The 8th Confession – one of the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro   Copyright 2009

Someone is killing the richest people in the city — and the Women’s Murder Club will pay a high price for hunting him. At the party of the year, San Francisco’s most glamorous millionaires mingle while someone is watching – waiting for a change to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city’s most celebrated couple. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and its the perfect murder.

While Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile killings, someone else is found brutally executed – a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless. His death nearly falls through the cracks, but reporter Cindy Thomas hears about it and soon discovers the victim may not have been quite as saintly as everyone thought.

As the search for two criminals tests the limits of the Women’s Murder Club, Lindsay sees sparks fly between Cindy and Lindsay’s partner, Detective Rich Conklin. The club now faces its toughest challenge: Will love destroy all that the four friends have built? The 8th Confession serves up a double dose of speed-charged twists and shocking revelations.

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We’ll meet again by Mary Higgins Clark Copyright 1999

A respected and successful young Greenwich Connecticut doctor and HMO head was brutally murdered. He was found dead at his desk at home, his skull crushed by a blow with a Remington bronze sculpture, a prized piece from his art collection. The news strikes Greenwich society like a thunderbolt – as does the news that Molly Carpenter Lasch, the beautiful young wife of the slain doctor, has been arrested for her husband’s murder. A few years later, after Molly’s release from prison, she reasserts her innocence in front of the news media at the prison gate. Among them is an old schoolmate, Fran Simmons, who is working as a investigative reporter for the True Crime TV show. Determined to prove her innocence the real truth comes out.

Castillo's Bride

Castillo’s Brideby Anne Marie Duquette 2001

A partnership of two – some might call that a definition of marriage… But Jordan Castillo insists that he wants a partner, not a wife. Jordan’s the only surviving son of a family that can trace it heritage back for centuries. He’s also a salvager searching for sunken treasure – Castillo treasure. He knows of one person who can help him find it. A woman. A woman named Aurora Collins.  She has her own reasons for agreeing to be his partner. Reasons that, like Jordan’s have everything to do with family. As Jordan and Rory work together, as they risk their lives, they learn to trust each other. And trust can turn into love… Which means that this Castillo might want a bride after all.

Endless Chain by Emilie Richards. Copyright2005

Sam Kinkade is finally feeling at home as a minister in rural Toms Brook, Virginia, content with his life and Shenandoah Valley congregation. But his plans to welcome the area’s growing Hispanic community are being met with resistance. Fortunately, when the church-run community center is threatened, a stranger named Elisa Martinez walks through his door and Sam realizes he has found a woman capable of building bridges. Elisa isn’t looking to make connections. She has come to Tom Brooks to hide. But despite her fears of discovery she is enchanted by the beautiful work of – and the friendship offered by – the women who invite her to join their quilting circle. And even thought she fears the consequences for both of them, she finds herself powerfully drawn to Sam, and to the generations-old love story rooted in the town’s past. Will she and Sam repeat the past, or can they find the love and freedom they seek at last?

Red Lily by Nora Roberts Copyright 2005

Three women meet at a crossroads in their lives, each searching for new ways to grow – an find in each other the courage to take changes and embrace the future.

With the undying support of her friends, Hayley an her new daughter have laid roots in a new town. But when one of those friendships blossoms into something more, Hayley must choose between two different kinds of  love…

Third in a new trilogy from Nora Roberts

Hollywood Moon by Joseph Wambaugh Copyright 2009

There is a saying at Hollywood Station that the full moon brings out the beast – rather than the best- in the local citizens. One moonlight night, veteran officers Dana Vaughn and “Hollywood” Nate Weiss get a call about a prowler who’s been brutally attacking women. Meanwhile, a pair of cops with the surfer sobriquets Flotsam and Jetsam are on the lookout for a smooth-talking player in dreads and a crazy-eyed, tattooed biker. But something bigger, more high-tech, and much more deadly is about to go down. After a dizzying series of twists, turns, and chases, the cops discover that they’ve stumbled upon a complex web of crime where event the criminals aren’t sure who’s conning whom. And for some of the men and women in blue, public duty will  exact the heaviest of tolls.

The Sheriff of Sage Bend by Brenda Mott (2007) – Harlequin romance novel

Seven years ago Lucas Blaylock let his dark family history cost him a future with Miranda Ward. Now the independent Montana cowgirl needs him to help find her missing sister. This time Lucas won’t let Miranda down. This time he can’t walk away.

Mirand has never forgiven Lucas for leaving her at the altar. But with her sister’s life at stake, she must once again put her trust in the seductive lawman. As danger trails them into treacherous territory, Miranda has no defense against her powerful feelings for Lucas.

A Kiss in the Moonlight by Laurie Paige
Copyright 2004 by Olivia M. Hall

Seven Devils: seven cousins – bound by blood, honor and tradition- bring a whole new meaning to “family reunion”.

Lyric Gibson felt like a very unwelcome guest. When she agreed to accompany her Aunt Fay to Seven Devils Ranch, Lyric hoped that the invitiation was at the request of Trevor Dalton – a man who had stirred her desire from the moment she’d laid eyes upon him. But from the instant she arrived in Idaho, the independent Texan knew her hunch had been utterly wrong. Trevor would hardly acknowledge her existence! Lyric had always mesmerized Trevor, but she had pushed him away before.. for a fiance that he hadn’t even known existed. Could Lyric make him understand the truth behind her deceit – and unleash the passion and love that burned in them both?

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The Summer House by Jude Deveraux  Copyright 2001

Three best friends, all with the same birthday, are about to turn forty. Celebrating this turning  point at a summerhouse in Maine, Leslie Headrick, Madison Appleby, and Ellie Abbott are taking stock of their lives, their loves, and their choices.  But none of the expects the gift that awaits the trio at the summerhouse: the chance for each of them to turn their “what-might-have-beens” into reality… when a mysterious “Madame Zoya” allows them to relive any three weeks from their pasts. Will the road  not taken prove a better path? Each woman will have to decide for herself as she follows the dream that got away…..

04/04/11

Eleventh Hour by Catherine Coulter

an FBI Thriller