Jessica Lynch

In a world where paranormals live side by side with humans, everybody knows about Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. Or, as the Paras snidely whisper to each other, the Claws Clause--a long and detailed set of laws that bonded couples must obey if they want their union to be recognized. Because it wasn't already damn near impossible to find a fated mate in the first place. Now the government just has to get involved... I remember-- Three years ago, Maddox Wolfe lost his mate. Since there's nothing more dangerous than a bonded shifter on his own, Ordinance 7304 gave him three choices: voluntary incarceration until he's no longer deemed a threat; a lobotomy-like procedure performed by government-employed witches that would dissolve his bond; or, most final, a state-sanctioned execution so that he could be with his mate again. And while death held a certain appeal in the hazy days following the tragedy, Maddox had his family and his pack to live for. So, refusing to give up his memories of his sweet Evangeline, he chose to spend the rest of his days in the Cage. I forget-- There's a hole in Evangeline Lewis's memory. The doctors tell her that it's normal, that she'll recover fully in time. After all, it's only been three years since the accident that nearly killed her. They never thought she'd wake up; a nagging, annoying sensation that something's wrong is the least of her worries. Especially since she has so much going on: a new apartment, a new job, her mother's well-meaning attempts at match-making... but tell that to her wayward psyche. By day, she can't shake the feeling that something's missing. And, by night, she can't escape the dreams of a shadow man with glowing golden eyes... It's entirely by chance when Maddox's brother follows that familiar scent to the beautiful brunette with the haunted smile. But Colt knows immediately what he's found: Maddox's mate, alive if not altogether well. Once he learns the truth, Maddox will stop at nothing to get her back, even if it he has to follow every twisted, convoluted letter of the ridiculous Claws Clause to do it. And when that doesn't work? Sometimes a wolf has to do what a wolf has to do. Stalking his mate, taking her captive until she remembers him... if it works, he'll have his mate back. If it doesn't, he's dead. Even worse, Evangeline will probably hate him forever. Maddox is desperate enough to take those odds. Hungry like a Wolf is the first full-length novel (~100k words) in a paranormal romance series, featuring a determined alpha wolf shifter who goes a little dark without his mate and the woman who cheated death to find her way back to him. * With a couple destined to mate and a pair of alpha wolf brothers with potty mouths, this book is intended for adult readers due to on-page action and liberal profanity.

Hungry Like a Wolf

She doesn't know she's Artemis, mythical huntress and goddess of the moon--but he does. And that's all he needs to make sure he gets his happy ending this time. Except he's expecting the Artemis he remembers. Who he gets instead is-- Noelle With a potty mouth and a Jersey attitude, I've never been the type of girl who cries when things don't go my way. I'm no damsel in distress. Whatever life throws at me, I can handle it. No matter how rough or tough or... weird? Because falling through a full-length mirror and ending up in a forest wearing nothing but a nightgown is definitely weird. Stabbing a giant scorpion in the eye with a stick? Yup. Weird. Discovering I'm a whiz with a bow and that I can apparently communicate with animals like some grouchy Disney princess--okay, not gonna lie. That's kind of cool. Being told that I'm supposedly the reincarnation of the Greek goddess Artemis? Super friggin' weird. How am I supposed to believe that? Or that some gorgeous hunk of a guy insists we're meant to be together? I mean, I might not know a lot about mythology, but wasn't Artemis some kind of virgin? Hunter She's back. After all this time, after all this waiting, she's back in my reach and nothing is going to keep me from changing the way this story ends. Not the tragedy of our shared history, or the countless times I've already died. Not the fact that her brother has proven repeatedly that he will stop at nothing to keep us separated. Not even the undeniable truth that Artemis doesn't remember me--or even herself. She's back. And, this time, she's mine. *Stalk the Moon is the first installment in a new paranormal romance series by Jessica Lynch. It is a 115,000+ word novel and introduces the reader to the Mirrorside, a land just out of reach where the reborn Greek gods and goddesses find themselves playing out their myths and stories over and over again. Despite the rather tragic ends to a lot of these tales, each novel in this series will have a HEA guaranteed. About the Author Jessica Lynch has been writing since she was 8 and wrote a short story called "Bugs Bunny Meets the Little Mermaid", mainly because they were the only characters she could illustrate. After spending more than a decade writing fan fiction, she decided to try to write an original novel. She lives in New Jersey with her family and enough cats to cement her status as a future cat lady. When not working as a retail nutritional adviser or writing, she enjoys going to Broadway, watching her beloved New York Mets and reading (and re-reading) as many books as she can get her hands on!

