Batgirl meets Orphan Black.

The FBI gets a tip about the sale of quantum computers to criminals and spies. Due to a freak accident, Maia Long is forced undercover to catch the culprits. Then she stumbles upon the cornerstone of a new technology. Disruptive changes are coming, threatening the US economy and national security. The first thing her instructor taught her in quantum physics was that everything they’ve taught you before was a lie. As she follows the clues, nobody turns out to be who she expects them to be, not even herself.

Fans of Dan Simmons, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, and Altered Carbon will like the fast-paced science with a hint of ancient history.

Brad Johnson, a lone witness to a UFO sighting becomes an alien target and quickly finds himself on an off world adventure, relying on his skills to survive an intergalactic war. As Brad struggles to understand the conflict between the aliens, as well as his place in the universe, he learns one group threatens Earth's security and the other wants something entirely different. All Brad wants is to return home to his family, but not until he embarks on the greatest adventure of his life.

Maggie Newberry is an advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s over 30 and still hasn’t found true love. When her long missing sister ends up dead, Maggie flies to the south of France to find the little niece that no one in the family even knew existed. Along the way, she finds handsome, sexy Frenchman Laurent Dernier to help search for the girl. Meanwhile, her sister’s murderer sets his sights on the little girl—and Maggie.

(Alors: Laurent’s classic boeuf en daube recipe at the end of the book!)

This book is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex or strong language
Genre: light culinary cozy mystery, women amateur sleuth, cozy animal (dog)

MAGGIE NEWBERRY MYSTERIES
Murder in the South of France (Book 1)
Murder a la Carte (Book 2)
Murder in Provence (Book 3)
Murder in Paris (Book 4)
Murder in Aix (Book 5)
Murder in Nice (Book 6)
Murder in the Latin Quarter (Book 7)
Murder in the Abbey (Book 8)
Murder in the Bistro (Book 9)
Murder in Cannes (Book 10)
Murder in Grenoble (Book 11)
Murder in the Vineyard (Book 12)
 

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - or at least it would be, if one of the most popular witches in Riddler’s Cove hadn’t just been murdered.

When Winnie Wywood is found, strangled by festive ribbon and wrapped up like a present, there are two main suspects.

Suspect number one is the father of Wanda’s boyfriend, which might make the holiday period ever so slightly awkward.

Suspect number two is a woman who seems all too keen to admit to the murder.

Wanda hopes to track down the culprit before the Winter Solstice celebrations get underway. But there might be a little more to worry about than who killed Winnie ...

Mulan meets Sarah J Maas in this thrilling tale filled with celestial magic, death-defying adventure, and enduring friendships.

Kai is a Moonburner—a female sorceress reviled by her people and normally killed at birth. Except Kai's parents saved her by disguising her as a boy—a ruse they've kept up for almost seventeen years. But when her village is attacked, Kai’s secret is revealed and she’s sentenced to death.

Thankfully, the gods aren’t done with Kai. Despite the odds stacked against her, she escapes her fate, undertaking a harrowing journey to a land where Moonburners are revered and trained as warriors.

But her new home has dangers of its own—the ancient war against the male Sunburners has led the Moonburners down a dark path that could destroy all magic. And Kai, armed only with a secret from her past and a handsome but dangerous ally, may be the only one who can prevent the destruction of her people...

Moonburner is Book One in the completed Moonburner Cycle, a sweeping coming-of-age fantasy series perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Alison Goodman, J.C. Kang, and Elise Kova. Scroll up and one-click to read today!

Never steal a vampire’s mate.

What is the world's most dangerous vampire to do when the only woman he's ever loved is about to be abducted? He strikes a devil’s bargain, but Loren Tagaris is done playing nice.

5 Stars from the Paranormal Romance Guild! "..nonstop excitement till the end...I anxiously await book three."

Loren's gifts for destruction have made him the most feared vampire on the planet. To bargain for his progeny's freedom, he’s forced to bend the knee to the precious New York Vampire Lords and find their missing commander in thirty days. Or hand Julianna, who’s part witch, over forever. Keeping her might prove a more difficult challenge. Watching her wield the powers he gave her turns him on to the point of madness. Whatever she is, he made her. She belongs to him. That's how it works, right?

