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By Jo Kadlecek (NavPress)

When a series of mysterious messages appear on Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin’s voicemail, the reporter is thrown headlong into a story that may drastically affect her career, and, if she’s not careful, her life. Clues from untraceable sources collide with duplicitous ministers, ambiguous monks, and one exceptionally good-looking community center director. With the help of her supportive editor, her savvy, fellow chocoholic colleague and the protection of her big brother, she might break the biggest story of the year and find some of that inspiration after all.

By Jo Kadlecek (NavPress)

Religion reporter Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin has traded her beat in the Big Easy for a dream job in the Big Apple. But with the move, she finds that real witches and holy con men loom larger than anything she’s confronted before. And when an old friend leaks an Ivy League secret, Jonna must confront the dark forces that run deep within the city. What she discovers is more shocking than all of the stories she’s ever reported combined. Will she be able to withstand—and expose—the truth?

By Jo Kadlecek (NavPress)

Jonna Lightfoot MacLaughlin is the new religion reporter for a top New Orleans newspaper. She has yet to have a date, a good news story, or even a bowl of jambalaya, but all that will change when threats of a voodoo fill her in-box. A suspicious death at a respected nursing home soon has Jonna uncovering plots of political corruption and running for her life.

By E. E. Kennedy (Sheaf House)

Winter can be harsh in the North Country.   When the reckless teenaged Rousseau brothers, J. T. and Dustin, attempt to cross a frozen Lake Champlain in their ancient VW, what they find plunges them into hot water, not cold. Their guilt in a brutal murder is obvious to everyone except English teacher Amelia Prentice Dickensen, freshly returned from her honeymoon with new husband Gil, who is determined to find the clue that will prove them innocent: a single bullet.

By E. E. Kennedy (Sheaf House)

Amelia Prentice, a forty-something high school English teacher comfortable in her predictable routine, regains consciousness after tripping over the corpse of a former student in the safest of places, the public library. Returning to the classroom, she tries to pretend nothing happened. But when it becomes obvious that the victim’s death wasn’t an accident and she is now a murder suspect, she realizes that her cozy small-town life in New York’s Adirondack region will never be the same.   Crazy things begin to happen: The victim’s mother disappears. Amelia’s friend Lily is thrown overboard from the Lake Champlain ferryboat.

By E. E. Kennedy (Sheaf House Publishers)

It’s summer, and Amelia is a lady in waiting. When she happens on a familiar face in a tabloid newspaper, she and Gil reminisce about another summer, long, long ago when they were teens, working with a summer stock company. There was drama that summer, along with romance. And danger. Though much has changed over the years, the danger still lurks.

By Michelle Griep, Kelly Klepfer (Bling! Romance)

“A laugh out loud mystery with quirky, lovable characters who find themselves in all sorts of trouble. The storyline is believable and comes with descriptions of mouth-watering food, which makes for a delicious plot! A cohesive and fast-moving novel. ” 4-Stars! RT Book ReviewsWhen the chef of Sunset Paradise Retirement Village ends up dead, life for sisters Fern and Zula Hopkins is whipped into a froth. Their zany attempts to track down the killer land them in hot water with Detective Jared Flynn. Should he be concerned about their safety or the criminal’s? But there are deadly ingredients none of them expect.