<div>Romance, gossip, and murder upend a California town in this &ldquo;intelligent, page-turning read&rdquo; from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Diary (Booklist). It isn&rsquo;t easy to watch your daughter marry a man who&rsquo;s twice her age, but Samantha Kiley holds her tongue. Wes seems like a good man, and it doesn&rsquo;t hurt that he&rsquo;s also a billionaire. She has no idea that she will soon be caught up in a May&ndash;December affair of her own that will set tongues wagging in the idyllic small town of Carson Springs. When Sam, a widow, becomes involved with Wes&rsquo;s son, who is fifteen years her junior, it sends tremors through the Kiley family and their small town. But gossip isn&rsquo;t the most dangerous thing in Carson Springs: This peaceful place is about to be rocked by murder. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Stranger in Paradise is the 1st book in the Carson Springs Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

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Stranger in Paradise

<div>New York Times&ndash;bestselling author:Three sisters come home for their parents&rsquo; anniversary to find their father dead&mdash;and their mother accused of murder . . . Each of Lydia Seagrave&rsquo;s daughters is unhappy in her own way. Although a successful novelist, Daphne is professionally stunted and bored with her doctor husband. Her sister Kitty, the owner of a small California tea room, feels empty without a child. And Alex, the youngest, is a recent divorc&eacute;e who is having trouble just paying her rent. When the three girls return home for their parents&rsquo; fortieth wedding anniversary, they hardly expect to be confronted with murder. Their father is dead, and Lydia was found with the smoking gun. As she goes on trial the three sisters struggle to solve the mystery of why their mother, a seemingly devoted wife, would murder their father in cold blood, uncovering family secrets that threaten to tear them all apart and confronting their own unhappiness along the way. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

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One Last Dance

<div>A blockbuster New York Times bestseller: A wife takes a shocking step to protect her marriage from the consequences of her own infidelity . . . Sylvie wants to be a good wife to Gerald, who offers the privileged life she could only dream of, growing up. When they wed eight years ago, the country was in the throes of the Depression, and she thought she&rsquo;d made the right choice. She wants to please her new husband, and bear his children. But no matter how hard she tries, she cannot give him her whole heart. She thinks something is wrong with her until Nikos, the earthy Greek handyman, shows her what real passion is&mdash;and gives her a child. Sylvie knows Gerald will never accept the newborn, with her black eyes and dark hair, and she despairs until a fire in the hospital gives her a way out. In the confusion she switches her daughter for another&rsquo;s, a bold act that resonates through the decades and culminates in one of the most passionate love stories portrayed in contemporary fiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Garden of Lies

<div>A professional matchmaker with six months to live tries to find her husband&rsquo;s next wife in this poignant novel by a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Camille Hart, one of Manhattan&rsquo;s most sought-after matchmakers, has survived more than her fair share of hardships. Her mother died when she was a young girl, leaving her and her sister with an absentee father. Now in her forties, she has already survived cancer once, though the battle revealed just how ill-equipped her husband Edward is to be a single parent. So when doctors tell Camille that her cancer is back&mdash;and this time it&rsquo;s terminal&mdash;she decides to put her matchmaking expertise to the test for one final job. Seeking stability for her children and happiness for her husband, Camille sets out to find the perfect woman to replace her when she&rsquo;s gone. But what happens when a dying wish becomes a case of &ldquo;be careful what you wish for&rdquo;? For Edward and Camille, the stunning conclusion arrives with one last twist of fate that no one saw coming. At once deeply felt and witty, The Replacement Wife is an unforgettable story of love and family, and a refreshing look at the unexpected paths that lead us to our own happy endings.</div>

The Replacement Wife

<div>A southern senator&rsquo;s daughter reveals a secret that will shake her family and their town to its core, in this novel by a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Raised in the waning days of the Jim Crow South, Grace Truscott has a unique perspective on race. Her father was a senator from Georgia whose liberalism sparked controversy during the civil rights movement, and who after his death becomes a hero in their small hometown. When she begins writing his biography, no one in her family expects anything surprising to come of it. But Grace knows the dead senator&rsquo;s secret. She was there that long ago day when Ned Emory came to her father&rsquo;s office with a gun. The black man had learned of the senator&rsquo;s ongoing affair with his wife, and he had come to kill. But Emory took the bullet instead. The town goes into uproar when Grace reveals the truth. And as she quickly learns, it is only the first secret to be revealed. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Blessing in Disguise