As a half-turned vampire/witch with warm blood and Loren’s deadly gifts, Julianna has been on the run for centuries. She hides from humans and is scorned by other vampires. Helping Loren, her powerful sire, might liberate her from the Lords, but submitting to that smoldering vampire will also end her freedom.

Loren can control anything except his desire for Julianna, and her powers are more dangerous than he ever imaged. When their hunt for the missing commander unearths a buried secret that terrifies even Loren, all bets are off, and it's every vampire for himself. Suddenly the Lords abducting Julianna is the least of their problems.

Will Loren give up his own freedom once and for all to protect the allegiant world even if it means losing Julianna forever?

“Guarding Bloodlines and The Princeton Allegiant series is a refreshing twist on a vampire world which delivers on action-packed, deliciously sexy, fun reading that will have you turning the pages.” – Jennifer Bray-Weber, Award-Winning Author

The Princeton Allegiant Series features a recurring cast of hot and sexy vampires, but each book can be read as a stand-alone.
Drawing Bloodlines ~ Never force a vampire to mate.
Guarding Bloodlines~ We do not destroy what is ours.
Matching Bloodlines ~ Vampires don't date. They possess. ~ December 2019

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series!

A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick!

Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel!

Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award!

Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger!

Embark on an exciting, adventurous, and dangerous journey through the galaxy with the motley crew of the spaceship Wayfarer in this fun and heart-warming space opera—the sequel to the acclaimed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow.

Together, Pepper and Lovey will discover that no matter how vast space is, two people can fill it together.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet introduced readers to the incredible world of Rosemary Harper, a young woman with a restless soul and secrets to keep. When she joined the crew of the Wayfarer, an intergalactic ship, she got more than she bargained for—and learned to live with, and love, her rag-tag collection of crewmates.

A Closed and Common Orbit is the stand-alone sequel to that beloved debut novel, and is perfect for fans of Firefly, Joss Whedon, Mass Effect, and Star Wars.

Cassiopeia Foster was named for the stars. But all she wants to do is run back home to Earth...

Two years after her mother died in a horrible accident, Cassi departs Earth to settle on the lush world known as Arcadia. Her father, the architect of this new civilization, tells her it’s a great honor – a chance to take part in Earth’s salvation.

But for Cassi, it means leaving her mother’s memory behind.

When terrorists attack Arcadia, tragedy strikes again… Her father is killed, and Cassi finds herself plunged into a dark conspiracy. The terrified girl soon discovers that everything she thought she knew about Arcadia was a lie. War looms in the stars, and Cassi is utterly alone on this strange new planet...

Then she meets Javen. He’s gorgeous, mysterious, and undeniably dangerous. And as the two of them flee for their lives, a single question burns in her mind:

Will Javen help her stop the coming war?

Or kill her, before she can reveal the truth...

Fans of Brandon Sanderson and Amy. A. Bartol will devour this star-crossed series. It’s packed full of breath-taking adventure, swoony kisses, and the very real possibility that true love might be the key to saving the galaxy.

Buy The Starfire Wars: The Complete Series Today!

The complete series contains all four books from The Starfire Wars- Starfire, Dark Matter, Parallax and Zenith.

The ships came at dawn.

Dean’s wife is dead. Her last words: When the ships come...wear the necklace.

Then the ships arrived.

Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky.

Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth.

A trail of clues left by his dead wife guide Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond, to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.

But not everything is as it seems.

The Event is the epic first novel by Nathan Hystad, creator of the bestselling Explorations anthology series.
 

Some pilots follow orders. Others just wing it.

Grounded for her Top Gun attitude, a Mars colony pilot jumps at the chance to fly a covert mission to off-limits Earth and save her world from starvation. On Earth, the Chancellor keeps a dystopian peace through a competitive consciousness-transfer program, offering perfect bodies to those who toe the line. Pilot Jessamyn’s orders are simple: get the food and get out, minimizing contact. But when the pilot’s brilliant autistic brother is captured and charged with treason, all bets are off. Jess finds an ally in Pavel, the Chancellor’s rebel nephew, but now she’s got a choice to make: rescue her brother or save Mars?

