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Viola Bardo, vigilante justice seeker and music teacher is caught between leadership, and serving justice, when her shocking past catches her off guard. Will truth and justice, in her personal life, invite sorrow or joy?In a small mining town, nestled along a stunning coastline where poets and novelists seek creative refuge - young women mysteriously disappear at dawn. Blackwater Ridge's secret lays locked in the old abandoned mine. A tight-lipped community spanning many generations, from the mine's hey days, is tested when suspicion hovers over the caravan parade passing through town.Viola returns to her home school, Blackwater Ridge Performing Arts Academy, as acting principal when unexpected challenges confront her. She struggles with the demands of leadership, grief, and her need to serve justice. When her secret past, surfaces, she is an emotional wreck. Will she muster the strength and courage to maintain her life's calling?Meet the charming townsfolk of Blackwater Ridge who gather at Dukes Bar and Grill, where truths emerge under the watchful eye of owner, Ellis McCrae.

Join teacher Kate Hamilton as she puzzles her way through crimes from rural Virginia to inner city Washington D.C. in this USA Today bestselling series.MINEA sleepy town in southwest Virginia wakes up to a nightmare of untimely deaths.Not safe at home in Boston, science teacher Kate Hamilton seeks refuge in the small Virginia town where she was born and raised.Scarborough is no longer the bucolic village that she remembered. Pleasantries are only skin deep as big city issues and the politics of the world roil just under the surface.A string of untimely deaths has the whole town grieving. Only Kate thinks something nefarious is afoot.Can Kate convince the local police that coincidences like these are only found in fiction?Kate is determined to solve the puzzle and save lives, especially her own.YOURSNo Good Deed Goes UnpunishedScience teacher Kate Hamilton is hiding out in the small Virginia town where she was born and raised.Her marriage is in tatters. Her future uncertain. Kate begins the new semester at Boonestown High teaching their new STEM CSI classes.An object collected as "evidence" during a class project serves as a distraction for Kate. It's an expensive accessory for a town where their only manufacturing plant has been shuttered.Good deeds can be deadly.OURSOurs is but to do or die.Kate is moving to Washington D.C. to be closer to her disabled SEAL husband.Her marriage is held together by a thread. Her baby is due very soon...too soon.Kate begins the new semester at William Howard Taft High teaching their new criminal justice classes with her neighbor Detective Dave Murphy.Her student find an injured vet. Kate delivers first aid.An object passed from victim to good Samaritan, a class of teens who don't like to be told "no", this all seems too familiar to Kate.Good intentions don't always lead to good outcomes.Scroll up and grab your copy to join in the case and solve these mysteries!The Kate Hamilton Mysteries novellas can be read as a standalones, as part of the series, or as part of the Iniquus World.

I know my sister didn't die by accident. Does someone know our secret?I swore I'd never go home to Brightwater. It would be safer for everyone if I stayed away.But now my sister is dead, and I am driving down the familiar highway, watching the sunlight glimmer off the lake, with the memory of her green eyes like a knife in my heart.I know Holly didn't slip and drown out by the old boardwalk, surrounded by trees and dark water. She would never have gone there, if she had a choice.Her little girls need me now. I couldn't save Holly, but I must protect them.Because if whoever killed Holly knows what we did all those years ago, out on the water, then I need to find them before they come after me.But how can I, when there are still so many things I don't know about what really happened that night?An absolutely gripping, twisty psychological thriller about secrets between sisters that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, The Woman in the Window and The Silent Patient.Readers love Kelly Heard:"WOW!!!... Gripped me so hard that I simply couldn't put the book down!!... The ending left me breathless... So good and unputdownable... Will take your breath away!!" Tropical Girl Reads,¿¿¿¿¿"OMG what a story!... Twisty, fast paced... Sure to keep you guessing from page one! Full of mystery, tension and suspense... Had my heart pounding... The best thriller I've read this year." Goodreads reviewer, ¿¿¿¿¿"I'm speechless... This book blew my mind. I can't stop thinking about it... Gripping until you were on the edge of your seat dying turning pages like nothing. Because the book was that good." Reviews by Bee, ¿¿¿¿¿