Stalk the Moon

He never wanted a mate. Until he found her--and now she's all he wants. In a world where paranormals live side by side with humans, everybody knows about Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. Or, as the Paras snidely whisper to each other, the Claws Clause--a long and detailed set of laws that bonded couples must obey if they want their union to be recognized. Because it wasn't already damn near impossible to find a fated mate in the first place. Now the government just has to get involved... I won't-- Colton Wolfe has never liked witches. There's something about their magic. With a snap of a finger, a witch can cancel out his brute strength, razor-sharp claws, and inch-long fangs. It just isn't natural. The Para-proof wards constructed by witches always made his fur itch, and it has bothered him for years how they betrayed all paranormals by selling their services to the highest bidders. Then a witch nearly killed him and his dislike turned into full-blown hate. His brother thinks his anger is unhealthy. Following his brush with near-death, Colt refuses to even talk to any packmates. Dodge, a ghost and his best friend, can't even get through to him. Colt keeps himself confined to his workshop, shutting every one out. His wolf is just about rabid and he keeps his beast locked up tight. His wolf wants its mate. Colt won't admit it, but he does, too. Only Shea is a witch. And Colt hates all witches-- Doesn't he? I can't-- Shea Moonshadow is a healer first, a witch second. Considering her magic has a way of backfiring on her whenever she tries the simplest of spells, she sticks with what she knows will work. Her herbs and her poultices have never failed her before. Now if she could only say the same about her brother. Hudson is a Donor, a blood junkie who gives blood to vampires in exchange for a high only a dangerous Nightwalker can give. When he gets in over his head, he does what he's always done: runs to Shea for help. She can't say no. She's never been able to say no. Not to Hudson. Not to anyone. And that's how she finds herself pledged to a blood-bonding with an obsessed vampire. When a dangerous group of Paras move in on Colt's territory, going after humans and paranormals alike, the Grayson Police Department recruit him to take on the vicious Nightwalkers. If it's bad enough that Colt gets saddled with an old enemy, it's even worse when he discovers that his almost-mate is in it up to her adorable purple eyes. He might've put off claiming his mate. But no way in hell is Colt--or his wolf--going to let some Nightwalker scum take Shea away from him. * Season of the Witch is the second full-length novel in the Claws Clause series. It's the story of a grumpy wolf shifter hero and the sweet witch who has cast a spell over him. With danger, intrigue, and heart, watch as Colton submits to the one woman meant for him.

Season of the Witch

The fae are real. I just pretend they're not. Black Pine Facility for Wayward Juveniles. The asylum. It's a place where they stick troubled cases like me until we age out or they think they've fixed us. Newsflash: you can't fix what's not broken. And I may have been thrown into Black Pine when I was barely fifteen, but I'm not crazy. I'm cursed. Because the fae? They're real. Gorgeous, ethereal, mythical creatures who can't lie but are experts at twisting the truth. Just one touch, that's all it takes. Just one touch and the fae have power over you. Just one touch and your whole world can go up in flames. I was warned. He called himself the Shadow Man. With his raven hair and glowing silver eyes, he looked the part, too. He's the one who told me about the fae, who made me promise not to be tricked into giving up everything I have with the single touch of my hand. I'm... I'm not so good at keeping promises. Now I'm just about to turn twenty-one. I've kept my head down, constantly wearing my leather gloves as if that's not too little too late. At least they're finally letting me out of the asylum. I've done my time inside here, went through therapy, worked with my psychologists. I'm supposed to be released in two weeks. That's when Nine, the Shadow Man who once haunted my childhood, returns for the first time in six years with another warning--plus one hell of a surprise. There's a prophecy. The Fae Queen wants to get her hands on me because of it, and she has the power of the whole Seelie Court behind her. I'm screwed--unless I can hook up with the dark mate mentioned in the prophecy. Too bad I'd rather die than let another fae male touch me again. **For fans of Holly Black, C. N. Crawford, and Lily Archer, Asylum is the first book in a planned trilogy featuring a wary independent half-fae heroine, the Dark Fae who has shadowed her her entire life, and her quest to learn about who she really is and why the powerful Fae Queen wants her dead.

