Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington
A Wild Colonial Girl, by Jean Harrington 1686: Bored with village life, 18 year old Abby O’Donnell longs to sail away into the exciting world beyond the ocean. She has little hope of that ever happening until Lord Harry Rushmount, a man unlike any she’s ever met, sails into Providence harbor. Abby is convinced fate…
Read MoreMistress of London, by Evelyn Richardson
Daughter of parents obsessively in love with one another, Grace Owen has seen how love destroyed her widowed father and resolves to avoid it at all costs…
Read MoreWhen We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly
When We Meet Again, by Carla Kelly If you must fight a war, make it good one, so you can entertain admiring children and grandchildren years in the future. But what if your World War II stories are nothing more glamorous than an aircraft factory in boring Kansas, or a sugar beet farm in Southeast…
Read MoreThe Case of the ’61 Chevy Impala, by Tom Meschery
The Case of the ’61 Chevy Impala, by Tom Meschery It’s the tumultuous month of April 1968. Victor and Vincent Brovelli, identical twins, owners of Brovelli Brothers Used Cars, have just repo’ed a 1961 Chevrolet Impala and driven it back to their car lot on East 14th Street in Oakland, California. Victor opens the trunk…
Read MoreBallistics at the Ballet, by B.J. Bowen
When temperamental conductor Felix Underhayes is killed before a rehearsal of the Nutcracker ballet, everyone realizes the show must go on. At an already crazy time of year, things become more complicated when Emily Wilson’s nephew, percussionist Charlie McRae, is accused of the crime.
Emily’s sister, Kathleen, and their mother arrive to help prove Charlie’s innocence, but in spite of their best intentions, their efforts do more to hinder the police investigation than to help.
To secure justice for her nephew, can Emily juggle performances and family dynamics, while she dodges a demented killer who wants to silence her?
Read MoreDanger in Edinburgh, by Emma Dakin
Danger in Edinburgh, by Emma Dakin Claire Barclay, owner and tour guide of The British Mysteries Book Tours, leaves her house in Hampshire and her significant other, Mark Evans, puts her dog Gulliver into her van and heads off to Scotland for the start of a fortnight tour. She expects to lead her guests to…
Read MoreIn the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington
In the Lion’s Mouth, by Jean Harrington It has been less than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her research Stalked by a lecherous tyrant, Owen and Grace flee their beloved Ireland. Determined to pursue freedom and happiness in the New World, they sail to Liverpool, England. But with no ship departures until spring,…
Read MoreLook Twice, by R. Franklin James
Look twice, by R. Franklin James It has been less than a year since Johanna Hudson realized that her research talents could be used for more than revealing her clients’ family trees. Johanna is a thirty-year-old genealogist who, along with her partner Ava Lowell, and their astute office assistant Trinidad Owens, comprise Legacy Consultants, with…
Read MoreThe Dead Betray None, by J.L. Buck
The Dead Betray None, by J.L. Buck An aristocratic spy and a highborn lady cross paths over a dead body. 1811 England seethes with discontent. A self-indulgent prince regent sits on the throne of a country at war with France, on the brink of war with America, and facing growing rebellion at home. Lucien, Viscount…
Read MoreRenewal, by Sharon St. George
Renewal, by Sharon St. George Delta Sawyer, wife of billionaire Buck Sawyer, is campaigning for mayor of Timbergate. The week before election day she undergoes a cosmetic procedure performed by Dr. Vane Beardsley. Delta is discharged in good condition, but her first night at home she is found unresponsive and is rushed to Timbergate Medical…
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