When taking a vacation turns deadly… Everyone needs a break from real life, a little time away from work. Even conmen and assassins and thrill-seeking treasure hunters crave some down time. But no one escapes work for long. When dangers charge in to destroy all that hard won peace and the bullets start flying, the vacation comes to an end. And the deadly consequences begin. Exotic settings and fast-paced action fill this collection of five adventure thriller stories from bestselling author Kat Simons. With larger-than-life heroes, adventures only the brave risk, and a sly humor to balance all the bullets. Don’t miss this action-packed, fun and thrilling beach read. keywords: Action Adventure Thriller, Mystery Action and Adventure, Thriller, Women’s Adventure Fiction, Women’s Action and Adventure Fiction, Men’s Adventure Fiction, Adventure Mystery, fun action thriller, humorous adventure thrillers, mystery action thriller, mystery action fiction, mystery crime adventure, conspiracy thriller, vacation mystery, beach reads, action adventure holidays

When taking a vacation turns deadly... Everyone needs a break from real life, a little time away from work. Even conmen and assassins and thrill-seeking treasure hunters crave some down time. But no one escapes work for long. When dangers charge in to destroy all that hard won peace and the bullets start flying, the vacation comes to an end. And the deadly consequences begin. Exotic settings and fast-paced action fill this collection of five adventure thriller stories from bestselling author Kat Simons. With larger-than-life heroes, adventures only the brave risk, and a sly humor to balance all the bullets. Don't miss this action-packed, fun and thrilling beach read.

A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary school teacher become the murder-solving team no one asked for—but they’re stuck together, come hell or high tide, until a killer is found in this spicy rom-com featuring a brand-new bonus novella from Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer. It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just Taylor Bassey and her beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in their rental house has really thrown a wrench into their tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe Taylor can be helpful, despite the countless hours she’s spent listening to true crime podcasts. Not to mention her fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders. Myles Sumner is only there to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. Although…it is becoming less and less of a hardship to have Taylor around. Sure, she’s stubborn, distracting and can’t stay out of harm’s way. She’s also brave and beautiful and reminds him of home. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she’s awakening is a threat to his peace of mind. Before Myles sinks any deeper into this dangerous attraction, he needs to solve the murder and get back on the road. Only now there are two threats—and the biggest one is to his heart.

A New Boyfriend. (Maybe.) A Christmas Program to Run. And a Man Dying at Her Feet. Georgia Winston is now dating Detective Cal Perkins, planning a Christmas program, and navigating her relationship with her twin stepbrothers. Just another day. But then her church’s youth pastor dies of poisoning, and she’s the only one who hears his final word, “Anchor.” After the youth pastor’s girlfriend disappears, Georgia starts asking questions. Too many. When she’s almost run off the road, she goes on the offensive—with her stepbrothers’ help—and starts putting the pieces of the murder together. But Cal isn’t happy. Because any one of those pieces could get her killed. Deadly Holiday is the second book in the ongoing story of Georgia Rae Winston. A woman of strength. A woman of talents. A woman who can’t seem to stop bumping into mysteries in the farming community of Wildcat Springs, Indiana.

"An immersive setting with details of running a Catskillsresort in the 1950s (think Kellerman’s in Dirty Dancing) beautifully frame a story with plot twists and a cast of well-delineated characters."--Booklist A summer of fun at a Catskills resort comes to an abrupt end when a guest is found murdered, in this new 1950s set mystery series. It’s the summer of 1953, and Elizabeth Grady is settling into Haggerman’s Catskills Resort. As a vacation getaway, Haggerman’s is ideal, and although Elizabeth’s ostentatious but well-meaning mother is new to running the resort, Elizabeth is eager to help her organize the guests and the entertainment acts. But Elizabeth will have to resort to untested abilities if she wants to save her mother’s business. When a reclusive guest is found dead in a lake on the grounds, and a copy of The Communist Manifesto is found in his cabin, the local police chief is convinced that the man was a Russian spy. But Elizabeth isn’t so sure, and with the fate of the resort hanging in the balance, she’ll need to dodge red herrings, withstand the Red Scare, and catch a killer red-handed.

A gated Philadelphia suburb is home to a shocking murder in this mystery featuring Armenian-American ex-FBI agent Gregor Demarkian. Fox Run Hill is the kind of place that men move to with their second wives, but Patsy MacLaren Willis has been married to Stephen, her first husband, for twenty-two years. Though outwardly happy, Patsy feels disconnected, hating their empty life. To wrench herself free, she shoots Stephen three times and leaves him dead in their bed. Calmly, she drives away and disappears. While investigating the case, former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian finds that every wife in Fox Run Hill has good reason to kill her husband—except for Patsy. It’s well-known that suburbanites lead lives of quiet desperation, but the families in Fox Run Hill are more desperate than any Demarkian has ever seen.