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“A five-star detective read. It is unique, intriguing, and will hook the reader from beginning to end.”

Winner 2018 Shelf Unbound Best Independently Published Book 
Winner 2017 Book Excellence Awards Best Mystery
Solo Medalist Winner 2017 New Apple Awards for Excellence 

Detective Hiroshi Shimizu investigates white collar crime in Tokyo. When an American businessman turns up dead, his mentor Takamatsu calls him out to the site of a grisly murder. A glimpse from a security camera video suggests the killer might be a woman. Hiroshi quickly learns how close homicide and suicide can appear in a city full of high-speed trains just a step—or a push—away. 

Takamatsu drags Hiroshi out to the hostess clubs and skyscraper offices of Tokyo in search of the killer. Hiroshi goes deeper and deeper into Tokyo’s intricate, perilous market for buying and selling the most expensive land in the world. He teams up with ex-sumo wrestler Sakaguchi to scour Tokyo’s sacred temples, corporate offices and industrial wastelands to find out why one woman was driven to murder. 

After years in America and lost in neat, clean spreadsheets, Hiroshi confronts the stark realities of the biggest city in the world, where inside information can travel in a flash from the insiders at top investment firms to street-level punks and teenage hostesses, everyone scrambling for their cut of Tokyo’s lucrative land deals. 

Hiroshi’s determined to cut through Japan’s ambiguities—and dangers—to find the murdering ex-hostess before she extracts her final revenge—which just might be him. 

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Can a Bear and a Wolf save a city? Not if passion overwhelms them in this action-packed, sexy race against time!

Some men aren’t meant to be tamed in the next book in USA Today bestselling author Kathy Lyons’s Grizzlies Gone Wild series!

Detective Ryan Kennedy doesn’t have time for distractions. As the only bear shifter on the police force, he’s responsible for investigating the cause of the mysterious flu-like illness that’s ravaging the citizens of Detroit. But when the beautiful daughter of a rival clan’s alpha asks for his help, Ryan realizes that she may hold the key to stopping the virus. If only he can focus on the case and not on how much he wants to kiss the enemy.

Francesca Wolf knows who’s poisoning the city, and she has a plan to take him down, but it will only work if Ryan follows her lead. Frankie’s strong, passionate spirit makes her slow to ask for help, but time is running out and the sexy-as-sin cop won’t submit to her demands. Instead, he’s giving her orders and firing up her passions just when she needs to stay calm. They’ll have to work together-as equals-to save the city, to keep each other alive, and to contain a hunger that might just burn the whole city to the ground.

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Recommended reading, Hope in Oakland: Historical fiction novel

Cora Rood, prominent suffragette and Upper Canada’s first female lawyer, intends to fight for women’s rights in an arena where no woman has been permitted to fight before —Canadian Court. 

Before she is sworn in as a barrister, Cora is handed an impossible case — represent Adeline Pitman in divorce court. Any lawyer who dares stands up to Adeline’s husband, Toronto’s most notorious crime boss, Eli Pitman, ends up dead.

Faced with no other alternative, Cora battles Eli. Defeated, she runs to avoid facing Eli’s hitman. Once in Oakland, Manitoba, she learns the King’s Bench is determined to destroy yet another innocent woman’s life.

As the clock ticks and her clients lives hang in the balance, Cora faces a devastating choice— forget her call to the bar, give up her dream of working as a barrister, and stay safe in Oakland or risk her life, return to Toronto to take her stand and raise her voice on behalf of all women, in Canadian court.

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If friendship, trust, grit, and love, regardless of the circumstances, are characteristics you value. You will love this story!

Easton Collins has no time for bullshit. Despite the sweetness implied by the petite blonde’s appearance, she’s a straight-talker even with those she loves: her best friend Tassie, feminist warrior and coworker Izzy, her dad, the University Football coach, and the members of his team who all function as her overprotective and lovable band of older brothers.

Then on a day like any other, an obnoxious, albeit handsome, stranger walks into the coffee shop where she works throwing her world into a sudden upheaval. Wilder Sullivan gives Easton a run for her money, leaving her to wonder if she’s finally found her foil.

So handsome and charming it’s annoying, Wilder turns what was supposed to be a relaxing last month of summer into the exact opposite. After he breaks through her toughened exterior, and she through his charms, they share parts of themselves with each other that they’ve both tried to keep hidden. When a ruse at a party causes an unexpected stir, Easton is left to wrestle again with the scars of her past, to somehow figure out who she can trust and to deal with her least favorite thing: bullshit.

Expect laughs, incredible wit, clever verbal sparring and tug on your heartstrings emotional moments. Language included sounds like actual college kids, which means it might not be appropriate for those under 17.

