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"Mysterious Island" is the fifth installment in the Wendover House Cozy Mystery Series. The islands are being visited by a mysterious plague that is killing the fish and driving away the puffins. Certain that events are supernatural in origin, Tess accepts the help of a strange visitor in the night. Given the threat she uncovers, Tess will need all the help she can get.

Some ghosts can be too friendly. Karo Follett left her career in a blaze of glorious rage, ditching both work and its attendant philandering plagiarist, her boyfriend, for a job restoring the Belle Ange plantation in Virginia. On the way, inspiration struck like... well, like lightning. "Melanie Jackson has a truly awe-inspiring imagination... and writes romance for those with a yen for something different." —RT Book Reviews A billion volts can be eye opening, but an even bigger shock is on its way. Karo can now see spirits—and what a spirit! Hugh Vellacourt, the original owner of Belle...

"Devil of the Highlands" is a highland historical romance originally published under the title "Iona" by Dorchester Publishing in 1999. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com Isolated by the icy storms of the North Atlantic, the isle of Iona was only a temporary haven for its mistress. Lona MacLean, daughter of a rebel and traitor to the crown, knew that it was only a matter of time before the bloody Sasannachs came for her. But she had a stout Scottish heart, and the fiery beauty had given up dreams of happiness years before. One task remained-- to protect her people. ...

Mystery thrived while the twenties roared. 1921-- The War is over, alcohol is proscribed and women have the vote. Jane Blackthorn should be happy but the holidays are looming and the young widow has no desire to spend them with her matchmaking family. An invitation from an old college friend arrives to save her. The college ski club is having a reunion at a hunting lodge in Canada and Jane decides that some clean living in the great outdoors is just what she needs. But it is apparent from the moment of her arrival that something is very wrong at the Beauvert Ski Lodge and she is shocked to ...

Sometimes, it’s worth waiting a lifetime, or even two, for the woman of your dreams. The best Viking time travel comedy-romance since… come to think of it, when was the last time you read a decent Viking time travel comedy romance? Come experience the warm rays of the California sun as you’re drawn into an equally ancient and contemporary romance involving two lovers who were meant to be – even across time. Experience the ups and downs regarding the ins and outs of dating a 2000-year-old man. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com Viking warrior, Tranum, died in ...

Welcome to Hope Falls where there’s love in the air… "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com It's Chloe's first Valentine's Day with Alex and someone is out to sabotage the Sweethearts Ball. Her romance may also become a casualty when Alex's parents and their cats come to town for a visit. They are not pleased with their son's engagement. Now, their simple wedding plans have gone awry. "I was delighted to find Chloe Boston and all of Melanie Jackson's series." —Connie Shelton, author of the Charlie Parker and Samantha Sweet Mystery Series The path of true love ...

Mystery thrived while the twenties roared. Fire, Nevada is a town barely clinging to life and it is there Jane Blackthorn goes to hide from her family as she waits for her wedding day. Her beloved Uncle Jack is distracted by troubles at the silver mine. He and his partner are being pressured to sell to an Arizona conglomerate and the mine is being plagued by accidents which the men blame of the tommyknockers. Jane doesn't believe that the accidents are supernatural in origin but can she and her college friend, Bea Childe, prove it before the situation turns fatal? "Death in a Low Place" is ...

Juliet Henry accepts Esteban's invitation to the Dias de los Muertos celebration in Mirada, never expecting that the guests at the family bed and breakfast would end up being those among the dead-- put there by a killer's hand. The murderer has struck once. Can Juliet stop him from turning the festival into a bloodbath?

She’s back! After an absence of almost a decade, Miss Henry returns in a double mystery more than worthy of a comeback. In this two-in-one mystery, Miss Henry is finding her way in the world of Bay Area haute couture where high tech meets high finance. But before she can say ‘NSA’, she finds herself summoned back to work by her old employer and stranded in an abandoned mansion in the middle of the Nevada desert with a defector, bitter rivals from the agency, and a crazed killer. Forced into finding the most desperate and final of solutions to her interrupted retirement, Juliet has ...

Do you remember your scariest Halloween ever? James Henderson does. It was the year he turned ten. What started out as a sensible plan to collect the most candy while trick-or-treating soon turned into a terrifying adventure for James, his two friends and his kid brother, Ricky.

"Up in the Air" is the twenty-first book in the Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. Hope Falls is hosting its first Kite Festival to raise funds for the animal shelter. The festival will bring in funds, tourists and a pair of feuding kite makers, one of whom ends up dead. A little investigation proves that the late Gerhardt Brandt was not a good man and had an impressive list of enemies. Can Chloe find the killer before everyone packs up their kites and heads home?

