Two beautiful Indian women are found dead with their noses cut off - an old Indian practice to punish infidelity - in this suspenseful second mystery by best-selling author Ed Gorman. The mutilation murders stun the quiet Iowa town of Cedar Rapids and call for the special skills of criminal psychologist Robert Payne, who uses clues from the crime scene to piece together a psychological portrait of the killer. The prime suspect is another Indian, David Rhodes, who is estranged from his wife, police detective Cindy Rhodes - and the woman with whom Payne is starting to fall in love. David Rhodes may have been morally outraged because the two murdered women were exploiting young girls in a prostitution ring. However, Payne discovers that the crime bears an eerie resemblance to a case involving a young Indian brave at the turn of the century. And when David is attacked by two well-established white men who clearly have something to hide, suspicion starts to shift. Payne uncovers another link to the town's frontier past - and finds that a prominent Cedar Rapids family guards a dark secret.

Avery McAdams believes in order to truly be herself she needs to keep her head down, her guard up, and her focus on her career. Until she's hired by sexy, charismatic Ryker Li to pull off the event of the century, and he shows up personally to convince her to handle his next party. When she meets him face-to-face, she realizes a piece of her wants him to see her as attractive, which goes against everything she's convinced herself she believes.Rich, powerful Ryker has made an art form of getting what he wants, when he wants it, and then moving on. But something about Avery makes him want to stick around.When he finds everything he never dreamed to look for in a woman, can the billionaire playboy commit to the biggest deal of all? Or will a lifetime of mistrust and suspicion turn them forever into rivals?

Crystal Balls Tina Harding is a successful estate agent with ambitious plans to open a chain of Harding Homes. Whilst reluctantly accompanying her colleague, Chantelle, to a local psychic fair, Tina receives a call from her sister announcing news of her engagement. The news forces Tina to look more closely at her own relationships; or lack of. Feeling despondent and in need of a little hope she bids her farewells to Chantelle, rushing back for a secret reading and is warned that her life is about to roller coaster out of control unless she learns to make and trust her own decisions. Tina dismisses the reading as an act of foolish spontaneity, but after experiencing a series an unfortunate events Tina decides she is tired of learning by her mistakes and embarks in a plethora of other psychic readings in an attempt to provide clarity and direction and a short cut to all things good. Crystal Balls.......gaze into the unknown.

In The Seventh Sister, down-on-her-luck American artist Maggie Gleason returns to Ireland, hoping to put old hurts behind her. Instead, revisiting the fishing village that enchanted her twelve years before only reopens wounds - until the unexpected appearance of roguish pub owner Conall Flanagan proves that the Ancient Isle is a magical place where anything can happen and true love always stands the test of time.The Seventh Sister originally appeared in the Mammoth Book of Irish Romance / 2010 / Running Press.

“Eileen Wilks is a truly gifted writer,” (Romance Junkies) and her Novels of the Lupi have drawn readers into a seductive world of action, suspense, and passion. Now, FBI agent Lily Yu tracks a traitor into the darkest shadows yet…FBI agent Lily Yu is living at Nokolai Clanhome with her fiancé, lupi Rule Turner, when an intruder penetrates their territory, stealing the prototpye of a magical device the clan hopes will be worth a fortune--if a few bugs can be worked out . . .But the protoytpe can be dangerously erratic, discharging a bizarre form of mind magic—and it looks like the thief wants it for that very side effect. Worse, whoever stole the device didn’t learn about it by accident. There’s a Nokolai traitor in their midst.Lily and Rule have to find the traitor, the thief, and the prototype. One job proves easy when the thief calls them--and his identity rocks Rule’s world. As they race to recover their missing property, they find Robert Friar’s sticky footprints all over the place. Robert Friar--killer, madman, and acolyte of the Old One the lupi are at war with--an Old One whose power is almost as vast as her ambition to rock the entire world . . .Review“One of the best Were series I have ever read.”--Fresh Fiction"Wilks’s storytelling style is so densely layered with plot complexities and well-defined characters...There is no better way to escape reality than with a Wilks adventure!”--RT Book Reviews“Eileen Wilks writes what I like to read.”--Linda Howard, New York Times bestselling author About the AuthorEileen Wilks is a national bestselling author and a four-time RITA Award finalist, and has been nominated for a Career Achievement Award by Romantic Times.

In this dead-on satire of online obsessions, a novelist with writer's block finds a new—and very lucrative—stream of income in a virtual world that appears to give him everything he lacks in the real world.When frank Dixon, a frustrated writer who has seen his career crash and burn, decides to dabble in online poker, he discovers he has a knack for winning. In this newfound realm, populated by alluring characters—each of them elusive, mysterious, and glamorous—he becomes a smash success: popular, rich, and loved. Going by the name Chip Zero, he sees his fortunes and romantic liaisons thrive in cyberspace while he remains blind to the fact that his real life is sinking. His online success, however, does not come without complications, as he comes to realize that his "virtual" friends and lovers are, in fact, very real, and one rival player is not at all happy that Mr. Zero has taken all...