Download or read book Christmas Capers written by Vikki Walton and published by Morewellson, Ltd. . This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Anne get into the holiday spirit, or will it take a series of robberies to get her out of her “hum-bug” mood? Even with her friends trying to goad her into being more cheerful, Anne’s struggling to catch the Christmas spirit. When Anne learns robberies are occurring in the small mountain town of Carolan Springs, she gets excited about solving another mystery. But all is not as it seems, and Anne finds out the clues are directing her to something much larger. A feel-good Christmas story that includes a message of what’s truly important. If you enjoy heart-warming holiday stories with a clean, cozy mystery featuring an amateur sleuth and a playful cat, pick up Christmas Capers now. While all books can be read as a stand-alone, if you enjoy getting to know the characters, here is the reading order of the books. Books in the Backyard Farming Series: Chicken Culprit Cordial Killing Honey Homicide Christmas Capers Potager Plot Duck Disaster Fungi Foul Play

Download or read book The Usual Santas A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers written by and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain laughs, murders, and plenty more. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes’s one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough’s stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana. Includes Stories By (In Order of Appearance): Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron and a Foreword and story by Peter Lovesey.

Download or read book Silent Nights and Shoplifting A Santa Caper Cozy Mystery written by Brittany E. Brinegar and published by Britt Lizz Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-04 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this small-town holiday mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the mall Not a soul was shopping, they’re stealing from y’all. But do you recall the most famous twin sleuths of all? Lizzie is an underpaid intern for a small-town private investigator and Samantha is a nosy reporter trying to survive the holiday. Neither expected to spend their Christmas Eve trapped in a mall with Santa, a frazzled mom, an eccentric toy collector… oh and a team of thieves robbing the place. The crooks are making a list and checking it twice as they ransack the mall, one store at a time. But as the clock ticks the sleuths begin to suspect one of the hostages might be on the naughty list. With the Policeman's Ball occupying local law enforcement, can the twins and their Dalmatian sidekick thwart the robbery in time to save Christmas? ---------------- Silent Nights and Shoplifting is a stand-alone case in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you love quirky small-town characters, best friend shenanigans, and a Dalmatian sidekick, this series is for you! Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries: Series Order Book 1: Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys Book 2: Friday Night Frights Book 3: Silent Nights and Shoplifting Book 4: Ghostwriters and Gravediggers Book 5: Antiques, Alibis, and Auctions Book 6: Secrets, Lies, and Poisonberry Pies Book 7: Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks Book 8: Sleuths, Sabotage, and Sandcastles Book 9: Turkey, Thievery, and Twins Book 10: Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail Book 11: Texans, Tourists, and Treachery Book 12: Softball and Stickups

Download or read book Festive Christmas Nights written by Mimi Barbour and published by Chill Out! Books. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas cheer and romance are sweet any time of year! This gift set of eight diverse holiday-themed love stories is loaded with hunks and honeys, cops and crooks, love at first sights and second chances, and a few surprise youngsters out to trick Mommy. Snuggle up and let six of The Authors’ Billboard New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors entertain you with romance from sweet to spicy from locations around the world. Mimi Barbour – Loveable Christmas Angel: Christmas in Hawaii! How lucky can a girl get? Or so Leilani thinks... Susanne Matthews – Holiday Magic: Is there enough magic left in Christmas to help them overcome the past? Taylor Lee – Special Ops and Cops Christmas: What could be more perfect than a Christmas wedding? Ask the terrorists who plan to keep ‘Happily Ever After’ from happening? Taylor Lee – Blue Christmas: Even Blue Christmases can be Red HOT! Susan Jean Ricci – Because We’re Snowflakes: After an accidental meeting on Christmas Eve, Rosie and Magoo are about to discover if their mutual attraction supports a future despite their diverse, cultural traditions. Rachelle Ayala – A Father for Christmas: A homeless veteran meets a single mother whose daughter asks Santa for an unusual gift. Rachelle Ayala – Deck the Hearts: Can Holly’s jolly Christmas spirit help Grinchy Gordon Gills save the town of Christmas Creek? Dani Haviland – A Stingray Christmas: Love had nothing to do with it…at first.

