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Book His Curvy Stranger

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary E Thompson
  • Publisher : BluEyed Press
  • Release : 2023-09-12
  • ISBN : 1953879594
  • Pages : 270 pages

Download or read book His Curvy Stranger written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy book 14 in the BBW contemporary romance series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. Knox Her proposition was easy. One night. No names. No connection. Just a night to forget the outside world. I couldn’t say no to her. I didn’t want to. In the morning, she was gone. Just like she promised. I knew I wouldn’t see her again. Until she sat across from me the next night for our first date. Haley If anyone can screw up a relationship, it’s gonna be me. I moved to a new town for the guy I’d been dating for almost a year, only to find out he was married with two teenagers. Then I had a one-night stand with the hot guy from the hardware store, and got paired with him on a dating app for a date the next night. After I told him I wasn’t looking for anything serious. I wasn’t, not really, but if I was going to stick around for a while, I might as well get to know the locals. Especially the ones who made me feel like there might be a place for me in this small town.

Book His Curvy Friend

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary E Thompson
  • Publisher : BluEyed Press
  • Release : 2020-01-07
  • ISBN : 1944090827
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book His Curvy Friend written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this FREE small town Plus-Size Romance series starter by USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author Mary E Thompson... Ian You know the worst thing about falling in love? Getting friend-zoned. I was patient. I waited five years for her to end her last relationship. For her to realize he wasn’t good enough for her. For her to be ready to move on. I was done waiting. I had to tell her the truth. That I wasn’t the same guy I used to be, bringing home every woman in our small town. That I was the guy she was sharing secrets with on the online dating app. That I was single, and ready for her to be mine. I had to tell her I loved her. But what if she didn’t feel the same? Blake “He’ll back off if I kiss you.” Talk about blowing up my world. I was dumped me because my ex thought I was in love with my best friend’s brother. Now, Ian wants to kiss me. In front of my ex. I’m so damn tempted. Every woman wants Ian. I’m no different. But kissing him crossed a line. A line I wasn’t sure I could come back from. Could I stop at one kiss? Not likely. But I also couldn’t keep him at a distance like I did with everyone else. He would learn everything. And not just how much I wished he could be mine, but also why he never could be.

Book His Curvy Wife

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary E Thompson
  • Publisher : BluEyed Press
  • Release : 2020-02-14
  • ISBN : 1944090851
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book His Curvy Wife written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curvy Girl Romance Series - USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author Was love really enough? Ramsey Walking out was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I promised her I’d never do it, but I also promised I’d keep her safe. That was the promise I couldn’t keep if I stayed. I wouldn’t risk her life or her health, so I risked my own heart and walked away. But she was ready to move on. To meet someone else. To find a new man who’d be willing to put what she wanted above keeping her safe. A new man who’d put his hands on my wife. Love her. Touch her. Hell. No. She was still mine. Melody I’ve only ever loved one man. One gorgeous, maddening, wonderful man. I even managed to marry him. I thought we’d be together forever, but everything changed when I lost our baby. Instead of being his wife and lover, I was his new project. Something to fix. I didn’t need to be fixed, though. I couldn’t be. I needed my husband, but he wasn’t there. Some other man was there. A man who stopped seeing me and only saw a fragile, wounded woman he had to shelter. But it was all over. My husband left me. He couldn’t fix me, so he stopped trying. He told me he wanted a divorce, and I had no reason to make him stay. We weren’t the people we used to be. I still loved him, but, as much as I wanted it to be, sometimes love wasn’t enough. And sometimes life threw you a curve. Like being paired with my husband on an online dating site. Could it be as easy as starting over? KEYWORDS: curvy girl romance, BBW romance, plus size romance, happily ever after, love stories, romantic novels, small town romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, marriage in trouble, online dating romance

Book His Curvy Nurse

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary E Thompson
  • Publisher : BluEyed Press
  • Release : 2021-05-04
  • ISBN : 195387911X
  • Pages : 271 pages