Asylum

Halo or horns? Avery's older sister is missing. All she has to go on is a psychic's warning, a wolf print left in mud, and Heather's abandoned cell phone. A feral shifter has snatched her sister and she'll do anything to get her back--even rely on paranormal help. And that's when she meets Cam. Camiel is an Othersider. Formally known as one of the Fallen, his only goal in his Earthbound existence is earning a halo and ascending up above as a true angel. With his cat-shaped auditor at his side, he works to tilt the scales in his favor. It's all about earning enough points to keep him from becoming a demon who spends eternity in the down below. He'll do anything to prove that he's good--even if his darkest urges prove that he's not as good as he seems. So when the gorgeous mortal approaches him for help in rescuing her sister, he accepts the job, hoping that it'll be enough to put him over. And maybe it would've been, if it hadn't been for the curse... ** True Angel is the first in a new series by the author of the Claws Clause series. Think The Good Place but set completely on Earth, where every action means our hero is one step closer to earning his halo or his horns. And when he meets his fated mate, he realizes that he'd take either--or none--if it meant that he could have her by his side for all eternity. Fully intended for adult readers! Also, Ain't No Angel, a prequel short set directly before the start of the series--featuring Avery's sister, Heather, and the shifter who took her--is available now!

A Fallen Angel Romance

True Angel

Maddox is a wolf on the hunt... Paranormals exist. More than fifty years ago, the community of supernatural races—shifters, vampires, ghosts, witches, and more—revealed themselves to the humans. With the rise of technology, they couldn’t stay hidden in the shadows like they had for centuries. And, while rumors of their existence go back even further than that, the announcement sent shockwaves throughout the rest of the world. After the shock wore off, the humans reacted. Knowing that Paras had the strength, the humans struggled to keep the power. And what better way than to grab a Para by the balls? Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. A set of mandates hurriedly put in place that Paras had to follow, especially when it came to their "fated" unions. The laws kept the peace; when the penalty for breaking one was being thrown in a magic-free prison, they had to. Ordinance 7304—also known as the Claws Clause—keeps the Paras in line and gives the human population an illusion of safety. And why not? With the power of the entire government behind the laws, even an alpha wolf loses some of his strength. Because one of the biggies? When a shifter finds his fated mate, it doesn’t matter what his nose—or his body—says. His instincts might scream mine, but that doesn’t mean he can run off with his woman and claim her. To the humans, that’s kidnapping, and it’s a big no-no. Maddox Wolfe understood that… until the day he stumbled upon Evangeline Lewis and knew in an instant that this was the woman he’d spent his whole life waiting for. And while his wolf says take her, he knows he can’t woo his mate from the inside of the Cage. She’s human, so he has to think like a human. Act like a human. Pretend he’s a human... Whatever it takes to make her his mate. And since he is an alpha wolf shifter, there’s gonna be a little stalking and hunting involved. It’s okay. His Evangeline will eventually understand... *Mates is a prequel novella that is set directly before the first Claws Clause book, Hungry Like a Wolf. It is the story of how Maddox and Evangeline initially became bonded mates, and is an introduction to a PNR series where Paras not only exist, but they also live alongside their human neighbors.

a Claws Clause prequel

Mates

The fae are after me because I'm the Shadow. But what the hell is that supposed to mean? Black Pine Facility for Wayward Juveniles. The asylum. I always thought it was a place for broken kids like me and it is, I guess. But that's not all. It's also a place where the fae put troublesome humans to forget about them. After I was blamed for my sister's death, I was trapped inside for more than six years. My doctors--my captors--told me that I'd be free on my next birthday. In a couple of weeks, I would walk out of Black Pine forever. I believed them, too. The fae can't lie, but that doesn't mean they tell the truth. On my twenty-first birthday, I would be leaving the asylum... because the Fae Queen has decided it's time I was finally brought to Faerie to face her. Yeah. That's, uh, that's gonna be a no. You see, I spent the last six years pretending that the fae don't exist. That all changes when a Dark Fae helps me break out of the asylum. Nine. The Shadow Man who was my loyal guardian and only friend when I was a little girl. Now that he's back in my life for the first time in years, he swears he only wants to help me. Right. With a return to the asylum impossible, my only goal is to escape the fae chasing me. Even Nine. Especially Nine. And that's way harder than I thought it would be. He's... he's different than the Shadow Man I remember from my childhood. The cold, emotionless fae is showing me a whole new side to him--and this sexy, devoted fae is helping me discover exactly who I am. Abandonment issues, right? I have them in spades. So while I'm trying to escape the fae, I'm also trying to outrun my growing feelings for Nine. If only I could get the hang of the whole walking through shadows thing... *Beware the cliff. Since this is part two of a trilogy, each book leads into the next, with the full resolution of Riley's story coming in the third and final book, Touch. **Shadow is the second book in a planned trilogy featuring a wary independent half-fae heroine, the Dark Fae who has shadowed her her entire life, and her quest to learn about who she really is and why the powerful Fae Queen wants her dead.

