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A chiseler preys on the kind-hearted. But Jenna's vengeance? Bless his heart. Jenna didn’t plan on chasing criminals when she inherited the Peach Blossom Retreat in Georgia, but when a friend is attacked and left for dead by a scammer who thrives on sympathy and deception, Jenna takes a bold step: she infiltrates his online groups to expose him. The deeper she digs, the more she realizes his schemes are darker and more dangerous than she imagined. Can Jenna outwit the ultimate manipulator before he destroys more lives, including her own?

Only a trap with the right bait will stop a crazed killer. Major is the bait; he sets the trap. Failure means death. Major’s farm in Florida is no longer safe after all the neighbors leave to escape from the murdering bands of raiders. An organized army led by one of Major’s most vicious enemies follows the random attacks of small gangs and sweeps north as Major and his family move to join Aimee Louise and Stuart in Georgia. While Major and his Georgia farm neighbors prepare to defend their homes and families, Major knows who is behind the destruction and bloodshed and prepares to stop ...

A most unlikely team: a cop, two thugs, and a blind woman band together to find refuge when the US power grid abruptly fails. Lili has no option except to resign when the city mandates double shifts for its dwindling number of police officers as the violence from the large cities reaches smaller towns. Her aunt and uncle want Lili and her young son to leave town with them and her uncle’s friend, who is convinced plans are in place to destroy the US electrical grid. Lili is a target for extortion because she is a police officer; her uncle’s friend is targeted to die because he knows too ...

A deranged serial killer targets the vulnerable Maggie. Her life depends on seeing what no one else does. Maggie navigates through the clues behind twenty years of suspicious deaths at the hand of the legendary Ghost of Wicked Hollow. Even though she has tragically lost her eyesight, she sees beyond the fog that has shrouded a serial killer from discovery for years. The murder targets her to die.

A deadly attack on Maggie leaves her maimed, but the killer wants her dead. Maggie uses her uncanny skills and talents to navigate through the conflicting lies, half-truths, and clues to piece together the seemingly unrelated deaths at a senior center’s staff and residents, real and fake jewelry, a fire, and a near-fatal attack on her. Maggie counts on the killer to underestimate her skills as she narrows her suspect list. The killer intends for her to die.

She's in a race to uncover the secrets and solve the murders before the desperate killer murders her. KAREN O’BRIEN is puzzled by the secrets of a respected, longtime resident of Asbury. How many secret partners can any one person have? And when one of the partners and then another is murdered, Karen is convinced the killer must have been one of the other partners, but which one? And why? The Donut Lady asks too many questions and uncovers too many secrets. She’s in the killer’s crosshairs. A cozy culinary mystery sprinkled with a smidgen of paranormal.

Angel and Stuart and their small team rush to rescue two families in Alabama. Will they divert to another critical mission? Timing is everything. Failure means death. Angel and Stuart lead the team to save two families that are endangered by the onslaught of the ruthless cartel but learn of a second critical rescue mission then a third. Do they divert or complete their current mission? The wrong choice leads to certain death.

Runaway girls. Calculating charmers. Human trafficking. Maggie sees the link; the kingpin sees her as an easy kill. Maggie’s on the trail of a human trafficking organization that she believes includes a ring of kidnappers and charismatic men that lure vulnerable women to a remote “resort.” When friends die in their efforts to uncover the criminals, Maggie steps up her game; as the young, one-eyed Maggie closes in, the mastermind is confident she’ll step into his trap and die.

The power grid and society collapsed years earlier, but spirits are high in the anticipation of a Christmas with snow at the four Georgia farms until impending danger looms. When a cartel leader targets one of their own five days before Christmas, Stuart, Angel, and their team intend to take advantage of the rivalry between the two battalions of killers to pit them against each other. Risky plan, and the stakes are high. If they fail, all the families at the four nearby farms will be slaughtered before Christmas Eve.

A hate-filled killer seeks revenge. As the attacks escalate, Stuart and Aimee Louise prepare for the onslaught. Stuart and Aimee Louise scrap their plans to return to Florida when their neighbors fall victim to home invasions and murder. After the ruthless gang halts all travel with roadblocks and the repeated attacks become even more intense, Stuart and Aimee Louise suspect someone on their team is the target. When the callous enemy closes in, Stuart and Aimee Louise plan their own attack; the killer plans a slaughter.

Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie close in on a human trafficking ring. The obsessed leader plans a slaughter. Stuart, Aimee Louise, and Rosalie peel away the lies to uncover the truth about the seemingly random multistate kidnappings, but the violence of the attacks escalates, and everyone at Stuart’s family farm is in jeopardy. The unstoppable trio may have met their match when their enemy moves in for the kill.

Donut Lady’s life depends on her memories of her conniving ex-husband. The silent stalker intends for her to die. The past haunts the Donut Lady when her dead husband’s sketchy brother arrives in town after he blocked her appeal to overturn her wrongful conviction. What’s he doing in her hometown? To add to her troubles, her self-designated protector, Jack, is arrested for assault on the taunting, no-good ex-brother-in-law who is later found dead in Jack’s yard. Where does a counterfeiter fit in the puzzle? Only the dead husband knows.

Only Riley, vet tech and dog whisperer, can stop the mastermind who murders farmers for their land; killer’s plan: Riley dies. Riley is offered a part time position with a vet who visits farms. Her dream job! But a killer turns her dream into a nightmare when farmers who are desperate to use their equity to save their farms are murdered, and friends are left for dead. Riley’s on the killer’s list: next to die.

Has Maggie finally met her match? A serial killer leaves a grisly message for Maggie: she’s next. She does not intend to die. Maggie and her Gray Flanagan Agency staff, Paul and Heather, have their first case: investigate the grisly murders of young women. They discover the killer tracks the order of the murders with crude, deep slices on the young women’s bodies. When the team doubles-down to find the killer, Maggie gets too close, and the killer gives Maggie the next number in line to die.

Extortion. Murder. Arrest. Case (not) Closed. KAREN O’BRIEN, retired teacher, convicted felon, and donut shop owner, has an enemy who also happens to be the killer. Donut Lady is not convinced the right person was arrested in the death of a decorator and furniture store owner, but after she reviews the documents and files that the victim’s parents gave her, Donut Lady still doesn’t know who murdered the decorator. She has four and possibly five highly suspicious suspects, and one of them is a dear friend. As she closes in on the truth, the killer sends her a clear, chilling message: ...

Riley Malloy, vet tech and dog whisperer, suspects her father’s death seven years ago was not an accident. Her enemy waits for an opening to kill Riley. Riley Malloy is the only person alive who can solve long-ago murders and expose the crimes of an international ring. Complication: Riley doesn’t realize the significance of her grandmother’s letter or the documents she finds or how desperately her unknown enemy watches and waits for an opportunity to destroy the evidence and kill Riley.

Autistic and Orphaned. The nation’s survival depends on her. Seventeen-year-old Aimee Louise doesn't see faces; instead she sees swirling, shifting clouds. Bright and fluffy for happiness; dark gray for sadness; and anxious, restless wisps of gray for worry. But a sharp, jagged, crimson cloud, a chilling, almost tangible weight in the air, screams of imminent danger. A local transformer explodes, but it’s only the beginning of the coordinated, widespread collapse of the nation’s grid and the economy. When the power-hungry criminal discovers the information to stop his plan to take ...

Riley Malloy, vet tech and dog whisperer, stands in the way of a desperate criminal. Easy fix. Kill Riley. After a former coworker dumps a feral cat inside a carrier on Riley’s porch with only a cryptic note attached, the coworker is murdered. Riley is the last person alive who can identify the criminal. Riley is attacked, kidnapped, and left for dead. Ben, the cute deputy, and Toby, her rescued German Shepherd, are desperate to find her. Riley clings to life: she does not intend to die.

Major and Aimee Louise set a trap for a human trafficking ringleader; their enemy plans an ambush. If Aimee Louise doesn’t stop the killer, Major will die. Major’s old enemy is the mastermind behind the entire conspiracy: the electrical system’s imminent destruction, the scam to steal farms, and kidnapping children of law enforcement officers to force the parents into compliance with his schemes. Major and Aimee Louise set a trap for the egotistical criminal with Major as the bait; his enemy plans a deadly ambush. If Aimee Louise doesn’t stop the criminal, Major will walk into the ...