Download or read book His Curvy Nurse written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curvy Girl Romance Series - USA Today Bestselling contemporary romance author Repeat after me: Do NOT fall for your employee. Nico Resisting Laura was getting harder and harder every day. Seeing her talking and laughing with patients and watching the shutters close when she looked at me was painful. I deserved it, but it was not easy. Not when I wanted to know everything there was to know about her. If only I wasn’t her boss. Crossing that line wasn’t a good idea. We had important work to do. Work that saved lives and helped people. I couldn’t risk it. I wouldn’t. But hearing about her dates was driving me crazy. If I could meet someone, maybe I could forget about her. There had to be someone on the online dating app who would take my mind off of her. Laura Life’s too short for regrets. I learned that day after day working with patients living and dying with cancer. They all told me the same thing. Stop being afraid of living my life and grab it by the balls. So, I listened. I stopped wondering when my boss was going to notice me. I stopped wishing he would see me as more than just his nurse. I stopped declining dates with other men in hopes Nico would one day ask me out. I am not so evolved that I actually stopped hoping something would happen, but I had to move on. People were dying with regrets, and I couldn’t live with mine. I never thought dating other men would make Nico notice me. I never expected him to be pissed off. And I sure as hell never thought he’d be jealous. But I definitely liked that side of him. The side that said he wanted me. It wasn’t going to be that easy, though. He needed to work for it. One kiss, one touch, one panty-melting word at a time. KEYWORDS: curvy girl romance, BBW romance, plus size romance, happily ever after, online dating romance, love stories, romantic novels, small town romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, workplace romance, boss employee romance, alpha male

Book His Curvy Infatuation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary E Thompson
  • Publisher : BluEyed Press
  • Release : 2023-05-16
  • ISBN : 195387956X
  • Pages : 277 pages

Download or read book His Curvy Infatuation written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy BBW series by USA TODAY Bestselling small town romance author Mary E Thompson Brantley Do. Not. Fall for Valentina again. Do. Not. I can’t take it a second time. Oh, who am I kidding. I never stopped loving Valentina. I messed up when we were young. I never imagined introducing her to my college roommate would mean watching her fall for him, marry him, build a life with him, and have it all blow up in her face. I really wasn’t happy about that last one. I wasn’t heartbroken by it either, but I hated seeing her hurt. She deserved better. She deserved the world. She was perfect. She was everything I’d ever wanted in a woman. I tried to get over her. For years. I told myself it was too late for us. But I didn’t think she’d be single again more than twenty years after I fell in love with her. Falling for her again might kill me, but watching her fall for someone else will destroy me. Maybe there’s a chance for us. Valentina My divorce is final. I’m single again. Everyone says I should date. Get back on the horse and all that. I’m too raw. Too scared. Not because I’m still in love with my ex but because dating opens me up to being a fool again. Brantley is safe, though. He can be my shield. He has been for as long as I can remember. Coaxing me out of my shell and helping me step into myself. He’s there now, like he’s always been. Bringing me dinner, taking me out for drinks, being the favorite uncle for my daughters now that their father is gone. The more time I spend with Brantley, the more I see the man I never noticed. Kind, smart, affectionate. He’s all the things I’d want in a man if I was willing to date again. Hell, he’s all the things I want in a man no matter what. But falling for him is a bad idea. Isn’t it?

Book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set  4

Download or read book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set 4 written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the one each of these friends want is the wrong one, online dating is so much easier. Anonymous and simple. Until they discover the one they’re talking to is the same one they’ve been resisting in person. If it’s meant to be, love will always make it happen. His Curvy Genius Xavier walked away years ago after making plans with Karissa. Forever kind of plans. Karissa moved back to her small town, the one Xavier refused to move to, and built her life. But every man was measured against her first love. Then Xavier’s best friend marries Karissa’s best friend, and Xavier and his daughter move to MacKellar Cove. Avoiding him is impossible, and resisting his is even harder. His Curvy Fantasy If hate at first sight was a thing, Anna felt it for her son’s boss, Hudson. He’s friends with everyone, he’s cocky, and he’s so damn handsome. He’s all wrong for her. She has to protect her sons, and herself, from another man who won’t stick around. But when Hudson shows her he’s not who she thought, everything she fought against is standing in front of her. And Anna is not foolish enough to say no. His Curvy Boss Resisting her assistant should not be so difficult. Patrick is young, so young, and he should be dating women his own age. Women who could give him kids and a future and all the things Goldie had in the fourteen years difference between them. But Patrick’s not giving up on her, or on them, no matter what is thrown their way to try to end their relationship before they can make it official.

Book Stranger Than Fanfiction

Download or read book Stranger Than Fanfiction written by Chris Colfer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartbreaking, unforgettable novel about friendship and fame. Cash Carter is the young, world famous lead actor of the hit television show Wiz Kids. When four fans jokingly invite him on a cross-country road trip, they are shocked that he actually takes them up on it. Chased by paparazzi and hounded by reporters, this unlikely crew takes off on a journey of a lifetime--but along the way they discover that the star they love has deep secrets he's been keeping. What they come to learn about the life of the mysterious person they thought they knew will teach them about the power of empathy and the unbreakable bond of true friendship. In this touching novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer takes us on a journey full of laughter, tears, and life-changing memories.

