describing the torture of Bedlam inmates, and the company’s scientists suspect a link between Gaelan and an unnamed inmate. But when Gaelan and Transdiff Genomics geneticist Anne Shawe are powerfully drawn to each other, her family connection to his manuscript leads to a stunning revelation. Will it bring ruin or redemption?

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Barbara Barnett is the author of three books,  including  the award-winning The Apothecary’s Curse, a finalist for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for a debut novel. She is an editor-at-large and former publisher and executive editor of Blogcritics (blogcritics.org), an Internet magazine of pop culture, politics, and more, for which she has also contributed nearly 1,000 essays, reviews, and interviews over the past decade. Always a pop-culture and sci-fi geek, Barbara was raised on a steady diet of TV (and TV dinners), but she always found her way to fiction’s tragic anti- heroes and misunderstood champions, whether on TV, in the movies, or in literature. (In other words, Spock, not Kirk; Han Solo, not Luke Skywalker!) Her first  book,  Chasing  Zebras:  The  Unofficial  Guide  to House, M.D. (ECW Press), reflects her passion for these Byronic heroes, and it was inevitable that she would have to someday create one of her own in Gaelan Erceldoune, hero of both The Apothecary’s Curse and The Alchemy of Glass.

 

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Casting Vows (Hearts of Gold Series) by Ariella Talix

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Casting Vows (Hearts of Gold Series) by Ariella Talix
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 304
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Casting Vows is a story of lost love, found love, and misunderstood love. Three people with hearts of gold need to find their way through seemingly insurmountable challenges.
Danger strikes from all directions. Nothing is as it seems.
Nicolo Stark-James loves with his whole heart, but he finds there are despicable people who are willing to ruin everything.
Matty Remington needs to be safe, but he’s trapped. He has strong faith and a heart made for loving, but he needs to reconcile his love for God with his personal desires.
Eden Godwin might be the one to hold them all together, but her future isn’t her own to decide. She is pitted between love and saving her family from ruin.
Obligations are questioned, and promises are made that may not be kept. The duty to family, faith in God, and devotion to a lover seem to war with one another in this stunning and steamy MMF romance set in Los Angeles in the 1880s.

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Ariella Talix is the nom de plume of a bestselling author who lives in America’s Heartland.

Her goal is to preserve the dignity of family members who would rather not be associated publicly with a woman who writes such scandalous and stimulating novels. She’s not going to stop writing them, though.

She loves her family, pets, great books, not-so-great books that still entertain, and art.

Born and raised near the beaches of southern California, Ariella Talix traveled the world extensively and then found her true home in the Midwest. She has a second-degree black belt in Karate and has been a professional artist for many years. Her work is displayed in countries all over the world.

A sudden brainstorm prompted the first of her novels, Make Believe, and since then the ideas just keep tumbling out like an avalanche.

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The Monkey Island Murder: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden

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The Monkey Island Murder: A Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery (Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery Series) by Rosalind Barden
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 260
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A Tourist Trap Full of Crazy Monkeys…and Murder!
Sure Sparky’s boss Bookie is a crook, but he’s no murderer! Eleven-year-old, plucky amateur super-sleuth Sparky stops at nothing to convince the police that Bookie was framed for the murder at Monkey Island, a ratty old tourist trap in downtown Los Angeles, 1932.
And on this, the worst day of her life, Sparky must also survive going back to school and the principal’s office. Sparky just can’t keep out of trouble, so her school volunteers her for a law-and-order internship with top cop Mug and grumpy Detective Bernie. Will the station’s resident police bunny accidentally provide Sparky with an important clue?
Meanwhile, back at the Creepy House mansion, Sparky’s home, one-time silent movie star Tootsie and her assistant Gilbert, aka the goblin, are in a tizzy preparing for the audition that could bring back Tootsie’s career. But will Sparky’s detecting antics disrupt her guardian’s big break?
Sparky even considers grave digging to find clues to help Bookie. . . . But even if he’s freed from jail, with Prohibition on its way out, will Bookie need to figure out a new line of work?
Crime-solving is a lonely business, but thankfully, Sparky still has Tootsie’s stuffed pet leopards for company. It’s all that and a barrel of monkeys in Sparky’s next adventure.
“Monkey Island Murder is a captivating read that promises—and delivers—both chills and chuckles.” —Laurie Buchanan, author of the Sean McPherson crime thriller novels
“The Monkey Island Murder” is the third novel in the award-winning “Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery” series. This 1930s cozy noir historical mystery series with a sense of humor also includes “The Cannibal Caper” and #1 Amazon New Release, “The Cold Kid Case.”

