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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 ...

"Nevermore" is the fifth installment in the Divine Supernatural Romance Series. Who is the mysterious Poe Mourner who comes each year to the poet's grave to leave cognac and roses? Widow, Anna Peyton, wants to know. But the editor of Golden Words Magazine found out far more than she expected about the great poet and is inducted into the not-so-dead poets society. This is the installment includes several several guests from the Wildside.

The third book in Melanie Jackson's Wildside Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com Lyris knew all about goblins. She had spent much of her adult life trying to prove one was behind the assassination of JFK. But was Quede the biggest threat in New Orleans, this strange monarch who owned the plantation Toujours Perdrix? Or was the biggest threat Romeo Hart, the fey who laughed at death and quickened Lyris' blood? This courier mission was trouble. No question; Lyris was in danger of losing her life, her soul, or her heart-- and by the time she discovered which, it ...

Evil forces were on the rise, and Io was part of a secret association dedicated to stopping them. Lutins were replacing society's bigwigs and no one was safe. The only solution was to infiltrate the menace, travel beneath the Motor City into the hordes thronging Goblin Town, rendezvous with Jack Frost and uncover the plot. Melanie Jackson writes "Romance for those with a yet for something different." --Romantic Times The quest would lead to the monster band SEXXX and then to Horroban, the goblins' never-before-seen king. It would force Io through labyrinths of vice; challenge every aspect ...

HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY? One hundred and sixty years ago, Kris Kringel walked the earth spreading the message of love and peace between peoples. Then he was kidnapped and given a drug that wiped out his memory, while the goblins hijacked Christmas. "Fans of ghouls, goblins and wizards need look no further..." ---Publishers Weekly on The Master OR NICE? Kris has been found. But he's not what you think. In fact, he's not what anybody thinks, unless they happen to know he wears Armani, drives a vintage Rolls Royce and dislikes reindeer. Even more, he dislikes the fat caricature the goblins stuck...

Who is Damien Ruthven? In 1816, Lord Byron stayed at the castle of Dr. Johann Dippel, the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Baron von Frankenstein. Trapped there by a lightning storm, he was approached by the doctor and promised a cure for his epilepsy. The "cure" changed him forever. And is he "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know?" In the 21st century, Brice Ashton wrote a book. Like all biographies of famous persons, her's on Lord Byron was sent to critics in advance. One Damien Ruthven responded. He contacted Brice from New York suggesting her work contained two errors—and that only he could ...

"Overbourd" is the third installment in the Kenneth Mayhew Cozy Mystery Series. Kenneth Mayhew is headed for Havana and fun in the sun instead of going home for the family reunion. The high sea is a great place for romance, but in spite of the charming company, the SS Valbenara turns out to be a ship filled with tension. There are hijinks but they aren't friendly and Kenneth isn't surprised when things escalate into something deadly.

The fourth book in Melanie Jackson's Wildside Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com Snippets of a forgotten past were returning to Nyssa Laszlo, along with the power to project her mind. Each projection thrust her into a glowing still life of color and time, and her every step led deeper into undiscovered country. Things were changing and dangerously so. She was learning who she was-- whether she wanted to or not. She was also learning dark things were on the rise. From the Unseelie faerie court to Abrial, the dauntless dreamwalker who pursued her, the curtain ...

SOMETHING WICKED... Long ago the hobgoblin Oasim was turned to darkness, was made a master of evil. His newest plot is a sacrifice of unspeakable horror that will mean full-fledged war between all species. "Melanie Jackson writes Romance for those with a yen for something different!" ---Romantic Times THIS WAY COMES There exists hope to fight back. Nicholas Anthony, an ER doctor, doesn't know of his own fey blood, or that others of his kind are massing in the Nevada desert. Alienated from himself, he is a man about to discover his destiny. Magic fills the winter air, powerful and ...

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 ...

All her life, Faith has dreamed of being the belle of the ball and dancing with Fred Astaire, and now some mysterious Godmother has left her magic dancing shoes. A charming prince has also just walked into her life and asked her for a dance at the annual charity ball. Can true love be far away for this shy Cinderella? Originally published in the anthology "These Boots Are Made For Strutting".

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 ...

Move over Miss Marple, there's a new sleuth in town. For those whose lives have gotten complicated, running away and joining the circus may seem like a reasonable option. It certainly appealed to Miss Henry when she needed to shuffle off the NSA’s deadly coil. Joining an art colony is the closest thing she could find to a circus. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." ---WritersWrite.com It all started with the balloon man. Until the old bag of skin and bones slouched by, Juliet Henry would have rated the upcoming White Oaks Autumn Art Festival and Wine Tasting a fairly average event. ...

Mural from the Dead (Miss Henry Cozy Mysteries Book 11) Sometimes history, though interred with all honors, refuses to stay buried. Or, in this case, plastered and white washed. The earthquake which had dropped a crypt on Miss Henry in San Francisco had done damage elsewhere in the state, and Juliet and Raphael James are headed for Monterey to see the mural exposed by the damages plaster in a famous old adobe house which was the scene of one of California's earliest and strangest robberies. Joyeux Noel (Miss Henry Cozy Mysteries Short Story) Miss Henry is in Quebec. She is trying to drum up...

"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.

"Home Fires" is the fourth installment in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Butterscotch Jones Cozy Mystery Series. Christmas is coming to McIntyre's Gulch, unfortunately Butterscotch's boyfriend, Mountie Chuck Goodhead, is not. Instead, he's stuck in a snow storm with his father, who he doesn't get along with. But it is the season for miracles, and maybe one will happen for Chuck and his father. If you are a fan of Sue Grafton you are going to love the cozy hometown feel of Butterscotch Jones.

The sixteenth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series is a 27k word collection of 5 holiday short stories. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com In "Mystery in the Footlights" someone is trying to sabotage the Hope Falls Halloween production of Macbeth. Fortunately Chloe is working on constructing the sets so she is available to apprehend the villain. In "Over the River" Chloe and Alex must battle the local wildlife for their dinner when they decide to celebrate Thanksgiving in an aunt's remote cabin in the woods. In "The Dentist" Chloe ...