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Kitty Worthington couldn’t be happier. Her marriage to CDI Robert Crawford Sinclair is glorious, her detective agency is thriving, and her brother Richard is on the mend after a close brush with death. Now permanently home from his archeological excavations, Richard has taken a position at the British Museum. His lectures on Egyptian antiquities and the mummification process draw patrons like moths to a flame.

Kitty Worthington’s joyous Christmas season spirals into a deadly mystery when a holiday shop owner is murdered, and a dear friend is blamed for the crime. London. 1924. Kitty Worthington, newly married to the love of her life, Chief Detective Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair, is eagerly anticipating spending Christmas with her family at Wynchcombe Castle. But when the health of Robert’s brother takes a turn for the worse, their holiday plans change. Hoping to make their Christmas in London as merry as possible, she visits the city’s famous Mistletoe Shoppe to buy festive decorations.

England. 1923. After a year away at finishing school where she learned etiquette, deportment, and the difference between a fish fork and a salad one, Kitty Worthington is eager to return home. But minutes after she and her brother Ned board the Golden Arrow, the unthinkable happens. A woman with a mysterious connection to her brother is poisoned, and the murderer can only be someone aboard the train. When Scotland Yard hones on Ned as the main suspect, Kitty sets out to investigate.

With her wedding day rapidly approaching, all Kitty Worthington wants is a fun seaside holiday with her loved ones. But some are at outs with each other, the weather’s not promising, and someone gets murdered. Again.

A party at the city’s hottest venue turns deadly when an aristocrat is murdered. London 1924. A birthday celebration at Gennaro’s, London’s swankiest jazz club, is just the ticket for Kitty Worthington. What could be more fun than dancing the Charleston with her fiancé, Chief Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair? But as the singer’s mesmerizing voice commands everyone’s attention, an argument erupts between the songbird’s brother and a marquis.

With her wedding day to CDI Robert Crawford Sinclair mere weeks away, Kitty Worthington is thrilled beyond words. But first there’s a sad duty that must be performed—the reinternment of Robert’s birth mother at Castle Rutledge who is to be buried alongside her husband, the former marquis. But on the day of the funeral, things don’t go according to plan. The vicar’s gone missing; the organist is drunk as a judge. And then there’s the body in the sanctuary. Not the one you’d expect.

London. 1923. When an invitation arrives to the Duchess of Brightwell's Midsummer Masked Ball, Kitty Worthington does not even think of declining. Not with a mother on the hunt for a noble husband for her. But no sooner does she curtsy to her hostess at the ball than tragedy strikes. A very dead earl is found at the bottom of a staircase, and it's clearly the work of foul play.

After her arrival at that august city, Kitty discovers the cause for her sister's concern. The remains of a young woman with ties to Robert Crawford, Kitty’s fiancé, has been found. Testimony at the inquest soon points to him as the murderer. Terrified he may be charged with the crime, Kitty sets out to investigate.

London. 1923. Much to her consternation, Kitty Worthington's debut season is a resounding success, prompting marriage proposals from lords, rogues, scoundrels, and ne'er do wells. Even as she dodges them, a new intrigue arises, and at Westminster, no less. A high-ranking member of the nobility is murdered, and her sister's beau has been framed to take the fall. With her sister's happiness at stake, Kitty sets out to investigate, ably aided by her faithful maid, two noble lords, a titled lady, and Sir Winston, her still flatulent Basset Hound.

London. 1923. Excited about her new direction in life, Kitty Worthington motors about London in her spiffy new roadster. Granted, finding purloined Poodles and lost Labradors may not be what she envisioned, but they keep her busy enough. At least, there aren't any bodies dropping at her feet. But then a visiting royal dignitary loses his head at the Tower of London, and she finds herself embroiled in yet another murder investigation. The suspects are endless. Could it be the wastrel son? The betrayed wife? The devious cousin? The ghost of Anne Boleyn?

October 1924. After their magical wedding, Kitty Worthington and her husband, Inspector Robert Crawford Sinclair, head to Paris for their honeymoon. Art museums, haute couture, French cuisine. Wondrous nights. It’s everything Kitty has always dreamed of and more. But then a body drops putting a damper on things. At least this time, it’s a matter for the French police. There’s no need for Kitty and Robert to get involved. Things change, however, when a dear friend becomes the chief suspect, and she begs Kitty for help. Unable to walk away, she and Robert agree to investigate.

England 1923. No sooner does Kitty Worthington arrive at Wynchcombe Castle for her sister’s holiday nuptials than she makes a gruesome discovery—the remains of a woman who perished long ago. Her death was not natural; she suffered a violent end. And there’s a mysterious connection to the Wynchcombe family that must be explained.

Promising law student Elizabeth Watson struggled her entire life to claw out of her dirt-poor background. And now the thing she's dreamed of, an associate position at her law firm, is within reach. As long as she keeps up her grades, makes law review. And stays out of trouble. But trouble is just what walks in the door one scorching hot summer day.

Before top criminal law attorney Trenton Steele asks his intern Madrigal Berkeley to move in together, his phone rings. His mentor has been arrested for the murder of Madrigal's grandfather, who everyone believed had committed suicide. Unable to turn down his friend's plea, Trenton takes on his defense, even though it may tear Trenton and Madrigal apart.

Elizabeth's rocky marriage to the volatile Gabriel Storm suffers a mortal blow when she walks out on him. But her love for her son and her husband draws her back. While fighting for a marriage on the rocks, she struggles to make him understand her need for a career. But it's her unruly heart she fears most of all, for it craves his every touch, his intoxicating taste, his hard, pounding body. Will she stay and give up on her dream or walk away one last time?

After her parents' murderers get off on a technicality, Madrigal Berkeley vows to become a prosecutor for truth and justice. With her new law degree in hand, her grandfather insists she work as an intern at his prestigious law firm to learn the other side of the law.

Pregnant with Gabriel Storm's baby, Elizabeth Watson dreads seeing him again. After all, three months earlier she walked out on him without telling him about his child. But the billionaire knows she's carrying his child and demands not only custody, but marriage. If their baby is a boy, he would inherit an earldom, as long as Elizabeth marries him before their son is born. But that's something she can't do. Hell bent on the marriage, Gabriel will do anything to get Elizabeth to marry him.

When Brianna Storm discovers her illegitimacy, she abandons everything dear to her. Where she once took pride in her work, she now turns a blind eye to the thefts and destruction at the Brazilian project she manages. Jake Cooper, her former bodyguard, arrives in Brazil to fix whatever's wrong with Brianna and get the project back on track. To do that he must take on a new role, that of her lover - something he's reluctant to do.

Bad boy quarterback Ty Mathews has it all - money, women, fame. On the gridiron, he vanquishes defenses with his golden arm. Off the field, it's another part of his anatomy that gets all the glory. And deservedly so, for what he doesn't know about women hasn't been written. Except for MacKenna Perkins.