Shadow

I didn't mean to cross over into Faerie. It was an accident. And now... now I'm in jail. Fairy jail. It's a thing. When I refused the attentions of a Seelie noble, I earned myself a one-way ticket to Siúcra, the most infamous prison in the Fae Queen's Court. I'm still reeling over the fact that the fae are real. That Faerie is a real place, and that there are real consequences to being a human surrounded by the amazingly gorgeous--if also amazingly heartless--creatures in this world. Their cruelty doesn't stop after I'm captured. Turns out, I'm the only human in my wing of the prison. And, I find out pretty quickly, the only female. Ah, crap. Thank goodness for Rys. He might not be the friendliest cellmate, but so long as I don't ask him questions about why he's locked up, he's willing to watch my back. Know what? That totally works for me, especially since I can't seem to keep my eyes off of his. I'm in jail. Falling for another prisoner should be the last thing on my mind. Then again, Rys is a Light Fae. A Seelie. He's one of them. Sure, he might be stuck here with me now, but he used to guard this place. He knows the way out--he just doesn't want to leave. He's got a past. One look at the ragged scar ruining his otherwise perfect fae features and even I can tell that he's not as innocent as he claims. But no matter how hard I try to get him to see things my way, he refuses to get involved. Just like he refuses to admit that he can sense the crazy attraction brewing between us. It started out as protection before it blossomed into something... more, whether he wants to pretend or not. And when he finally decides it's time for him to break free, I know I'll do whatever I have to to make sure that he takes me with him. **Trapped is the first book in an exciting new Fae series by the author of Touched by the Fae. Featuring a directionally-challenged, unlucky human heroine, the scarred Light Fae who'd rather stay in jail, and their quest to save Faerie together--well, once they break out of Siúcra, that is. It's also a steamy supernatural prison romance, with a bunch of profanity, an attempted sexual assault (don't worry, the guy gets what's coming to him!), and is fully intended for adult readers only.

A Supernatural Prison Romance

Trapped

The story of Eros & Psyche like you've never seen it before! Jolie I've been in the Other long enough to know that my soulmate is out there. But after making a home in Delphi these last few years, I've given up on ever finding him. It doesn't happen for everyone. Just because there's this... this certainty that I have that he's waiting for me, it doesn't mean it's going to happen. And if it does? I've also been in the Other long enough to know that most of these stories don't come with a happy ever after. So when the patron of our village shows up and tells me that I've been chosen? I go along with it. Why not? Every day is the same here, and it's about time I got to get out of Delphi. Even if Alex--Apollo--won't tell me what I've been chosen for. He's one of the Twelve. He doesn't have to answer any of my questions. Neither does the man he brings me to meet . Sebastian. The instant we meet, I forget all of my doubts. Here's the soulmate I've been waiting for. I know him, even if I don't actually know him, and I'm willing to follow him anywhere he wants to go. Love at first sight has nothing on me... mainly because Sebastian won't let me see him. It's his one condition. He knows as well as I do that we're meant to be, but there's something else that Sebastian knows. He knows the story we're living. The myth we can't escape. And he tells me not to worry about it. To trust him. To love him. But how can I love someone who hides his face--and his heart--from me? Sebastian This Psyche is even more beautiful than I remember. We were never supposed to separate. After my bride was made immortal, we were to live together forever. But the stories faded, the old ways forgotten, until we started to be reborn in the Other. I've lost track of how long I've waited to find her again. How many lives I've lived, how many chances I've lost. And then, out of nowhere, I find her in Delphi. Jolie. One look in her pale blue eyes and I know that this woman is meant to be mine. Not for just the run of our story. Not even for just a simple lifetime. Forever. I want the forever I was promised. As the god of love, it's easy to make that connection. We're two halves of the same whole--heart and soul--and I know I'll be complete once I have her with me again. I'll do anything to keep her, even lie about who I am and what I want from her. It should be easy. My mother has yet to return to the Other, and without Aphrodite to interfere, it should be easy to convince Jolie to stay with me. I already know she's mine. I refuse to lose her again. Still, after all this time, I should've realized that nothing in the Other is easy. *Hide From the Heart is a novella set in the Mirrorside world. Set between Hunt the Stars and Chase the Beauty, it features the story of Sebastian and Jolie, the reincarnations of Eros and Psyche.

