When a parish priest discovers a newborn left on the church steps, he also discovers a locket with photojournalist Siobhan Walsh’s phone number inside. She comes to Texas to investigate and, after running into some serious trouble with Texas local law enforcement, she reaches out to her friend inside the FBI for help. FBI agents… Continue reading The Lost Girls by Allison Brennan
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The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts
Darcy Wallace finally got the courage to choose her own destiny and left her controlling ex-fiancé and headed from Kansas to Las Vegas. She almost makes it before her car breaks down, forcing her to make the rest of the trek on foot. When she reaches the Comanche, she spends the last of her money… Continue reading The Winning Hand by Nora Roberts
Dying Truth by Angela Marsons
DI Kim Stone and her team race to Heathcrest Academy, an elite boarding school, thinking they will be intervening in a student’s suicide attempt. When they arrive, they discover she’s already jumped from the building rooftop. As Kim examines the scene more closely, she suspects that 13-year old Sadie Winter’s death may not be what… Continue reading Dying Truth by Angela Marsons
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Rachel Krall is the host of a highly successful true crime podcast, Guilty or Not Guilty, and she’s on her way to Neapolis, North Carolina to cover a contentious rape trial for her second season. She’s taken extraordinary care to keep her physical identity secret and her audience has not seen her likeness. So, she’s… Continue reading The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown
Twenty years ago, four people robbed Welch’s, a local family owned store that rivaled the big box outlets. It was a major haul and the next day, one of the robbers was dead and his supposed accomplice had disappeared. Joe Maxwell was a widow who was down on his luck, struggling with alcohol and barely… Continue reading Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown
No Good Deed by Allison Brennan
This is not a standalone as it is connected to a story arc that began in the previous book, Best Laid Plans. At the end of the last book, we got disgraced DEA Agent Nicole Rollins’ point of view, which was chilling as it foretold what was going to happen in this one. She said… Continue reading No Good Deed by Allison Brennan
Broken Bones by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
DI Kim Stone and her team are called to the crime scene of a murdered young prostitute. Before Kim can leave for the station, she discovers an abandoned baby outside its doors. She assigns DS Kevin Dawson and DC Stacey Wood to find the baby’s mother, Stacey’s first case in the field since her harrowing… Continue reading Broken Bones by Angela Marsons @WriteAngie @JanCramervoice @bookouture
The MacGregor Brides by Nora Roberts
Now that Daniel MacGregor’s children have found their own partners and are happily married, he sets his sights on the grandchildren they’ve give him. First up are his adult granddaughters: Laura, Gwendolyn (Gwen) and Julia. Laura is an attorney working for her parents, Diana and Caine MacGregor, at their law firm. Gwen is a brilliant… Continue reading The MacGregor Brides by Nora Roberts
Waiting on a Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan @JenRyan_author @ColeenMarlo @HarperAudio
Liz Scott and Tate McGrath have been friends since she was five years old. Even back then she announced she was going to marry him. Now it’s 25 years later and Liz can’t get him to move out of the friend zone. She decides to move on into another relationship with Clint Mahew who seemed… Continue reading Waiting on a Cowboy by Jennifer Ryan @JenRyan_author @ColeenMarlo @HarperAudio
Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh @MelindaLeigh1 @CrisDukeheart @BrilliancePub
True crime writer Olivia Cruz is mysteriously abducted from her home in the middle of the night. Her disappearance at first goes unnoticed until she misses several appointments and her boyfriend, private investigator Lincoln Sharp, sees the subtle clues she left behind that point to her not leaving her house willingly. With the help of… Continue reading Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh @MelindaLeigh1 @CrisDukeheart @BrilliancePub
