Los Angeles bookseller and aspiring mystery author Adrien English finds himself the prime suspect when his employee—an old high school buddy (and more)—is found stabbed to death in a back alley following a loud and public argument the previous evening.Naturally the cops want to ask Adrien a few questions—and when a few hours later someone breaks into Cloak and Dagger Bookstore, the law is inclined to think Adrien is trying to divert suspicion from himself.Adrien knows bette...

Like recovering from heart surgery beneath the gaze of his over-protective family isn't exasperating enough, someone keeps trying to break into Adrien English's bookstore. What is this determined midnight intruder searching for?When a half-century old skeleton is discovered beneath the floorboards during a renovation of of Cloak and Dagger Bookstore, Adrien turns to hot and handsome ex-lover Jake Riordan -- now out-of-the closet and working as a private detective.Jake is on...

Gay bookseller and reluctant amateur sleuth Adrien English's writing career is suddenly taking off. His first novel, Murder Will Out, has been optioned by notorious Hollywood actor Paul Kane.But when murder makes an appearance at a dinner party, who should be called in but Adrien's former lover, handsome closeted detective Jake Riordan, now a Lieutenant with LAPD -- which may just drive Adrien's new boyfriend, sexy UCLA professor Guy Snowden, to commit a murder of his own.

Bookseller Adrien English arrives at Pine Shadow Ranch to find a corpse in his driveway. By the time the local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared.What happened to the dead man? Who are the mysterious strangers excavating on Adrien's remote property? And will he ever sort out his problems with LAPD Homicide Detective Jake Riordan?

Demons, death threats...and Christmas shopping.It's gonna be one Hell of a Holiday.In the third in the popular Adrien English series, the "ill-starred and bookish" mystery writer has to contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan.And, oh, yes, murder...

Amidst the twinkling lights and snow-kissed streets of a quaint, picture-perfect town in the High Sierra, a bookstore owner and former homicide detective are reminded that the greatest mysteries are the ones that lead us to love.Join Adrien English and Jake Riordan one last time in a short, sweet tale that will warm your heart and remind you that love knows no bounds, especially during the most magical time of the year.

Learn the slang words, modern phrases, and curses they never taught you in French class with this hilariously improper phrasebook.You already know enough French to get by—but you want to be able to tell those inside jokes, greet your friends in a laid-back manner, and casually pick someone up at a bar. From "What's up?" to "Wanna go home with me?" Dirty French will teach you how to speak like you're a regular on the streets of Paris. But you'll also discove...

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.

Ride the waves of a real-life story that transcends the simple coordinates of longitude and latitude to delve into the depths of the human soul. It is not just the story of an ocean crossing, it is the testimony of a quest, of a transformation, of a revelation.I am the narrator of this epic, animated by an ancestral fear of liquid immensity. I embraced the call of the great to confront the unknown, to face the inner storms as much as those unleashed by nature. Alongside fellow adve...

WHO KILLED ROBERT HERSEY?Book store assistant and all around bad boy Robert Hersey has been murdered – and you are the #1 suspect! To clear your name and get your life back, you must figure out who killed your best friend and first love.What happens next in the story all depends on the choices YOU make. How will the story end? It's all up to YOU. And the best part is you can keep reading and choosing until you've written your perfect ending.

The story continues with the trials that interrupt Adelina and Demitrey's "Happy ever after".Our fearless leaders are faced with both new and old enemies. Some they can see, and others they cannot.When the Past comes back to haunt them, Demitrey must learn what it really means to be an Alpha, while he finds himself growing into the husband and father he was meant to be.Adelina gains a first seat glimpse into Demitrey's past, but that's not the only past she had to revi...

Boy meets Cop. For the first time, books 1 - 3 of The Adrien English Mysteries collected in one volume!Fatal Shadows - When his former best friend and employee is murdered following a very public argument, bookseller and sometimes mystery writer Adrien English finds himself suspected of murder.A Dangerous Thing - Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch only to find a corpse in his driveway. By the ...