In a dark and twisted version of Victorian England, Joanna Wilder moonlights as an unsanctioned apothecary who treats the ailments of her fellow citizens. But there is no cure for her sister’s waywardness. When irresponsible Eva disappears five days before her government-arranged wedding, Joanna risks her life and reputation to search for her sister in the treacherous streets of Londo City. She is determined to see Eva married off. Only then will Joanna be free to live life for herself.

The dead don't lie. The living do.When wine consultant Sarah McKee arrives at Belle Vue Winery, the plan is simple: locate a hidden vault, assess its contents, and go home. But nothing at Belle Vue is simple. Not the legends. Not the people. And definitely not the body lying face down in a chamber that should’ve stayed sealed for centuries.There’s no treasure. Only questions. And one cold, brutal fact—Someone at the winery is a killer.

Veronique Dunn has lived on the streets of Londo City since she was eight years old—an orphan in constant danger of being arrested. Three days before her eighteenth birthday, she sees an audition announcement for a new Citizen Symphony. This is her big chance. She might be a rag-tag street rat, but she can play the piano like an angel. And in three days, she will be able to step out of the shadows.But staying out of trouble for three days is a real challenge. Her mentor is murdered...

When Eva Wilder's husband is executed for treason, she is thrown out of her lavish home and ordered back to Londo City. Once more, she has lost everything because of a man. Never again.But Eva's newfound resolve falters when she discovers a handsome, shipwrecked Croatian half-dead on the beach. He claims to have come from abroad to kill the vampires of Londo City.Vampires of Londo City? Eva flat out refuses to believe him. Or help him. She is done with risky decisions—and m...

One week before the swanky, vino-drenched Flight of Fancy Charity Auction in Sonoma, California, someone decides that blending grape varieties just isn’t thrilling enough and goes full-blown murder mystery. A shady character—who apparently had a side hustle crafting counterfeit bottles of extremely pricey wine—ends up very dead. And by "very dead," we mean unrecognizable: wallet gone, car missing, computer swiped, and face… well, let’s just say the killer took “faceless” quite literally.

International wine consultant Sarah McKee just got back from a whirlwind European tour, where she tasted more rare wines than most of us can name. But her homecoming in Sonoma has a corkscrew twist: her elderly friend Landon Harris has met an untimely end. Heart attack? Sarah isn’t buying it. Landon had been calling her nonstop while she was in Europe, practically begging her to help him find… something. And now he’s suddenly gone to the big vineyard in the sky?Sarah smells somethi...

In this lush paranormal set on the shores of the Nile, an elegant stranger persuades a sculptress to join in the search for a lost Egyptian temple. During the search, Karissa uncovers the truth about her father and the reason why she is obsessed with big, black cats.If you haven't listened to anything by Patricia Simpson, try this bestseller short from one of the premier writers of paranormal romance.

Rae Lambers is over the moon when she inherits half a house from her mentor, Thomas Gregory. The property is a gorgeous Victorian on an island in San Francisco Bay. But the house comes with a snag. The other half is bequeathed to Thomas Gregory's son Michael, a man she carried a torch for during high school. The last thing she needs is a brooding old flame who refuses to play nice.But Rae and Michael must put aside old wounds when they discover Thomas Gregory might have been murder...

Finalist—6th Annual Launchpad Prose Contest!Some truths heal. Others shatter everything you thought you knew.Two years after her sister Olivia's mysterious death, struggling actress Jessica French is stunned when she sees a Dutch television segment featuring the enigmatic Masked Artist who looks—and moves—just like Olivia. Desperate to learn the woman's identity, Jessica travels to Amsterdam, hoping to lay old doubts to rest and heal her fractured family.

As a child, Karissa Spencer saw something happen in an Egyptian temple while a huge black panther watched, his tail flicking across the sand. And ever since, she can't get the image of the cat out of her mind. Although Karissa has a photographic memory, she can't remember anything else that occurred that fateful night. Many psychiatrists have tried to draw it out, but the truth lies hidden……Until an elegant Egyptian man dressed in black asks her to help find the long-lost temple. T...

When American Rae Lambers takes a shortcut through a drought-stricken oasis in Egypt, she looks down to see a golden box sticking out of the lake bottom. Rae chips away the dried mud and picks up the box. Little does she know she has uncovered the Forbidden Tarot, a cursed set of cards that was thrown into the water thousands of years earlier to protect the world from evil.One look at the Forbidden Tarot, and Rae's life takes an eerie turn. Can Rae stop the evil she has accidentall...

Reviewer's Choice Award Winner | Best Contemporary Fantasy of the YearFor beautiful, independent Olivia Travanelle, redesigning the gardens of a historic Charleston estate is the job of her dreams. But as she gets to know her enigmatic and highly reclusive employer, Alexandre Chaubere, she finds herself drawn to his strangely powerful presence and seductive charms.Just when Olivia begins to revel in her newfound freedom and the hope for something more, her ...