"SCI-FI THAT SOARS." -Kirkus, starred review

Saving Mars is a Sci-Fi series featuring interplanetary politics, adventure, and romance that's perfect for fans of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising or Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut series.

Julia’s house was the nicest on the street. But things aren’t always what they seem. Her parents fought constantly, and Julia was right in the middle - close to her father and estranged from her abusive mother. Then the worst thing happened. Julia’s father committed suicide. At least that’s what her mother had told her. With the help of her boyfriend, Julia uncovers a trail of clues which expose a shocking secret. Did Julia ever really know her father? Did he take his own life or did something far more sinister happen?

Detective John Stone of the NYPD has the best arrest record in the 43rd precinct. But he’s a dinosaur who belongs to another age. Detective Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that nobody at the precinct can stomach her. Captain Jennifer Cuevas wants them both out of the way and thinks they make a perfect pair. So she gives them the Cold Cases file – the cases nobody gives a damn about.

She has no idea just how hot a cold case can get.

Ten years back Nelson Hernandez and his four cousins were playing poker in a dive at Hunts Point. Somebody came in, blew them away and beheaded and castrated Nelson, leaving his head and his balls on the table. There was no shortage of suspects, the Jersey Mob, the Triads from Manhattan, or the 43rds own bent cop, Mick Harragan. But nobody was ever charged, and the night of the murder Mick Harragan went missing with Nelson’s wife, Maria.

Now Stone and Dehan plan to find him – whatever the consequences…

Family, Violence, and Revenge

New York City, 1928

From Sicily to Manhattan, violence seems to follow the Consentino clan. They’ve led a powerful and influential Mafia Borgata for generations, but when trouble with another family begins to develop, Alonzo Consentino must make an impossible decision.In an attempt to save his children from a life of crime and violence, Alonzo sets sail with his family for The Promised Land: America.

But peace and safety don’t follow them for long. Will Alonzo be able to forget his past and create a new life, or will old habits die hard? Will his boys be able to live a different life, or will they follow in their father’s footsteps?

Set against the backdrop of prohibition and The Great Depression, flapper girls and gangsters, Sins of the Father, the first book in the Consentino Crime Saga, is a Mafia thriller sure to keep the pages turning.

A young Frenchman is sold to a slave ship to be thrown to the sharks. René Gilbert must remember who he was in a previous lifetime to save those he loves in this one.  

This award winning first novel is filled with life, destiny and risk; with heroes of both sexes who are willing to pay the price for the freedom of all. An ancient hatred searches for René and blood is the only currency this entity will accept as payment. Death is but the least of life’s penalties.

Alexandre Dumas meets Horatio Hornblower and The Mummy in this sweeping, swashbuckling tale. ̶   Kirkus Reviews

The Sun God's Heir: Return, is an epic story, taking you into a time where actions and words ripple from the past into the present and then invade the future. A truly remarkable story. ̶   Readers Favorite

In this epic fantasy, THE SUN GOD’S HEIR by Elliott Baker, readers are offered a unique and compelling story line. Baker’s vivid descriptions and well-drawn characters seem to shimmer with life. ̶   Judge, 25th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards.

In the first book of the thrilling Chasing Chinatown trilogy, a killer is loose in San Francisco, and he’s collecting body parts.

SFPD has no witnesses and no suspects, but FBI Agent Abby Kane believes a dead hiker found ten miles north of the city is the key to solving those crimes.

The detective involved with the case thinks Abby might be chasing a ghost down a rabbit hole, but the more Abby digs, the more she begins to think the killer is playing an elaborate game and there’s an audience cheering him on.

In order to catch him, she must do the unthinkable: join the game.

Bitter Roots (Book 1 of Bitter Root Mysteries)

Murder in a small town is always personal.

Dispatcher Zak Waller prefers working behind the scenes in the Sheriff’s Office of Lost Trail, Montana, but when a newcomer to the sparsely populated town is brutally murdered—and the Sheriff is quick to pin the death on an unknown outsider—Zak starts his own private sleuthing.