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“Thoughtful, clever, poignant and thought-provoking in equal measure” – The Scotsman

“A thinking person’s sci-fi novel with plot twists a-plenty”
– Boston Standard

“Given its cinematic potential, it is possible – perhaps likely – that Threads in Time, the first in a planned trilogy, will follow its literary forefathers to the Big Screen.”
– The Yorkshire Post

Twenty-two-year-old Lyndall Huxley wakes to find herself thousands of years into the future. Something went wrong with the programme for which she volunteered – a programme that employs Einstein’s laws of relativity to send travellers forward in time. The ruins overrun by green woodland in which she wakes are a far cry from the urbanised world she left behind in the 2200’s. Lyndall embarks upon a journey that will leave her questioning her very identity. She must choose between the new life that beckons and the old life from which, even thousands of years later, she cannot escape. She will discover that the mission was never about sending people into the future. Much more is at stake.

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Enjoy the first two STAND ALONE romances in the bestselling Thompson & Sons series in one bundle!

RIDE BABY RIDE
Gage Jenick has loved his best friend’s little sister for a long time, but when a freak accident causes Katy Thompson to lose the memory of their unforgettable night together, he’s going to have to work to win her heart.

ROCKY RIDE
Bad boy Mitch Thompson has finally convinced straight-laced Anna Coleman to take him for a ride, but he’ll have to fight for the chance at forever.
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The Complete Series Available!

Ride Baby Ride
Rocky Ride
OneSexy Ride
Let It Ride
A Wild Ride

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Will a promise made long ago be the very same thing that destroys their chance for happiness?

Desperate to escape her tragic past, Sara Hawthorne packs up everything she owns and moves across the country to Seattle with her best friend Alexa. With the recent passing of her grandmother there is nothing holding her back from starting over. She dreams of a normal life, one which isn’t constantly plagued by nightmares. Everything seems to be going her way until a gorgeous stranger walks into her shop, turning her world upside down.

Although Alek Devera is not the relationship type, everything changes once he comes face to face with Sara. Never having met someone quite like her, he starts to question everything he knows. 

She intrigues him. 

She challenges him. 

She threatens the secret he’s been hiding for years.

Will a promise made long ago be the very same thing that destroys their chance for happiness?

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Divina’s had it with the prophecy!

The vampire whose heart beats for a witch that belongs to a wolf shall save us all. He shall take his throne and rule over all kinds. If not, the vampire who belongs to the witch will end all kinds.

Captivating Read – Amazon Reviewer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Divina’s not convinced the prophecy is about her. Her manipulative vampire ex-boyfriend, Rori, is reluctant to give up his love for her to pursue the throne. Meanwhile, the wolf shifter meant to claim Divina doesn’t believe in the prophecy. However, he does believe Divina is his mate.

With the pressures of the prophecy and the most powerful coven in the present-day United States, Divina is left to choose between complying with the prophecy and mating with Aric—or leaving it all behind to allow the catastrophic possibility of supernatural beings getting exposed to humans.

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The Witch of the Prophecy is the first in a Trilogy. Combining the angst of a love triangle with the drama of the supernatural and a splash of heated passion takes the reader on an exciting journey. The Witch of the Prophecy is perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris, L.J. Smith, and Stephenie Meyer. 

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Feel free to check out Victoria’s website for the latest updates on her work at www.AuthorVictoriaJayne.com

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A story with steamy scenes, mystery and romance!

After a tragedy nearly ruins her, Lily Drummond moves to Indiana to make a new start for herself. 

Once she is settled into the lovely bungalow she found on Craigslist, she heads to the dog park where she meets tall, ridiculously handsome Finn Reilly. 

Their chemistry is combustible. 

Finn commits to repairing Lily’s broken heart, but it’s not all that easy. 

There is a matter of Lily’s roommate and her strange behavior. Just how far will she go to ruin everything?

*Warning*: possible triggers, bad language, and hot, steamy, sexy scenes. 

There is plenty of suspense, humor, and romance, but how much is real, and how much is make-believe? 

Make Believe is Book One in The Drummonds two-book series. It is not a cliffhanger and has a guaranteed HEA, but the family’s story continues with Book Two, The Designer. Both are standalone novels that are more fun when they’re read in order.

Intended for readers over 18.

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Two biological sisters. Two different families. Will an old photograph prompt a reunion?

When Ashley Stevens discovers a box of photos that remind her of her difficult childhood with cancer, she wants to push that box aside while keeping her promise to her adoptive grandmother to create scrapbooks from the pictures in the trunk. A photo of herself as a young child sitting beside a smaller girl continues to haunt her. Who is she and why does the toddler’s face look so much like her own? Between her job at the animal shelter, waiting on a proposal from and her boyfriend of three years, and his troubled family, will Ashley ever discover who the girl is?

There’s nothing Kayla Witherspoon wants more than to quit medical school. After two grueling years, it is time she tell her parents the truth—that she desires to be a fashion designer, not a doctor like them. Adding to her fear of imperfection, a woman claims Kayla has a biological sister. She’s gotten along fine as an only child. Why would she need a sibling now?

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