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Lydia runs her own B&B and restaurant in the tourist town of Lake Hope, in Central Washington. Though she works all the time, she enjoys the challenge. Family and good friends keep her spirits up, but no special someone that rocks her world. Just guests and customers that come through regularly, including her least favorite, the retired principal of the local high school that everyone hates.When the principal turns up dead, stabbed by one of the letter openers that Lydia sells right there at the gift shop of her B&B, of course the police turn their attention to her. Not just the local cops, either, but the (alright, admittedly dreamy) detective they bring in from the city.What can Lydia do to clear not only her name, but her friends? Lots of twists and turns abound, as well as fabulous advice from her dear gay uncles: Ed, Alan, and their cat, Poe.The Purloined Letter Opener introduces the marvelously charming community of Lake Hope, located in the heart of Washington State's wine country. Meet its quirky occupants, solve a mystery or two, and yeah, maybe find that someone special as well.

"Alvin GoodfellowPI to the starsThe best you'll findOn the Moon, Venus, or Mars..."Or at least that is how the jingle goes for the ads Alvin constantly runs on the radio.In actuality, Alvin's Private Investigation company works out of a single office, deep in the warrens on the Moon. One of the reasons he stays there is because that location makes him accessible to all kinds of folks, people who bring him the strangest of cases.Like the time he tracked down the mutants who live in the tunnels under the city. Or when he discovered how Central actually manufactures air. Or even such a mundane thing as a bank robbery, committed by ray gun-toting nuns.Collected together for the first time, "The Alvin Goodfellow Case Files, Volume One" brings all of these stories into a single volume. Enjoy a 1930s-style PI set on the Moon, with ray guns, mutants, green-skinned aliens, corrupt cops, and a smart-ass narrator who has seen it all, done it all, and yet continues to try to make his corner of the universe a little better.

The House of Cobalt attacks the House of Gold all along it's shimmering border.The land in the House of Crystal remain uneasy as their chosen one refuses the mantel of power.The House of Pearl marches to attack the House of Crystal lands while they are the most vulnerable.And the corruption of the demons spreads...Houses Fallen--the second novel of the Houses of the Dead dark epic fantasy trilogy--continues this fantastic journey through the lands of the four great houses and the power struggles that threaten to destroy them all. Be sure to read all three books in the Houses of the Dead Trilogy: Houses Divided, Houses Fallen, and Houses Reborn.

The armies facing the House of Gold have tripled overnight.Help races toward them, but will it arrive in time?Desperate times call for desperate measures, and everyone must do their part: LandHolder, warrior, and ghost.Whatever it takes.However, Darikuto still intends to become sole LandHolder after they beat back the House of Cobalt, even if it means using the power of the demons to do so.If he succeeds, the corruption will never end.Houses Reborn-the final novel of the Houses of the Dead dark fantasy trilogy-continues with twists of plot and fate that are the hallmark of a Leah R Cutter novel, while tying all the threads of this epic journey together, leaving you surprised but completely satisfied.Be sure to read all three books in the Houses of the Dead Trilogy: Houses Divided, Houses Fallen, and Houses Reborn.

Xiao Yen loses her luck at the most inauspicious time: just before her first employment, protecting foreigners with her magic while they travel through the Middle Kingdom, along the last part of the Silk Road.Despite contracts and agreements, Xiao Yen's fealty remains with her family. She must distinguish herself on the road in order to catch the eye of a legend and earn an immortal peach.How can Xiao Yen hope to fulfill her promises to either her family or her clients when, due to her missing luck, she fails at everything she turns her hand to?Come travel with Xiao Yen on a magical journey through a magical land in this unusual, vividly-told historic fantasy.

Nightmares of drowning crowd Merilee's sleep. Deep, dark, endless water.They must mean something. She is a witch, after all.When three men break into her house, Merilee casts a transformation spell to escape.However, after turning herself into a cat, she discovers she can't change back.Worse things threaten not just her, but her older sister.Possibly nine lives won't be enough when dealing with dark magic.Borrowed Time--a new contemporary fantasy from Leah R Cutter--explores what it means to be family, sisters, as well transforming into a superb specimen of a feline. Come enjoy the twists and turns of magic and a skewed world that Leah R Cutter excels at bringing to life

What types of mysteries do you prefer? Cozies? Hard-Boiled? With romantic suspense elements? Historic? Or perhaps a little harder to describe? This collection of mysteries from Leah R. Cutter has it all They all share that same love of Voice that she has for mystery, plus some very interesting characters who you're sure to fall in love with, like the fast-talking Frankie (who knows everyone) or Rabbit, from the Tang Dynasty China era, with a passion for land law. Here are twelve tales sure to amuse and delight you, lead you down mysterious paths and make you wonder, "What if?"

In the 1960s the fairies, brownies, and pixies (FBP) came out of hiding and demanded equal treatment. After the All Races riots in the 1970s, humanity and the fae came to an agreement. Or several. The stories in this collection take place many years afterward, when humans and the fae are integrated. Mostly. Friction occurs even in the smoothest of arrangements. These stories explore some of those arrangements, while staying on the lighter side.

Boundary Shock Quarterly (BSQ) has been publishing some astounding Science Fiction, four times a year, for five years now. This collection brings together all of the stories written by Leah R Cutter, published in BSQ during the first four years. Come travel past all known horizons, to new worlds and civilizations, as only imagined by Leah R Cutter

Darius loses everything. His father, his spaceship, even the portion of the astroid belt he'd claimed. Now, as an indentured slave, he must work his way out of servitude. Luck has the most awesome way of intervening, though. This exciting new space adventure series has it all-mouthy space pirates, a scrapy kid down on his luck, and of course, aliens.

The Universal Trading Cartel has Judit trapped.Her choices stink: prison down on a planet, or serving the Cartel as another peon in their soul-crushing machine.Her savior? An alien trying to break the stranglehold the Cartel has over all trade.Her job? Command an experimental spaceship containing more secrets than anyone will ever imagine, let alone believe. Enough to get them all killed if the truth ever comes out.Her shadowy boss calls it Project Nemesis.She'll be free of the Cartel or die trying.Project Nemesis-the first book in the new space opera series The Long Run-takes you on a wild ride with aliens, corporate espionage, and, oh yeah, lots of snark.Be sure to read all the books in this completed series

Judit had thought her choices were lousy before.Now, she has forbidden aliens in control of the engines, a ship designed to break down regularly, and the Cartel hunting them through every system in known space.What's worse?She cannot trust the crew. Even Saxon has been compromised by the death of Camelot.But Judit cannot fight the entire galaxy on her own, though Isten help her, sometimes she's angry enough that she thinks she can.Somehow, this crew has to come together. Learn how to run a con together to save themselves. Or everything-all those second chances-will be lost.Project Nyx-the second book in the space opera series The Long Run-continues the chase through alien space stations, corporate machinations, and the importance of finding just the right threat to get your crewmembers to behave.Be sure to read all the books in this completed series, starting with Project Nemesis