Download or read book Her Christmas Chance written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jade Perfect Match written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six women receive invitations from Dawson Yates, owner of Perfect Match, a brand-new online matchmaking travel agency for a free week-long vacation to the island of her choice. As part of an extensive promotional campaign, Dawson expects to make six perfect matches that he can use to champion his business. The women expect to meet the men of their dreams. What none of them anticipates is the chaos that ensues when six couples who were strangers before agreeing to spend the week together discover that love is a lot more complicated than a match made by computer algorithms. This is Jade's story… A romance author without a romance. A Navy SEAL looking for a little R&R. What could happen in a week on an island getaway? For author Jade Reed, romance is for the books. When her bestie cooks up a scheme for the perfect match on a tropical island, Jade sees an opportunity for a writing experience. Who needs a man? Navy SEAL Aiden Lin needs to unwind. His mom wants a daughter-in-law. She sets him up for a one-week vacation with his perfect match. He doesn't need a wife yet, but maybe he can have some fun and make his mom happy. Neither is looking for love though they're in the right place. Is it the right time, wrong time, or enough time?

Download or read book Playing the Rookie written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2015-04-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica Song is tired of being a good girl, staying in a relationship well past closing time. Fresh from a breakup, she takes a walk on the wild side as a sports events intern. Baseball rookie Jay Pak Ahn has been burned one too many times by good girls, especially his cheating ex-fiancée. When he meets wild Jessica, he throws away all caution to enjoy her to the fullest. Jessica and Jay agree to a week of enchanting, starry-eyed dates and wild, unrestrained sex to get their exes out of their systems. Their pasts collide, exposing the secrets in Jessica’s heart and threatening Jay’s position on the team. Jessica must leave her disappointment behind while Jay has to decide whether Jessica comes before baseball. What will they sacrifice to turn their fling into true love? -- The Men of Spring Baseball Romances can be read standalone but are more fun when read together. Book 1, Playing Without Rules (Marcia & Brock) Book 2, Playing Catch (Jeanine & Kirk) Book 3, Playing for the Save (Jamie & Ryan) Book 4, Playing Fastball (Tina & Timmy) Novella, Playing the Rookie (Jessica & Jay)

Download or read book Playing Catch written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the field and off the field, bartender Jeanine Jewell plays, collecting one-night stands like baseball cards. She doesn’t need a man, except to curl her toes and make her scream. She’s learned the hard way that love is about control and manipulation—and the last thing she can handle is letting herself be vulnerable, or having anyone discover her shameful secret. Scoring women is easy for catcher Kirk Kennedy—they don’t call him “Catch and Release” for nothing. He never goes back for a repeat performance. Being traded to a new city is an opportunity for new adventures—until he runs into Jeanine and she refuses to go home with him. Intrigued, Kirk is determined to catch the elusive blonde and keep her to himself. When he proposes a wingman-to-wingwoman, friends-without-benefits relationship, he’s surprised she accepts. The no-benefits clause soon falls by the wayside when neither Jeanine or Kirk can resist their explosive chemistry. Despite the sparks between the sheets, they both refuse to acknowledge they’re anything more than friends. Everything changes when Kirk discovers someone from his past is the one Jeanine is hiding from. --- The Men of Spring Baseball Romances can be read standalone but are more fun when read together. Book 1, Playing Without Rules Book 2, Playing Catch Book 3, Playing for the Save Book 4, Playing Fastball Prequel, Playing the Rookie

Download or read book Bad Boys for Hire Ken written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bride for Breakfast written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Bonet is off to the Caribbean to realize her dream of owning a bed and breakfast. With family tales of pirates and hidden treasure, she is certain this is the opportunity of a lifetime. That she will need to have the renovations finished in time for her wedding doesn’t dampen her spirits. Her fiancé has the money to make things happen, and she has the determination. Elio Grande is the premier handyman on the isle. Growing up on the island, he has heard all the pirate tales. Handsome, hard-working and kind, he has won the hearts of the island but not the heart of a special woman. With a tragedy in his past, he thought a promise would change his luck. Ile d’Amour is the ideal setting for a romantic B&B with secluded beaches, hot nights and the magic that draws lovers together. Join Jane, Elio, a feral Persian cat, along with pirate tales and tragic curses, on a wedding adventure to remember, where Jane must choose between love and gold or risk leaving the island empty handed and empty hearted.