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Rosalind Barden has long been fascinated by the history of Los Angeles’s lost noir neighborhood, Bunker Hill. Cold Kid Case, the first in her zany, 1930s Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series has been awarded multiple accolades, including the Firebird Book Award 1st Place for Cozy Mysteries and the Literary Titan Gold Medal Book Award. Over thirty of her short mystery and horror stories have been published, including her inspiration for the Sparky of Bunker Hill Mystery series, “The Monkey’s Ghost,” part of the FAPA President’s Book Awards Silver Medalist anthology, History and Mystery, Oh My! She writes and continues to explore lost history in Los Angeles. Discover more at RosalindBarden.com.

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A Patriot’s Tale by Nicole Pierman

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A Patriot’s Tale by Nicole Pierman
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Genre – Historical
Page Count – 356
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South Carolina, 1778. Lily Thompson burns to overthrow the British. In a daring bid to flee her enemies and join the fledgling American fight, she becomes a ward and takes on the guise of a man. But just after joining a raid against the British army, the determined freedom fighter is captured and held for ransom for a hefty price.
Unable to hide in the shadows after she is released, Lily cannot sit by idly while those around her struggle to survive. Seeing the captain’s growing infatuation as a weakness, Lily joins a spy ring in a bid to help the local militia’s need to overthrow the vicious British captain.
But what will happen to Lily as she plays the dangerously unnerving game of intrigue?
If you like strongly independent women, meticulous historical detail, and stories set during the American Revolutionary War, then you will love A Patriot’s Tale.

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Nicole Pierman rocks out to metal, is obsessed with coffee, and (obviously) loves to write. When she enjoys reading various genres and writes in multiple genres too.

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Summer of Mud by Rebecca Bischoff

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Summer of Mud by Rebecca Bischoff
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Genre – Kids
Page Count – 312
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In the summer of 1976, Scoob, a twelve-year-old musical prodigy, dreams of becoming a jazz legend like the great Louis Armstrong. But first, she needs to get off the streets. When Scoob lands a paying gig, she thinks her luck is about to change—she now has the chance to play in front of a famous band leader with his own TV show. This could be her big break! But Scoob’s older brother, RC, drags his little sister along on an unwelcome road trip. Broke and unable to afford food, Scoob and RC “borrow” gas along the way until they find themselves stuck in the small town of Rexburg, Idaho. The idyllic farming community is buzzing with controversy over a newly built dam, with residents divided over the safety of the structure.
Stranded in the tiny town and pestered by a growing group of well-meaning locals, Scoob tries her best to get back home to California and her audition, struggling to understand why her brother doesn’t seem to want to leave. RC is hiding something, and Scoob soon discovers he isn’t being honest with her. On a warm summer morning, a heartbroken Scoob decides to head home on her own, but that very day, Rexburg’s new dam springs a leak. Within a few short hours, a wall of water is rushing toward the tiny town, destroying everything in its path. Scoob must fight for her life and face mounting odds as she tries to decide what really matters.

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Rebecca Bischoff is the award-winning author of several books for both middle grade and young adult audiences, including The French Impressionist, a contemporary YA novel, The Grave Digger, a historical middle grade mystery, and Streets of Shadow, a historical YA mystery recently released this year. Both The Grave Digger and Hole in the Rock were honored as finalists in the 2020 and 2021 Best Book Awards. Rebecca loves to read everything from mysteries to paranormal to historical novels. She tends to research quirky and little-known facts from the past and loves anything that might make her laugh. Rebecca lives in Southern Idaho with her family, where she enjoys not visiting the outdoors. She’d rather stay inside, eat chocolate and write.

