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Murder is Certainly a Buzz Kill Arthur: Cleo Coyle When Ric Gostwick, elegant playboy and boyhood pall of Clare’s philandering ex-husband, turns up with a naturally decaffeinated (and delicious) coffee bean, Clare and Matt think that have hit the bigtime. These coffee beans will salvage the failing coffee kiosks and make the Village Blend the only coffee shop with such exclusive brews. As the day for the tasting draws nearer, however, mysterious events and Ric’s strange behavior lead Clare to believe that there is more going on than some genuine java. Channeling her detective instinct she begins to investigate, along [...]

Enter a Land of Magic and Dragons Author: Kelly Ann Jacobson Left at a cliffhanger ending, the Zaniyah trilogy returns in a fiery blast with book two, upping the tension and the stakes as our characters are left with a ticking clock, a powerful nemesis, and few options. After her confrontation with Danger (the demi-god like villain of the piece) Zoey now has all of her memories. She remembers being the White Witch Zaniyah, established in the beginning of time to bring goodness to the earth, and she remembers the ongoing reincarnations and the continual shifting of balance between good [...]

Pru Parke, gardener extraordinaire and casual sleuth, has been invited to re-create the garden around the esteemed Primrose House, returning it to the grandeur of the 18th century and renowned designer Humphry Repton’s meticulous plans. Everything is going so well, even her spicy relationship with Inspector Pearse, until the body of a quarrelsome servant is found dead among her butchered yews, an axe sticking out of him.  The police chase down a suspect, but their evidence leaves a lot wanting and Pru just knows that they have the wrong man. In order to protect her new made friends, she starts [...]