A collection of short fiction captures life in the American West, including its dark side, and features the title story about a mysterious beast that is killing the nighttime cattle guards.
When Tully Gale, while chasing his spirited mustang, stumbles upon a dam that has been built by a greedy horse trader and his crew of cutthroats who, wanting the land for themselves, are causing a dro
When she tries to return a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast to its rightful owner, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright becomes trapped in a web of murder and betrayal linked to the death of her c
When an everyday downtown bar erupts in sudden violence that leaves 80 people dead, lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers that the bar's patrons were exposed to a lethal cocktail of chemicals and illegal dr
During Cape Willington's annual Winter Moose Fest, Candy Holliday, who is covering the events for the local newspaper, discovers a link between a recent murder, a mysterious white moose and several we
One of the country's leading experts on buttons, Josie Giancola is delighted when a Hollywood starlet arrives at the Button Box for advice until the actress is murdered and Josie's shop is ransacked,
How to become the life of the party? First, survive the celebration... Rare books and antiquities expert Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be invited to the fiftieth birthday party of her neighbor S
At the star-studded party celebrating the premiere of a movie based on one of her cases, Lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers the actress who played Peabody drowned in the lap pool and investigates.
Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson must rely on the magical abilities of her felines, Owen and Hercules, to solve the senseless murder of Agatha Shepherd, a seemingly kind-hearted elderly woman.
"Brazos got off lucky this time. His pa, Blue Tierney, saved him from receiving due justice at the hands of a hangman in Trinity Ridge. Which means the Tierneys and their gang are roaming free, spread
When librarian Charlie Harris, along with his rescued Maine coon cat Diesel, begins cataloging James Delacorte's rare book collection, he must also solve a murder after his employer is found dead at h
When her best friend Robin gives her an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra to appraise and restore, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright is unwittingly drawn into an international conspiracy that leads to mur
Investigating an unusual set of photos taken by a plane crash victim, Jackie Swaitkowski is surprised to discover familiar, notorious faces in the pictures and realizes that the plane crash may be tie
Lou Prophet doesn't mind being close to his pretty pistol-packing partner, Louisa Bonaventure. Known as the Vengeance Queen, she has his back -- and part of his heart. But accompanying the vile outlaw
Colter Farrow is on the run from bounty hunters sent by a sadistic sheriff who branded his face. He finds refuge in the remote Cheyenne Mountains, working on a small ranch run by Cimarron Padilla and
Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian who walks his rescued Maine coon cat, Diesel, on a leash. Godfrey Priest, famous author of gory bestsellers and Charli
Stone Van Patten? the online jeweler Lexie Starr met in Leave No Stone Unturned? has moved back to the Midwest to be closer to her. He's purchased and restored a turn-of-the-century historic mansion?
Colter Farrow, fueled by hatred, sets out on a mission of revenge against the men responsible for murdering his stepfather, but as his list of targets grows and the truth about his stepfather's brutal
Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Her patients might smell like mold and have spines of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can't be said of Abraham Karastovsky,
Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn't believe in ghosts - until she met the ghost of hard-boiled 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. And when Pen's friend and mailman Seymour Tarnish ge
Carolyn and Bill Emerson have always dreamed of owning the building where Carolyn's paint-your-own pottery business is located in picturesque Maple Ridge, Vermont. So when building inspector Charlie C
Red Robert, a feared pirate who is posing as a man, rediscovers her femininity while shipwrecked on a deserted island with Captain Logan Hagarty--until their common enemy arrives.
This novel traces the West through three generations of Chapmans from the ending of the great American cowboy of the late 1800s through the hellish aftermath of the Korean War. Patriarch F.E. Chapman
Nora Pennington and her fiction-loving friends in small-town Miracle Springs, North Carolina, encounter a young woman desperately in need of a new beginning. By a New York Times best-selling author. (
Embarking on a rescue mission, Luke Jensen, fast on the trail of the Legion of Fire, who have female hostages, including the marshal’s daughter, will stop at nothing to take them down one by one in a
A young couple leaves Ohio for the promise of a new life on the Kansas plains. They settle a prime tract of farm land near Lawrence, Kansas. A second young couple slips the bonds of slavery in Missour
Mystery bookstore owner Samantha Washington is about to find out it's not so easy to play Monday morning quarterback when it comes to murder. . . To the town of North Harbor, Michigan, MISU quarterba
Synopsis: "By hook or crook, Molly will clear her name in On the Hook, national bestseller Betty Hechtman's irresistible twelfth Crochet Mystery. The Tarzana Hookers crochet club could come apart at t
After inheriting a huge old house in a college town, Dani opens the home to boarders, but when a friend of one of the residents is murdered, Dani becomes the prime suspect.
When hairstylist Marla Vail's best friend is hurt in a suspicious car accident, Marla assumes guardianship of her infant son. Her husband, Detective Dalton Vail, determines the crash may not have been
For once, Ivy Culpepper feels fulfilled. An apprenticeship at Yeast of Eden has opened her world to the time-honored baking techniques of owner Olaya Solis -- as well as the freshest small-town gossip
When Imogen Naughton vanishes, everyone who knows her is shocked. Her handsome husband treats her like a princess. She's always said how lucky she is. Why has she left? And how will she survive withou
From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams comes the first in an intriguing new series set within a quirky small-town club where the key to happiness, friendship--or solving a murder--can all
Kit Marshall is working for freshman congresswoman Maeve Dixon, a young Gulf War veteran representing North Carolina. A government shutdown has just been announced, and Dan, Dixon's chief of staff and
Bank robbery. Jailbreak. Massacre. Alone, each would send good folks reeling. But when all three occur the same night in a small South Texas town leaving no eyewitnesses, it could be the end of the wo
The Star City Film Festival has taken the town by storm. Movie stars are everywhere. When hot superhero Matt Bane arrives at Rescued Word, it's hard for Clare Henry not to be star struck. Just hours l
In 1881, in a train robbery near Denver, Colorado, $500,000 in government greenbacks and gold was stolen, and two soldiers were brutally murdered. All attempts by army and railway detectives to find t
It was the kind of invitation sommelier Katie Stillwell had only dreamed about: a dinner party at the Sonoma mansion of famed wine collector Paul Rafferty to celebrate a rare bottle. Everyone enjoys d
Casey Feldstein has her hands full preparing for another yarn retreat at the Vista Del Mar hotel on the scenic Monterey Peninsula. Retreaters will be thrown for a loop this time, learning the trendy a