Four times the mystery, four times the fun... This summer compendium includes four complete cozy mystery stories: Mayhew in Scotland (Kenneth Mayhew Mysteries Book 5) Kenneth Mayhew has returned to the soggy, ancestral acres of England to visit kith and kin. But a little bit of extended family goes a long way and Kenneth and Bentley soon escape the auld lang syne by heading north to Scotland. But things are not peaceful over the border and Cill Fhinnein House where they are staying seems to be living under the pall of witches curse and the ghost of her demon dog. Kenneth knows he must lend ...

It's All Hallows Eve and the tree mice are having a dance party. The revels are interrupted by the Zum sisters who are intent upon having a duel. Fortunately, there's an old witch mouse in their midst and she may be able to save the day.

Mayhew Mansion Armistice Day 1918: Christmas is a peaceful time in Quiet Corner -- except at Mayhem Mansion. There is no peace in Kenneth Mayhew's ancestral manse with a restless ghost playing tricks on the family. Christmas guests will be arriving soon and Kenneth's Aunt Agartha has assigned him the task of laying their ghost to rest before the Yuletide revels. On the Rocks Kenneth Mayhew has been summoned to the mansion of one of New York's elite to foil a cunning jewel thief. The dastard threatens to strike on New Years Eve during a costume ball. Can Kenneth, the beautiful Judith, and ...

The first book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Wendover House Cozy Mystery Series. "Melanie Jackson pens a sumptuous modern gothic." --Booklist A strange inheritance leads Tess MacKay to an island in Maine. In her unknown relative's ancient house, she discovers that the sins of the past are very much alive and able to be visited on the children. Smugglers and pirates and an old curse are not just things of the past, but dangers and mysteries to be reckoned with today. Mystery Series Chloe Boston Buttersctoch Jones Wendover House Miss Henry Historical Mysteries Death in a High Place Praise ...

Bienvenido a Hope Falls, hogar de la detective más pequeña e inteligente del mundo. “Infracción de Tránsito” es el primer libro de la exitosa serie de misterios de Chloe Boston, escritos por la galardonada escritora, Melanie Jackson. En esta edición conocemos a la diminuta Chloe Boston, quien es miembro del Departamento de Policía de Hope Falls. Sin embargo y para su desgracia, se encuentra atascada en la División de Tráfico y Aparcamiento porque cuarenta y ocho kilos y un metro cincuenta, nunca la harán capaz de aprobar el examen físico del departamento de la policía para ...

He ne'er is crowned with immortality who fears to follow where airy voices lead... But Chloe wasn't hearing voices; she was having visions. Troops of bloodred Adonis flowers gone feral; a monument of dark granite that seemed more gargoyle than angel, moving and writhing and threatening; these were visions of her upcoming assignment to photograph tombs in Virginia. She had the Sight, just like her Gran, the witch. But Gran hadn't taught her anything about her gift, and Chloe was at a loss. The horrible things she saw: what did they mean and were they real? Could she stop them? She was in a ...

Sometimes it takes more than one lifetime to get it right... "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com When the Great One gifted Domitien with love, it was not simply for a lifetime. Yet in his first incarnation, Dom was not to find happiness. His wife and unborn child were murdered, and Dom himself swore never again to feel such pain. When Death came, he went willingly. The Creator sent him fack to Earth to learn love in another body. Yet life after life, Dom refused. All he knew was that something was missing. Whatever name she took, whatever body she wore, he vowed to ...

"On Deadly Tides" is the thrid installment in the Wendover House Cozy Mystery Series. A body has washed up on the beach and the past which was buried once is now a present danger to Tess MacKay and others in the islands. Questions about the corpse's identity lead to an exhumation of an empty grave and further queries about a supposed accidental death that might be a ritual murder. Unwilling to believe claims of a family bane that kills Wendovers every third generation, Tess sets out to find her missing great-grandfather-- dead or alive.

A highland historical romance formerly published under the name "Manon" by Leisure Press. "Well researched, good plotting and cleverly written. I loved it." —Lynsay Sands, Best-selling author To Live Alone and barely ahead of the storm, Manon fled Scotland; the insurrection had failed and Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion had been thrown down. Innocent of treason, yet sought by agents of the English king, the Scots beauty donned the guise of a man and rode to London-- and into the hands of the sexiest Sassanach she'd ever seen. To Love But she had no time to dally, especially not with an ...