Baited and Dead Flowers

Baited and Dead Flowers
Author: Lori Armstrong
Publisher: Ridgeview Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1941869971

Dead Flowers and Baited, a duo of Julie Collins novellas from two-time Shamus Award winning author Lori G Armstrong. Valentine’s Day is for suckers… In Dead Flowers, cynical PI Julie Collins trails cheating lovers, which leads to questions about her relationship with Tony Martinez. A hobby turns deadly… In Baited, it’s been a long, hot, summer for PI Julie Collins. With her partner Kevin off on assignment, she’s lured into taking a case involving a missing fisherman. Nothing about the man’s disappearance is as it seems. Although Julie is no stranger to the dark currents that churn below the surface, can she count on her friend Jimmer, and her lover Tony Martinez, to keep her from getting in too deep? BONUS! This digital edition also includes two bonus short stories, Praying to the Porcelain God, originally published in the Who Died In Here? anthology in 2004, and the never before published short piece, It Won’t Hurt.

Baited

Baited
Author: Lori Armstrong
Publisher: Ridgeview Publishing
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0988823535

A hobby turns deadly… In Baited, it’s been a long, hot, summer for PI Julie Collins. With her partner Kevin off on assignment, she’s lured into taking a case involving a missing fisherman. Nothing about the man’s disappearance is as it seems. Although Julie is no stranger to the dark currents that churn below the surface, can she count on her friend Jimmer, and her lover Tony Martinez, to keep her from getting in too deep? An original Julie Collins novella

Bait and Witch

Bait and Witch
Author: Angela M. Sanders
Publisher: Kensington Cozies
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496728750

“Zippy and fun, with just enough ambiance to satisfy readers seeking spooks and humor.” —Kirkus Reviews Librarian Josie Way moved to small-town Oregon to lay low. Instead, thanks to newfound magic abilities—and a killer on the loose—she’s leapt out of the frying pan and into a cauldron of trouble . . . Josie Way loved working among the Library of Congress’s leather-scented stacks—until she uncovered corruption and made herself a target. As Wilfred, Oregon’s new librarian, Josie can stay undercover until the case goes to court. But life in this little town isn’t as subdued as she expected. The library, housed in a a Victorian mansion, is slated to be bulldozed. Still digesting the news that her safe haven is about to become scrap lumber, Josie discovers a body in the woods . . . Almost as shocking, Josie learns that she’s descended from a long line of witches—and her powers have suddenly sprung to life. With help from a spoiled alley cat who just may be her familiar, Josie’s thumbing through a catalog of suspects, hoping she can conjure a way to save her library—and her life . . .

Ballroom Blitz

Ballroom Blitz
Author: Lorelei James
Publisher: LJLA, LLC
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1941869335

She’s got the rhythm, but he’s got all the right moves. After years on the road, rock drummer Jon White Feather is home from tour to reassess his music career. When his shy niece begs him to take a ballroom dancing class, Jon agrees, aware he’s not Fred Astaire material. Still, it stings when his sexy-hot instructor—who makes his heart do the cha-cha—deals his ego a low blow: he has no rhythm. Maggie Buchanan is doing everything to make ends meet since her IT career fizzled, including teaching couples dancing at the community center. She’s prepared for anything—except her immediate attraction to the bad boy rocker who doesn’t know his right foot from his left. As Jon sets out to prove he can rock his body—and hers—their sexual chemistry burns a path across the dance floor, straight to the bedroom. And Maggie wasn’t expecting a man with limited dance skills would know exactly how to sweep her off her feet.

Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook

Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook
Author: Lorelei James
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1952457181

Saddle up and get ready to ride again with the infamous McKay family! New York Times bestselling author Lorelei James has whipped up six brand new Rough Riders short stories featuring fan favorite couples—Cord and AJ, Colby and Channing, Keely and Jack, Colt and India, Carter and Macie, and Boone and Sierra. These slice of life tales are the perfect accompaniment to USA Today Bestselling author Suzanne Johnson’s delicious, down home recipes—family fare created to share round the table with love, laughter, and plenty of second helpings. So kick off your boots, hang up your hat and prepare to stay awhile as you’re entertained and tantalized with Cowboy Bites!