On the surface Lost Trail is a picture-perfect western town, offering a simple way of life revolving around the local ranches and ski hill. But almost everyone has a secret to protect, and no one knows that more than Zak. He’s part of a younger generation hoping to revitalize the town. But evil has dug in deeper than he knows.

Perfect for fans of the British television film, Broadchurch.

A missing girl. An international underworld. A PI who will not quit.

Two years ago, Adam Park was a private investigator at the top of his game, when a bitter ethical battle with his partners sent him into a semi-retirement of surfing and travel around his native Britain. But when his old mentor’s niece goes missing, Adam's sabbatical comes to an abrupt end.

Returning to face his former colleagues, Adam learns that not only is the young woman dating a violent ex-con, but prior to disappearing, the pair ripped off a local criminal on the rise, and fled the country. Now this corrupt individual is demanding revenge.

Using cutting-edge technology, Adam tracks the couple through the Parisian underground, and onward to dangerously exotic locales, where he will confront a ruthless international network that trades human lives like a business commodity.

To return the girl safely, protect the ones he loves, and save his own skin, Adam will need to burn down his concepts of right and wrong; the only path to survival is through the darkest recesses of his soul.

A mind-reader, a mob-boss, and a hit-man. What could go wrong? More fun than you can imagine!

"One of the best and rarest gems of the indie book market."~ Matthew LeDrew

Stopping at the grocery store for carrots shouldn't be dangerous, but for Shelby Nichols, it changes her life forever. During a bank robbery, she is caught in the cross-fire and grazed by a bullet to the head, leaving her with the ability to read minds.

Not only is she hearing what everyone thinks about her, but the gunman who shot her is out to silence her forever. In her fight to stay alive she is saved from certain death by a handsome hit-man with ties to organized crime.

This pulls Shelby even deeper into danger, where knowing someone's thoughts can not only hurt her feelings, but get her killed.

USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Colleen Helme offers a clever mix of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and page-turning adventure in the highly acclaimed Shelby Nichols Adventure Series.

****

Carrots: A Shelby Nichols Adventure is in the same shelf as Stephanie Plum and Betsy Taylor in terms of comedy and hilarity. I love chic-lit plied with mystery and Colleen Helme did not disappoint! Loved it! ~Braine - Talk Supe: A Pop Fiction Book Blog

I would recommend this book to people who enjoy a nice, light mystery with hilarious drama. I can't wait to read more from this author. ~Sizzle & Swoon Book

I adored this book. Colleen Helme knows how to combine humor, mystery, and wit, and serve it up on silver platter! ~ After Dark Rendezvous

So happy I found this series! I was looking for something fun and adventurous. This was just what I needed. Off to read book #2 ~ Amazon Reviewer

Perfect for fans of Jana DeLeon, Janet Evanovich, Camilla Chafer and Denise Grover Swank.

The first in the “powerful” (SFFWorld.com) New York Times bestselling fantasy series.

Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order to be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate and dangerous life of a warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order.
 
Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the Unified Realm—and Vaelin’s rage at being deprived of his birthright knows no bounds. Even his cherished memories of his mother are soon challenged by what he learns within the Order.
 
But one truth overpowers all the rest: Vaelin Al Sorna is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend. A future that will alter not only the Realm but the world.

She only took what she deserved. She never expected what happened next.

After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her baby. But Mia's boyfriend suddenly goes missing, and the investigation that follows unearths one shocking secret after another until all at once nothing about Mia is adding up. Trapped in a web of deceit of her own making, Jo finds herself embroiled in a heart-stopping murder plot that threatens to destroy the one thing she wants most.

What if her baby's mother is a killer?

- An emotional roller coaster of a domestic thriller that will leave you breathless! -

Will you enjoy I Know What You Did? If you read any of my favorite psychological and domestic suspense thriller authors including K.L. Slater, Shalini Boland, Adan Croft, Kathryn Croft, Lisa Gardner, Louise Jensen, or Rachel Caine, the answer is a resounding yes!