Murder and Mischief in the Hamptons

Murder and Mischief in the Hamptons

T. L. Ingham

Mystery / Chick Lit

When Reid Larson moved into her employer's guest house, she had no idea how difficult her life would become. If dealing with the resident ghosts wasn't problematic enough, now there's a new poltergeist on the scene. In the midst of all this, Pia decides a remodel is in order and digs up a lot more than she bargained for.When Reid Larson moved into her employer's guest house, she had no idea how difficult her life would become. First she had to learn to deal with the resident ghosts, and that was hard enough. Now there's a new poltergeist on the scene, and she's bent on revenge. For some reason, her attacks seem mainly focused on Reid. In the midst of all this, Pia decides a remodel on the guest house is in order, and what she digs up is a lot more than she bargained for.
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Is This Heaven?

Is This Heaven?

M T McGuire

Fantasy / Science Fiction / Humor and Comedy

Michaela Stevens has just died but, she wonders, can a gay lady get to heaven and if so, should it be like this? Should the heavenly host be that way? And is there a place in heaven for so many baked beans? Short story at about 4,500 words - no adult content but some light swearing so I'd rate it at a PG.British humour and spelling.When Tammy Miller is forced to live in Ashville Manor, she quickly learns that nothing is quite as it seems. “A vampire?” Tammy said slowly, not really sure how to make sense of it. He didn't look like anything she had read about. His skin was a little too pale, but so was hers. He didn't have weird looking eyes or fangs. She reached out and pressed her hand on his chest. His heart was beating just like hers. Dante watched her reaction, he knew she was checking him out. Trying to figure out if he was about to jump her and suck her body dry. He wasn't like that, that was just fiction written in books by people who had no idea about real vampires.Her hand moved from his chest and gently touched his hand; his skin wasn't cold. He was definitely living and not dead. Weren't vampires Immortal?? She leaned a little closer. “You're not dead!”
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Closer-- the full curse

Closer-- the full curse

Kam Carr

Romance / Ebooks / Chick Lit

All Three books in one read...When Tammy Miller is forced to live in Ashville Manor, she quickly learns that nothing is quite as it seems. The Renaldo family are hiding a big secret but can Tammy find it out???When Tammy Miller is forced to live in Ashville Manor, she quickly learns that nothing is quite as it seems. “A vampire?” Tammy said slowly, not really sure how to make sense of it. He didn't look like anything she had read about. His skin was a little too pale, but so was hers. He didn't have weird looking eyes or fangs. She reached out and pressed her hand on his chest. His heart was beating just like hers. Dante watched her reaction, he knew she was checking him out. Trying to figure out if he was about to jump her and suck her body dry. He wasn't like that, that was just fiction written in books by people who had no idea about real vampires.Her hand moved from his chest and gently touched his hand; his skin wasn't cold. He was definitely living and not dead. Weren't vampires Immortal?? She leaned a little closer. “You're not dead!”
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An Evil Shadow - A Val Bosanquet Mystery

An Evil Shadow - A Val Bosanquet Mystery

A. J. Davidson

Fiction

True Detective fans should read this book, the first of the Val Bosanquet mystery series. Val, a former New Orleans detective, is offered a job as Chief of a campus PD. A Haitian child killer he helped convict for the murder of her mother has just been enrolled at the university. Val stumbles across new evidence. Corporate corruption and Voodoo make for a volatile mix in the Deep South.All Bailey wants is to be a good negotiator, and to impress his boss and teacher, the legendary Drew Fletcher. He admires Fletcher for his skills in the field, but that doesn’t stop him admiring the man for other, more romantic reasons as well. In a tense hostage situation, it’s pretty unlikely Bailey’s usual, rash behaviour will cover him in glory, but in his dreams, it’s all going to happen just like in the movies.When he finally acts to protect his boss, it doesn’t go the way he hopes -- or does it? Will Bailey get to play the hero and get the guy of his dreams?
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Witchmoor Edge

Witchmoor Edge

Mike Crowson

Fantasy / Fiction

Simon Hunter is dragged from the canal after a fire - but he didn't drown. His skull had been cracked - but he was already dead from a morphine overdose! Hunter was a nasty little crook and DI Millicent Hampshire has a lot of motive, a lot of opportunity and some dodgy alibis, so who did kill Simon Hunter why? It's a good thing she's psychic and has help from the even more psychic Tobias N'Dibe.All Bailey wants is to be a good negotiator, and to impress his boss and teacher, the legendary Drew Fletcher. He admires Fletcher for his skills in the field, but that doesn’t stop him admiring the man for other, more romantic reasons as well. In a tense hostage situation, it’s pretty unlikely Bailey’s usual, rash behaviour will cover him in glory, but in his dreams, it’s all going to happen just like in the movies.When he finally acts to protect his boss, it doesn’t go the way he hopes -- or does it? Will Bailey get to play the hero and get the guy of his dreams?
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Just Like in the Movies

