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An award-winning romantic-dramedy about Veronica (Vee), a recent Melbourne transplant who is swept off her feet by a charming Aussie doctor and has to quickly learn how to navigate love across cultures. Vee is helped along by her newly married cousin and smooth-talking BFF. Private Affairs was the 2021 Australian Podcast of the Year and Best Fiction podcast. Created, written, directed and produced by Christine "Kix" Mwaturura, starring: Ratidzo Mambo, Ronn Kurtz, Tsungirai Wachenuka, Garikai Jani and Taff. Original music and sound design by Jerry Agbinya. Cover art by Maanya Dhar. Learn more ...

Paris, 1890. One city, two worlds—where a private affair becomes public knowledge. Sir Edward Hastings, an English aristocrat weary of duty and drowning in ennui, retreats to the glamour and shadows of Belle Époque Paris. There, beneath the gaslamps and golden salons, he encounters a woman who unsettles him more than he dares admit: Louisa Avigny, a gifted seamstress with quiet strength, haunting beauty, and a past stitched with sorrow. Louisa has known loss, solitude, and the hard edges of survival. Widowed and alone, she makes her living by the precision of her needle and the dignity ...

A respected businessman. A brutal murder. And a conspiracy that could bury the truth forever. When Derrick Styles is arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, the case against him looks airtight. His fingerprints are on the weapon, he was seen arguing with her, and he was the last one to see her alive. But Styles claims he’s innocent. Veteran defense attorney Jim Cohen has heard that claim before, but this case feels different. The evidence keeps shifting. The witnesses don’t add up. And no matter which thread he pulls, it leads back to the same place—someone within the investigation is...

Back to claim what's his, sexy Sean Matthews is finally ready to confess the feelings he can't ignore for best friend, Cameron. In his mind, losing the man he's come to love is not an option. But little does Sean know, his newfound happiness will suddenly be threatened when he's accused and arrested for the ultimate sin...murder. Ride with author Mike Warren as he exposes the drama, unexpected surprises, mayhem and steamy sexual desires.

After years of defending Montgomery’s guilty, lawyer Ryan Ashcroft takes on the one case that could destroy him. When the body of Earl O’Grady, a former police officer, is pulled from the Alabama River, the city wants someone to blame. Tyson Carter, a young laborer with a record, fits the bill. Ashcroft agrees to defend him, but as he digs into the evidence, he uncovers a trail of lies, missing files, and witnesses who vanish before they can speak. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes that Tyson’s case is tied to something far bigger, and far more dangerous, than one man’s ...

A prosecutor accused of murder. A defense attorney chasing a truth no one wants revealed. And a verdict that could expose the most powerful men in Alabama. When Assistant District Attorney Kelly Roberts is arrested for the brutal death of colleague Saki Cordon, the case appears airtight. The victim died in Kelly’s home. The evidence points in only one direction. And Kelly herself cannot remember what happened. Veteran defense attorney Ryan Ashcroft takes the case knowing it may be unwinnable. But as the investigation unfolds, troubling questions begin to surface. Why was the victim ...

NAMED ONE OF AMAZON EDITORS' BEST BOOKS OF JULY! From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story—her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret. In this definitive portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy—one of...

In the Deep South, guilt isn’t proven. It’s inherited. When Montgomery defense attorney Ryan Ashcroft heads an hour down the highway to Marlow, Alabama, he believes he’s taking another pro bono case: a young landscaper accused of murdering the county’s hometown hero. But inside Marlow’s courthouse, justice isn’t blind. It’s bought. The sheriff runs the county like a family business. The judge is on the take. The prosecutor has already been paid. The deeper Ashcroft digs, the clearer it becomes that Jaylan Washington isn’t on trial for murder. He’s the cover-up. As storms ...

TWO BESTSELLING MYSTERIES IN ONE GREAT PACKAGE! THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise...

