Six authors. Six voices. Six genres. One winter season. Once Upon a Kidnapped Santa Delilah Dawson What happens when you mix a baker, a kidnapped Santa, a remote cabin and a snowy Christmas Eve? A recipe for the best sexy Christmas Day ever! Fire and Fruitcake Eileen Rendahl A new story from Eileen Rendahl’s award-winning Messenger series. It’s baby’s first Hanukkah and Melina and Ted have their hands full figuring out what to expect when you’re expecting a fiery conflagration when they get a call about a mysterious creature stuffed full of fruitcake and up to no good. Hearts Wide Open Elizabeth Maxwell Julia Orchard has never worried about karma. She’s young, beautiful and living large in New York City. Sure, she’s done things in the name of success that she’s not proud of, but who hasn’t? Then during the biggest pitch of her career, the ghost of her dead husband appears with a message: you have until Christmas morning to pay your debts or face an uncertain future. As Julia races against the clock, she begins to realize there’s power in small acts of kindness and facing life with your heart wide open. Orion’s Mirror Evelyn G. Walker People do change. As Halley is headed home for the holidays after her first semester in college, she knows this to be true. But will her family and closest friend treat her just the same? Not Even a Mouse Spring Warren It's the darkest, coldest time of year and Ned is making a killing selling high octane cordials to make the prairie holidays merry and bright. He decides to make one more stop at a little house with a light in the window before heading home on the night before Christmas. The Merriest of Murders Kris Calvin A California senator's holiday party might be just the place for lobbyist Maren Kane to put a bad break-up behind her and meet someone new. Until Santa turns up dead in the senator's pool and Maren's a suspect! Agatha Christie meets House of Cards under the mistletoe.

Tinsel and Temptation: A Holiday Anthology

Literature & Fiction

Dawson, Delilah

Calvin, Kris

Rendahl, Eileen

Maxwell, Elizabeth

Walker, Evelyn G.

Warren, Spring

Genre Fiction

Eileen Rendahl

Emma Lawson must race against the clock to rescue a kidnapped child and stop a killer whose master plan only begins with murder.

All That Fall

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Sterling Mystery Series

Emma Lawson must race against the clock to rescue a kidnapped child and stop a killer whose master plan only begins with murder. Emma Lawson must race against the clock to rescue a kidnapped child and stop a killer whose master plan only begins with murder. When Emma Lawson, the youngest lead government ethics investigator in California's capital, takes a day off to help her best friend, Kate, prepare for the opening of her new business, Rainbow Alley Preschool, the morning takes a shocking turn. The school's most high-profile enrollee--Vivian Lange, the governor's granddaughter--is kidnapped, at the same time Kate's teenage son, Luke, goes missing. Emma is quickly drawn to a web of clues that point toward sordid secrets and a cold-case murder in a shadow world of bigotry and hate. Over a desperate and harrowing forty-eight hours, Emma races against the clock to solve the most important investigation of her life. But will she be in time to bring the child to safety and to stop a calculating killer whose plan threatens all that Emma holds dear?

All That Fall: A Thriller

Crooked Lane Books

In this Sacramento-set thriller perfect for fans of Meg Gardiner, Emma Lawson uncovers greed and deception for a living, but this time is different. If only she knew this killer can hear her.\nHe can see her.\nOne year into her prized role as the youngest ethics investigator in California's history, Emma suspects corruption in the state's billion dollar expansion to train travel. That unwittingly puts her on a killer's trail - a killer who will do anything to reach his illicit million dollar payday, including personally eliminating Emma Lawson as a threat.\nDetective Alibi Morning Sun sees connections where no one else does. For him, a drowning at a lake, a fire in a storage facility and a murder by the river carry a thread soaked in blood.\nAs Emma follows the money and Alibi traces bullets and bodies, the killer counts down to his grand finale. With each mounting danger, it quickly becomes apparent that the corruption Emma has been digging for is real— and it’s deadly.\nThree days. Two days. Now only one…

Under a Broken Sky: A Novel (Emma Lawson, 2)

Silver Falchion Awards 2016 Winner: Best First Novel, Best Political Thriller, Best Female Detective/Sleuth In Kris Calvin's debut mystery One Murder More, a beautiful legislative aide is found stabbed to death in California's Capitol building. Maren Kane, a lobbyist for a fledgling Sacramento-based toy company, is in the midst of a legislative fight that could make or break her career. She doesn’t have time for a coffee break let alone involvement in a murder investigation. But when police arrest Maren's colleague for the crime, she's certain they have the wrong man. The cops suspect a crime of passion―love gone wrong. Maren knows that in the capital, money and power drive all things tragic and scandalous. Sex and love are little more than window-dressing. But will she be able to prove her theory―and free her friend―before she becomes the next victim?

One Murder More

United States

Inkshares

In Kris Calvin's debut mystery One Murder More, a beautiful legislative aide is found stabbed to death in California's Capitol building. Maren Kane, a lobbyist for a fledgling Sacramento-based toy company, is in the midst of a legislative fight that could make or break her career. She doesn’t have time for a coffee break let alone involvement in a murder investigation. But when police arrest Maren's colleague for the crime, she's certain they have the wrong man. The cops suspect a crime of passion―love gone wrong. Maren knows that in the capital, money and power drive all things tragic and scandalous. Sex and love are little more than window-dressing. But will she be able to prove her theory―and free her friend―before she becomes the next victim?

One Murder More (Maren Kane)

Independently published

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