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Italian American (Jack & Mariella Book 2) by Luigina Vecchione

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Italian American (Jack & Mariella Book 2) by Luigina Vecchione
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Genre – Historical Women’s Fiction, Romance
Page Count – 140
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The cobblestones felt familiar beneath Mariella’s feet as she made her way through the streets of Rome one final time despite her heart aching with each step she took. Emigrating to America means saying goodbye to a family she fiercely loves, a city still bearing the scars of war and ghosts of the past. But the promise of a lifetime by Jack’s side is all she needs. Or is it?
Mariella’s dreams quickly fracture when she arrives in Asbury Park. She struggles for a sense of belonging while navigating gossiping housewives and a disapproving mother-in-law. And with Jack working late nights at the restaurant, she often longs for his company.
Yet, once they move into their charming house in Wanamassa Gardens, Mariella finds her footing. Friendships flourish, and their family grows, giving her hope for a future in their idyllic corner of suburbia. Just as her dreams become reality, a heartbreaking call forces her to return to Italy and confront the decisions that led her across the Atlantic.
With so much at stake, Mariella must choose between the place she’s always known and the life she’s always yearned for. Can she find the strength to say farewell to her family once again? What will it cost her if she can’t?

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Luigina Vecchione is an actress and writer. She has lived, worked and raised a family on both coasts and in Europe. Now, she and her husband Dennis are empty nesting in New York City.

 

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The Rake (Daughters of Dishonour Series) by Ava Bond

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The Rake (Daughters of Dishonour Series) by Ava Bond
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 166
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Margot Keating has a dangerous secret about her birth, which no one in polite society can ever find out.��On entering the ton as a vicar’s daughter and spinster, Miss Keating tries her best to keep out of mischief. This is easier said than done, since she is almost immediately thrown into a mystery, surrounding the murder of a prominent duke, some infamous missing diamonds, and – worst of all – Lord Langley, the most tempting rake in London.��Lord Silvester Beresford, Earl of Langley, is famed for his beauty, his charm, his orgies, and for never falling in love.��Thrown together in the most unconventional of ways, can these two opposites work together to uncover the truth about the duke’s death, where the diamonds might be, and whether they actually have more in common than they previously ever thought possible?

~ AMAZON ~

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Ava Bond has been a fan of regency romances since discovering Georgette Heyer on her grandma’s bookshelf–before moving onto Johanna Lindsey, Lisa Kleypas and Beverly Jenkins as well as dozens of Mills and Boon novels during her teens.

She studied Literature at university and has been writing since her early twenties. Ava lives in Scotland with her family and small cat, Gwendolen.

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Murder on West Main (A South Shore Mystery) by I.M. Foster

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Murder on West Main (A South Shore Mystery) by I.M. Foster
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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 368
Cover Designer – Jenny Quinlan – Historical Fiction Book Covers
When Colin Brissedon arrives at work one summer morning to find his new boss murdered, all eyes turn to him. After all, the man had threatened to fire him just a few days before, and his colleagues are more than happy to tell the tale. Kathleen admits her brother is no angel, but she can’t believe he would sink this low. Fortunately for them, neither does Daniel O’Halleran, the village’s new coroner’s assistant. Of course, he needs more than his gut feeling to prove it.�
But that’s not going to be an easy task, considering the victim does not appear to have been held in high regard. In fact, Daniel is hard-pressed to find anyone who did like him, though there are more than a few who had reason to wish the man dead. To make matters worse, Kathleen is intent on conducting her own investigation despite his wishes, and he fears the consequences could be deadly.�
And yet, with the pieces of the puzzle laid before him, he can’t shake the feeling that something is missing, an integral clue that will tie everything else together. Will Daniel be able to find the elusive detail and discover the reason behind the gruesome murder of the prominent attorney? Or will the guilty party live to kill again?

~ AMAZON ~

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I.M. Foster is the pen name author Inez Foster uses to write her South Shore Mystery series, set on Edwardian Long Island. Inez also writes historical romances under the pseudonym Andrea Matthews, and has so far published two series in that genre: the Thunder on the Moor series, a time-travel romance set on the 16th century Anglo-Scottish Borders, and the Cross of Ciaran series, which follows the adventures of a fifth century Celt who finds himself in love with a twentieth century archaeologist.

