the setup… Where do spies go when they decide to retire? Apparently to Purity, Maine. Maggie Bird is a former CIA operative now running a chicken farm there, joining a group of former colleagues who like the peace and solitude. They meet regularly for book club and martinis. But that life is disrupted when Maggie… Continue reading The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen @tess.gerritsen @tessgerritsen.bsky.social @hillaryoutloud @britpressley @brilliancepublishing #TheMartiniClub #TheSpyCoast
the setup… The story continues with Rose Douglas who has grown comfortable and confident now that her abusive ex, Tommy Merchant, left town five years ago. She’s loving her job at the clinic, her two boys are thriving and she’s tiptoeing around a potential relationship with widower Nate Theroux. But when Tommy suddenly shows back… Continue reading In a Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring @shannonbowring.author @shannonbowring.bsky.social @tantoraudio @tantoraudio.bsky.social #PatriciaShade #DaltonMaine #InADistantValley
the setup… Cat goes to a Halloween party with her loser boyfriend Jake who quickly leaves her own once they arrive. A strangely alluring man notices her and compels Cat to come to him but she barely gives him a glance. See, Brigan is a fallen immortal who has been around for nine centuries and… Continue reading Falling by Christina Lauren @christinalauren @christinalauren.bsky.social @marliwatsonvo @boultybits @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #Falling
the setup… Leo (Ren) Jameson is a former Navy SEAL now working for Bishop Security. He’s also a Columbia professor and for months has been drawn to one of his students, Sofria Kirk who is a CIA analyst. When she’s reassigned to another country, Ren fears that will be the end for them…that is until… Continue reading Siren Song by Debbie Baldwin @debbiebaldwinbooks @gatekeeperpresspublishing @gatekeeperpress.bsky.social #BishopSecurity #SirenSong
the setup… Gemma is a demon in training and it’s not going well. She’s been given the lowest of supernatural powers, sleep paralysis, and scaring humans should be easy but, well. This is her last shot. Her first solo outing target is a man named Caleb and things go a little off the track…into the… Continue reading Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert @katee_robert @kateerobert.com @andieloisevoice @amazonpublishing @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #BeautifulNightmare
the setup… Defense attorney Dean Lincoln and his wife Emma have returned to their hometown of Beaufort, South Carolina, leaving Chicago for at least a year while her mother deals with a health crisis. In the meantime, he’ll be working at the law office of his former mentor, Bruce Hawthorne, immediately taking on two criminal… Continue reading Reckoning Hour by Peter O’Mahoney #PeterOMahoney @duran.troy @troyduranaudiobooks @brilliancepublishing #LincolnDeanLegalThriller #ReckoningHour
the setup… Vampiress Aethelthryth has been immortal for over a millennium and during most of that time she’s been hunted by Lazlo Enyedi, a Hesling vampire slayer. She’s now living in Manhattan and during a scuffle with another vampire challenging his territory, Lazlo appears and ends up with a concussion and no memory of who… Continue reading Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood @alihazelwood @ninayndis @maxim_reston_voice @brilliancepublishing #ScaredSexyCollection #HotForSlayer
the setup… FBI Special Agent Nikki Hunt has been searching for the serial killer known as Frost for years and knows everything about his methods. When she’s called to the murder scene at the Boundary Waters near Stillwater, Minnesota, she quickly recognizes that the woman is his latest victim, wearing the signature red ribbon in… Continue reading Lost Angels by Stacy Green @authorstacygreenwhisenand @katehandford @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #NikkiHunt #LostAngels
the setup… Sheriff Bree Taggert and her team are called to a bloody murder scene in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Recently separated Kelly Gibson was found murdered in her own home and all signs point to the killer being someone she knew and willingly allowed in. As they probe, three suspects emerge: her soon to… Continue reading Beyond Her Reach by Melinda Leigh @melindaleigh1 #ChristinaTraister @brilliancepublishing #BreeTaggert #BeyondHerReach
the setup… DI Kim Stone and her team are dispatched 100 miles away to help the Blackpool Police team with the investigation into two missing children. Their chief is an old friend of DCI Woodward and asked for help. Lewis Stevens is twelve-years old and was last seen at a seafront arcade. Noah Reid is… Continue reading Little Children by Angela Marsons #AngelaMarsons #JanCramer @hachetteuk @hachetteuk.bsky.social @bookouture @bookouture.bsky.social #DIKimStone #LittleChildren
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