<div>A woman fights to free herself from a heartless husband in a novel that &ldquo;delivers romance, a variety of relationships, and suspense in one appealing package&rdquo; (Library Journal). Noelle realizes it is time to move on when, rubbing lotion on her leg, she cuts herself with her wedding ring. The cut is slight, but it makes her realize that her marriage to Robert Van Doren is causing her nothing but pain. Although successful, wealthy, and boyishly handsome, her husband is a heartless man, who cheats on his wife and makes a living at the expense of the environment. Although it takes time to build up the courage, Noelle knows that leaving him is the right thing. But Robert Van Doren is not one to accept defeat. He punishes Nora by using his considerable power to get custody of their child. Leaving Robert is not the end of Noelle&rsquo;s struggle; it is merely the first step on a treacherous journey towards freedom. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

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The Second Silence

<div>A divorced woman revisits a life-changing decision and confronts her church in this novel by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Stranger in Paradise. Gerry Fitzgerald kneels before the altar, moments away from the most important decision of her life. She is about to take her vows in the sisterhood of God, and yet she is not at peace. Anything but. Doubt fills her heart and she is torn with guilt. She found illicit passion in the arms of Father Jim, and now she is pregnant with the baby they have conceived. Is she ready to give it up? When it is her turn to speak, she runs. She has the child but gives her up for adoption, and thirty years later begins to question her decision. A reunion with her long-lost daughter reopens old wounds, and she begins to consider confronting Father Jim about his baby. Once Gerry ran from the church; this time the church will fight back. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Taste of Honey is the 2nd book in the Carson Springs Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Taste of Honey

<div>Nearly five decades after they were swapped at birth, two women change each other&rsquo;s lives Sylvie Rosenthal is dying, and one great mistake still weighs on her soul. In 1943, as a new mother in a Bronx maternity ward, she feared for her life. What would happen when her husband saw their new daughter, whose dark hair and black eyes proved she wasn&rsquo;t his own? Sylvie couldn&rsquo;t bear to find out, and during a terrifying hospital fire fled the building with another woman&rsquo;s child in her arms. Decades later, she told her real daughter the truth, but asked Rose to keep her secret, lest it destroy Rachel, the girl Sylvie raised as her own. Then, after years of silence, the two women&rsquo;s lives, intertwined in more ways than one, are once more turned upside down. In this sequel to the blockbuster Garden of Lies, Rose and Rachel, bound forever by a secret that only one of them understands, must both find the courage to face the truth. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Thorns of Truth

<div>A Hollywood film crew upends life in an idyllic California village in this prequel to the Carson Springs trilogy In the late 1950s, filmmakers descended on Carson Springs to shoot the movie that made this sleepy Spanish mission town famous. A plaque commemorates the filming of Stranger in Paradise, but nowhere does it mention Cora Delarosa, whose life changed forever when Hollywood arrived. Barely thirty, but married for over a decade, she does not realize that her marriage is falling apart until she meets the handsome and charming film director Hank Montgomery. In this novella, Eileen Goudge sets the stage for her Carson Springs trilogy, showing that in this small town, passion, heartache, and long-buried secrets have always been a way of life. This ebook features excerpts from two of the Carson Springs novels, favorite recipes from Eileen Goudge&rsquo;s own kitchen, and an illustrated biography of Goudge including rare photos from her personal collection.</div>

Welcome to Carson Springs

<div>Two blockbusters in one from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Diary about an act of infidelity and its consequences on one woman&rsquo;s family. In Garden of Lies, Sylvie wants to be a good wife to Gerald, who offers the privileged life she could only dream of. When they wed eight years ago, the country was in the throes of the Depression, and she thought she&rsquo;d made the right choice. She wants to please her new husband, and bear his children. But no matter how hard she tries, she cannot give him her whole heart. She thinks something is wrong with her until Nikos, the earthy Greek handyman, shows her what real passion is&mdash;and gives her a child. Sylvie knows Gerald will never accept the newborn, who looks nothing like him, and she despairs until a fire in the hospital gives her a way out. In the confusion she switches her daughter for another&rsquo;s, a bold act that resonates through the decades and culminates in one of the most passionate love stories portrayed in contemporary fiction. In Thorns of Truth, Sylvie Rosenthal is dying, and her one great mistake still weighs on her soul. The lives of her natural-born daughter, Rose, and her adopted one, Rachel, are once more turned upside down. In this sequel to the blockbuster Garden of Lies, the two women, bound forever by a secret that only one of them understands, must both find the courage to face the truth.</div>

