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Kate Foster runs the Summerside Inn (and her life) by well-organized checklists. But, when an acclaimed hotel critic dies at the inn just before she’s about to publish a scathing review that would ruin the business, Kate’s life and checklists are thrown into disarray. And it doesn’t help matters that the detective assigned to the case is messy, unorganized, and too charming for his own good.

My name is Blair Robertson. After years of ghost hunting, I'm finally ready to hang up my hat and try something new, or at least that's what I keep reminding myself every night before I go to bed. I mean, I still haven't told Jake or Ian...yet! And well, Shane is trying to figure out how to get me to stay. It's the main reason I'm doing one last show. To prove him wrong. And I mean, nothing can go wrong with that, right?

Turns out my one-night stand is actually my best friend's wedding planner. He's hanging out in our small town for the next three months, meeting with my friends, negotiating deals, and oh, he's also the main suspect in my first police investigation - the case I must solve to become a detective. And the crux of it all? I'm falling head over heels for the guy. I've dreamed my whole life of this promotion. I thought I'd never find love. Now I'm afraid I might lose both.

Phoebe, a private duty nurse, has a gift for knowing certain kinds of information that are none of her business, so when her new boss asks her to help him find and retrieve some extremely valuable items that have gone missing, she's happy to try to help. What the boss failed to disclose was who she'd have to work with and what they'd be up against.

Single mom Maggie Hayes puts up a tough front to hide her loneliness, spending her days in the courtroom as a lawyer and her evenings as a closet video gamer. Another heartache isn't worth the risk, not after her husband left her last year for a Hooters waitress. When she decides to try dating again, a cute video-game-designing nerd seems like a safe bet - until he becomes the prime suspect in a murder.

Wherever Charlotte and Paige go, crime is sure to follow. Someone has been breaking into homes and vandalizing their contents, including Ruby's Readings and Cosmic Shop. Charlotte doesn't want to get involved and risk their newfound stability, especially since it's only two more months until the real Ruby returns. But when a phone call from their estranged parents breaks up their happy routine, the sisters realize they have even less time in Castle Cove than they thought.

Alan Newberg, a staid title-company lawyer in the middle of a divorce, escapes to the French Riviera in an effort to reinvent himself. Instead, he catches a case of careful what you ask for when his soon-to-be-ex wife freezes his bank accounts. Without access to money, Newberg gets a job working for a crazy American ex-pat from Texas who owns a questionable vehicle-for-hire business that is at war with a local mob-run cab company. The ever-growing predicament leads to Alan being framed for murder and forces him to run the gauntlet of French criminal justice.

Finnegan May has always had a carefree life in New York. Her love of animals landed her in a unique job as the premiere dog walker to the rich and famous in the city that never sleeps. She winds up in the middle of a murder investigation when one of her clients winds up dead, and the police are looking at her as the prime suspect. Fin must deal with being investigated while keeping her appointments with all of her waggy-tailed clients.

When you're an agent for the IRS, it's always tax time. And this season, Tara Holloway is up to her neck in work with two very knotty cases. One involves a charismatic minister who's using his mega-church as a tax shelter. The other is a crazy militant who's trying to turn Texas into a separate country. With her boyfriend out of town and her partner reassigned, Tara is on her own - and things are getting hairy. If dealing with the Lone Star State isn't enough, Tara has other new issues to take into account: There's a sexy new agent named Nick, who's got her head in the clouds...and Tara's boss, Lu, who's having a hair problem of epic proportions.

Archaeologist Gabby Knight has been living under an assumed identity to steer clear of her mobster father's enemies. But when she suspects her father of plotting to steal a priceless statue buried in New Mexico, she risks everything and sets out for the desert to beat him to it - and to save him from making a grave mistake. Breaking into a secluded cabin to wait out a blizzard, she's not worried about visitors. It's not like anyone would be traveling in this kind of weather...right?

A man who married young, and so never had the chance to sow his wild oats, suddenly breaks out when in his mid-30s - and becomes convinced he has stumbled on the secret of happiness.

