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A reluctant thief. A grumpy neighbour. And two priceless reasons to avoid love. Lara didn't mean to steal the artifacts, but that's little comfort when she ends up in the town where her life first went wrong. She takes refuge in her aunt's empty town house, determined to become invisible. Until she picks a fight with the rude, arrogant man next door. It's hate at first sight. He thinks she's a drunk. She knows he's a grumpy, self-satisfied idiot. Word gets around there's an archivist in town and the museum seeks her help. Its latest discovery involves the town's shameful history. They want her help, but she's sworn to secrecy. As Lara translates the diaries of a terrified priest, she’s for...
They might live in Paradise, but bad stuff still finds them. Romance isn't easy. Not when they're sixteen. Finally, these four popular teen novels are together in a collection. Based in a New Zealand high school, the stories follow the plight of its students as they pick their way through love and circumstance. The stories in this set: Free From the Tracks Sophia looks from the outside like a girl who has it all. But her world is crumbling around her and only one person notices. The boy who sees her misery is the one who'll put her in the most danger. He's been warned off before, but this time, he'll ignore it. Sophia's Dilemma If they thought life would go smoothly once they became a couple...
Rusty clippers, precision scissors and a dead Curly. Kit went back to school to learn hairdressing and hoped it would kickstart a new career. Taking out the final challenge and winning the coveted matte black precision scissors is the sign she needs. But instead of success, she finds herself expelled from her Curly group, jobless and accused of a committee member's murder. And her precious scissors are found sticking out of the body. Can the two vicars and the mad scientist cut Kit out of this mess? Or is this one too bad even for the varied skills of her loyal flat mates? Keywords relating to this novel: cozy mystery series, cozy mystery series books, cozy mystery authors, cozy beach myster...
A girl with secrets. A bad boy in trouble. A community out to get them. Sophia’s lifelong mission is to avoid trouble. It’s safer that way. If you don’t get noticed, trouble leaves you alone. A few short months ago she had the perfect family, but not anymore. As she nurses a painful secret, home and school implode around her and trouble comes knocking. Trouble has a name and a face. And trouble’s going to get her killed. Driven out of her friendship group, Sophia finds comfort in all the wrong places. The secret she keeps will tear her world apart and it’s easier to become involved in someone else’s problems than face her own. Stepping out of her seemingly perfect life and model ...
What would they think if they knew the truth? Three men have ruled Deleilah’s world, each of them leaving her destitute. This time is different. Her independence is no longer for sale. After escaping the back country alone twenty years earlier, a damaging, high profile divorce and a twist of fate sends Deleilah home. But she's looking for anonymity in the last place she will ever find it because she left without explanation, abandoning her family and friends. The town hasn't yet forgiven her. Deleilah's arrival sets in motion a chain of destruction which will end in the death of a friend. Because the secrets she'd kept hidden weren't just hers. They tumble free, ripping open her past like ...
One chance. One life. One heartbeat away from eternity. A face from the past disturbs Hana’s second chance at love, pitching her backwards as her old life bleeds into the new. She's forced to deal with buried hurts and learn that forgiveness is a two part process. When a body is discovered at the school boarding house, the Du Roses are dragged into a dangerous intrigue. And who is the mysterious man who Hana meets under cover of darkness? He remembers her as a younger woman and makes her feel alive again. What will it take for Logan to finally begin telling her the truth and will it be too late? Nobody could have foreseen the dreadful outcome of a harmless day out. The lives of the little Du Rose family is forever changed. And Hana discovers how close one heartbeat is to eternity. A quote from the novel. "Nothing in the world scared Logan Du Rose but one tiny detail - the things which made his life worth living were the ones he had no earthly way of keeping." If you like small town mysteries with heart and soul, then you’ll love the Du Roses.
A prophecy in the making. History for the taking. And disaster beckons the sons of an ancient family. Decades ago on a mountain in New Zealand, a rich landowner sat with her grandson and told him the stories of his people. She prophesied he would be the one to rebuild their legacy. Thirty-five years later and Logan Du Rose is trying to make it happen, but history will not make it easy for him. Each time he believes the prophecy fulfilled, circumstance gets in the way. As he struggles to keep his new family line together, he's distracted by disturbing events. Two deaths at his workplace cause upset and disbelief among the staff, whilst the return of mysterious family treasures create trouble within his household. The diaries of his grandmother have untold stories to reveal, threatening the safety of Logan’s legacy forever. If you like New Zealand mysteries with a twist of culture and history, then you’ll love the Du Roses.
She thought it was over. She believed she was safe. She isn’t. With the shock of a tragic death hanging over Logan’s family, Hana takes charge and makes some key decisions. But she’s wrestling with issues of her own and finds herself overwhelmed. When an intimidating stranger corners her with the threat of blackmail, what should she do? She needs Logan’s help, but he’s still reeling from the family tragedy. If Hana doesn’t play the game, everyone loses. With everything at stake, she picks up the mantle of family leader and rolls the dice to risk what she values most. There is only one winner but will it be her? It’s all or nothing, because the loser dies. If you like strong female protagonists who will do anything to protect their own, you’ll love Hana Du Rose. Buy The New Du Rose Matriarch and get a mystery you won’t be able to put down. A quote from the novel. “Blame and hate are so overrated, my friend. They deliberately draw us backwards and never let us go.”
Widowed young, Hana craves safety more than love. She’s disinterested in her mysterious new admirer, yet he seems undaunted. Until an unexpected threat throws her straight at his feet. Hana's safe world consists of working at the local high school and attending church on the weekends. But a series of surprising attacks exposes her vulnerability. She's already isolated and in danger when a bungled hit-and-run casts her at the feet of the handsome new English teacher. Logan has loved Hana since her eighteenth year. The strong, quiet man has already wasted two decades searching for the beautiful redhead he saw sobbing on a London train. A wall guards Hana’s heart against the sadness shroudi...
The course of true love will never run smooth for the Andreyevs; not while Rohan is still The Actuary. Recovering from the devastation of Rohan’s last job as The Actuary, Emma Andreyev tries to settle into life as lady of the manor in the small English town of Market Harborough. But as her husband retires his alter ego and promises to become a respectable businessman, trouble descends from too many quarters to be pure coincidence. In his rightful place at the centre of the drama is the handsome and divisive Irishman who has Emma’s affections firmly in his sights and Freda, the geriatric sleuth with the wrinkly stockings and wicked sense of humour. Who bribed a friend to betray the Andrey...