Book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set  1

Download or read book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set 1 written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These friends are not looking for love in their small town, but love is going to find them anyway. This box set contains three full length contemporary romances about falling in love with the last person you expect. Online dating was supposed to be a favor to a friend, but their matches are frighteningly perfect, on screen and off. His Curvy Friend The last place Ian wants to be is stuck in the friend zone, but that's exactly where he's been for years with Blake. He made a promise to a friend he would admit to Blake how he feels, and as the date gets closer, and his connection with Blake starts to feel like more than just a friendship, Ian goes all in. His Curvy Wife Ramsey did not want to walk out on his wife, but he feared it was the only way to protect her. It was the only way to keep her safe. Until he finds out she's ready to move on with her life without him. Starting over isn't easy, but maybe it's the only way they can find each other again. His Curvy Treat Colin was not looking for everyone in his new small town home to know everything about him. Or for them to all try to get a date. Too bad for him the only woman he wants a date with turned him down flat. Not once, but twice. Colin isn't giving up so easily, not when something tells him Elise is worth it.

Book A Stranger   s Promise

    Book Details:
  • Author : Betsy Lowery
  • Publisher : WestBow Press
  • Release : 2019-01-18
  • ISBN : 1973648202
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book A Stranger s Promise written by Betsy Lowery and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the church librarian to the garage mechanic, folks in Crook Mountain, Tennessee seem to be either hindering or helping an old missing-person investigation. And a certain waitress who’s fairly new in town may have more at stake than any of them. Now, throw in Joan Ryan, a semi-retired dietitian from Atlanta who arrives on the scene by pure happenstance. Joan may be the secret ingredient in a recipe of comedy, resourcefulness, and danger! “Such interesting characters I would like to meet. I am praying that this novel will be shared with many hungry readers.” Natalie G. “You have a gift with words and I was very aware of every descriptive word that is so much a part of your style. They kept my mind alive!” Jeanne W. I truly enjoyed the story and meeting all these new “friends”—well, some not so friendly! I so admire the talent it takes to imagine a plot, complete with all the characters, scenery, etc., and then put it all together with dialogue and all the details needed to make an appealing, interesting story. I’m looking forward to reading the sequel! Millie E.

Book Book Boyfriends Wanted box set  3

Download or read book Book Boyfriends Wanted box set 3 written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online dating was meant to be fun. A way to meet new people. Get out of their comfort zones. Not fall fast and hard for the one who makes them crazy, in every way possible. This box set contains three full length contemporary romances about loving yourself enough to know you deserve the best possible match. His Curvy Nurse Laura moved to MacKellar Cove to work for Nico. She never expected to fall for her stubborn, sexy, and oblivious boss. Too bad he barely knows she exists. Or that’s how it seems. Nico is having a harder time keeping his attraction to Laura in check. When both turn to online dating to get over each other, they’re paired together, and all bets are off. His Curvy Ex Zoey fell hard and fast for Sebastian when she was a teenager. Promises were made, and broken, and a lifetime passed. But now she’s back. It’s temporary, but it’s enough to throw the two of them together over and over again. Sebastian hates her for breaking his heart, but he can’t seem to resist her, or her kids. Is moving on possible with the one person you’re trying to move on from? His Curvy Craving The last thing Finley needed was a complication. That was why she agreed to meet the sexy stranger. It was anonymous, and hot, and not supposed to be more than harmless fun. Telling a man whose name she didn’t know that’s he was going to be a father was definitely the most awkward thing ever. Trent is sure she’s lying. Trying to trap him. She found out who he was and is trying to lay claim to his fortune. Joke’s on her. He’s not falling for it. Or her.

Book His Wild Obsession

    Book Details:
  • Author : C.D. Gorri
  • Publisher : C.D. Gorri
  • Release : 2024-08-21
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 171 pages

