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This bundle includes books seven, eight, and nine in the Beechwood Harbor Magic Mysteries. A Royal Witch: There are several new roommates in the Beechwood Manor, and one of them is a royal witch. When tragedy strikes, the royal's problems land at the manor's front door, and it's going to take...

Holly’s big break just became her biggest nightmare. With her potions shop officially open, Holly heads to the San Francisco Haven for a televised competition, going wand-to-wand with the country’s most elite masters. What should be a career-defining moment quickly sours when Haven Council...

Holly’s new business venture just turned deadly. The guest rooms are ready, the linen closets stocked, and a row of shiny new room keys is hanging in the hallway. Everything is going according to plan, with only one hurdle left: passing inspection from the Haven Hospitality Committee...

The winds of change have arrived, but Holly’s not sure she can fly. It’s Valentine’s Day in Beechwood Harbor, and the town is rolling out the rosé-colored carpet to host a group of eager singles in an effort to boost tourism. The sleepy town is suddenly transformed into Cupid’s...

When your roommate situation gets royally complicated... The Beechwood Manor is filling up fast and Holly’s feeling the pinch. There are several new roommates, and one of them is a royal witch—literally and figuratively. Unrest in a haven-ally magical kingdom forces a foreign princess into...

At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during the war. She is now employed at the Family Hotel in Soho, where Major Eric Thoseby has been found murdered. Thoseby is believed to have fathered Lamartine's child, and the prosecution insist that his death is revenge for his abandonment of Lamartine and her arrest by the Gestapo. A last-minute change in Lamartine's defence counsel grants solicitor Nap Rumbold just eight days to prove her innocence.

This bundle includes books one, two, and three in the Beechwood Harbor Ghost Mysteries series.

Scarlet Sanderson sees dead people. Literally. As a reluctant conduit between the land of the living and the dearly departed, she is doing her best to have a life of her own.

Steph Williams is excited to get her hands stuck into her latest gardening project. This time, she's been commissioned by Lady Clara of Ashford Manor to restore the stately gardens to their former glory. But the estate is suddenly thrown into chaos when a dead body is discovered in one of the rooms. The police rule it as suicide, though Steph's convinced they're barking up the wrong tree. For she knows the deceased better than they do and it could only be one thing: murder. And if the police won't listen to her, then Steph will have to investigate the case herself.

THE DARKEST DEEDS ARE HIDDEN FROM SIGHT . . . Bob Skinner is back in the latest gritty mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. New Year's Day, and Edinburgh lies sleeping. But two men will never wake again . . . When struggling...

Weddings are even better with a touch of magic — and mystery! Enter the magical world of the Seattle Haven where magic is real and the weddings are over the top! Enjoy the completed A Touch of Magic trilogy and the prequel novella in this boxed set edition! Cupid in a Bottle Climbing the...

Tripoli, 1960s: During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future.

On the night of Samhain, the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, and ancient magic runs wild in Old London. When Lady Bergamon is attacked in her Ivy Street garden, Yannia Wilde is asked to investigate. Who has enough power to harm Lady Bergamon in her own domain? While Yannia searches for the answer, nature herself appears to be killing beings in Old London. Yannia and her sidekick Karrion join forces with New Scotland Yard to solve the baffling deaths. But wherever they turn, all the clues point back towards Ivy Street.

After solving her first case, Siobhan O’Brien faces her biggest challenge yet—Thanksgiving! With her lawyer boyfriend Craig in tow, Siobhan travels to Minneapolis to endure small talk with the extended O’Brien clan and chow down on some seriously delicious turkey and dressing. Everything’s swell until her sister-in-law Gwen tells her about her brother Sven's frequent late-night meetings with his co-workers. Since Siobhan’s next case is just a ferry ride from their house in Washington state, she asks for Siobhan’s help.

When a prominent animal researcher is found hanged in the midst of angry protests against his experiments, suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle. Known as the Cat Lady of Pecan Springs, Dottie's sympathy for strays—and the victim's distaste for them—gives the police reason to think she may be capable of murder. But China Bayles doesn't think so. She hires a lawyer for Dottie and starts looking around for clues. But she soon discovers that digging up old evil is a dirty and dangerous business...

It is 1564. Catholic herald William Harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, is the custodian of a highly dangerous document. When it is stolen, Clarenceux immediately suspects a group of Catholic sympathisers, the self-styled Knights of the Round Table. Soon Clarenceux enters a nightmare of suspicion, deception, and conspiracy. Where has the document gone? Who really took it? And why?

In just over a week vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori will be married in a ceremony overlooking what should be acres of lush, flowering grapevines. Instead they are confronted by an ugly swathe of slowly dying vines and a nursery owner who denies responsibility for selling the diseased plants. With neighboring vineyards facing the same problem, accusations fly and the ugly stand-off between supplier and growers looks set to escalate into open warfare.

Everyone thinks Luther and Dominic are happily married, that is, until Luther is convicted of his husband's murder. Four years after Luther is sent to prison, his brother contacts Ray Lawless, the defense attorney on the case, with evidence of a wrongful conviction. As he faces reopening the case, Ray pulls in his daughter, Jane, to help attain justice for a grieving widower and find the real killer.

Boston expat Maura Donovan has been getting accustomed to Irish living, complete with an inherited house and a pub named Sullivan’s. But now, her mother has returned - and she’s brought Maura’s half-sister in tow. To make matters more confusing, a handful of Cork University students are knocking on Maura’s door, asking about a mystical fairy fort that happens to be located on Maura’s piece of land. Then one of the students disappears after a day of scoping out the fort, and Maura uncovers a decades-old corpse.

Cooper Lee has never been happier. She has terrific friends at Bible study, a great boyfriend in Nathan, and, best of all, a new niece or nephew on the way. But storm clouds are gathering when a string of church robberies comes to Hope Street, and an art teacher is found dead in what appears to be a robbery gone wrong.