Family Holiday Mysteries

The lights are strung. The gifts are wrapped. But for these families, the guest at the door wasn't Santa Claus. For most, December is a season of warmth, reunion, and joy. But for homicide detectives, the winter break is often a time of high stress, simmering resentments, and tragic outcomes. In TRUE CRIME - Holiday Horror, author Logan Carter pulls back the curtain on the dark side of the festive season. From frozen rural fields to the neon-lit panic of modern cities, this collection documents twenty of the most harrowing cases ever opened under the cover of the season. Inside, you will ...

The white-washed Italian villa is perfect. I thought it might feel odd, living in a stranger’s house for the summer, but as my husband and children swim in the infinity pool, I start to relax. And then, in the back of a wardrobe, I find something that shatters everything.... Sparkling green eyes, square jaw, lopsided smile. A young man with his arm around a beautiful woman. The picture is old and faded, but I’d recognize him anywhere. The man is my husband.

Home is where the hex is… and Red’s about to walk straight into one. When Red, a snarky witch-for-hire, travels to the East Coast to provide security at a glitzy vampire hotel, she expects some glamour and maybe a little magical mischief—not her estranged grandmother showing up with a murder case and an invitation to a family reunion. Red would rather wrestle a werewolf naked than face her coven’s Lammas holiday potluck. But when Grandma vanishes without a trace, Red has no choice but to dive headfirst into a mess of supernatural schemes, repressed family secrets, and one ...

Enchanted snow, mischievous cats, and a stolen wish… A whimsical holiday mystery where love and community prove to be the season’s greatest gifts. At Frosted Pines Tree Farm, Christmas is more than twinkling lights and cocoa by the fire—it’s enchantment woven into every snowflake. Clara Snow, owner of Snowfall Enchantments, fills her shelves with hand-painted ornaments that whisper people’s deepest wishes. But when a box of these magical treasures vanishes just days before the Winter Wishes Festival, Quillhaven’s holiday spirit teeters on the brink. With gruff but endearing tree...

A light, cozy mystery series in a quaint Bavarian Christmas town with a fun loving, amateur female sleuth, her adorable rescue cocker spaniel, and enough garden gnomes to fill a museum. Book 1 - Deck the Santa Chloe Carson is excited for her long-awaited family reunion. But as they gather in a snow-clad village to plan their aging mother’s dream of opening a restaurant, the old lady’s habit of spreading garden gnomes around town leads to a panicked pilgrimage. And the mayhem continues when their visit to the nutcracker museum reveals Kris Kringle has come to an unmerry demise. With a ...

Because danger doesn't take a holiday... Discover hours of reading enjoyment with the inspiring romances in this set -- real emotion, humor, and more than a dash of danger! You get six Christmas romances plus a bonus novella (not available anywhere else!), and each story includes completed tender romance and edge-of-your-seat mystery and suspense. Book 1 SHOW ME A FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS A brokenhearted widower with a sad daughter. A secret bodyguard working as a nanny. Can they become an unlikely family this Christmas? Book 2 NO MISTLETOE KISS FOR A COWBOY A woman fighting to survive after a ...

Rock Paper Scissors is the exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away...

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★ LIMITED HOLIDAY EDITION – ONLY UNTIL JANUARY 6TH ★ Second Edition — Revised, Expanded & Illustrated + Exclusive Christmas short story included Pour yourself a steaming cup and step into the warmest hug of a book you’ll read this winter… When quiet, bookish Wren inherits The Enchanted Tea Tavern on the edge of the whispering forest, she expects dusty shelves and endless pots of chamomile. Instead she finds: ✦ a black cat who absolutely judges her tea-brewing skills ✦ shelves of jars that glow when no one is looking ✦ an ancient living root beneath the floorboards that ...

The countdown to Christmas has never been scarier than in this internationally bestselling holiday horror novel from Per Jacobsen. Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone...

