Along with gifts, treats, and holiday cheer, this Christmas there's an extra kick to the hot cocoa . . . A Christmas-themed escape game seems like the perfect pre-holiday treat for bookstore café owner Krissy Hancock and her best friend. But one of the beverages doesn't sit so well with someone . . . When the host is found dead in a pool of hot cocoa, it's up to Krissy and her team to catch the killer—or escape before getting killed.Previously published in Christmas Cocoa Murder

A charming, relatable small-town setting and a cast of complex characters sets Alex Erickson's Bookstore Café Mystery series apart from the cozy pack—and this time the stakes are higher than ever, as bookstore owner Krissy Hancock becomes the target of escalating attacks. Smart and masterfully plotted, will appeal to fans of Leslie Meier, Cleo Coyle, and Carolyn Hart. In a small town like Pine Hills, reputation counts for a lot. And for reasons that Krissy Hancock can't figure out, someone is trashing hers. Cockroaches in the bookstore's coffee, spiteful reviews, vandalism—Krissy is being framed for every bit of bad news around. Her boyfriend, local cop Paul Dalton, is on the case, but before they can source the saboteur, Krissy is in the frame for murder, too. The murder weapon was a teapot full of Krissy's favorite spiced chai, and all the local gossips are spilling the tea about her supposed involvement. But the real culprit...

A Twenty-First Century Hamlet.Hayden Lichfield's life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself. Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and a dying wish: Avenge me...With the lab on lockdown, Hayden is trapped with four other people—his uncle Charles, lab technician Gabriel Rasmussen, research intern Felicia Xia and their head of security, Felicia's father Paul—one of whom must be the killer. His only sure ally is the lab's resident artificial intelligence, Horatio, who has been his dear friend and companion since its creation. With his world collapsing, Hayden must navigate the building's secrets, uncover his father's lies, and push...

Brian Nelson, also called Brain, has been in the MBMC for as long as any man Oscar and Kirby recruited for the resurrected club. Like so many of them, Brain struggles with demons left from his time in the military. His PTSD and TBI symptoms are relentless and plague every aspect of his life with anger, taunting flashes of forgotten moments, and despair.Clark Donaldson is an old timer, a member of the original Mayhan Bucklers MC founded by Kirby and Oscar's grandfather in the aftermath of the brutal Vietnam War. Old Boots has got a thing or two to teach these cherries who want to think they've invented the strain and pain of life after the service.Brain might be an FNG when it comes to the club, but he's got a lesson or two for Old Boots, too. Welcome to Charm School, old man.

From bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh comes an unforgettable emotional story of everlasting love.Two soulmates separated by family find their way back to each other—and get a second chance at forever.No matter how many years passed, they never forgot. And their love never dimmed.Savannah Richards let the love of her life slip through her fingers. She could have found him. Maybe. But he would come back when he was ready. Still, it did not keep her from being mad at him. Just a little.Young and dumb, Noah Worthington let his family manipulate him into an arranged marriage. To protect the love of his life, he disappeared on her. It was for the best. But he never forgot and, truth be told, his heart never let her go.Twenty years later, they unexpectantly bump into each other in a chance encounter.Just as quickly as she appeared, she waltzed right back out of his life. But this time Noah's life was his own and nothing could keep...

They called it the Great American Eclipse. A once in a lifetime event. People journeyed to Tennessee from all over just to watch those few minutes as day turned to night. And back again. Melissa watched the eclipse with the current boyfriend. Trying not to think about the love she had so tragically lost. She liked Garth well enough, but that flame she had carried for her college sweetheart had never been matched. When the day turned to night, something happened. Something that defied everything she knew. Everything anyone knew. An unforgettable short story of love that defies the boundaries of time.

