Seasonal Reads | Best Books for Every Time of the Year

Murder with a Terrace View - A Harrington House Mystery

In Murder with a Terrace View, Molly Harrington's peaceful life running a B&B is shattered when a local author is found dead. As she delves into the mystery, she uncovers a web of secrets tied to her family's past. With a spectral ally and a budding romance with the detective, Molly navigates a world of intrigue and danger. This gripping tale blends mystery, romance, and the paranormal, promising a cozy whodunit that keeps you guessing till the end.

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Susanne Matthews

The White Carnation

He’s watching, waiting...The last person disgraced reporter Faye Lewis wants back in her life is Detective Rob Halliday, her former fiancé, the man she blames for ruining her career and breaking her heart. But when she discovers her best friend’s mother murdered, she doesn’t hesitate to call him.Breaking up with Faye after she unjustly accused him of sabotaging her career was a crippling personal blow for Rob, but he coped by burying himself in his work. For the past year, his team has been hunting the Harvester, a serial killer who ritualistically murders new mothers and vanishes with their infants. What Rob doesn't need is another case, especially one involving his ex-fiancée. But,...

The Long Game - Slow Space series book 2

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Daniel Hatch

The Long Game - Slow Space series book 2

How you can have a decent space opera if you can’t travel faster than the speed of light: Stay in the spaceport, everything will come to you.Alex has come to the spaceport on Minos following the trail of his long-lost grandfather – who hasn’t been heard from for more than 100 years. His family runs a vast interstellar business empire, made possible by the soliton drive. The drive lets you leap across space and time. To you it only seems like an instant, but to everyone else the years go by, as the interest on your investments accumulates.When Alex’s father died and his estate had to be settled, one question needed to be answered: What was the fate of his grandfather. He left on a mis...

Jeffrey H Baer

THE STRICKLAND FILE

Gary Strickland is astonished to lose his job before proposing to his childhood sweetheart Angela and braces for a lengthy search through the maze of New York City companies. Three days later Alex Schneider, a successful trade paper’s CFO, hires the recent college graduate to collect unpaid amounts from advertisers. But no sooner is Gary wedged among stingy clients, selfish coworkers, and his frazzled manager, than he and Angela learn they’ll become parents before husband and wife. Three months later Gary’s company-wide invitation to his engagement party inadvertently enrages Alex, who then manipulates the young and unproven employee to protect his own fragile position. After Gary...

Jeffrey H Baer

A SONG APART

Rising pop singer Shannon Kistler never expected to see college student Kevin Derow on a Manhattan street wearing her concert shirt. But she offers gratitude in her own way, leaving her biggest fan in shock. When the two teenagers meet again six days later, Shannon slips Kevin her phone number, and the unlikely romance begins. Soon they find they have several things in common: lonely childhoods, a passion for music, and making unpopular choices about their own lives. The public cannot take Shannon seriously as a teenaged recording artist, but she risks her sudden success by making some public mistakes after breaking into a soulless music industry with unusual ease. Meanwhile Kevin loses...

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Lister Fielding

Bill the burglar

On a cold post Christmas evening, a boy, Albert Ramsbottom, is walking his dog ‘Lucky’ when he detects a burglar breaking into a neighbour’s house. He decides to act and thwart Bill , the burglar. Will he succeed in preventing the crime?

MrsReeInspired

Why Do We Even Say That?

Okay, real talk—have you ever stopped mid-sentence and thought, Wait... why do we even say that? Like, why do we “spill the beans” instead of just “telling the secret”? Why is a ladder called a ladder and not, I don’t know, a “climb-stick” or “step thingy”? And why do we “bite the bullet” instead of just, you know... not doing that?I think we all just go along with words and phrases because we’ve heard them a million times. But when you actually stop and question them, it feels like language is just playing an elaborate prank on us.This book is about uncovering the weird, funny, and sometimes downright ridiculous origins of words and phrases we use every single day....

SWIPE: Mastering the art of handling trolls and protecting your peace

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Nicola Millington

SWIPE: Mastering the art of handling trolls and protecting your peace

The internet is a powerful space for connection and growth, yet it also exposes us to relentless online trolling. SWIPE: Mastering the art of handling trolls and protecting your peace is a must-read for business owners, content creators, and parents navigating digital spaces.Through nine real-life case studies, it provides practical tools to manage online criticism, misrepresentation, and harassment.With insights into UK legal protections, mental resilience techniques, and structured reflection sections, SWIPE empowers you to take control of your online presence while safeguarding your mental wellbeing. This book shifts the narrative on trolling helping you respond strategically, not react e...

The Ickles® First Bite!: 20 taste-tempting stories including HEROICKLE and the Alien Invasion.

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A. J. Eccles

The Ickles® First Bite!: 20 taste-tempting stories including HEROICKLE and the Alien Invasion.

The Ickles® are proud to dish up 20 mind-tingling short stories to delight readers whose appetite includes fun, fantasy, adventure, and sci-fi themes– you certainly won’t go hungry.

If you like aliens, AI robots, sharks, octopus and mermaid stories, plus animals, bugs, boats and planes you'll love these Ickle stories. Each page-turning tale transports you to a whimsical world of pure imagination.

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Graham Wilson

The Victim

2 faces on TV - VICTIM and KILLER - which is she? She thought she'd escaped. Now a man's remains are found in a remote Australian waterhole. Police say MURDER! She is linked to it, brought back from England, and charged with the crime. Newspapers say, "KILLED HER LOVER, FED HIM TO CROCODILES!" She will tell nobody what happened on that fateful day!

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Cathy Coombs

Stranger in the Window - Murder in the Heartland: The 1941 Cold Case of Leila A. Welsh

In Kansas City, Missouri, a young and promising woman named Leila Welsh was tragically taken from this world on a fateful night in March 1941. As she returned home from a fun date and ended the evening for drinks at a classy hotel venue, her life was brutally cut short between the hours of 1:00-5:00 a.m. Leila was only 24. She was a beloved teacher with a heart of gold and was well-liked. She touched the lives of many with her kindness. Little did she know that her final evening would be shrouded in darkness and mystery.Thirteen years went into researching and writing this book. I’m very excited about this book because it helps to memorialize the victim. There are so many cold cases in the...

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Chuck Morgan

Resurrection: The Deadly Mission

THERE IS A DANGER RISING FROM THE DEEP...In the year 2024, a mysterious electrical storm has resurrected a long-lost Nazi submarine from the depths of the North Atlantic. FBI Special Agent Sarah Carter's world is turned upside down when she receives a call from a naval officer, warning her of the submarine's dangerous cargo: an atomic bomb. Bound for New York City, the sub and its crew, revived after eighty years, are determined to fulfill their mission given to them by Hitler himself. Destroy the City of New York. Sarah must race against time to stop them before they destroy the unsuspecting city. With her skills and determination, she is the only one who can put an end to this deadly threa...

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Murder with a Terrace View - A Harrington House Mystery

The White Carnation

The Long Game - Slow Space series book 2

THE STRICKLAND FILE

A SONG APART

Bill the burglar

Why Do We Even Say That?

SWIPE: Mastering the art of handling trolls and protecting your peace

The Ickles® First Bite!: 20 taste-tempting stories including HEROICKLE and the Alien Invasion.

The Victim

Stranger in the Window - Murder in the Heartland: The 1941 Cold Case of Leila A. Welsh

Resurrection: The Deadly Mission