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A rude tourist dies after eating his way up and down the boardwalk, and all eyes fall on Allison, as the police blame her new macarons. The macarons have a secret ingredient that is so delicious it has customers lining up and down the boardwalk - but they are not, she knows, the cause of death. Allison, forced to clear her name and salvage her customers, has no choice but to retrace the victim’s foodie trek up and down the boardwalk, and to figure out what he ate - or who he insulted - that could have gotten him killed.

A bundle of books one (A Killer Cupcake) and two (A Murderous Macaron) in Fiona Grace’s Beachfront Bakery cozy mystery series.

The Scarlet Letter is generally considered to be Nathaniel Hawthorne’s masterpiece. Set in 17th-century Boston, it follows the plight of Hester Prynne, a young woman who bears a child out of wedlock, refuses to name the father, and is condemned to wear a scarlet "A" for the rest of her life. With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne reaches back to America’s Puritan roots to probe themes of lust, sin, guilt, and redemption. This Essential Classics edition includes a new introduction by Professor Vivian Heller, PhD, in literature and modern studies from Yale University.

From number one best-selling mystery and suspense author Blake Pierce comes a gripping new series: May Moore, 29, an average Midwestern woman and deputy sheriff, has always lived in the shadow of her older, brilliant FBI agent sister. Yet the sisters are united by the cold case of their missing younger sister—and when a new serial killer strikes in May’s quiet Minnesota lakeside town, it is May’s turn to prove herself, to try to outshine her sister and the FBI, and, in this action-packed thriller, to outwit and hunt down a diabolical killer before he strikes again.

May Moore, 29, an average Midwestern woman and deputy sheriff, has always lived in the shadow of her older, brilliant FBI agent sister. Yet the sisters are united by the cold case of their missing younger sister—and when an eerily similar serial killer strikes in May’s quiet, Minnesota lakeside town, it is May’s turn to prove herself, to try to outshine her sister and the FBI, and, in this action-packed thriller, to outwit and hunt down a diabolical killer before he strikes again.

Her entire family was wiped out by influenza, leaving her alone in the world. Then, she was unfairly fired from the job that was her sole support, which led to her being kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Now that she's free, she is ready to move on with her life, but the anger still festers that no one paid the price for kidnapping her.

Olivia Glass, 34, turns her back on her life as a high-powered executive in Chicago and relocates to Tuscany, determined to start a new, simpler life - and to grow her own vineyard. Olivia is stunned when she discovers the treasure map may lead to a historic wine cellar, hidden on her estate, filled with priceless wine. It seems like the stuff of dreams - until a dead body puts her at the center of the high-stakes discovery, and turns her heaven into a hell.

Kate, 17, hates her life. An outcast in her own family. No one understands her. she is hated by her more popular and beautiful sister and despised by her controlling mother, who favors her sister over her. Kate’s only solace is her friends and her smarts. But even with that, her life seems destined for a dead-end, especially when her mother announces she will have to stay back from college to pay for her sister’s tuition. But one day, all that changes.

Rachel Wood wakes in a castle to find herself turned into a vampire. She longs for home, for a normal life. But she is changing too fast. When she learns Benji is in danger, she realizes she has to find him. She will stop at nothing to be with him - even if it means having to choose between life and death.

Mary goes to the library looking for escape, not love. With three daughters married in a single year, one would think that Mrs. Bennet’s matchmaking ploys would diminish. One would be wrong. Very wrong. To avoid her mother’s affectionate arts, Mary takes refuge at Clarke’s library. There, in the reading room, she can forget the trials of Longbourn, lost in the pages of her favorite books. The strategy works - surprisingly well in fact - until the morning a tall, handsome stranger wants the same book she has already checked out - a text she needs to help a friend.

In the mountains of northwestern Canada along the Yukon River, a family of wolves fight for survival. Trained by her father Payuk to hunt caribou from an early age, Arnaaluk scores her first kill at last, but she is not satisfied. She desires not only independence from her overbearing father, but to seek the love of her life. After Arnaaluk is expelled from the family for disobedience, she crosses paths with two brothers: Tulok, a domineering but strong and intelligent hunter, and Kanak, a haughty and selfish subordinate. A romantic rivalry soon develops between them.

Having worked in a Las Vegas wedding chapel for many years, Bella Johnson thought she’d seen it all when it came to spur of the moment weddings. Until the morning she wakes up in bed with a handsome and charming Brit she’d met only the day before who claims they’re now married. Neither Bella nor Colin have any recollection of saying "I do", although their respective grandparents assure them they’ve done just that.

When a popular personal trainer is murdered in a high-end suburb, FBI VICAP Special Agent Chloe Fine, 27, is summoned to sift through a small town filled with cheating spouses and figure out who may have wanted him dead - and why. Behind the manicured lawns, Chloe learns, lie broken marriages, lonely spouses, secrets, and endless lies - all hiding behind the veil of perfection. Beneath the carefully built facade of a polished, upstanding community lies a populace dishonest to its core. What secrets led to this man’s being murdered? And who will be next to die?

When Ava McKenna left the neighborhood she grew up in, she never planned to look back. And for 10 years she didn’t. Not until Mateo Ortega, the handsome and charming boy next door, showed up to ask for her help. Mateo needed a favor - actually, he needed a pretend fiancée, and he thought Ava would be the perfect woman for the charade. Ava knew that she owed the Ortega family a favor, but when she looked into Mateo’s gorgeous brown eyes, she realized that repaying an old debt might jeopardize her heart.

Rachel Wood finally learns the secret that her new boyfriend Benji has been hiding: He is a vampire. She discovers his world in the mysterious Lyndvia Castle on the Hudson River. But just as their romance is blossoming, Benji’s twin brother shows up with a message that might mean the end for them all. Rachel will have to decide how much she wants to sacrifice to be with the love of her life.

May Moore, 29, an average Midwestern woman and deputy sheriff, has always lived in the shadow of her older, brilliant FBI agent sister. Yet, the sisters are united by the cold case of their missing younger sister—and when a new serial killer strikes in May’s quiet, Minnesota lakeside town, it is May’s turn to prove herself, to try to outshine her sister and the FBI, and hunt down a diabolical killer before he strikes again.

This bundle includes the first book in two of Morgan Rice’s number one best-selling series - The Vampire Journals and Vampire, Fallen - all here in one convenient place! This bundle offers a great introduction to Morgan Rice’s epic fantasy series. In Turned (book one of the Vampire Journals), 18-year-old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school. In Before Dawn (book one of Vampire, Fallen), Kate, 17, hates her life and is an outcast in her own family.

After a local manhunt for a missing woman, a pack of cadaver dogs lead police to the source. But when the dogs unearth body after body, May soon realizes she has stumbled upon a burial mound—and is up against a serial killer for more deadly than anyone could have imagined. With time running out, can May find him—before he finds her first?

From number one best-selling mystery and suspense author Blake Pierce comes a gripping new series: May Moore, 29, an average Midwestern woman and deputy sheriff, has always lived in the shadow of her older, brilliant FBI agent sister. Yet the sisters are united by the cold case of their missing younger sister—and when a new serial killer strikes in May’s quiet, Minnesota lakeside town, it is May’s turn to prove herself, to try to outshine her sister and the FBI, and, in this action-packed thriller, to outwit and hunt down a diabolical killer before he strikes again.

An after-prom party by the lake has gone horribly awry, with a teenage victim found dead on the shore. May struggles to connect the dots, trying to reconstruct an evening that none of the partiers can remember. Did the party simply spiral out of control?