BECKONEDTHE BECQUERELSSERIES VOLUME ONEBeckoned is a series of interconnected, full-length standalone novels. Twist of Fate, When the Stars Align, Once in a Blue Moon, Once Upon a Christmas, and A Wish Upon a Star.About the books:Twist of Fate.Erika Becquerel finds herself in an impossible world. A Harvest Moon Ball in her beloved grandfather's home? As she struggles to make sense of claims that she fell into the year 1837, her grandfather's life hangs in the balance.Resigned to a life of misery, colonial man Charles Becquerel faces a life already mapped out for him. But when Erika suddenly and inexplicably appears in his life, he senses an unexpected change.Though from two different centuries, Erika and Charles find themselves in a romance that defies time itself.When the Stars Align.A modern woman of 1838, Camille LaFleur defies convention working at her father's tavern. Her father's...

Sometimes the best things happened by accident.Zoe Madris liked her guys in the friend zone. It kept things easy and uncomplicated. She had gotten quite good, too, at keeping guys at arm's length. Except for one man. Dylan. With just a simple glance in her direction, he scattered her thoughts.Dylan Worthington could have any girl he wanted. As a pilot, he saw no reason to limit his women. In his defense, he never made promises. He had always considered Zoe off-limits until... that night. Then she became his obsession.Zoe and Dylan could not have planned that night any better if they had tried. That one night involved a mistaken identity, a room key, and so many other things that came together by accident. But was it an accident? Or was it fate intervening to give the two a nudge in the right direction?Sometimes what happens in Seattle does not stay there. An emotional full-length sweet romance full of delightfully sexy undertones.

They called it the Great American Eclipse. A once in a lifetime event. People journeyed to Tennessee from all over just to watch those few minutes as day turned to night.And back again.Abigail watched the eclipse from a reconstructed fort. But when the darkness failed to turn back to light, she was not alone.When the day turned to night, something happened. Something that defied everything she knew. Everything anyone knew.An unforgettable short story of love that defies the boundaries of time.

They called it the Great American Eclipse. A once in a lifetime event. People journeyed to Tennessee from all over just to watch those few minutes as day turned to night. And back again. Mikala stood in the dark with her fiancé, but when her eyes adjusted to the light, he was gone. When the day turned to night, something happened. Something that defied everything she knew. Everything anyone knew. An unforgettable short story of love that defies the boundaries of time.

Another imaginative story in bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh's Worthington series.Thinking of others first, as always, pilot Camila Worthington found herself in a life or death situation. It took all her training just to keep her alive. But she bumped her head. A little. Maybe more than a little. And now she doesn't remember anything. Not even her own name.Beau Montrose wanted nothing other than to be left alone. Recently discharged from the military, his life direction had shifted. The only problem... what direction exactly? Then she crashes into his life.Sometimes reality is what we make it. Will Camila and Beau make their world a reality?From its nail biting opening to the ending, this intense novel takes contemporary romance back to its core. Another success by Kaleigh.

New York Times bestselling middle-grade thriller author Margaret Peterson Haddix returns to the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series as Colin and Nevaeh unravel a mystery from the 1930s and explore the emotions associated with death and dying.Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends—even though their parents are business rivals. They also found hidden boxes of secret letters, which led them to unravel mysteries about kids from the 1970s.But when they started Mystery Solvers Inc., they didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost.Ree recruits them to investigate a series of old, spooky photos left behind in her family's new house. The photos show a boy who looks totally see-through. And in some, he's in a coffin.That's not so odd for Ree, who lives above a funeral home. But when Colin and Nevaeh start investigating, they discover other sightings of the boy—and...

The only thing worse than wet woollen togs, is a knife in the back... As the kiwi summer draws to a close, a family outing to the beach takes a deadly turn when a lifeless body washes up on shore. Grace is devastated to recognise the victim, Ricky, who worked in her friend's bakery. But when the supposed drowning victim is rolled over, a shocking truth is revealed—he was murdered. Drawn into finding the murderer of the cheerful baker, Grace picks at the tangled web of secrets that surrounded Ricky. The man lived a double, or even triple, life. But which version of him had provoked the fatal encounter? Grace and her friends must find the person responsible, before another life is lost to the same tide of violence that claimed Ricky. This is the second instalment in the Grace Designs cozy mystery series, about a seamstress turned sleuth in New Zealand at the start of the 1920s.