Hide from the Heart

For the first time in years, Maria De Angelis is in a really good place. She has her beloved bed and breakfast, her treasured relationship with Sheriff Sylvester Collins, and her brother's overprotective nature is much easier to tolerate when he lives a few hours away. And if she's a little disappointed that everyone is getting married around her, at least she does have her Sly. Her life is perfetto. Perfect. Until she shows up. Véronique Richard. The gorgeous outsider came all the way to stay as a guest of Ophelia. Maria is too excited to think much of the strange request she receives by letter. With the exception of Rick and Grace's stay in her honeymoon suite, Maria hasn't hosted a guest in months. Hoping that, with the springtime and Hamlet opening up again, this is the beginning of a full Ophelia, she throws herself into pleasing the outsider since the woman is a stranger to the small town. Well. Not completely. Because Sly? He already knows Véronique—and, Maria discovers to her dismay, he knows her very, very well. *Tesoro is a novella (~25,000 words) set a few months after Here Comes the Bride. Because there can never be an outsider that doesn't bring trouble with them, this story features Maria, Sylvester, and a woman who will do anything to come between them.

Tesoro

He spent a hundred years waiting for her. She hated him in a heartbeat. In a world where paranormals live side by side with humans, everybody knows about Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. Or, as the Paras snidely whisper to each other, the Claws Clause--a long and detailed set of laws that bonded couples must obey if they want their union to be recognized. Because it wasn't already damn near impossible to find a fated mate in the first place. Now the government just has to get involved... I exist-- Dodge McCoy is dead. Died more than a century ago, one of countless who never made it out of his New York City slum. And while a bullet might've ended his life, his afterlife was only just beginning. He's a ghost. A phantom. A spirit. And he's just about gone. Without his fated mate--without his "key"--Dodge will experience his second (and final) death. For years, he put off searching, mainly because he still harbors scars over the betrayal that led to his first death. In his eyes, it would be better to fade away than let another woman tear his heart to shreds. Too bad it isn't as easy as that. Turns out there's a catch that no one's ever mentioned to him before: when he dies again, so does his key. Which would be fine--if Dodge didn't know who his key was. Since he does, and he's been avoiding her for more than a decade, it doesn't seem right to take the talented beauty with him when he goes. So, using the last of his energy, he leaves the Bumptown behind in search of the one woman who could save him... I escape-- Laurel Kane is a star. America's sweetheart since she was a teen, she stepped away from the limelight at the height of her fame. Rumors swirled, gossip bloggers coming up with the most outrageous reasons why she walked away from her high-profile career. Laurel heard it all and said nothing. What could she say? That she saw dead people? She always knew that Paras were out there. In Hollywood, nearly everyone has some kind of power--there just wasn't anyone like her. Afraid she was losing her mind, she sought help and treatment, whatever it would take to stop the visions. But, just when she thought she had, right on the cusp of her comeback, he shows up. Brash. Cocky. Arrogant. A relic from the past, the century-old ghost bumps into her and, to her surprise, she actually feels it. And that's when she realizes her new sitcom might just have to be put on hold... With time running out and Death literally at their back, these two will have to get along long enough to break the curse tying them together--or else Dodge won't be the only ghost. * Ghost of Jealousy is the fourth full-length novel in the Claws Clause series. It's the story of a ghostly hero from another time and the secretive starlet who holds his life--and his heart--in her hands.