Inez is a historian and librarian, who love to read and write and search around for her roots, genealogically speaking. She has a BA in History and an MLS in Library Science and enjoys the research almost as much as she does writing the story. In fact, many of her ideas come to her while doing casual research or digging into her family history. Inez is a member of the Long Island Romance Writers, and the Historical Novel Society.

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The Winemakers Box Set (The Winemakers Series) by Giovanna Siniscalchi

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The Winemakers Box Set (The Winemakers Series) by Giovanna Siniscalchi
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 1086
Cover Designer – Anna Rocca
Historical romance reimagined: “The Winemakers” series transports you to Portugal’s vibrant and sun-drenched Douro Valley. Far from the well-trodden ballrooms of Regency England, these narratives bloom amidst the golden vineyards and undulating landscapes of one of Europe’s hidden gems. Each story, as multifaceted and rich as the region’s celebrated wines, offers a refreshing perspective on the romance genre.�
In “The Winemakers,” every journey is an epic adventure, showcasing intercultural relationships, morally gray heroes, and Portuguese royalty. Through compelling drama and deep emotion, vibrant characters face the intricacies of love, societal norms, and personal honor. From the sun-kissed vineyards to the grandeur of nobility, these tales invite readers into a world where love defies constraints. Portugal’s essence is infused in every impassioned moment and heartfelt choice.

~ AMAZON ~

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Stories are the very fabric of life. I want to transport readers to exotic settings, where they can find romance and happy endings and hopefully bring some back to their daily lives. Portugal brims with beauty and passion, and I research every tiny detail of my novels, hoping to make the reader treasure my grandparents’ country as I do. I have a loving husband who still is my hero and two amazing kids. When it’s cold and rainy, I run inside to read and watch movies under blankets, sipping wine. You can find me on the beach during summer, surfing with my family.

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Charlotte’s Control (The Control Series) by Maggie Sims

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Charlotte’s Control (The Control Series) by Maggie Sims
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Genre – Historical Romance
Page Count – 300
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Widowed at thirty, Charlotte, Dowager Countess of Peterborough, finds herself on the lonely edge of Society, caught between the young chits vying for a husband and older matrons. In a moment of vulnerability, she meets a young rake who tempts her to forget propriety and reclaim her feminine powers of seduction … for a while. Their affair can only last until he marries a wealthy debutante who can give him what Charlotte cannot. An heir.
In his final year at Oxford, William Stanton, heir to the Earl of Harrington, is forced to manage the earldom for his drunken father and provide for his family. With the prospect of an advantageous marriage looming in his future, he yearns for the frivolity of his peers. But when he encounters a lovely widow, he’s drawn to her keen mind as much as he is to her beauty. She believes they are destined to part. To keep her, he must battle Fate, time, and the rules of Society that conspire against them.

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Maggie Sims began her love affair with romance before her teen years, drawn to the Regency by her mum’s British influence. In her twenties, she did her best to live the Carrie Bradshaw life in New York City, albeit with less expensive shoes and more books.

Despite reading hundreds of romance novels in her life, she was still blown away when she met the love of her life, an ex-Marine cinnamon roll with creative woodworking and culinary skills.

Having retired from corporate life, they live in Central Texas and are parents to a varying number of dogs and cats.  When not writing, Maggie is a wine enthusiast, a travel junkie, and a romance reading fiend.  She also sporadically crochets for KnotsofLove.org and does just enough exercise for that second glass of wine at night.

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Web of Evil (Hani’s Daughter Mysteries) by N.L. Holmes

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Genre – Historical Cozy Mystery
Page Count – 253
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When a corpse washes up on the riverbank at Lord Hani’s country house, his daughter Neferet and her fellow physician Bener-ib and apprentice Mut-tuy head for the local village to try to identify it. But they find themselves entangled in a web of murder and lies in the heart of a family of weavers. Can the perseverance of three determined women and the bonds of parental love win out, or will Neferet herself become the next victim?

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N.L. Holmes is the pen name of a professional archaeologist who received her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College. She has excavated in Greece and in Israel and taught ancient history and humanities at the university level for many years. She has always had a passion for books, and in childhood, she and her cousin (also a writer today) used to write stories for fun.

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