New Releases For The Week Of August 12th, 2018–Part 1

Here is a list of some of the new releases for the week of August 12th, 2018.  I am going to divide the list into 3 days because there are so many of them for this week. Today is the first day of my list.  Hope you find some selections for your weekly reading. Enjoy and happy reading.

 

 

Things are going well for Astrid, including her date with Lance, but that’s all about to change.

When Lance runs out on their date, the last thing Astrid wants is to be thrown into the middle of another investigation, especially not one involving the entire town. But with wolves appearing all over Emberdale, Lance not answering his calls, and a man dead on the sidewalk, this could be her hardest case yet.

A newcomer makes matters even worse when he revels a part of Lance’s past the detective clearly wants hidden. Of course, this small discovery could be exactly what Astrid needs in order to get the town back to the way it was.

With the help of Kat, Sammy, and Ida, can Astrid break the spell, or is a town full of shifters their new reality?  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas 1922.

Violet Carlyle–along with a slew of relatives–is called to spend the holidays with their aunt, Agatha Davies. The intransigent woman has spent the majority of her life squirreling away money and alienating her family.

It’s hardly the first time Vi has spent the holidays with her aunt. She and her twin intend to do what they always do. Enjoy Aunt Aggie’s luxuries while ignoring the histrionics of the family trying to worm their way into the will.

Only this time, Aunt Aggie claims someone is trying to kill her. But how can that be true? Before Vi can find the killer, Aunt Aggie dies. Since Agatha never named an heir, why would anyone want to kill her?

To her shock, Vi finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation where she and her family are the suspects. Just who murdered Aunt Agatha? And why? Will they be able to find the killer before someone else dies?

Book ONE in The Violet Carlyle Mysteries. Are you ready for the roaring twenties? For a spunky young woman determined to craft her own life? If so, you’ll love Vi, her indulgent twin Vic, and their friends. You might even find your imagination caught by Chief Inspector Jack Wakefield. For fans of Carola Dunn, Jacqueline Winspear, Georgette Heyer, and Lee Strauss.
A light, cozy mystery with a fun peek into life in the life of a bright young thing. No swearing, graphic scenes, or cliffhangers.

The Violet Carlyle Mysteries
Book 1: Murder & the Heir
Book 2: Kennington House Murder (Coming September 2018)
Book 3: Murder & The Folly (Coming October 2018)  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A grizzly discovery.
A false accusation.
Can the most powerful witch on earth make the truth appear – before she disappears?

When the Magical Midway takes a week off to attend the Werebear Jamboree, Charlotte is grateful for a relaxing vacation away from the Witches’ Council attacks and all the problems they seem determined to bring. But when the werebear leader is murdered during the festival, all eyes turn suspiciously toward the most powerful witch in their midst.

With accusations coming from every corner and a conspiracy closing in around her, Charlotte and her friends realize that someone is determined to make her take the fall for the ghastly crime. But who? Can she unmask the real villain before she’s handed over to the Witches’ Council, punished for a crime she didn’t commit?

Unbearable Magic is the third book in the hypnotizing Magical Midway paranormal cozy mystery series. If you like eccentric characters, show-stopping magic, and twisty mysteries, then you’ll love Leanne Leeds’ crowd-pleasing whodunit.

Buy Unbearable Magic to step under the big top for a spellbinding supernatural mystery today!  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They murdered her sister. They threatened her church. Now, the day of reckoning will cost her everything…

When Cici Gurule finds the dead body of a parishioner in the nearby Santa Fe National Forest, she’s horrified to realize the victim bears the same stab wounds that ended her twin sister’s life one year earlier.

Now, as a freewheeling, progressive reverend who’ll stop at nothing to protect her flock, she’ll need to join forces with her detective friend and loyal pair of Great Pyrenees to hunt down the killer before she’s forced to officiate another funeral.

Soon, however, Cici discovers her sister was on the trail of a deep-rooted criminal operation, and her death was no random act of violence.

With the criminals out for Cici’s blood, she needs to catch the wolf by the tail…before it goes in for the kill.