Ghost of Jealousy

No outsiders allowed. It's Hamlet's newest rule. As much as Deputy Natalie Newton disagrees, the sheriff's word is law and Sheriff Collins has insisted: no outsiders allowed. After what happened the last time one moved into their village, it makes sense. Everyone knows that the only time there's trouble in Hamlet is when there is an outsider or two involved. Better safe than sorry. Of course, that's when Kade McAllister shows up. He's lost and disheveled and, holy crap, the most handsome man she's ever seen before. Natalie knows that she doesn't have a lot to compare him to—especially since the last time she went after a guy, it didn't go so well—but she's instantly attracted to him. She feels bad for him, too. No matter what the sign out front says, Natalie is prepared to live by the old motto: Hamlet Helps. So, despite orders from her boss, Natalie stubbornly offers to help the outsider. To her surprise, he accepts. And, despite being born and raised in Hamlet, Natalie finally discovers what it feels like to be considered an outsider. Kade, on the other hand, thought this would be a simple job. His employer has questions about the small town tucked away in the middle of nowhere and it's up to Kade to get answers for him. He's a PI. Playing a part, digging deep, using any and every resource... it's what he does. He figures he'll be in and out, a week tops. Then he's met by a roadblock and a warning sign. It doesn't stop him, though, as much as it intrigues him. Hamlet has its secrets. It's up to Kade to find out what they are. And if he has to take up with the only local in town willing to help him in order to discover the truth about what happened last December? He'll do it. Because a job's a job—until the moment it isn't. As Natalie and Kade grow closer while trying to find out the truth of what went down between Grace Delaney and Thomas Mathers, Kade begins to wonder who has his loyalty: the man who pays his checks or the sweet yet strong deputy who makes him smile? Because it isn't long before he realizes that, when it comes to Natalie, he'd follow her anywhere. *Wherever You Go is a shorter novel (50,000 words) set following the close of the second full-length Hamlet novel, I'll Never Stop. It's a direct answer to the way things were resolved in that book, featuring another of the Hamlet deputies and the outsider she can't ignore. Read less

Wherever You Go

Christmas and ice cream, a match made in Hamlet. Great Aunt Patti is dead. Gloria Watson would probably feel a little sadder at that news if she had known about Great Aunt Patti in the first place. Growing up an only child, all she had was her grandmother. After Nana’s passing, Gloria thought she was the last one left in her family. Well, she is. Since Great Aunt Patti is dead and all. That’s okay. The nice lawyer who wrote her a letter assured Gloria that her great aunt lived a long, happy life in a small town that Gloria has never heard of. And now, as her next of kin, everything she owned belongs to Gloria. Including a house. Which sounds like a godsend to Gloria, who is eager to start her dream business and could use the extra cash. Only there’s a catch. Because of course there is. The house is hers—but only after she lives there for a year. One year in Hamlet and then Gloria will have enough money to follow her dream. Why not? It’ll give her time to work on her flavors. And it wasn’t like she had much going on for her in the city anyway. She’s moved in by Thanksgiving, ready to spend the holidays in her new home. So what if her new neighbor is the hottest guy she’s ever seen? Franklin is as grumpy as he is handsome, and he hates Christmas. Seriously. A year? Gloria will be lucky if she makes it to January...

Gloria

Welcome to Hamlet—where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe. Welcome to Hamlet: I-III is a box set containing the first three books in the Hamlet series, as well as an exclusive added scene that takes place during the first novel and sheds some light on its ending. Don't Trust Me is a full-length novel, Execution is a short, and both Ophelia & Let Nothing You Dismay are novellas. This box set includes: Don't Trust Me (Hamlet #1) After her car breaks down, Tessa Sullivan is stranded overnight in a tiny, isolated town with her husband, Jack. By the next morning, he’s dead. But who among these strangers would have reason to kill him? A woman grapples with an impossible murder in this page-turning mystery. Execution (Hamlet #1.5) It's been a handful of days since Tessa's husband, Jack, has been murdered. Trapped in Hamlet, under the watchful eye of the dedicated sheriff, Tessa goes out for breakfast in an attempt to get away from it all for a moment. Only she doesn't go alone... Ophelia (Hamlet #2) Maria De Angelis is Hamlet's sweetheart, an exotic beauty who runs Ophelia, the small town's bed and breakfast. She knows that it might be pointless, opening up the small hotel when outsiders are rare and the population in town never tops two hundred, but it was her dream and she spent nearly six years perfecting it. It only takes one night—and one man—to cause her to lose it all. Let Nothing You Dismay (Hamlet #3) It's Christmas in Hamlet! A year after the events of the first novel, Tessa Sullivan returns to Hamlet to visit Maria De Angelis at her bed and breakfast. It was supposed to be a cozy, snowy Christmas holiday—until the sheriff of Hamlet learns that there's been an abduction. A four-year-old boy has been taken from his parents' Christmas party. Even worse? According the the only witness, the culprit is none other than Santa Claus.