Jane was stressed out and tired of the same old 9-5 grind. Wake up, go to work, go to sleep, repeat. It was getting old, and she needed a personal vacation to kick back and relax. Little did she know she would meet the most gorgeous man she had ever laid eyes on. And not only that, but he has money and power... lots of it. The only problem is that the man has a secret... he has a wild side, a dangerous side.

Stone Barrington returns in the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author. When he’s apprised at the last minute of a mandatory meeting abroad, Stone Barrington rushes off to Europe for a whirlwind tour of business and, of course, pleasure. But from the...

When Daisy McDare discovers the dead body of a mafia henchman at her local dog park, it throws her entire world upside down. She had no idea that the mob operated in her small town of Cozy Creek. Suddenly, she is faced with a murder investigation that gets her caught between two rival mob bosses. Can she find her way out of trouble...while also solving this latest murder? Find out by buying a copy of The Deadly Mafia Affair right now!

Paris and England, 1920. The war has ended—but the private choices that shaped the past are no longer willing to remain hidden. In A Private Affair, Louisa Avigny chose independence over scandal, raising her son alone and building a life defined by work, discipline, and restraint. Decades later, her son Jean-Paul—now a veteran of the Great War—returns to Paris carrying questions that were never meant to be asked. Across the Channel, George Swinton, heir to a brittle English world exhausted by war and denial, uncovers a resemblance his family has long refused to acknowledge. A ...

Trust is a delicate thing, and no one knows that better than Rosalind Thorne. Lady Melbourne has entrusted her with recovering a packet of highly sensitive private letters stolen from her desk. The contents of these letters hold great interest for the famous poet Lord Byron, who had carried on a notorious public affair with Lady Melbourne's daughter-in-law, the inconveniently unstable Lady Caroline Lamb. Rosalind is to take up residence in Melbourne House, posing as Lady Melbourne's confidential secretary. There, she must discover the thief and regain possession of the letters.

In The Bughouse Affair, this first of a new series of lighthearted historical mysteries set in 1890s San Francisco, former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, undertake what initially appear to be two unrelated investigations. Sabina's case involves the hunt for a ruthless lady "dip" who uses fiendish means to relieve her victims of their valuables at Chutes Amusement Park and other crowded places. Quincannon, meanwhile, is after a slippery housebreaker who targets the homes of wealthy residents.

Some escapes are supposed to stay temporary. Coastal Confessions is a seductive collection of female-confessional erotic stories about luxury resort desire, private coastlines, forbidden attraction, and the beautiful places where women stop being who they were expected to be. Set across hidden coves, island resorts, private beaches, spa retreats, cliffside villas, and shoreline terraces, these stories follow women on the edge of reinvention — newly untethered, overworked, watched too closely, or desperate to disappear — who find themselves wanting more than rest. They want privacy. They...

Captain Gabriel Lacey accompanies famous dandy Lucius Grenville to Egypt, tasked with finding an "object" in Alexandria and procuring it, whatever the cost. The task does not turn out to be so simple. Locating what Denis wants in the teeming city proves difficult, sending Lacey and Grenville exploring tombs and temples down the Nile. Lacey must deal with treasure hunters, a shadow following him and his friends, murder, and missing his new family as he explores the exotic country he has so longed to see....

Lemuel Plant is a hard-up private investigator working out of a shabby downtown office. He's ready to quit, and is determined that his next case will be his last. Plant is visited by the beautiful Florence Joiner, who wants to collect evidence against her husband, who she alleges is having an affair with his secretary. On the job, Plant follows Harold Joiner, the managing partner of a successful firm. But he also follows his client, which leads him to the affluent suburb of Donnybrook and its country club. There, Plant discovers there's more to the story than what she disclosed Intrigue, a ...

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies. Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's...

Poirot, a Belgian refugee of the Great War, is settling in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him to his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her home. When the woman is killed, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery. The first book of the "Hercule Poirot" series, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" is a masterpiece of mystery and a must-have for all who love a great story!