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Dead on the Fourth of July (David Dean Mysteries)David Dean's election bid for Sheriff becomes complicated after ten-year-old Martha discovers a skeleton in an abandoned mine. He and his wife promise the girl they'll identify the remains; but, the bones disappear. Someone wants the skeleton to remain anonymous! Tragedy strikes...
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Mountain Ice (David Dean Mysteries)Escaping her abusive husband, Edith and her mute son register at the Dean’s B&B. An ex-boyfriend shows up, followed by her husband. Her husband’s climbing rope is cut and he plunges to his death. Did she sever the line or was it her ex-boyfriend or someone else? The police have made up their minds…
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Crime TimeTwo couples realize their friend has dreams which are visions of past happenings. They use his mystifying ability to locate missing children. A retired FBI agent helps obtain more info and improves their success. Public suspicion grows. It takes all their wile and skill to outsmart the kidnapper.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Skip Case (David Dean Mysteries)When Jeffrey Byrne disappears there is no evidence of a skip, suicide or foul play. Byrne left his lovely wife Cynthia, a sports star son, and a comfortable if boring life. The case is officially closed, but the detective's feelings for the missing man's wife grow, along with his suspicions.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense
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PagesPages is a collection of four very different novellas, all with heart-grabbing similarities of family challenges and insights. Each page turn gets the reader closer to understanding the heart of the characters and the situations encountered.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Other Fiction, Inspirational Romance
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The Sign of the FourMiss Mary Morstan comes to detective Sherlock Holmes for help solving the mystery of the disappearance of her father. Every year since her father vanished, Miss Morstan has received a valuable pearl from an anonymous gift-giver. Who sends the pearls, and why?
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Midnight Queenby May Agnes Fleming
The Midnight QueenIt is the time of the plague in London, a time of horror for everyday people. Yet, for some, there is a dark magic in the air. Lords and ladies are influenced by an otherworldly enchantment that empowers them to challenge death and seek life and love.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Place of Honeymoonsby Harold MacGrath
The Place of HoneymoonsOpera star Nora Harrigan is a success on the stage, and enjoys the attentions of many suitors, including Edward Courtlandt and Herr Rosen. Things turn dark when Nora is abducted and accuses one of them of arranging the deed. Or is Nora's rival in song and love, Flora Desimone, somehow responsible?
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Voice in the Fogby Harold MacGrath
The Voice in the FogThe London fog can hide a lot of things, including the thief who has stolen a sapphire necklace from Kitty Killigrew. She has heard parts of a conversation in the mist, however, that might simplify solving the case but complicate her new romantic interest.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The Circular StaircaseAt a spooky, sprawling summer home in New England, wealthy spinster Miss Inness finds herself at the center of a murder mystery. Her nephew and a friend are the main suspects. When her nephew disappears and her niece falls for the disreputable friend, Miss Innes must unravel many mysteries.
Categories: Mystery & Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Jane Eyre
Like heroines in many romantic stories, Jane Eyre was a penniless orphan who was an ugly duckling. She left an unhappy time at a boarding school to become a teacher and governess for a proud man with a secret.
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Indebted
Emily Côte was indebted to Nickolai Carsarro. A ten million debt she couldn't afford to repay, a debt she inherited on the passing of her father. Emily was no longer free, her life controlled and owned by another until all debts are paid.
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