Garden of Lies and Thorns of Truth

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Garden of Lies comes this haunting novel of mothers and daughters confronting their family&rsquo;s dark past Ellie Nightingale moved to New York in the early 1970s, a scared country girl with a newborn, no money, and no one to run to but her sister, a prostitute with a couch to spare. Ellie worked as hard as she could, determined to make a good life for her child, but one day the baby disappeared&mdash;kidnapped and handed over to a wealthy Connecticut couple. Skyler Sutton has grown up with riding lessons, fine clothes, and no idea that the people who raised her aren&rsquo;t her real parents. But when an accidental pregnancy forces her into the same desperate circumstances her own mother was in when she gave birth to her, Skyler is finally brought face-to-face with her past. As three women linked together by fate move toward a shocking discovery, Eileen Goudge&rsquo;s enthralling novel of romance and suspense &ldquo;will keep all who love a secret riveted&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Trail of Secrets

<div>Sibling rivalry and the bonds of sisterhood span generations in this &ldquo;irresistible&rdquo; New York Times&ndash;bestselling family saga (San Francisco Chronicle). If it weren&rsquo;t for her sister, Dolly might have been the most famous actress of Hollywood&rsquo;s golden age. But Eve&rsquo;s beauty and drive have pushed Dolly onto the B-list, where the seeds of jealousy take root. An unscrupulous agent gives her a chance at a comeback, and she takes it at Eve&rsquo;s expense. She gives her sister&rsquo;s name to Senator Joe McCarthy, ending Eve&rsquo;s career and sparking a family tragedy that resonates through the decades. Years later, Eve&rsquo;s daughters are pitted against each other, each competing for the affections of the same man. One is a chocolatier, the other an aspiring illustrator. In seeking to regain the sisterly love that eluded their mother and aunt, they discover the awful truth about the past, which haunts their family still. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Such Devoted Sisters

<div>Three addictive novels of romance and suspense in a small California town from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Diary and Garden of Lies. In Stranger in Paradise, the first book of Eileen Goudge&rsquo;s bestselling Carson Springs series, an unlikely wedding upends the tranquil California town. It isn&rsquo;t easy to watch your daughter marry a man who&rsquo;s twice her age, but Samantha Kiley holds her tongue. Wes seems like a good man, and it doesn&rsquo;t hurt that he&rsquo;s also a billionaire. She has no idea that she will soon be caught up in a May&ndash;December affair of her own that will set tongues wagging and complicate her idyllic small-town life. In A Taste of Honey, a woman revisits a decision that changed her life three decades ago. Gerry Fitzgerald kneels before the altar, moments away from the most important decision of her life. She is about to take her vows in the sisterhood of God, and yet she is not at peace. Doubt fills her heart and she is torn with guilt. She found illicit passion in the arms of Father Jim, and now she is pregnant with the baby they conceived. Is she ready to give up on having a family? And in Wish Come True, a young woman fights for freedom after being arrested for the murder of her sister. The world loves Monica Vincent, and her sister Anna has always tried to love her, too. Anna&rsquo;s life is devoted to the Hollywood star; as her sister&rsquo;s personal assistant, she spends her days answering Monica&rsquo;s fan mail and catering to her every whim. But Monica is cruel, and when a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair, her treatment of Anna gets even worse. When Monica is found floating facedown in the swimming pool at her mansion, the police see the star&rsquo;s sister as the likely culprit. To keep herself from jail, Anna digs for the truth, desperate to learn who killed the sister she hated.</div>