Live Bait

Live Bait
Author: P. J. Tracy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2005-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101642572

Minneapolis detectives Leo Magozzi and Gino Rolseth are bored - ever since they solved the Monkeewrench case, the Twin Cities have been in a murder-free dry spell, as people no longer seem interested in killing one another. But with two brutal homicides taking place in one awful night, the crime drought ends - not with a trickle, but with an eventual torrent. Who would kill Morey Gilbert, a man without an enemy, a man who might as well have been a saint? His tiny, cranky little wife, Lily, is no help, and may even be a suspect; his estranged son, Jack, an infamous ambulance-chasing lawyer, has his own enemies; and his son-in-law, former cop Marty Pullman, is so depressed over his wife's death a year ago that he's ready to kill himself, but not Morey. The number of victims - all elderly - grows, and the city is fearful once again." The detectives' investigation threatens to uncover a series of horrendous secrets, some buried within the heart of the police department itself, blurring the lines between heroes and villains. Grace MacBride's cold-case-solving software may find the missing link - but at a terrible price.

TELLING: Dead Roses

TELLING: Dead Roses
Author: S. E. Rees
Publisher: Shawn E. Rees
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2023-05-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0973451629

Book 2 in the TELLING Series. It is often quiet in the dark but when it’s too quiet, fear can push men to madness. Fergus is no stranger to either, having survived both. He was a ‘Charmer,’ a healer, that some called a wizard but when he couldn’t save a child, they called him a witch. Because he was different… not the full size of a man, nor was his skin the shade of those who could so readily cast stones, they set upon him. And he burned for it… There are truths hidden within myths and legends, but not all are mired in atrocity, some are soaked in the blood of horrors. His connection to one man brought him to crossroads and regardless of the direction chosen, the destination will be the same… Chuartan’toll. His connection to a curse sees his fate shrouded in madness. But Death's connection to him, makes him a pawn in a plan, one that will bring him to darkness… unleash a darkness… upon us all. You will soon hear…

Crowe’S Bait

Crowe’S Bait
Author: Ed W. Nickerson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1490781676

The circumstances of the April 26, 1986, explosion at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine raises questions about its classification as accidental. This is quickly clarified when one of the plants lead operators leaves the country with a More to come message. Ed Crowe, part-time travel agent and part-time consultant with Britains secret intelligence service (MI6), is on his way from Oakville, Canada, to England. His plans to serve as best man for his friends wedding are interrupted by a call from Lord Stonebridge, head of MI6. Ed and his fellow operatives must find the man responsible for the explosion; the man who knows when the next nuclear disaster will occur. He is from Chechnya, a Soviet republic that has been historically repressed by Russia. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has asked MI6 to find the man before rogue members of the KGB find him in order to destabilize Gorbachev and his reforms. The search leads to Istanbul, Turkey; a brief Mediterranean cruise; and KGB agents in Canada. Personal relationships are complicated when Eds ex-girlfriend is asked to work with him along with Carolyn Andrews, daughter of the head of MI6, who Ed is planning to ask for her hand in marriage following their friends wedding.

Bait, Grist and Security

Bait, Grist and Security
Author: Mike Hodges
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2018-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1783526580

Three dark tales from the writer and director of Get Carter, Pulp and The Terminal Man. In ‘Bait’, a slippery PR man, Mark Miles, is unaware he’s being manipulated and dangled as bait by an investigative reporter until he’s swallowed by a sadistic mind-expanding cult from America. In ‘Grist’, the bestselling writer, Maxwell Grist, ruthlessly uses real people as fodder for his crime novels before finding himself living up to his name and becoming grist for his own murder. In ‘Security’, an American movie star, unhappy with the film he’s working on, refuses to leave his hotel for the studios, while in the corridor outside his luxury suite mayhem and murder take over.