Just Like in the Movies

Clare London

Gay & Lesbian / Romance

All Bailey wants is to impress his mentor, the legendary negotiator Drew Fletcher. In a tense hostage situation it’s unlikely Bailey will cover himself in glory, but in his dreams, it’s all going to happen just like in the movies. In the end, will he really get to be the hero and get the guy?All Bailey wants is to be a good negotiator, and to impress his boss and teacher, the legendary Drew Fletcher. He admires Fletcher for his skills in the field, but that doesn’t stop him admiring the man for other, more romantic reasons as well. In a tense hostage situation, it’s pretty unlikely Bailey’s usual, rash behaviour will cover him in glory, but in his dreams, it’s all going to happen just like in the movies.When he finally acts to protect his boss, it doesn’t go the way he hopes -- or does it? Will Bailey get to play the hero and get the guy of his dreams?
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In Love With A Billionaire, Book One: Falling for the Billionaire

In Love With A Billionaire, Book One: Falling for the Billionaire

J.M. Cagle

Paranormal / Romance / Fiction

As Tiffany attempts to navigate the modeling world, her new waitressing job and her feelings for billionaire Liam Cunningham, she discovers that not everything is as it seems. When Liam’s jealous girlfriend sets her sights on Tiffany, she finds she must hold in for the ride of her life.Book 1: Falling for the BillionaireTiffany has left home with her best friend, Jackie, to pursue their dreams of becoming a model. The only thing they want in life is to make it in the competitive world of fashion. Yet Tiffany holds a secret close to her sleeve that may ruin her chances at ever making it.At a fashion party, her secret is put to the test when she meets Liam Cunningham. Having attended high school with him, he’s the only one who could tell everyone her secret and ruin her shot at modeling. Things get complicated when Tiffany, instead of running from Liam, ends up getting closer to him. It grows even more complicated when she discovers that Liam is a billionaire businessman with an international company.As Tiffany attempts to navigate the modeling world, her new waitressing job and her feelings for Liam, she discovers that not everything is as it seems. When Liam’s jealous girlfriend sets her sights on Tiffany, she finds she must hold in for the ride of her life.Will Tiffany be able to work through the perils of loving a billionaire and sort out her feelings? Or will Liam’s girlfriend bring it all crashing to the ground?
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Eyes of the Cat: Unholy Wedlock (Part 1 of a 4 Part Serial)

Eyes of the Cat: Unholy Wedlock (Part 1 of a 4 Part Serial)

Mimi Riser

Romance / Gay and Lesbian / Fantasy

Historical Romantic Comedy… When Tabitha Jeffries helps another girl escape from an arranged marriage to Alan MacAllister, she never dreams she’ll end up wedded to the rogue herself. Worse, she never expects to fall in love with him! Now all she has to do is solve an old murder, prevent a new one, and save herself and Alan from a horrifying family legacy. There’s always something, isn’t there?Part 1 of a 4-part serialized novel…Once upon a time, in a far, strange land (1883 Texas, to be precise), there arrived from back East a beautiful and headstrong young princess…um, I mean a scientist…named Tabitha Jeffries. Hardly more than a girl really, but she had the courage of an Amazon and a heart as big as her intellect. To save another girl, named Gabrina, from an arranged marriage to this presumably wicked prince (well, a laird, anyway) called Alan MacAllister, Tabitha switches places with her. Expecting, naturally enough, that the awful Alan’s Highland Scots family (who just happen to live in a full-scale medieval castle) will release her the moment she confesses she’s not Gabrina. Only—and this is the annoying part—Alan’s family is actually more interested in a bride, period, than they are in a specific bride… “Gabby or Tabby, ’tis such a wee dif’rence”… In other words, they keep her—fussing and fuming, kicking, clawing, biting, punching and screaming, notwithstanding.And Alan himself, who turns out to have wanted Gabrina even less than Gabrina wanted him, decides that he does want Gabrina’s replacement. He decides this on first sight, in fact. And one can scarcely blame him, because that first sight was a lulu. It was the sight of said replacement—who had just escaped a tower by way of a tree that snagged off most of her clothes on the climb down—leaping wildly out of that tree in her unmentionables. Very interesting. Something to make a man stop and think. Catching her in his arms, Alan thinks he may be in love.Numerous battles and embraces, some bloodcurdling adventures, and an emotional triathlon later, Tabitha is beginning to think the same thing. Now all she has to do is solve a ten year old murder, prevent a new one, and save herself and Alan from a horrifying family legacy. There’s always something, isn’t there?
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Regenerated