The Carson Springs Trilogy

<div>A woman must find out who killed the sister she hated&mdash;or face jail herself&mdash;in this suspenseful tale by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Swimsuit Body. The world loves Monica Vincent, and her sister Anna has always tried to love her, too. Anna&rsquo;s life is devoted to the Hollywood star; As her sister&rsquo;s personal assistant, she spends her days answering Monica&rsquo;s fan mail and catering to her every whim. But Monica is cruel, and when a car accident leaves her in a wheelchair, she treats Anna even worse. All Anna wants is her freedom, but not the way it comes to her. When Monica is found floating facedown in the swimming pool at her mansion, everyone assumes her death was accidental. The police are not convinced, however, and see the star&rsquo;s sister as the likely culprit. To keep herself from jail, Anna digs for the truth, desperate to learn who killed the sister she hated. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. Wish Come True is the 3rd book in the Carson Springs Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Wish Come True

<div>Century-old letters tell a story of timeless love in a vanished country First translated by American scholar Elizabeth Cooper in 1914 and published as My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard, this haunting collection of letters was out of print until discovered by bestselling author Eileen Goudge. In its pages she found the story of Kwei-li, a noblewoman of nineteenth-century China. In rich, elegant detail, Kwei-li writes of passionate love for a man whom she first meets on their wedding day. She navigates the difficulties of homemaking and motherhood, becoming a confident wife as her happy home is threatened by the forces of change that are sweeping the nation. Enhanced with beautiful new illustrations, this is a timeless chronicle of a strong woman&rsquo;s struggle against the onset of modernity. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Golden Lilies

<div>A trove of classic recipes from the New York Times bestselling novelist Eileen Goudge One of six children, Eileen Goudge learned to bake at an early age, inspired by her mother, who made everything from scratch and baked all her own bread. She has fond memories of the banana cake, apple crisp, and baked Alaska she loved as a child, and many of her novels feature temptations in the form of sweets, from the fine chocolates of Such Devoted Sisters to the icebox cookies of One Last Dance. In this volume, Goudge collects the best of her mother&rsquo;s recipes, adds some of her own, and includes a few from friends and readers. She tells the story of each dish in mouthwatering detail, giving glimpses of her childhood and noting which treats are best for picnics, parties, and other special occasions. These are not difficult recipes, but they are brilliant, and each one is designed to soothe the soul as well as please the palate. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Something Warm from the Oven

<div>A novel of a shattering loss, an act of revenge, and a quest for redemption from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Garden of Lies. Alice Kessler has lived through a mother&rsquo;s worst nightmare. While riding his bike, her eight-year-old son, David, was killed by a drunk driver. Out of her mind with grief and rage&mdash;especially after losing the wrongful death suit&mdash;Alice runs down the driver, Owen White, crippling him. After serving nine years in prison, she returns to Grays Island in the Pacific Northwest, divorced and destitute, to reunite with her surviving son, Jeremy. But the child she has not seen in almost a decade has become an angry teenager, and when Jeremy is falsely accused of rape, White, who is now mayor, seizes his chance for revenge. To defend Jeremy, Alice seeks the help of former Manhattan DA Colin McGinty, who lost his wife on 9/11 and returned to Grays Island after the death of his grandfather&mdash;an artist famous for his haunting portrait Woman in Red. As the story of the painting is revealed, the past becomes intertwined with the present, and Alice and Colin discover that they are bound together by a deadly wartime secret on the verge of being exposed.</div>

Woman in Red

<div>A housekeeper&rsquo;s daughter and a daughter of privilege find their fortunes reversed in this novel by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Diary. The caretaker&rsquo;s cottage is the only home fifteen-year-old Abigail Armstrong has ever known. She and her mother, Rosalie, work for the well-to-do Meriwhethers. Lila Meriwhether is Abigail&rsquo;s best friend, and Abigail has fallen in love with Lila&rsquo;s twin brother, Vaughn. But one day the unthinkable happens: The employers who&rsquo;d always treated them like family accuse Rosalie of stealing a diamond necklace and banish her and Abigail. A quarter of a century will pass before Abigail sees Lila or Vaughn again. Twenty-five years later, Lila is leading a charmed life as the Park Avenue wife of a powerful businessman. But a scandal leaves her and her son nearly bankrupt. Abigail, the owner of a celebrated homemaking empire, is meanwhile coping with the fallout from a fire in her Mexico factory. In a capricious twist of fate, Lila is forced to take a job as Abigail&rsquo;s housekeeper. But it is Vaughn, now a documentary filmmaker, who will shake up Abigail&rsquo;s world and force her to confront the girl she used to be.</div>

