the setup… FBI Special Agent Nikki Hunt was helping new Washington County Police Chief Kent Miller search for nine-year old Kellan Rhodes, missing for the last two days, when she got the news she’d dreaded. His mother Dana was suspected to have abducted him but Nikki was unprepared to find both of them dead, their… Continue reading One Perfect Grave by Stacy Green @authorstacywhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @bookouture #NikkiHunt #OnePerfectGrave
the setup… The town of Denton is pummeled by torrential rains, causing the riverbanks to overflow, flooding a lot of the town. Detectives Josie Quinn and Gretchen Miller are assisting with water rescues when they see what looks like a body wrapped in a tarp float to the surface after a house is swept away… Continue reading Save Her Soul by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #SaveHerSoul
the setup… Two fifteen-year old girls in Stillwater, Minnesota have been missing for days. Best friends Madison Malone and Kaylee Thomas vanished one evening on their way to visit a friend. When their frozen bodies are found in a cornfield, FBI Special Agent Nikki Hunt is called in from St.Paul as they might be the… Continue reading The Girls in the Snow by Stacy Green @authorstacygreenwhisenand @stacywhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #NikkiHunt #TheGirlsInTheSnow
the setup… The four McBride brothers all live together on their isolated ranch in Buck’s Creek, Montana with their little sister Junebug. She’s feisty and smart but sick to death of having to do all the “female” chores for these burly men and decides she needs a “wife.” Junebug places an add in The Matrimonial… Continue reading Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry @amybarryauthor @evakaminskyaudiobooks @prhaudio @prhaudio.bsky.social #TheMcBridesOfMontana #KitMcBrideGetsAWife
the setup… Jane Darling is working hard to make Cupid’s Arrow, her startup matchmaking business, a success so showing up in sports bars in a toga and angel wings to promote it isn’t beneath her. Running into the annoying Jasper Jannich, New York’s star quarterback and the best friend of her brother-in-law, wasn’t part of… Continue reading My Darling Jane by Ilsa Madden-Mills @ilsamaddenmills @stellahunternarrator @sebastianyork_official @brilliancepublishing #TheDarlings #My Darling Jane
the setup… Game commission officers discover two bodies while out on inspection and contact both the Lenore County Sheriff and the Denton Police Department as jurisdiction isn’t clear. Josie and Noah determine it’s theirs but coordination with Lenore County is still required depending on where the investigation leads. Valerie and Tyler Yates appear to have… Continue reading Cold Heart Creek by Lisa Regan @lisareganauthor @lisaregan.bsky.social @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social #DetectiveJosieQuinn #ColdHeartCreek
the setup… Emmaline (Emmy) Darling runs a bookstore and helps take care of her younger sister, brother and niece. But she’s now in a desperate situation in a seedy motel called the Iguana somewhere in the Arizona desert. She’s running from her abusive ex-boyfriend Kian and now is being threatened by an over amorous motel… Continue reading My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills @ilsamaddenmills #sebastianyork @savannahpeachwood @brilliancepublishing #TheDarlings #MyDarlingBride
the setup… Lady Portia Frain is the youngest of the three sisters and the last still at home with their theater obsessed father. Her life cause is the rescue and care of animals in distressful circumstances. During one nightly escapade to free a dog from the owner using him in illegal dogfights, Portia finds herself… Continue reading The Duke Says I Do by Anna Campbell @annacampbelloz @annacampbelloz.bsky.social #ScoundrelsofMayfair #TheDukeSaysIDo
the setup… This story opens one minute after the end of the final book in the Fatal series…when Vice President Nick Cappuano receives the call that the President has died. In that one moment, everything changes for him and his wife, Metro Police Lieutenant Samantha (Sam) Holland. The Secret Service detail doubles, they’re hustled to… Continue reading State of Affairs by Marie Force @marieforceauthor @evakaminskyaudiobooks #FirstFamily #StateOfAffairs
the setup… Margo Millet has no dreamy illusions about life. As the daughter of Cheyenne, a former Hooter’s waitress, and Jinx, an ex-pro wrestler who had another family, she’s always relied on herself to survive. Margo manages to hold down a job at a bar and enroll in community college as a step towards something.… Continue reading Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe @rufithorpe @ellefanning @harperaudio #MargosGotMoneyTroubles
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