A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery—and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot—as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.

Cain’s Cross (Bullard’s Battle, Book #2)

Heath (Hathaway House, Book 8)

Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn't exactly what he'd expected ... But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way. Hearing from the local coast guard that more may be involved than just a rescue mission, he and his partner load up and head out to search the waters around the smaller islands off the coast. They have the GPS of the missing women's last-known location, but storms could have sent them anywhere ... Lost, alone—except for her best friend, who's unconscious with a head wound—Sandrine wakes up in a small shelter to find they are locked in. When the door is finally opened, an armed stranger dressed in fatigues dumps a small amount of food and says they are on their own. Finding the women was one thing, keeping them safe something else again. More is going...

SEAL of Honor: Troy His next flight becomes a fight for his life ... and the life of the two pilots. Colton is helping out on a training session in Greenland, currently in midair. The copilot is a woman he knew intimately and had planned to reconnect with, only life never seemed to give him that window. His flight turns into a nightmare as the engine blows, and he, along with the two pilots, are forced to abandon the bird and jump into the Arctic Ocean. Kate Winnows might not have been overjoyed to see Colton as her only passenger, but she's darn happy he's here when all hell breaks loose. She'd never forgotten him. Had hoped to reconnect but, like him, her life was busy, finding each of them all over the planet. Now she needs him to help her save her reputation, her job and possibly her life ... again. And, if she can make it happen, she wants a second chance to show him what he means to her. Especially when they find out the crash...

Welcome To Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second Chance At Life And Love.Former Navy SEAL Elliot Carver came to Hathaway House to get help with the lingering repercussions of a mission gone bad. His body is dealing with the physical trauma of a spinal cord injury, while his mind is caught in a loop of painful memories that he can’t sideline, and both won’t let him heal the way he’d like.Former ER Nurse Sicily Lawrence has just made her way out of a difficult relationship, and the quietness of the night shift at Hathaway House gives her peace of mind. The last thing she needs is to get involved in another volatile union. But she has seen injuries like Elliot’s before, and she knows that a certain type of therapy can help. One Elliot isn’t interested in trying.Now, for Elliot’s sake, Sicily must push him toward the progress he needs, even it means losing him. And, with time and luck, maybe they can cross the hurdle and find each other at Hathaway House.

Shit happens but at the arctic camp, it's happening too much and too often for Egan. The mess from the scientist camp has left a pall over the training camp. And still there is no sign of Teegan, Mountain's brother. The surrounding tundra has been gridded and searched but so far, nothing... except another body... Berry's sister convinced her to try a new experience and apply for this training camp with her. Except none of her training prepared her for what lay ahead. Being in close quarters and cooped up due to the ugly weather, several people struggle to stay calm and in control. When her sister shows a side of her personality she'd never seen before, she's wondering what she can do to fix this, but was it even fixable? And if she'd been taken in, how many other team members had been as well? And did it have anything to do with the nightmare happening right under their noses. Egan and Berry need to find out, before they become the next victims...

Zack’s Zest: Heroes for Hire, Book 23

Murder is a deadly way to start a relationship ... Finally back in Coronado and his own apartment but still tired from traveling, Taylor helps a neighbor by closing her apartment door as she dashes back to work. But, as he does so, a smell he's all too familiar with permeates the air. And he's plunged into a multiple homicide with no meaning or end ... Midge doesn't understand what's happened to her life, ... but now her home, her workplace, her neighbors are all in danger and are all suspect. ... Taylor is the only piece of normalcy in her world-gone-crazy right now. But even he can't keep an eye on her all the time ...

The world of dogfighting is an ugly place ... When Tophat, a missing K9 dog, is accidentally sent to Canada as part of a group of rescued dogs looking for adoption, Lucas knows he's the natural pick for this job. Plus he has another reason to be in the country. His sister lives there, and ... so does his ex-fiancée. But when he arrives, Lucas finds Tophat was handed over to a trainer who deals with aggressive dogs. The news isn't good, especially after Lucas arrives at the trainer's property and is thrown into the dark underworld of dogfighting. Tanya used to share her home with her two best friends, until one was killed in a hit-and-run and the other badly injured. Now living alone in a small apartment, Tanya realizes how much she's lost—including Lucas. Unexpectedly seeing him flips her world once more ... As Lucas digs deeper into Tophat's disappearance, the dogfighting ring rises up to protect their own ...

On the precipice of change … Just not the way he’d expected … Kerrick is tagged to join a new elite group, where he’d have more say and less rules on missions. Working mostly alone, he’s to track down a kidnapped victim suspected of being in England, and likely she’s not the only one. This is his kind of job; finding out a longtime friend is his backup makes this mission a go. Amanda is snatched at the end of her workday while walking to her vehicle. Days later she wakes to find she’s imprisoned, alone in a small cement cell. One rotting meal a day is provided, and that is it. Once she realizes someone else is here–a young boy—she’s even more determined to escape. And to take him with her. Running into Kerrick wasn’t the plan … Escaping is only one part of the puzzle as the truth drags them to Europe and beyond as they sort out how the two kidnappings are related, who’s behind it all and why … Before they are run aground and imprisoned all over again … **

A selection of short stories from an alternative perspective. Funny, Political and Serious. Something to suit everyone.This is part two, in part one Lacey met a boy and the little girl her parents knew changed, she was asked to move out because of an early unexpected pregnancy. Lacey was determined to prove to her parents things would still work out for her in life, but it is not as easy as she thought it would be.

Nico (The Mavericks, Book 8)

Paxton, while trying to get clearance to return to work, calls his physio to ask why he's refusing to sign off on his documents—only to hear gunfire through the phone, killing the man he was talking too. Racing to the scene, he finds the gunman still there, in anguish and in fury, telling Paxton a tale of blackmail and fraud, before killing himself. Hearing the same phone conversation that Paxton made while in her office, Cherise races behind to make sure he's okay, as the police move in. Standing together at the scene of the crime, however, puts them both in the target zone, as someone tries to keep the details of the blackmail a secret. Trying to keep Cherise and himself safe, while unravelling the rot going on under the surface, Paxton realizes just how personal this case has become ...