If Mario Puzo and Jane Austen crossed the time-space continuum and mated, "First, I Love You" would be their literary baby. Imagine being a detective with a mobster for a father, or a mobster with a straight arrow, good cop for a son. This is a relationship that is tricky on its best day. Add in some well-meaning meddling from a mob princess sister, an arrogant DEA agent, and gangsters running a human trafficking ring and you have a recipe for a book that refuses to follow the rules. Told ...

A deathbed letter from across the sea shatters the quiet life of Louis Brandon, hurling him into a relentless quest for justice. His family’s fortune has been stolen, his father’s life destroyed, and the man responsible—a shadowy scoundrel with ties to a mysterious murder—now wields unimaginable power.But before Brandon can strike back, a treacherous agent of his enemy casts him overboard into the unforgiving depths of the Indian Ocean. Washing ashore on the desolate and terrifying...

Once to Begin, Twice to Bind, and Third Time's The Charm…Of all the things Mickey Downey has accomplished in his life, successfully quitting his vices is the one thing he hasn't been able to master. For the first time Mickey is free to have both Mary and Tommy in his life but yet he's never been closer to being pulled back into the criminal world. While Tommy, Ginny and James work overtime to expose a nefarious plot threatening all of them, Kiki and Maeve Downey are hatching their ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn Cool Food, celebrated actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. and New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen team up to discover how we can erase our carbon footprints—one bite at a time.What we eat matters—to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This engaging ...

An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in historyBorn at a time when Christianity was dying out and the Ottoman Empire was aggressively expanding, Isabella was inspired in her youth by tales of Joan of Arc, a devout young woman who unified her people and l...

" Medical suspense as sharp as it gets. Euliano is off to a good, no, a brilliant start."— Kathy Reichs, New York Times best-selling authorEnd-of-life care— or assisted deathWhen her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. " Old people die, that' s what they do," is his response. When Kate presses, surgeon Charles Ricken places the bla...

...for there is nothing so perfect as a thing with no ending and no beginning such as a family of souls intertwined...This introspective sequel to First, I Love You takes you deeper into a tale of interwoven roles, divided loyalties, and personal conflicts.Detective Tommy Gates and Agent Ginny Sommers struggle to balance their growing personal relationship with their task of finding his father. Back home, Kiki Downey and James Hoffman are facing their own internal and exter...

In the glittering world of 1890s high society and the murky, smoke-filled cellars of dangerous political extremes, only one man possesses the deductive genius required to unravel the era's most confounding crimes: Eugène Valmont.Dismissed from his post as the chief detective to the Government of France over a spectacularly public failure, Valmont relocates to London. From a secret fortress hidden inside a luxurious flat, he operates both as a highly sought-after pr...

End-of-life care—or assisted deathWhen her elderly patients start dying at home days after minor surgery, anesthesiologist Dr. Kate Downey wants to know why. The surgeon, not so much. “Old people die, that’s what they do,” is his response. When Kate presses, surgeon Charles Ricken places the blame squarely on her shoulders. Kate is currently on probation, and the chief of staff sides with the surgeon, leaving Kate to prove her innocence and save her own career. Wit...

A device that can save a life is also one that can end itKadence, a new type of implanted defibrillator, misfires in a patient visiting University Hospital for a routine medical procedure—causing the heart rhythm problem it's meant to correct. Dr. Kate Downey, an experienced anesthesiologist, resuscitates the patient, but she grows concerned for a loved one who recently received the same device—her beloved Great-Aunt Irm.When a second device misfires, Kate tu...

Sizzling Hot Romantic Thriller!5 Stars - Taming Alaska was amazing!! It was a thrilling page-turner with well-developed, witty characters. Cyn was one of the best female leads I've read. - Cassandra Loves Books5 Stars – heffroberts Blog and NetGalley Reviewer5 Stars – I loved it!...I couldn't put it down. - JJ Book Bangers Blog and NetGalley Reviewer5 stars - This book by Diana Downey is an excellent read. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Sandy goodreads ...

Before the first shots of the Russo-Japanese War can shatter the peace of the world, a deadly battle of wits is already raging in the shadows.In The International Spy, a legendary secret agent known only as Monsieur V is summoned by the highest powers to undertake an impossible mission. His target? The beautiful and lethally cunning Princess Y—, a pawn and mastermind for a war syndicate hellbent on plunging Europe and Asia into a bloody conflict.From the op...