Download or read book His Wild Obsession written by C.D. Gorri and published by C.D. Gorri. This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Billionaire Romance These wild billionaire playboys are used to getting their way… There isn’t much money can’t buy, especially when it comes to pleasure. But can these curvy women tame these billionaire beasts and win their love? Or will their souls be sucked into oblivion by the wanton bliss their bodies crave more and more with every surrender? Each of our heroes wears a mask on the outside to face the world, but his disguise comes off when he runs into the one female who makes his blood run hot. Need and possessive passion abound in these books, but our heroes know only one way to control their desires. Will they f*ck the feeling they see as weakness out of their systems, or will their needs only grow more wild with every touch, kiss, and plunge into ecstasy with the object of his affections? His Wild Obsession He’s a hardened ex-criminal. She’s a stranger to his world. Adrik Volkov worked hard to wipe the slate clean of his criminal past for his sake and his brother’s. Bringing Volkov Industries into the 21st century has taken everything he’s got. But it’s been worth it. His company’s patented mining techniques for harvesting rare earth metals used in electronics and smart tech have made him a billionaire. Instead of breaking legs and taking names, he’s attending parties with people he neither likes nor understands. It’s all part of his new title. But money can’t erase his harsh upbringing. Once a brawler, always a brawler. Those skills come in handy when he sees a woman being accosted at one of the ritzy, booze filled gatherings he must attend. Sofia DiFalco was more than just a damsel in distress. The curvy stranger made his body buzz with desire and his hard heart beat a little faster. From the second he saw her, Adrik wanted only one thing. Sofia in his bed. But after one tantalizing night, she disappears without a trace. He tries to forget her, but she’s an obsession, and he just can’t let go. Keywords: enemies to lovers bully romance, enemies to lovers marriage, enemies to lovers pregnancy, mafia romance books, mafia romance books arranged marriage, mafia romance series, mafia romance arranged marriage, mafia romance age gap, dark mafia romance books for adults, action romance series, action romance books, mafia romance enemies to lovers, mafia romance secret baby, spicy contemporary romance, enemies to lovers romance neighbors, curvy heroine romance,

Book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set  2

Download or read book Book Boyfriends Wanted Box Set 2 written by Mary E Thompson and published by BluEyed Press. This book was released on with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this steamy BBW series by USA TODAY Bestselling small town romance author Mary E Thompson. When everyone knows everyone in a small town, dating is not always easy. Online dating is the way to go for these friends. This box set contains three full length contemporary romances about falling in love with someone you never saw coming. His Curvy Frustration Trinity met James the day she moved to town. And hated him since. But when she needs someone, he doesn’t hesitate to show up and be there for her. Showing her, and others, a kindness she’d never seen. Maybe there’s more to him than she ever expected. His Curvy Gift Piper is not interested in a relationship. Her last one was an epic failure, and she’s content being single. Gavin is only in town for a little while, so he’s perfect for a holiday fling. But when their fling starts to feel a little too real, Piper knows she made a mistake all over again. And this time, she might not recover from a broken heart. His Curvy Outcast Willow has absolutely no one in her corner. She can’t blame anyone else, but it still hurts. Getting a ticket is just the icing on the cake of everything going to hell, even though the cop is hot. Rowan has never cared about someone’s reputation, only about the truth behind who a person is. And he has a hard time believing Willow is as bad as the whole town seems to think she is. He wants to find out exactly who she is. If she’ll let him.

Book Goodbye Stranger

Download or read book Goodbye Stranger written by Rebecca Stead and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge has always been a bit of an oddball, but since she recovered from a serious accident, she's found fitting in with her friends increasingly hard. Tab and Em are getting cooler and better and they don't get why she insists on wearing novelty cat ears every day. Bridge just thinks they look good. It's getting harder to keep their promise of no fights, especially when they start keeping secrets from each other. Sherm wants to get to know Bridge better. But he’s hiding the anger he feels at his grandfather for walking out. And then there is another girl, who is struggling with an altogether more serious set of friendship troubles... Told from interlinked points of view, this is a bittersweet story about the trials of friendship and growing up.

