Set in beautiful Ireland, these three books brings you into the psychology of mind control. Readers rave about Elin Peer’s ability to make the characters jump off the page and stay in your thoughts for a long time after you close the book. Her stories are fast-paced, thought-provoking, and always offer humor and a solid romance story at the core.

Contains book 1-3 in the Cultivated series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but to avoid spoilers it’s recommended to read them in order.

CHARLIE #1
Have you ever felt so strongly attracted to a stranger that you still think of that person five years later?

I have!
When I met Charles, he was entirely out of my league, and when I tried to talk to him anyway, I made a big fool of myself.
Now, I’ve been given a second chance to connect with my college crush. Unfortunately, the circumstances aren’t great as his family has hired me to get him out of what they suspect is a cult.
I’m ready to help any way I can, but will Charles even remember me?

With degrees in anthropology and psychology, twenty-seven-year-old Liv is convinced that she can resist being sucked into Connor O’Brien’s cult. Traveling from Chicago to Dublin in Ireland, she’s about to discover that Charles isn’t the only one who needs help to get out of O’Brien’s claws. But is she strong enough to take on a true psychopath or will she run to save herself?

ATLAS
People think that I’m a nice guy.
They’re wrong!
What they see is the polished, non-threatening, good guy that I want them to see.
It helps distract them from the darkness within me.
No one can know that I have a sick mind like my dad, the infamous monster from the Red Manor Cult.
Except, unlike him, I suppress my urge to dominate, hurt, and control.
Every day, I tell myself that I’m NOT my father; that I’m a better man.
But after Jolene began working for me, my control is slipping.
It feels like there’s a wolf inside me, stirring, growling, and pushing to get to Jolene. The fantasies of the disturbing things the wolf wants to do to her, haunts me.
I can’t allow the wolf to get control over me… or Jolene!

LUMI #3
Damian took a bullet for me when I was seventeen.
He didn’t ask for my heart in return, but it’s been his ever since.
We are as different as night and day. He’s fun-loving and outgoing while I’m skeptical of new people and prefer to avoid social events.

So, why did I agree to be handcuffed to him for a full week in the name of science? It’s not because he dared me to do it, or because I need the money that comes with it. I’m the CFO of Solver Industries, after all.
It’s because I’m turning twenty-nine, and I’m sick and tired of my heart comparing every man to Damian when my brain knows full well that he’s far from perfect.

If my plan works, an overdose of the large Irishman should kill my crush on him and finally set me free.

A cruel murder has terrible, irreversible consequences for the detectives who work the case.

When a woman is found murdered by the Bevan fishing pier on Vancouver Island, Inspector William Gibson becomes convinced that her abusive husband is responsible.

But is his conviction more down to his own sense of guilt than hard evidence? With interviews of the suspect revealing nothing firm, the investigation centres on Ryder Simpson, a young drop-out witnessed near the scene. But he too is proving elusive.

Gibson and his sergeant, Ann “Scottie” Cruickshank, are at loggerheads over the direction of the inquiry. Furthermore, Gibson is distracted by his son recently having come back into his life and his latest wife expecting her first baby.

When Gibson increases the pressure on the victim’s family, signs of infidelity begin to emerge. But not everything is quite how it seems. And when the truth finally emerges it has devastating consequences for all concerned – the detectives included.

A captivating read set in an absolutely stunning location, written in an evocative and dreamy style that reflects the tempo of the place.

MURDER ON THE SAANICH PENINSULA is the third book by Kathy Garthwaite to feature DI William Gibson, commander of the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit. It can be enjoyed on its own or alongside the other books, MURDER ON VANCOUVER ISLAND and MURDER AT LAKE ONTARIO. All of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.