A Pilgrimage to Death is a high-octane mystery thriller. Fans of Ruth Ware, J.D. Robb, and Angela Marsons will love Alexa’s Padgett’s new edge-of-your-seat novel. Scroll up and one click today to start this fast-paced, high-octane mystery thriller!  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secret trysts, daring dalliances, and a pair of pedigreed hounds… 

… keep Francis Bacon and his team busy while trying to catch a reckless murderer.

It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies while Tom and Trumpet bring their long-laid plans to fruition at last. Everybody’s doing it — even Francis Bacon enjoys a private liaison with the secretary to the new French ambassador. But the Queen loathes scandal and will punish anyone rash enough to get caught.

Still, it’s all in a summer day until a man is found dead in the orchard. The youth had few talents beyond a keen nose for gossip. He was doubtless murdered to protect a secret, but what sort? Romantic, or political? They carried different penalties — banishment from court or a traitor’s death. Either way, worth killing to protect.

Bacon wants nothing more than to leave things alone. He has no position and no patron; in fact, he’s being discouraged from investigating. But could he live with himself if another innocent person dies?

Get the latest episode in the continuing Francis Bacon historical mystery series!

“Characters that leap off the page.” — Karen Harper, NY Times Best-selling author.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle, Paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ready for a creamy, dreamy treat…with a scoop of murder?

Ice cream shop manager, Yvette Lockhart, dishes up tasty treats in the quaint, touristy town of Heritage, Massachusetts. Trying her best to protect a trusted employee, she finds herself smack dab in the middle of investigating a murder that rocks the tiny town to its foundations. Situations get sticky as secrets are exposed, forcing Yvette to race against the clock to solve the crime in this edge-of-your-seat Cozy Mystery.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No-one has ever known why the original Martins settled in a dead-end valley that is so difficult to find. When a set of two-hundred-year-old diaries are found in the bottom of a trunk, the mysterious history of Martinsville – all of it based on a lie – begins to come to life!

When the biggest ice storm of the century hits Martinsville, Georgia and knocks out all the power, Biscuit and Bob’s huge old house with its wood-burning stove becomes a shelter where many of their friends take refuge. While the men play poker and chess downstairs, Biscuit and the other women head up to the cavernous attic and begin to sort through generations of discards.

A penny whistle, a pocket watch, a hobby horse, and numerous hats reveal the checkered past of Beechnut House. Even an old circus poster has a story to tell. And, of course, those old diaries that hold shocking truths never before revealed.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Paperback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A new home. A new beginning. A quiet life.

Or is it?

The beach house is Addison Lake’s retirement plan. Memories of childhood holidays playing in the sand with her cousins come flooding back as soon as she sets foot in Getaway Bay. After the death of her husband, turning her new beach house into a bed and breakfast and reconnecting with family is just the tonic she needs. But just days after her move to the sleepy coastal town, Addison’s new life turns on its head.

A fire at her cousin Layla’s art gallery has devastating consequences.

There’s a body in the rubble.

The stubborn local detective needs a fast arrest, and he has Layla in his sights.

With her cousin accused of murder, Addison must act. But between the beach house renovations, an ailing uncle, an over-protective daughter, and the quirky inhabitants of Getaway Bay, she has her work cut out.

Can Addison and her new friends uncover the real culprit before Layla is charged with murder?

The Getaway Bay cozy mysteries have everything you love – suspense to keep you guessing, twists you don’t see coming, and characters you want to have a cup of tea with – plus an added dose of Aussie flavour.

Get Arson at the Art Gallery now.  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loyalties questioned…worlds shaken…nothing is what it seems. LA will have to look beyond her own perceptions to see what’s before her very eyes. Or risk losing everything.

When the barrier between worlds is threatened, LA and her friends are sent into the terrifying realm of Underworld on a super-secret mission to discover who’s behind the breaches. LA believes she’s going to battle against one of her own…an aunt who’s rumored to want multi-dimensional domination.

What she finds once she gets there is nothing like what she expects.

Intrigues swirl. Loyalties change in the blink of an eye. And loss beyond anything she can imagine waits just over the next horizon. Someone is pulling the strings of it all and LA is fighting against the clock to discover who it is.

Can LA get to the bottom of the mystery and save the worlds? Or will she lose what she loves…one friend or family member at a time…and face the crushing end of all she holds dear?  (Amazon)

Editions Available:  Kindle