Woman in Black

<div>Two sisters discover startling secrets in their mother&rsquo;s old journal in this &ldquo;poignant&rdquo; novel by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Garden of Lies (Debbie Macomber). Emily and Sarah Marshall are cleaning out their dying mother&rsquo;s attic when Emily finds an old leather diary. Their mother&rsquo;s handwriting on the yellowed pages takes them back to a small Nebraska town in the summer of 1951, where sheltered, almost-engaged Elizabeth Harvey is swept into a clandestine romance with AJ, her rebellious childhood friend. When AJ becomes the prime suspect in a neighborhood fire, Elizabeth has to make the most difficult decision of her young life and choose between passionate but unpredictable AJ and her stable, longtime beau, Bob. Shocked to learn that their mother was in love with a man other than their father, Emily and Sarah must confront painful truths about their mother, their father, and ultimately, themselves. Moving and uplifting, with a surprise ending readers won&rsquo;t see coming, The Diary is a novel about the mysteries of romantic love and the unassailable bond between parents and children.</div>

The Diary

<div>Sisters separated as children are reunited as adults in this wise, funny novel by the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Diary. Lindsay and Kerrie Ann Bishop were twelve and three when they were shunted into the foster care system. Thirty years later, Kerrie Ann, a high school dropout who has bounced from family to family, flies to Santa Cruz to meet the sister she never knew she had. With no job skills and no significant other, Kerrie Ann needs the help of her long-lost sister to regain custody of her six-year-old daughter, Bella. Lindsay, who grew up in a loving adoptive family, has spent decades trying to track down her sister. When Kerrie Ann suddenly appears in her bookstore&mdash;a seemingly lost, but tough-looking young woman with pink streaks in her hair&mdash;she&rsquo;s stunned. With help from an eighty-year-old exotic dancer, a bad-boy baker, and a sexy bestselling novelist, Lindsay is determined to help Kerrie Ann turn her life around. But Lindsay&mdash;and the sleepy seaside town of Blue Moon Bay&mdash;will never be the same. From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Garden of Lies and other blockbusters, this is both &ldquo;a touching story with wide appeal [and] a sharp example of dysfunctional family fiction&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly).</div>

Woman in Blue

<div>New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Eileen Goudge blends mystery and romance in a captivating new novel featuring intrepid property manager Tish Ballard, whose client&rsquo;s beachfront home becomes a headline-making homicide scene With a Hollywood movie about to start filming in the California seaside town of Cypress Bay, Tish Ballard, owner of Rest Easy Property Management, welcomes her first celebrity tenant. Delilah Ward isn&rsquo;t your typical beautiful, spoiled actress; she&rsquo;s America&rsquo;s sweetheart. Even Tish is charmed by the young star, which makes her gruesome discovery of Delilah&rsquo;s bloodied corpse all the more gut-wrenching. When someone near and dear to Tish is named a person of interest, the fearless property manager defies the wishes of her former heartthrob, homicide detective Spence Breedlove, and launches her own investigation&mdash;with help from her best friend, Ivy, and her erstwhile sidekick, McGee. But no sooner than she starts rubbing elbows with the movie cast and crew&mdash;including Delilah&rsquo;s eerily efficient personal assistant, the starlet&rsquo;s sexy costar, and the film&rsquo;s predatory director&mdash;is her own life threatened. With so much at stake, Tish has no choice but to do whatever it takes to lure a crafty killer out of hiding. Swimsuit Body is the 2nd novel in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, which began with Bones and Roses, but the books can be read and enjoyed in any order. </div>

Swimsuit Body

<div>An amateur sleuth attracts the right clients, the wrong boyfriends&mdash;and a kinky killer&mdash;in this cozy mystery by New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Eileen Goudge. After wrecking her real estate career in a booze-fueled blowout, Cypress Bay property manager and recovering alcoholic Tish Ballard thought she had put her past behind her. But when she opens an old trunk, a bequest from an anonymous benefactor, she finds it filled with bones and roses. Suddenly Tish is plunged into a murder case that dates back to her childhood. Pitted against her high school crush, homicide detective Spence Breedlove, she finds herself in jeopardy&mdash;in more ways than one. Can Tish unmask a killer before the man who broke her heart puts her behind bars or, worse, she becomes a corpse herself? Author Nora Roberts raves that Eileen Goudge &ldquo;writes like a house on fire&rdquo;&mdash;and with Bones and Roses, the first book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Garden of Lies delivers a suspenseful plot, memorable characters, and delectable touches of romance. Bones and Rosesis the 1st book in the Cypress Bay Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Bones and Roses

