When a troubled, homeless veteran covers her vintage Cadillac with paper snowflakes, Lalla Bains, decides a showdown is needed, but that doesn’t mean she wants the man to drop dead at her feet—with a pair of blue handled scissors sticking out of his chest.

Though the police ignore his last puzzling poem, Lalla sees it as a clue and decides that someone needs to be on the side of this misunderstood man, and that person will be the exasperating, pushy, tenacious, Ms. Lalla Bains, which begs the question: What would you do if the love of your life lost their chance for a heart transplant because the donor organ went to a convicted felon? Grieve and let go? Or wait for your chance at justice and revenge?
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“Crime solvers- this is a must read to add insights into hearts and motives. Author Dahlke invites you to journey into her books in this series as well as previous and soon to be releases. I recommend this book with a high 5- star rating.” Valerie Caraotta (CONYERS, GA, US) – See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Confirmed spinster, Lady Rowena Locke, seeks aid from Harry Bellingham, the Earl of Glaston and head of the renowned Avalon Society, a historical and paranormal Society, to find the lost Glastonbury treasures. Harry is not only interested in the treasure hidden by the last Abbot of Glastonbury before the dissolution of the Abbey, but he is also interested in Rowena. When Harry and his fellow Avalon Society members step in to assist Rowena and her aunt on their quest, dangerous and mysterious men in brown coats and hats appear in Glastonbury. They are also searching for the lost Abbey treasure. It’s a race against time as the mysterious ‘Brown Coats’ seem to always be one step ahead of them. The Society finds more clues, treasures, letters, and holy secrets. Will they discover who the ‘Brown Coats’ are and why they are after the treasures? Can Harry convince marriage wary Rowena to trust in love and marry him?

Love. Angst. Intrigue. Will Brooke’s mistakes as a young adult haunt her for the rest of her life and keep her from finding true happiness? Brooke Jameson is gorgeous, and gained the recognition of photographers right after high school. She headed to California, determined to make a name for herself, abandoning her childhood love for fame and fortune. But life in the limelight has a price, and for Brooke, that price was big. So big, that she can’t find her way out. She’s desperate for someone to rescue her, but has no idea where that rescue will come from. Peter Nash, the man who was sure he would one day marry Brooke, has been patiently waiting in Cathedral Hills for her to come home. He has a ring in his dresser drawer, and hope in his heart, even after more than six years of waiting.

1816 New Orleans

Hugh Talverton surveyed the traffic in the streets. “While walking today I heard no fewer than six different languages spoken, heard vendors hawking their wares in singsong fashion, bells have tolled from what seems like every corner, drums have sounded, bugles have blown, and I saw Gypsies singing and dancing in the streets. New Orleans has a music unlike any other city.”

While Vanessa Mannion warmed to the uppity Britisher’s observation on her city, she bristled at her father’s orders to be nice to him; especially since Hugh seemed to take delight in American mishaps. Particularly her own!

“Well-written with well-developed characterization. Mild sexual and violent content. Interesting walk thorough old New Orleans.” 5 star review

Rodeo bronc supplier Lori Calhoun has struggled to live up to expectations after her father’s sudden death. When a trailer load of her star broncs disappears her ranch is threatened. And her life.

Foreman of the Calhoun Ranch, Trip Jensen has watched Lori struggle to keep up with the demands of the ranch and the rodeo stock. He’s always admired her and loved her—but he’s kept that to himself. She was the boss’s daughter and is now the boss…off-limits for a cowboy like him. When more stock begins to disappear from the ranch, they must work together to solve the mystery. Unable to know who on the ranch to trust Trip enlist the Presley brothers from the neighboring ranch to back him up.

Lori has always admired Trip but he made it clear years ago that he wasn’t interested in her as more than a friend. Now, he is sticking close and she’s finding it hard to concentrate on the danger and not the man.

Can love blossom between them before time runs out?

Following her Uncle Max’s mysterious death, freelance journalist Marley McCormick inherits more than his house and rare bookstore, she also finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving a missing book, a gypsy fortune-teller, time travelers and a ghost.

As she tries to figure out who is behind the increasingly strange circumstances dogging her life, Marley begins to suspect that cult leader The Dark knows more about her Uncle’s demise than he admits.

When Marley uncovers a web of intrigue that extends far beyond her home town of Minneapolis, she realizes that she must face her own fears in order to stop The Dark from turning Minneapolis into zombie-town, one follower at a time.

What if you were destined to be with the son of Hades, but you were crazy in love with the son of Apollon?

When 17-year-old Laurel Harper decides to go live with her estranged father and stepfamily, she’s unaware of the fact that her fate was already sealed the day she was born. She is now exactly where some higher power wants her to be. But it’s not until she meets the proud and mysterious Sam Laurens that she feels something strange is going on. Why does he keep interfering in her life? Then Laurel finds out about Sam’s ominous ancestry and a whole different fear arises. Fear of who Sam really is. Fear of her own feelings. And when she learns the dark truth about her own future, a sinister secret that will change everything as soon as she turns nineteen, she wants to run and hide, but soon realizes that there is no hiding from fate. Sam may be the only one who can help her escape her destiny, but then she has to start trusting him again, and time is of the essence because he has his own fate to deal with. Still, Sam is determined to stop Laurel from meeting her doom, even if that means he has to make a drastic move that will separate them for good.