Download or read book Valentine Wedding Hound written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2017-05-13 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Valentine Puppies and Kisses written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lucky Like Love written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clare Hart thinks she’s a fairy. Not really, but she writes romances between fairies and humans, and she’ll do anything to turn her stories into real-life movies. On her way to Ireland, she meets a mysterious man who claims he’s over a thousand years old. Clare doesn’t believe him, but he’s wealthy and sexy and a wee bit daft. He promises to give her the money if she can use the Heart of Brigid to bring back his lost love, a powerful fairy princess. Clare uses her imagination to mesmerize the billionaire into believing she is the fairy princess, but her trick isn’t so funny when she finds herself imprisoned underground in a dungeon bedchamber fit for a queen—a dead one.

Download or read book Friends Lovers Co Workers and Community written by Kathleen M. Ryan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of ourselves as individuals, ourselves as in relationships with others, and ourselves as a part of the world. This book will appeal to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, and popular culture studies.

Download or read book Who is Stealing the Twelve Days of Christmas written by Martha Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When parts of outdoor Christmas displays go missing from neighborhood yards, nine-year-old Alex and his friend Yasmeen investigate.

Download or read book Meg Charlie written by Joan Murphine and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meg, Mitchell, Charlie, David and Alexander. A sagacious tale of beginnings, endings and a special second chance, told by one woman and four exceptional men spanning more than fifty-seven years.

Download or read book Kitty It s Cold Outside written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kitty, It’s Cold Outside is a romance with a serendipitous twist at the end. I’m betting you’ve never read a story like this before: past, present, or future. A lost kitten travels through time to bring deliverance to Victorian heiress Katherine Gills. She’s waited through hundreds of Christmases for her lover to return. When 21st-century mailman Mick Jolly delivers a mysterious package to an abandoned mill house, she believes he’s the man to deliver her from her endless cycle of Christmas heartbreaks. Together, Katherine and Mick uncover a devastating family secret. While Katherine worries about finding her lover, Mick takes her on a romantic spree of Christmas parties, lost letters, modern conveniences, and a magical flight over Humboldt Bay. When Mick finds himself falling in love with Katherine, he’s faced with an impossible choice: help her reunite with her Victorian-era beau or risk altering history for a chance at love. With only a little lost kitten at his side, Mick goes on a journey that proves true love knows no boundaries. --- Christmas Creek romances are a fun way to get into the holiday spirit. They are sassy, standalone romances centered around a town which celebrates Christmas all year round. Each story has a happy ending and can be read in any order, but of course, they are more fun if read together. Deck the Hearts, #1 Can Holly's jolly Christmas spirit help Grinchy Gordon Gills save the town of Christmas Creek? Her Christmas Chance, #2 A woman with cerebral palsy and her tomcat disagree about the attractive ex-con living next door. Will a dose of Christmas magic reach through his dark secrets? A Christmas Creek Carol, #3 A reclusive writer, Ebony Cruse, is given a one-star review on her life by characters in her past, present, and future. Kitty, It's Cold Outside, #4 When mailman Mick Jolly delivers a kitten to an abandoned millhouse, he is ensnared by a beautiful Victorian woman caught in a Christmas curse. A Christmas Creek Caper, #5 Someone's stealing packages off the Christmas Creek porches. Sheriff Brad Wing is on the case—until he's caught with his hands up and his pants down. Toy Soldier Christmas, #6 Breast cancer survivor, Nutmeg Brown, finds a broken toy soldier under her Christmas tree. It's love at first sight with a wooden toy or is it? Red's Christmas Woodsman, #7 When Ruby Red Rumsey visits her grandmother's Christmas Creek cottage, she finds a hunky woodsman asleep in her grandmother's bed. Dashing Through Christmas, #8 Misty Jolly and Dash Weston play guessing games while rushing through a Christmas project with no help from Westie, a “talking” dog. Dottie's Christmas Wish, #9 All Merry Jolly wants is to make Dr. Colton Dale smile. All his daughter, Dottie, wants is a dog. Will Christmas wishes come true for three lonely hearts?