Regenerated

Carolyn Kephart

Literature & Fiction / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Arts & Photography

Cela had always hoped she'd find Jorgen again someday...but was this really Jorgen? A tenderly bitter tale of love and changes first published in Quantum Muse, and part of the collection PENTANGLE: FIVE POINTED FABLES.Carolyn Kephart is the author of the acclaimed epic fantasy duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER, available in a single volume as THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC.Cela had always hoped she'd find Jorgen again someday...but was this really Jorgen? A tenderly bitter tale of love and changes first published in Quantum Muse, and part of the collection PENTANGLE: FIVE POINTED FABLES.Carolyn Kephart is the author of the acclaimed epic fantasy duology WYSARD and LORD BROTHER, available in a single volume as THE RYEL SAGA: A TALE OF LOVE AND MAGIC. Her magic realism novel QUEEN OF TIME explores Hadrian's Wall, Mayan ruins, and the repercussions of reincarnation. Visit her website at carolynkephart.com to read first chapters.About the author: Early life as a military brat gave Carolyn Kephart an appreciation of nomadic lifestyles, a fascination with world cultures, and close-up insights into the warrior mentality and its manifestations, all of which influence her work. She loves things that nourish the spirit and widen the mind.
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4| Diversion

4| Diversion

Becky Miller

Becky Miller

The Doctor might have given up travelling the universe in the previous episode 'Breakdown', but his new life won't remain inconspicuously calm and quiet for long...Primary school children are being kidnapped but the local police are unsuccesfull in finding the children or any trace of their kidnapper.Diversion is the fourth book in the series 'Tales from the Blue Box' written by Becky Miller.The character-driven comic novel Viewmaster is a chick flick with balls and a twelve-step program that takes the elevator. Roy, recovering alcoholic and proprietor of Golden Rules Bed and Breakfast in San Francisco, lets the world into his home with a hospitality that resembles speed-dating and spends all his free time doing battle with his house, a former brothel that lists to the side like the inebriated prostitutes that used to ply it. He is assisted by his cohort, Tipton, the gaily Republican travel agent with several multiple-personality disorders and a pet-sitting business with a working title that pees on your carpet – “Pooch Smooch”.The arrival of Celestine, a guest with a secret who puts the ‘sex’ back in sexagenarian, unleashes the passions of Roy and Porky, infectiously good-natured Filipino-American neighbor and price gouging plumber. Porky abandons San Francisco and his wife to follow Celestine. Roy, with his growing love for Porky’s difficult daughter Maria, sets out to bring him back. When Roy’s romance with Maria and his pursuit of Porky go seriously off track, he turns to guest Maxine, born-again Southern Baptist (“I’m a titanium magnolia, tougher than steel”), endearing cliché and something of a savior herself. She gives Roy a choice: Jesus or Jack Daniels? Roy contemplates a third way.
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Viewmaster

Viewmaster

Ferdinand Stowell

Ferdinand Stowell

1 human day = 7 dog days = 14 tourist days. This is the philosophy that undergirds the comic novel 'Viewmaster'. Roy, recovering alcoholic & proprietor of Golden Rules B & B in San Francisco, is shaken & stirred by a mix of tourists, dogs & even a human being or two that will break your balls & your heart. If life were a cocktail his would be the love child of Molotov & Shirley Temple.The character-driven comic novel Viewmaster is a chick flick with balls and a twelve-step program that takes the elevator. Roy, recovering alcoholic and proprietor of Golden Rules Bed and Breakfast in San Francisco, lets the world into his home with a hospitality that resembles speed-dating and spends all his free time doing battle with his house, a former brothel that lists to the side like the inebriated prostitutes that used to ply it. He is assisted by his cohort, Tipton, the gaily Republican travel agent with several multiple-personality disorders and a pet-sitting business with a working title that pees on your carpet – “Pooch Smooch”.The arrival of Celestine, a guest with a secret who puts the ‘sex’ back in sexagenarian, unleashes the passions of Roy and Porky, infectiously good-natured Filipino-American neighbor and price gouging plumber. Porky abandons San Francisco and his wife to follow Celestine. Roy, with his growing love for Porky’s difficult daughter Maria, sets out to bring him back. When Roy’s romance with Maria and his pursuit of Porky go seriously off track, he turns to guest Maxine, born-again Southern Baptist (“I’m a titanium magnolia, tougher than steel”), endearing cliché and something of a savior herself. She gives Roy a choice: Jesus or Jack Daniels? Roy contemplates a third way.
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Unconditional