Ikisinkuksi itseään luullut toimittaja Noora Hankasuo aikoo purjehtia avioliiton satamaan poikaystävänsä Janin kanssa. Hääsuunnitelmien ylle alkaa kasautua tummia pilviä, kun Nooran monessa liemessä keitetty italialaistuttavuus Pietro Ferrante palaa jälleen Suomeen. Salaperäisen Markeniztanin tasavallan lähetystössä keittiömestarina työskentelevä Jani valmistelee myös seurapiirihäitä lähettilään tyttärelle Jasminalle. Kun Jasminan taidekauppiassulhanen murhataan Noora Hankasuon ystävän omistamassa kauneussalongissa, häät muuttuvat hautajaisiksi.

People, in my opinion, don’t take happiness seriously enough. They go through life, constantly trying to please others. I, however, do take it seriously - very seriously. But when things in my life go suddenly south, I am left with a choice: Do what’s right, or do what’s wrong? On any normal day, that would be an easy choice for me. I’d do whatever I needed to keep my life flowing with happiness. But everything changes when it comes to love - to him. I love him, and that means I have to correct my wrongdoings. I need him to forgive me, and I need money.

Endlich ist es so weit: Die Eröffnungsfeier des "Albergo Annina" steht kurz bevor, und sogar der Bürgermeister von Siena hat sich angekündigt! Natürlich sind auch Annas Brüder eingeladen. Das muss sein, wenn ihr Erscheinen die frischgebackene Hotelbesitzerin auch ein bisschen nervös macht. Hoffentlich lassen die beiden niemanden merken, dass das Hotel zwei Schwerkriminelle beherbergt! Und dann läuft prompt alles aus dem Ruder. Im "Albergo Annina" checken Gäste ein, die einiges durcheinander bringen, und in der Basilica di San Francesco wird eine wertvolle Statue gestohlen.

Francese con un lavoro a Parigi e un appartamentino a Montmartre, Vivienne Vuloir è una ragazza buffa e imbranata che colleziona una figuraccia dopo l'altra, fa i conti con una fallimentare carriera di scrittrice e soffre di un numero indefinito di fobie. A trent'anni ha dimenticato il sapore di un bacio, si è adattata a essere identificata come “quella che si occupa di gossip”, ma soprattutto ha perso completamente fiducia nel genere umano, specialmente se maschile.

Charlotte, aka Ruby the town psychic, has a good thing going in Castle Cove. Her baby sister, Paige, is blossoming under their newfound stability. Charlotte is becoming a pillar in the quirky beachside community, thanks to her new friends and neighbors. And Deputy “Cute Butt” Jared has finally wedged himself into her life with a heart big enough to make them a real family. But Charlotte should have known better than to let a con run too long.

Beacon news reporter Lindsey Fox is on the verge of breaking a huge story of political corruption that will make her career and make her famous journalist parents proud - or she could be thrown in jail and fired. It really could go either way. Her recent streak of bad luck continues when Lindsey finds herself facing a bogus contempt charge - and attorney Ben Gillespie is appointed to get her out of the slammer. They once had a bad date of epic proportions - stilted conversation, food poisoning, burglary, towed car. Then there was the incident with the pepper spray.

Bubbles, a hairdresser/reporter/amateur sleuth, runs into trouble when supposed husband-killer Bonnie Weaver shows up on her doorstep. Before long Bubbles is up to her eyeliner in intrigue. She'll need all the help she can get from gorgeous beau Steve Stilletto and her wacky family to avoid ruining her makeup - permanently.

In this collection of 19 short stories, Craig Nybo invites you to visit the lives of mostly unfortunate souls as they face the most terrifying moments of their existences. With everything from vampire hunting to zombie bashing, from steampunk death devices to shifty soul brokers, Nybo brings his own sense of perspective and, of course, his sense of humor to this collection of departures from reality. Terrifying Lies contains Nybo's acclaimed story, "The Mechanic", along with 18 other tales of the macabre.

But her life has changed. She now has her doctorate in history. Her workaday hours are spent at St. Elizabeth’s College, mostly squandered in history department shriek-fests. She is also a widow. Her husband Bob died one half-day after triumphantly finishing the New York City Marathon in four hours and twelve minutes. And although 20 years have passed without seeing him, she still cannot get her former lover, Nelson Sharpe of the Nassau County Police Department, out of her system.