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The vibrant pageant of Elizabethan England comes to life in Karen Harper's fifth novel in her acclaimed Elizabeth I Mystery Series. Hailed as "extraordinary" by The Los Angeles Times, these historical mysteries beautifully blend fact and fiction as the young Queen Elizabeth Tudor becomes an amateur sleuth to save her court, crown, and kingdom. Though summering in the lush countryside to escape the plague rampaging through London, the queen and her court cannot escape the reach of a multiple murderer who seems to disappear at will. In the gardens of Hampton Court, Elizabeth proudly shows a famed visiting lawyer her huge hornbeam maze. But the intricate labyrinth soon becomes a scene of horror as Elizabeth herself is attacked and the lawyer is murdered within its leafy dead ends. The queen calls upon her small, select band of advisors to help her ferret out the identity of the maze murderer.

When Burgandi ran from her husband into the arms of her side piece, she thought she had escaped the fire; until one phone call threw her into the pit. Alacrán, a seductive kingpin and leader of Hijos del Alacrán, has craved Burgandi since the night Crypt handed her over like a gift. He promised it wouldn’t be the last time, and he never breaks a promise. When she steals from him and tries to frame her husband, her plan spirals into a nightmare. Snatched and imprisoned in his Castillo de Veneno, also known as the Castle of Venom, Burgandi is trapped among his wives and children; forced ...

Burgandi’s affair was once a dangerous secret; now it’s her prison. As a consequence of her actions, she’s forced to launder dirty money through her business, for a brutal Mexican cartel. Every step Burgandi takes drags her deeper into the underworld, where one slip could cost her everything. Thorne never promised love; yet he’s stuck in a game he didn’t ask to play. Lovie is pregnant; and while he’s not sure that the baby is his, she’s using that uncertainty to her advantage. Just when he thinks the storm is over, another one brews. One of his closest allies might be hiding ...

The greatest mistake Ember made was to step foot in my school. The instant the rumors started, I marked her as mine. It's only natural I became curious about the new girl. She took someone's position in this academy. Someone important to me. And now, she has to pay. The only way for her to survive is to find out the dirty little secrets I keep to myself. I watch the pleasure spark in her eyes as she searches. The desire to participate in my particular...tastes. If she's not careful, I might capitalize on that curiosity, and I'll squeeze her heart until it bleeds.

Burgandy Weiler owns Burgandi’s Bouquet, a chain of successful floral shops. She’s the mother of two beautiful children, and the wife of Christopher Weiler. Christopher AKA Crypt is every woman’s dream - Fine and rugged, with long money and even longer connections. Upgrading Burgandi he takes her from cleaning dirty hotel rooms, to being a boss. However, behind closed doors, Crypt is battling a sex addiction that has Burgandi feeling like a visitor in her own marriage. Thorne Ellis grew up in the rough streets of Detroit, but his heart was always in the garden. His late grandmother, ...

When Thorne McCafferty rushes home to the family ranch, he is thinking only about whether his sister Randi will survive the car wreck that has put her in the hospital. He never expects that Randi's E.R. doctor will be Nicole Stevenson. Nicole has never forgotten the teenage passion she shared with Thorne...or the sting of his unexplained rejection. Now she's all grown up - but he still affects her in the very same way. Will they both be able to move beyond their pasts for a second chance at a happy ending?