Book Caesar  A Curvy Girl Small Town Romance  Firefighters With Hearts Book 1

Download or read book Caesar A Curvy Girl Small Town Romance Firefighters With Hearts Book 1 written by Sophie Sparks and published by Sophie Sparks. This book was released on with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighter Caesar is new in town. And when he walks into Bar Neo and lays eyes on Gemma... they both know their worlds are about to be flipped upside down. But he’s not here for long. Can Gemma open up to Caesar and be honest for the first time in her adult life? Or will she watch him leave town with nothing but heartache and regret? Again… They have both fallen hard. But they both hide a secret that threatens to keep them apart... 'Firefighters With Hearts' (Book One). What happens when a ripped alpha firefighter meets a curvy girl with her sights set on love? Twisting, turning, inspiring. No cliffhangers. A must read for anyone who believes that true love will ALWAYS win... no matter what. CAESAR: Aged thirty-six, I guess I thought the idea of ‘the one’ was just the stuff of fairy tales. But the night I walk into that rundown bar, my troubled heart knows that my whole world has just changed… forever. Through the gloomy, smoky room, my eyes fall on her heavenly curves and I can barely breathe. Gem. Her name tastes perfect on my lips. My jewel. My priceless Gem. Even though I know she’s hiding something… I want her. I need her. And I’ll happily spend the rest of my life trying to make her see what I see… GEMMA: When he stoops his enormous frame to enter Bar Neo, he looks like he’s just walked off a Hollywood movie set. Chiselled, rugged guys like Caesar aren’t supposed to be interested in girls like me. But, as I gaze at the impossibly huge muscles threatening to tear through his shirt, I can feel his bottle green eyes undressing me. The way he says my name and how he defends my honour with the rude, drunk guy makes me feel like a princess. Now he says he’s falling… and I believe him. And I’m falling, too. Hard. But I’m not sure he’ll feel the same way when he knows… ************************************************************************************* Dear awesome reader, Welcome to book one in the Firefighters With Hearts series. He’s a ripped and rugged firefighter with a huge heart. She’s a cute girl with curves to die for. Despite the course of true love never running smoothly… our heroes will overcome all obstacles and spend the rest of their lives together. Buckle up for a twisting, turning & emotional romance with a guaranteed, no cheating, blissful HEA. This medium-length novella can be enjoyed as a standalone tale, but why stop there? Beginning with Caesar and all set in the idyllic, heavenly seaside town of Parfield, each of our heroes and heroines are all intimately connected. In Parfield… everyone knows everyone and true love will ALWAYS find a way. We’re heading down to the beach. Join us. Sophie Sparks ♥

Book His Candy Cane

    Book Details:
  • Author : S.E. Law
  • Publisher : S.E. Law Romance
  • Release : 2020-10-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 120 pages

Download or read book His Candy Cane written by S.E. Law and published by S.E. Law Romance. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My growly, gorgeous personal trainer gave me equipment to work with that was long, thick, heavy, and hard. I’ve been teased about my large size since I was a kid. So this Christmas season, I decide to take matters into my own hands. The gym has always been my personal hell, but not anymore because I’ve hired a professional trainer. What I didn’t expect is for my trainer to be so huge. Patrick Walker has muscles that go on for days, a six pack that bulges, and a glint in his eyes that says come and get your bad boy. Plus, he keeps giving it to me non-stop. The sit-ups, push-ups and pull-ups are killing me. I strain and stretch, hoping to rid myself of my curves by December 25. But what if my gorgeous trainer says he likes my hills and valleys? What if he says I look ripe and plush and ready for a candy cane because of them? Will we do the taboo? Or will my trainer’s candy cane go uneaten? Curvy girls unite! Maisie learns to love her curves in this fun-filled tale of slick sweat, Christmas ornaments, and candy canes. Don’t worry – she doesn’t lose her curves and instead, learns to love them with the help of OTT alpha male Patrick Walker, and his hard, sweaty workouts. Even better – Patrick gives her a bouncing baby by the end! No cheating, no cliffhangers, and always an HEA for my readers.

Book Braking Hard

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gloria Joynt-Lang
  • Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
  • Release : 2020-02-12
  • ISBN : 1509228799
  • Pages : 253 pages

Download or read book Braking Hard written by Gloria Joynt-Lang and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2020-02-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gage O'Neill is an all-around nice guy and an Adonis in coveralls. With a thriving automotive business, a gorgeous girlfriend, and his ADHD under control, life is pretty incredible. But when he loses a loved one, Gage's perfect world unravels. Prone to bad choices, he's desperate to quell his rash behavior. Thankfully, hiring a curvy mechanic is the one impulsive decision he's gotten right. Eden Sampario is destitute as a result of a confrontation turned violent with her former employer. When Gage mistakenly offers her a job, she readily accepts. But soon she wonders if she made the right decision. Resisting her sexy boss proves more challenging than an engine rebuild. Her only other option? Give in to temptation and risk not only her career but also her heart. Welcome to Big C's automotive shop, a place where more than cars overheat.

Book Something Strange and Deadly

Download or read book Something Strange and Deadly written by Susan Dennard and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Eleanor Fitt’s brother is missing. And when she discovers that the Dead are rising in Philadelphia and wreaking havoc throughout the city, she knows that her brother is involved. So Eleanor enlists the help of the Spirit-Hunters. This motley crew, hired to protect the city from supernatural forces, is after the necromancer who has been reanimating corpses. Their skills can save her brother. But as Eleanor spends time with the Spirit-Hunters, and their handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation becomes dire. Now not only is her reputation at risk, but her very life may hang in the balance. In Something Strange and Deadly, the first book in a trilogy, Susan Dennard weaves together vividly imagined scenes of action, adventure, and gorgeous Victorian fashion to create an entertaining steampunk tapestry of humor, horror, and romance. Readers who love Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices series will be intrigued from the start.