Winner of the 2022 IndieReader Discovery Award for short storiesA sinister cook, a cursed cake, and a casual dinner between neighbours that goes murderously wrong.This collection of culinary mysteries ascends the jagged culinary heights you've hungered to explore but could never find on a map: a family business that depends on a cursed recipe, a remote mountain village with a taste for revenge, a particularly peckish ghost. As the characters swoon over every unforgettable mouthful and sometimes bite off more than they can chew, you'll find yourself asking: what would I be willing to pay for the meal of a lifetime?Fourteen short stories and thirteen recipes will chill, thrill and entertain. The suspenseful stories range from thrillers and mysteries to ghost stories and are a great gift for all crime fiction lovers.If feasting on culinary noir leaves you hungry, extend your pleasure by preparing the dishes featured in the stories. Most recipes are vegetarian. All recipes are cyanide-free.

In the year 2068, America is a high-tech society that is bordering on anarchy. Crime and vice are rampant as three new political parties attempt to control the government. Uncertainty looms as overworked law-enforcement agencies try to maintain order in a society that accepts the drug culture and the criminal warlords that vie for power. The borders are gone. Half of the one billion people now living in America are on welfare. Enforcement of law is sporadic as local government entities must find new ways to continue to pay their departments. Private security firms become popular; but many are for sale to the highest bidder. Amidst the chaos, a new American hero emerges. Navajo Ben Ayani is determined to help his people. He seeks a nomination to the state congress of New Mexico; hoping to gather support for neglected children living in poverty on the Navajo reservation. Murder, blackmail and betrayal set the stage as Ayani manages to survive an assassination attempt. The Navajo Tribal Council hires George Solidae's private security firm to protect him. Find out what happens next as Solidae investigates and Ayani is thrown into the arena of ruthless politics. Organized crime figures heavily in this glimpse into one possible future of the United States of America.

A BITTER, ICY COLD NIGHT...Mystery writer Michael Coleman, parks at a seedy coffee shop, sits and opens his laptop.He can't help but notice a bedraggled little urchin sitting by a window alone and shivering.He sends over a hot chocolate, takes a washroom break, then leaves.He arrives home to discover the crouching waif-like girl hiding in the back of his car...Excerpt He put his finger to his lips and signaled for Claire to shush. "You're scaring the crap out of me, Michael." He nudged the bundle on the floor with the bat but it remained motionless. "Come out of there. It's too cold to play games. So, come on out now." "For God's sake, what is it?" Claire said. "IT, is the little girl I saw earlier in the coffee shop, all alone." Claire ventured close enough to see the bundle. "What in hell is she doing here?" "I have no idea. She was gone when I left the place, so I figured her parents came for her. She's a mess, Claire." The child kept her face shielded from the onlookers. "What I can't figure out is how in hell she got into my car?" Claire suddenly reached out and touched her but the child curled up like a tight fist and let out an animal-like whimper. Claire jumped back. "You try. Maybe she has mother issues." Michael knelt down beside the open door and remained silent for a moment. The child peeked out from under her arm and stared mournfully into Michael's eyes. "Do you want to come out?" he asked. She still wouldn't budge. He needed to consider a more radical approach. "I can't leave you in there to freeze, young lady. If you don't come out, I'll have to call the um ... police to come and take you somewhere warm." The child let out a sorrowful howl, then immediately untangled herself, crawled out of the car and plastered herself against the wall...Praise for I Say My Name"Reva Stern's I Say My Name is one of those mysterious child thrillers that is so filled with passion and suspense you feel like your fingers are glued to the pages. You can't put it down."-Andrew Neiderman, author of The Devil's Advocate and the V.C. Andrews novels"A knockout of a novel, written by a ravishing new voice. Reva Stern's unforgettable story of a lost child and an emotionally wounded couple will encapsulate you in the shocking and gritty underworld of child abduction, prostitution, human trafficking, and murder. Utterly engrossing!"-Joyce Wayne, Author of "The Cook's Temptation and Last Night of the World"A chance encounter at a coffee shop jump starts a riveting story that will shock and surprise the reader. Ms. Stern's novel is a page turner." Paul Shankman, EM Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder, and the author of a new book, Margaret Mead"Reva Stern is a born storyteller. In this mystery thriller, she takes her readers on a roller-coaster ride through the intricacies of life, and depicts memorable characters embarked on voyages of self-discovery."-Leonard Rosmarin, Professor of French Literature, author of 16 books and decorated by the Government of France.