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'Minnie is desperate. Her fiancé Samuel has been missing for over a week, and it's not like him to just disappear. Heightening her worry is the fact that, citing a small financial issue, he just will not settle on a wedding date. Is it really due to money, or is he getting cold feet?

'She tries a little investigative work with the help of her friends, but is horrified when a visit to talk with Samuel's stockbroker, ends up with them discovering the man's dead body. What on earth has Samuel got himself involved with?

'Samuel adores Minnie. But how can he marry her when most of his inheritance has been stolen by a robber baron? A man he thought was a friend. Minnie deserves better than a life of perjury. He will do anything to get the investment back.

'He doesn't expect to get bashed on the head, or shot. But somehow he makes it back to the family home, and into Minnie's arms. Trouble is, his arrival brings few answers and too many questions.'(Publication summary)

'Clara Penrose was not looking forward to her society debut, but she never imagined it would be interrupted by murder.

'The murdered man is a pushy suitor who wouldn’t take no for an answer and suspicion quickly falls on Clara. The man’s father, an influential member of high society, holds Clara responsible and is pushing for a fast resolution.

'As the clues pointing to the culprit being intimate with the Penrose Household pile up, Clara can almost feel the noose tightening around her neck. Unable to trust the police, she turns to her best friend and neighbour, Roland Fisher.

'The two friends come together in a high-stakes race to prove Clara’s innocence, and identify the real culprit, before Clara is officially charged with the crime.

'Time is running out. Can they succeed and save Clara’s life, reputation and heart?' (Publication summary)

'She thought they were safe. But the undead aren’t her only enemy…

'Meagan Greystone refuses to lose another person she holds dear. So when the love of her life, Glynn Buckley, the Sheriff of Winterhurst, is called to help the nearby town of Brimbank, she’s more than a little on edge. Something dark is going on in the old city. Something evil.

'Even her powers as a witch and necromancer might not be enough to stop it. Glynn wants Meagan safe at home, but she can’t sit back and practice her spells while the forces of darkness threaten. She must act, fast.

'A new foe has arisen from the shadows, more powerful and devious than any danger Meagan has ever faced. He’s after more than just the town of Brimbank, and no one, not even Meagan, is going to stand in his way.'

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'Lucy has everything under control.
'If she doesn't care, she can't get hurt.

'But, when the ship's attractive and attentive engineer disappears, comfortably numb isn't an option any more.'

Source : publisher's blurb

New necromancer Meagan Greystone grew up orphaned and homeless. She’s finally found a place where she feels she belongs, her ancestral home Ravenswood Manor. But just as she’s starting to become a valued member of the nearby community, she hears a strange voice in her head—one tempting her with more power than she’s ever known and a chance to learn abilities beyond her wildest dreams.

When Meagan discovers the voice belongs to her great-grandfather — Quintus — a man known equally for his magical talent and cruelty, she turns to her father’s spirit for help. When his spirit vanishes, she knows she has to properly raise her father from the dead.

During the invocation, the one person she thought would never betray her does, and Quintus rises from the dead instead of her father.

Now walking again, and determined to recover his power, Quintus will take away everything dear to her. He will turn the people she cares about most into his slave unless she joins him … or finds a way to defeat one of the most powerful necromancers who ever lived.

Source: Publisher's blurb.

When eighteen-year-old Judy Hudson discovers she’s a necromancer and sees first-hand the pain her powers can cause the dead, she just wants to deny who she is. The zombie plague is long over. She wants to find a more normal life, but that's a challenge when a beautiful otherworldly man, who claims to be her guardian, saves her life. Judy tries to set right the harm she inflicted on a spirit she raised, but new zombies attack—zombies raised from among the long-time dead. Someone else just like her is out there, and he's not trying to set anything right. To save her own life, and protect the innocent inhabitants of the nearby town who’ve become her friends, Judy has to figure out who’s raising the dead and why. She must also learn to control the darkness inside her—a seductive darkness that promises her power

Source: Publisher's Blurb