A Cozy Christmas Romance Wrapped in Mystery and Magic After laying her grandmother to rest just weeks before Thanksgiving, Lola Wexler-Parsons feels truly alone — no family left, no husband, no children, and no hope on the horizon. At 33, she fears she’s fading into the quiet life of a forgotten woman. In a moment of aching nostalgia, she bakes her grandmother’s famous Buttery Sugar Christmas Cookies, unaware that the recipe carries a secret enchantment. With every warm batch, something begins to stir in the snowy town of Declan Falls — whispers of luck, healing… and love. Enter ...

Narrator Kathleen McInerney will have listeners believing in miracles.” —AudioFile on The Santa Suit From Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Homewreckers and The Santa Suit, comes a novella celebrating love and the warm, glittering charm of the holiday season. "Nobody...

Rome—the city of churches, marble, … and murder? For one American tourist, a famous fountain will become her final resting place. Wedding bells are ringing, and Lana Hansen could not be happier! Wanderlust Tours guide Randy Wright and his Italian girlfriend are tying the knot in Tuscany, right after he and Lana finish leading a Christmas-themed tour around Rome. Unfortunately for Randy, his ex-girlfriend is still convinced they are meant to be together. When she shows up at his hotel, they have a nasty fight, and Randy threatens to harm her if she doesn’t leave him be. After her body ...

Sweet Christmas Romance Small Town Holiday Suspense Widow/Single Dad Love Story Magical Guardian Angel Romance Inspirational Feel-Good Holiday Mystery Christmas Cookies by Blk Qween Lola hasn’t felt the magic of Christmas in years. After losing her grandmother five years ago — the last connection to the only family she had left — the holidays became a painful reminder of loneliness. With Thanksgiving just two weeks away in the snowy Colorado small town of Declan Falls, Lola whispers a quiet prayer for a husband, children, and a real family to love. What she doesn’t know is that a ...

Christmas stories filled with family, friends, Christmas trees, homemade cookies and candies, small town celebrations, childhood memories, romance, and a couple of intriguing mysteries. This Box Set collection includes: Christmas in the Canyon Leila is on her way home for the holidays. She has a big surprise for her family and friends…only to find out there is a surprise of a different kind waiting for her. Lizzie is so ready for Christmas…she’s also ready to solve the mysterious puzzle Harry found carved into the front of the saloon’s very antique bar. A suggestion from Leila has ...

Every woman wants to be Elizabeth Bennet Darcy–beautiful, gracious, universally admired, strong, daring and outspoken–a thoroughly modern woman in crinolines. And every woman will fall madly in love with Mr. Darcy–tall, dark and handsome, a nobleman and a heartthrob whose virility is...

When an old friend is arrested in Dublin, tour guide Lana Hansen will need the luck of the Irish to clear him of the crime. Lana is thrilled her friend Jeremy and his wife are on her tour to Ireland. The couple are having the time of their lives exploring the country’s rich literary and cultural history, until they run into Guy Smith, a reporter Jeremy recently exposed as a fraud. A tussle turns into a fight and leaves each man vowing to destroy the other. Yet cross words and dirty looks tell Lana that Jeremy is not the only client on her tour who has a grudge against the reporter. When ...

Relive the sensuality, the romance, and the drama of Fifty Shades Freed through the thoughts, reflections, and dreams of Christian Grey. E L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. ...

Cherished family heirlooms, clues to a lingering mystery, and the most precious Christmas gift of all. Jillian had searched through the entire huge house. With Christmas right around the corner, she’d realized something was missing. Even after searching through the entire house, she still had a feeling the missing heirlooms were here somewhere. The only place she hadn’t looked was the basement and she wasn’t thrilled with the idea of going down there on her own. Nic couldn’t quite put his finger on why he wanted to spend every waking moment with Jillian. But wherever she was, it was...

Ronan Hendricks immediately realizes that the message his wife just received says a lot more than it seems. And it doesn’t take long for his entire family to become involved in helping both him and Grace figure out exactly what it means. Logan Hendricks is always ready for Christmas. His grandsons might be grown but he still enjoys spending his Christmas Eve piling presents under the tree for all three of them and the rest of his growing family. By his count, he’s already baked enough cookies and other holiday goodies to feed a small army. There was nothing new about that. When his ...