Welcome to Hamlet

Who killed Jack Sullivan? Welcome to Hamlet. Population: 192. You can't find it on any map, GPS, or directions site. A small village tucked between a mountain and a valley, Hamlet is the sort of place where everyone knows everyone—and their business, too. There's no television. No internet. No phones. Only one way in and, for the locals, barely any way out. The sheriff is the law, the only doctor moonlights as the coroner, and outsiders hardly ever come to town. Murders are even rarer. A treacherous storm, a flat tire, and a touch of serendipity causes Tessa Sullivan and her husband Jack to stumble upon the narrow strait that leads into Hamlet. It was supposed to be a one night stop until the rain let up and Jack could figure out how to fix the tire—until Tess lands herself in the local jail cell overnight and Jack is found dead in their hotel room the next morning. There's no doubt it was murder, but with Sullivan’s gentle wife having an airtight alibi, the sheriff has to wonder: who had any cause to kill the outsider? And is he the only victim? Dr. De Angelis doesn’t think so. Neither does Deputy Walsh. With Tess looking more and more like the killer’s next target, both men take the time to comfort and protect the young widow. But only one of them is sincere. The other just wants her to himself now that her husband is out of the way. Alone and afraid, who can she trust? * Don't Trust Me is a full-length murder mystery/ domestic thriller novel (85,000+ words) set in Hamlet, a cozy small town in the middle of nowhere—where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe...

Don't Trust Me

Ophelia of Hamlet: a Cozy Bed & Breakfast. Open to All. In a small village with a population less than two hundred, there was rarely a need for an inn. There was definitely no reason for one of the locals to open a bed and breakfast when outsiders were few and far between. That didn't stop Maria De Angelis. Though she knew she would never manage to escape Hamlet—and she didn't want to—running Ophelia was her dream. But when did she decide to do it? Why? Where did she get the name for it? And what really happened with Mack Turner? Told in snippets, this novella spans eight years, showing the birth of the idea for Ophelia all the way to the day Maria reopens her bed and breakfast and has Tessa Sullivan for a guest. The reader gets a closer look at the relationship between Lucas and Maria De Angelis, as well as glimpses of some of the Hamlet residents that are featured in the first novel. *Ophelia is meant to be read following Don't Trust Me due to spoilers for the first novel in the Hamlet series. Also please note that content warnings for the novella are mentioned in the foreword.

Ophelia

Christmas and kitties, a match made in Hamlet. Holly Hansen doesn’t know what she wants to do with her future. For as long as she can remember, she’s lived most of her life either behind a computer screen or—due to her social anxiety—going off on her own. Because of that, she has passable relationships with people all over the world, and the travel blog she’s been running since high school is more successful than she ever dreamed. So why isn’t she happy? Simple. Because she’s lonely. Last Christmas, her only IRL friend moved to a small town in the middle of nowhere to fill some strange clause in a dead relative’s will. This year? Gloria has decided to stay—and she wants Holly to come for a visit. Spend the holidays in a place where there isn’t any television, telephones, or internet? Really? It sounds impossible… but it also sounds tempting. Figuring why not, she decides to spend the month of December offline— and that’s when she meets Xavier Miller. Xavier is the mayor of Hamlet, but he’s also the man who takes care of any animal in need. When Holly finds a lost cat, she’s told to bring him to Xavier. It should have been as easy as dropping him off. Should have been. Why, then, does Holly now have a cat of her own—not to mention a sudden crush on Xavier? Oh, boy. When Xavier mentions the upcoming Christmas gala in town, Holly jumps at the chance to get closer to him by helping him set up for it. Even though she knows she's only staying for a few weeks, as the kindhearted mayor gets under her skin, Holly starts to wonder what's better: traveling the world on her own, or settling down in one place with the man of her dreams? * Holly is a full-length low stakes, low angst Christmas novel (60,000+ words) set in Hamlet, a cozy small town in the middle of nowhere—where everyone knows your name and your business, too.