<div>A murderous senior year kicks off this twist-filled series with &ldquo;a slickly constructed plot, a bouncy narrative and an abundance of cliffhangers&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). The town of Paradiso, California, is abuzz during the lead-up to its annual Peach Blossom Festival. This year, the theme is the 1950s, so the locals are already calling the soon-to-be-named queen, &ldquo;Peggy Sue&rdquo; after the Buddy Holly song. The four finalists are all seniors at the high school, with an equal chance of winning the crown&mdash;or dying . . . Wealthy and beautiful Lacey Pinkerton is the favorite, since she already rules the school. But her developer father is facing pushback on plans to build a new mall on the endangered scrublands. Activist Raven Cruz has set her mind on becoming an environmental lawyer and desperately needs the full scholarship that comes with being crowned. Kiki De Santis is getting pressured to drop out of the running so her best friend Lacey can win, while April Lovewell is the dark horse. A talented artist, her dream of getting out of Paradiso with her biker boyfriend could come true if she&rsquo;s named queen. They&rsquo;re four girls with a lot to win&mdash;and lose&mdash;but one won&rsquo;t survive the week. Let the games begin . . .</div>

Dying to Win

<div>A high school tradition takes a deadly turn and a killer crushes the competition in the second suspense-filled thriller following Dying to Win. Senior year isn&rsquo;t supposed to end like this&mdash;with the death of a fellow student. Now, instead of fun times with good friends, there is fear and mourning. The girl who was to be crowned queen of the annual Peach Blossom Festival has been brutally murdered, leaving behind a trail of broken bonds and malicious rumors in her wake . . . While the contest is being rescheduled, class computer whiz Hope Hubbard is determined to find the killer. No one is above suspicion. Not Hope&rsquo;s crush Jess Gardner, who was seen buying rope and a wrench before driving through town with the victim on the last night of her life. Not the ambitious reporter for the local tabloid, who could make her career writing about this case. And certainly not the three remaining Peach Blossom Queen contestants. Just how far would they go to get the full scholarship and Hollywood screen test that comes with winning the crown? Hope must tread carefully, because someone caught her snooping around and has threatened her life if she doesn&rsquo;t stop. All she can do is rely on the loyalty of lifelong friends, all of whom have their own secrets to hide . . . </div>

Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die

<div>The murder of a first-place winner rocks a small-town high school in the third thriller from the author of Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die. With the killer of the Peach Blossom Queen still on the loose and the festival on hold, everyone is on edge in the small town of Paradiso, California. Amid all the horror and sorrow, one good thing has happened: the hunkiest guy in school likes Hope Hubbard. It&rsquo;s a dream come true for the high school computer whiz (and sometimes bookie). But she&rsquo;s not betting on everything getting back to normal soon. As a tornado of rumors swirls through town, a few suspects are cleared while others emerge. The killer could be anyone&mdash;a respected citizen, the school&rsquo;s heartthrob teacher, a best friend, even a boyfriend. The three candidates still in the running for Peach Blossom Queen must rethink their strategies. And even when Hope discovers a pivotal piece of evidence, it may be to too late to save the town&rsquo;s reputation&mdash;and the next victim. </div>

If Looks Could Kill

<div>In the heart-stopping series finale from the author of If Looks Could Kill, a new festival queen is crowned, putting her in the crosshairs of a killer. With a suspect who has confessed to the murder of the Peach Blossom Queen behind bars, the cloud over Paradiso, California, has lifted. Along with everyone else, high school senior and part-time sleuth Hope Hubbard is relieved to move on from the tragedy and flurry of false accusations. When the new Peach Blossom Queen is announced, the longshot winner realizes that it&rsquo;s no fun being celebrated by the town when someone you&rsquo;ve known your whole life is behind bars. Especially when a series of dangerous mishaps have her convinced that the wrong person has been arrested&mdash;and she could be the next victim. There&rsquo;s only one person who can help: Hope. For Hope, starting up her investigation again would be a pain&mdash;and possibly even deadly. But a plan starts to take shape. A trap is sprung. And who it catches will surprise everyone . . .</div>

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