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Everleigh Beckett’s plans for Christmas are simple: Forget her ex is getting married to another woman, keep her cat Roscoe in the lifestyle he’s accustomed to, and hunker down until all the Yuletide cheer is over. Hoping to forget the season, she agrees to work extra shifts in the Missing Persons Division so her partner can spend time with his family. What Everleigh doesn’t realize is that one of the most infamous baby-snatching cases of 1986 is about to land in her lap.

Tate left the LAPD after his partner Jason died. He didn’t want to discuss the traumatic experience with anyone, but when a former brother in blue arrives in Sequoia, Tate is forced to confront his demons or start running again. Zion has made a home in Sequoia, but her conflict between her past with David and her future with Tate must be reconciled.

When Everleigh Beckett sets out to solve a Christmas mystery, she doesn’t give up, especially with P.I. Isaac Stern at her side.

Leaving Sacramento after her divorce, Avery Nolan retreats to Tahoe with her golden retriever, Basil, looking for change. After Basil discovers a hidden clearing with three standing stones, everything that Avery thinks she knows is suddenly upended. Each move she makes brings her closer to a world imagined only in fairy tales and to unraveling the secrets her family has guarded for decades - secrets that will give Avery more adventure than she ever thought imaginable.

Breanna Perry had a relatively simple life before the night she almost died. But all that changed when Cormac O’Shea walked into her ICU room and asked her one question: Do you want to live? Since then, Breanna’s life has been turned upside down. At least Cassius Teran was there for her. Cassius, with his brooding personality and strange abilities; Cassius, who stood beside her when Clyde Barrow tried to blow up the BART station. But since her relationship with Derek Thorpe has progressed, Cassius has removed himself from her life.

This collection of true-life stories and musings has developed over the years, finally to be gathered into one volume. Comprised of insights about life, pets, and raising children, this volume of short anecdotes provides a view into the human experiences we all share. While many of the stories are amusing, some touch on loss and fear, and the challenge of being a parent in the modern world.

As the youngest of three sisters, Mika is thrown into turmoil by the death of her oldest sister, Meredith. She can’t admit that Meredith’s death has shaken her horribly, so she self-medicates with alcohol and finds herself in an abusive relationship. When her ex-boyfriend makes bail, Mika fears what he’ll do to her and her family. As her life unravels, she turns to the only coping mechanism she has, but this only accelerates her descent. When Brendan Ward, a recovering alcoholic, offers to sponsor her, Mika responds with fury.

Haunted by her student's disappearance for more than a decade, Elaine finally stumbles onto a vital clue, only to discover someone will do anything to keep the truth buried. When her life is threatened, she allows the one person she trusts to whisk her away to Texas for safety. But assuming a false identity and hiding among the quirky residents of a nursing home is not what she had in mind.

When rock star Joshua Ravensong is accused of murder, Peyton must pit her professional reputation against a growing attraction for the legend. Although the evidence is solid against him, Peyton can't deny this is one bad boy she wants to save.

Madelyn Yates dreamed of opening her own bed-and-breakfast, but as the middle daughter, she found herself trying to hold everything together for her family, until her sister dies. Meredith’s death throws everyone in the family into turmoil, but as always, Madelyn ignores her own needs to care for them. A gift from beyond the grave changes that, and Madelyn finds herself thinking she just might heed her dying sister’s wish to “live the dream”.

Life has become increasingly complicated for San Francisco Inspector Peyton Brooks. With a past murder suspect living in the spare bedroom, an abusive receptionist bunking on the couch, an ex-boyfriend about to marry another woman, and her own mother in a relationship with a bigot, Peyton doesn't think her life can get much more difficult. Until her partner of eight years is suspected of murder.

When a serial killer strikes in the City, Peyton confronts an adversary who is always one step ahead of her. And as the body count rises, Peyton faces a future where her one constant, her partner, may be taken away from her. For eight years, Peyton and Marco have been an unstoppable team; however, one ill-fated trip to Alcatraz may change that relationship forever.

After a car accident almost killed Breanna Perry, she gets a second chance at life. When Cormac O’Shea enters her hospital room and asks her, “Do you want to live?”, she says yes. However, she isn’t prepared for what that simple word will mean, or what she’s about to lose. No longer able to pretend she can have her old life back, Breanna is faced with leaving it all behind and accepting an immortal existence. Unfortunately, that existence comes with some challenging obstacles. Helping her rival, Amber Wright, navigate the superhero world is only one of her problems.

Ten years ago, Jarrett Murata walked away from Tyla and their marriage, leaving her with no explanation. Now he’s back. Tyla can’t forgive him for leaving, but most of all she can’t forgive him for giving up everything he believed in to become part of the Nazarien order. As a plague tears through both Loden and Nevaisser, Tyla faces the reality that she must venture into the unknown in search of a cure.

For months, Peyton and her partner, Marco, have been searching for the serial killer known only as the Janitor, but every investigation ends in defeat. He moves like the wind, striking and disappearing without a trace, leaving no evidence behind. Peyton, herself, fell victim to his attack. Now she struggles to focus on her job when her every moment is filled with nightmares of him. Forced to deny her trauma in order to stop him, Peyton fears this case is destined to end a hail of bullets and blood. She's just not sure whose.

Twelve women connected by the death of another, realizing what they most want from life and reaching for it - this is the year of discovery, the year of new beginnings. Destiny thought she had it all - a loving husband, a beautiful daughter, and a future filled with travel and adventure.

As snow begins to fall in Sequoia, things have settled into a routine. Zion has moved forward with her plans to open a second Caffeinator location. Her relationship with Tate has progressed, and Logan seems to be settling in. Just when they think everything is nearly perfect, a mysterious man appears and throws everything into chaos, threatening Logan’s future and dragging Zion and Tate into a new mystery. With the stakes as high as the snow drifts, Zion must help Tate solve a murder that reminds her of the reason she came to Sequoia in the first place.

When Peyton and Marco are pulled off the most significant case of their careers, they struggle to find their equilibrium. Marco's growing distance brings out Peyton's worst insecurities, and while everyone around her seems to be moving forward in their lives, she feels stuck. Assigned to investigate the murder of a reality star's boyfriend, Peyton questions whether her absolute dedication to her job is worth it.

Talar doesn’t believe in prophecies and he certainly doesn’t believe he is the subject of one. He wants nothing more than to be a husband and a father, but the world has other expectations. When the Kazden Cult bring him information that his son is in the hands of the despotic King of Sarkisian, Talar realizes that nothing he desires counts any longer. He must brave the dragon’s maw and rescue him, no matter what the prophecy says. Yet Terra Antiguo beckons—the hope that one day he might find a safe haven, perhaps not for the people of Nevaisser, but for himself and his family.

Now available in one volume - the seventh through ninth books in the year of discovery in one box set. Get books seven through nine in the Year of Discovery series in one box set: July, August, and September. Three audiobooks of tragedy, tribulation, and triumph in one volume. Twelve women connected by the death of another, realizing what they most want from life and reaching for it - this is the year of discovery, the year of new beginnings.