Holly

To wed or not to wed… that is the question. In Hamlet, even a small wedding can be a crazy affair. The townsfolk all want to be involved, the proprietor of the local bed and breakfast is moonlighting as the wedding planner, and the bride is beginning to wish that she had just eloped. Especially when it becomes clear that someone doesn’t want Grace Delaney to get married. The trouble began with little things. Her shoes went missing. Her veil was destroyed. Then someone canceled the order she made with an outsider florist. By the time a fire is started at the church, Grace realizes that someone has been sabotaging her upcoming wedding to Hamlet’s own, Rick Hart. There’s only one problem: all signs point to it being a dead man. Rick knows that Mathers is gone. Grace’s former stalker shouldn’t be a threat. Not anymore. But there’s no denying the fact that someone is interfering every way they can in order to stop this marriage from happening. And he can’t help but wonder if it’s really his bride who’s the one getting cold feet… Here Comes the Bride is a shorter novel (45,000 words) that takes place in the tiny, isolated town of Hamlet. Set four months after the events of Wherever You Go, it’s time for Grace Delaney and Rick Hart to tie the knot… if they can survive making it to the altar first.

Here Comes the Bride

No outsiders allowed—in Hamlet, the small town where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe. No Outsiders Allowed: IV-VI is a box set containing books 4, 5, and 6 in the Hamlet series. Hamlet, tucked between a valley and a mountain, and with a population of less than two hundred, is an isolated town off the grid. There's no phones, no internet, no television... and it's the best place for a young woman on the run to hide out from her obsessed stalker. Or so she thinks... This set includes: I'll Never Stop (Hamlet #4) Grace Delaney was flattered when she caught the eye of billionaire playboy, Thomas Mathers. What seemed like the perfect man quickly becomes the perfect threat when his obsessive behaviors and stalking nature go too far. With his wealth and his power, there's no escaping him—until her neighbor tells her all about a small town where anyone can go to hide. Despite knowing that Tommy is after her, she moves to Hamlet and falls for the local deputy, Rick Hart, a man with his own demons. Will the two find happiness together when her possessive ex swears that he'll never stop? Wherever You Go (Hamlet #5) Natalie Newton is the sole female deputy for the Hamlet Sheriff Department. A Hamlet local, born and bred, she thought her only chance at happiness was with another local—until he went and got engaged to an outsider. Now, alone and weary in a small town that has closed its borders to any new visitors, Natalie spends her days trying to find excitement in her job. Which she does, when Kade McAllister stumbles his way into Hamlet. But is his sudden arrival as unexpected as it seems? Here Comes the Bride (Hamlet #6) It's time for a wedding in Hamlet! More than a year after the events of I'll Never Stop, Grace Delaney and Rick Hart are getting ready to walk down the aisle. Tommy is no longer a threat, but when it seems that someone is sabotaging their wedding in increasingly more dangerous ways, the pair begins to wonder if there were still be a wedding at all.

No Outsiders Allowed

Welcome back to Hamlet. It was supposed to be one date. After connecting on an online dating site, Grace Delaney agreed to go out with Thomas for coffee—and that was the beginning of the end for both of them. Thomas Mathers is rich, he’s smart, he’s arrogant, and, after one evening, he’s decided that the lovely ballerina is meant to be his. And because he almost immediately proves how obsessed he is by breaking into her home and leaving threatening gifts, she knows he’s not about to take Grace’s no for an answer. No matter where she goes, he finds her. In the seven months since they met, she’s been forced to move twice, change her number three times. The cops won’t help her. Her friends think she’s just being stubborn. Tommy would be good for her, they say. Tommy will never let her go. He stalks her, tracks her using his wits, his goons, and the best technology that money can buy. How can she escape him? Simple. By hiding out in a small town where there’s no phone, no internet, and a retired Marine turned sheriff’s deputy is willing to do whatever he has to in order to protect the frightened outsider. Rick Hart is a Hamlet local. He was born there, and though he spent the last nine years on the outside as a Marine, he knows he's going to die there. Unfinished business had him returning when his last tour of duty was up—only he never got a chance to finish it. Tired and alone, he keeps himself on the edge of their tightknit community... and that's when the lovely outsider blows into town and knocks him right off course. Grace needs help. That much is obvious. As Rick finds the dainty ballerina worming her way under his skin, making a home for herself in his heart, he starts to wonder about the trouble she left behind—and what will happen when it finally follows her into Hamlet. * I’ll Never Stop is a full-length novel (90,000+ words) set in Hamlet. Featuring characters from the previous entries in the series, as well as introducing a new heroine to the small town, this novel is set approximately a year after Don’t Trust Me and will bring the reader back to the cozy small town—where everyone knows your name and, even so, no one is safe.

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