Unconditional

Connie Keenan

Christian / Romance

Valerie Welch works at the public library, but her real passion is music. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting--and romantic--now that she has met Josh Coleman. But will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the pretty violinist he loves?From Monday through Friday, Valerie Welch works at the public library to make ends meet. But her true passion? That would be as the violin player for, of all things, a local Jersey shore rock band. She has just reunited with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Zed, who has not given up his girl-chasing ways. Yet her plans for the summer change dramatically when she goes fishing one afternoon and catches a good-looking fisherman, Josh Coleman. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting…and romantic.Recently having moved to a small town that neighbors the shore point of Wildwood, the young construction worker has spent the past few years also rebuilding his life. The last thing he expected was to experience love at first sight with the lovely musician. But is his faith in the Lord enough to overcome regret over his past, which often taunts him, in everything he does? And will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the woman he loves?UNCONDITIONAL is the first book of the JOYFUL NOISE Christian romance series, from the author of THE LARKSPUR VALLEY SERIES and GLIMMERS OF HEAVEN.
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Project ELE

Project ELE

Rebecca Gober & Courtney Nuckels

Young Adult / Cooking, Food & Wine

With more than 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads! When the government enacts Project ELE to preserve the human race after a devastating epidemic, survivors like Willow must adapt to new lives in shelters. But soon, Willow and her friends acquire unusual abilities that have far-reaching consequences. The ELE Series is a now complete Young Adult Science Fiction Romance series.With more than 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads! When the government enacts Project ELE to preserve the human race after a devastating epidemic, survivors like Willow must adapt to new lives in shelters. But soon, Willow and her friends acquire unusual abilities that have far-reaching consequences. The ELE Series is a now complete Young Adult Science Fiction Romance series that will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Gender Game by Bella Forrest, Red Queen by Victory Aveyard, and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.In an effort to save the human race, the government has implemented Project ELE. Now, the only chance for survival is to seek refuge in underground shelters controlled by the government. Willow Mosby is among the select few allowed to enter the underground bunker to wait out the end of the world. Forced to pick up the broken pieces of her life after being separated from her family, she throws herself into a new life of work and school. When she meets Alec, her young and attractive boss, Willow finds herself falling for the one guy who should be off limits. Alec makes her feel like this crazy new world may just be worth living. But when an afternoon date results in a shocking discovery, she's forced to face an unspeakable truth that puts the lives of her and her friends in jeopardy.
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Dream Journal

Dream Journal

Nichole Haines

Nichole Haines

A Journal of my dreams about Aliens, UFOS, black helicopters, Satan, and futuristic things. The Dream Journal will grow over time as I have more strange dreams as time goes on. Fifteen dreams so far and more to come in the future as I have more strange dreams! Please leave a book review for my book.(The Narrative Story written off my dreams are written by Russian Author Dima Galdin.) Other books written by him can be read athttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/697327A Journal of my disturbing dreams. This book will be updated every time I have a strange dream. My name is Nichole and I have two daughters Zoe and Alexis. My daughter Zoe is 11 years old and is a gifted student with an IQ of 132. None of my daughters have Cerebral Palsy. I have strange futuristic dreams all the time, so I thought I would start a dream journal to share my strange dreams with people. I tend to dream about black helicopters with tinted windows, UFO's, Aliens, Ghosts, Futuristic Elevators, Swimming Pools and futuristic things that I sometimes have a hard time explaining.
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Out: A Schoolboy's Tale

Out: A Schoolboy's Tale

David Brining

LGBT / Gay

When 15 year old Jonathan Peters falls in love for the first time, it is as unwelcome as it is unexpected because he falls in love with another boy. As his love deepens, his internal struggle with being homosexual spills into the open, impacting on his relationships with family, friends and teachers, who must all adjust their ambitions for him and the way they relate to himOut: A Schoolboy’s TaleWhen 15 year old Jonathan Peters falls in love for the first time, it is as unwelcome as it is unexpected because he falls in love with another boy. As his love deepens, his internal struggle with being homosexual spills into the open, impacting on his relationships with family, friends and teachers, who must all adjust their ambitions for him and the way they relate to him.
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