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After four bridge players are poisoned, newspaper reporter Wendy Winchester sets out to catch a killer who's not playing with a full deck . . . When the four wealthy widows who make up the venerable Rosalie Bridge Club never get up from their card table, this quiet Mississippi town has its first quadruple homicide. Who put cyanide in their sugar bowl? An aspiring member and kibitzer with the exclusive club, Wendy takes a personal interest in finding justice for the ladies. She also has a professional motivation. A frustrated society columnist for the Rosalie Citizen, she's ready to deal herself a better hand as an investigative reporter. This could be her big break. Plus, she has a card or two up her sleeve: her sometimes boyfriend is a detective and her dad is the local chief of police. Partnering up with the men in her life, Wendy starts shuffling through suspects and turning over secrets long held close to the chest by the ladies. But when a wild card tries to take her out of the game, Wendy decides it's time to up the ante before she's the next one to go down . . .

Violet Black's witty, sassy nature captured the attention of her friend and sexy former college quarterback Cullen Metz ages ago, but what is she to do about it when she's married to a narcissist? Her husband barely lets her leave the house to go to work let alone spend time with her friends. Certainly a scintillating coworker wouldn't be allowed... Then her husband breaks the ultimate barrier of trust, and Violet is forced to bury a secret not even Cullen's rich brown eyes can coax from her. Then, after an accident occurs leaving Violet's stars to align, the questions for how to live fully and deeply while trusting in herself begin to take shape. Will the secrets of her past over shadow her future? Can the heat and desire burning between Violet and Cullen reveal itself to be more than just a physical attraction and speak the language of true love?

"The sizzling heat I knew I would find against his body burns my fingertips, even through the barrier of fabric, yet I yearn for more and continue sliding my hands beneath his coat and shirt. He's shaking as bad as I am despite his bravado. Good. A slight groan escapes into my ear. Dixon's voice rumbles, 'I'm going to go now.' My grip tightens. He's teasing me. I struggle to find words but the feeling of vexation is powerful and ripe." After finding out about her husband's affinity for other women, Charlotte Cantavatti restarts her life with the notion to ban all relationships except those with her immediate family. All is well with her plan until she gets into a little trouble one night and comes toe to toe with Dixon Cole. As an unexpected piece of her past with a fiery desire for her that's never been tamped down, scandalous just got elevated to a whole new level. Love contemporary romance novels with strong characters you miss when you close the book? Can't get enough of sexy alpha males and the chemistry they incite with their leading women? "All the Other Reasons" will captivate you from the very beginning and have you mourning the times when the book must be put down. Also available is the first book in The Cantavatti Sisters series, "All the Different Ways".

Reporter and bridge player Wendy Winchester once again plays ace detective when a country club member is murdered in a hot tub . . . Now an investigative reporter for the Rosalie Citizen in the Mississippi River port of Rosalie, Wendy still likes to unwind over a game of cards. Following the demise of the Rosalie Bridge Club, she's started her own group at the Rosalie Country Club. During the first meeting of the Country Club Bridge Players, the dummy has barely been laid down when another dummy gets in a scuffle at the bar across the room. Bridge player Carly Ogle's husband Brent is at it again. After the club's new female golf pro breaks up the fight, Brent storms off to soak in a hot tub. But Carly soon finds the bullying Brent dead in the water, clubbed over the head with the pestle the barkeep uses to crush leaves for mint juleps. Racist, sexist, homophobic, and an all-around lout, Brent made enough enemies to fill a bridge tournament. So Wendy has to play her cards right to get the story--and stay out of hot water long enough to put the squeeze on the killer . . .