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No one solves cases like San Francisco detectives, Peyton Brooks and her partner, Marco D'Angelo, but when a young Mexican folk singer, Ynes Linares, is found strangled with her own pearls, compiling a list of suspects that wanted to harm her is easier than figuring out who didn't. Everyone wanted a piece of the Velvet Sapphire, but someone wanted everything.A Peyton Brooks Homicide follows San Francisco's dynamic crime-fighting duo, Peyton Brooks and Marco D'Angelo, through their early cases in the Homicide Division.

After her maternity leave, Peyton reluctantly returns to her job as the lead for the Hate Crimes Division. Taking this job was an opportunity she couldn't pass up. It meant staying home with her growing family and being there for all of her baby's firsts, but this team is not like her last one and personality conflicts are inevitable.To complicate things further, the nature of the crimes she must now solve is heartbreaking. Hate Crimes are a particularly heinous set of cases, involving marginalized people in horrifying predicaments, and her first case is no exception. When gay men are being assaulted for using a popular dating app, Peyton and her team must discover the perpetrators as quickly as they can, before another young man winds up injured, or worse, dead.But can she hold her team together in order to solve this case? And will the demands of a new leadership role put unnecessary strain on her family?With each swipe left, another innocent victim may be in the crosshairs of an assailant who has no mercy.

After a car accident almost killed Breanna Perry, she gets a second chance at life. When Cormac O'Shea enters her hospital room and asks her, "Do you want to live?", she says yes. However, she isn't prepared for what that simple word will mean, or what she's about to lose.No longer able to pretend she can have her old life back, Breanna is faced with leaving it all behind and accepting an immortal existence. Unfortunately, that existence comes with some challenging obstacles.Helping her rival, Amber Wright, navigate the superhero world is only one of her problems, but when she realizes that Alan Siegel, the San Quentin murderer, just might make good on getting released from prison, she confronts the real possibility that he might go on a killing spree, one only she can stop. Then he asks her to continue as his psychiatrist. Can I get homicidal murderers for a thousand, Alex?Then there's Cassius-sexy, brooding, green-eyed Cassius-who has become the single most important person in her life. When Cassius's ex-wife pops back into the picture, will Breanna be able to do the one thing she is sure she can't do?Will she be able to let him go?Finish this exciting trilogy with The Moon Mage.

The Caffeinator coffee shop in Sequoia is the place to come for coffee, treats, and conversation. The following recipes are prepared in this fictional coffee shop and each character has their favorite brew.So sit down, relax, and grab your favorite caffeinated beverage. Then pick up a good book.

When Everleigh Beckett sets out to solve a Christmas mystery, she doesn't give up, especially with P.I. Isaac Stern at her side.The previous Christmas, Everleigh and Isaac solved the case of Rachel Walters, the two-day old infant abducted from Heritage Hospital. This Christmas, the duo has a more puzzling case to tackle.Luciana Esperanza went missing when she was nineteen. The child of undocumented workers, her parents feared filing a missing persons report, until her sister comes forward, believing she's spotted Luciana near the Capitol.Can Everleigh and Isaac solve a case that is more than twenty-two years old? What happened to Luciana Esperanza, and can they bring another lost soul home for the holidays?

After the wildfires are finally extinguished with the first snowfall, Sequoia begins to heal, especially with the holidays around the corner. Life returns to normal in the Sierra mountain town, with caroling in the streets, sipping hot cocoa by the fire, and preparing for the lighting of the community Christmas tree on Main Street.However, for Zion and Tate, life is never quite normal. Gabi is still making organ-shaped vases, Logan has changed his major again, and Joe has decided to redo the electrical wiring in the house to provide enough power to run both the kiln and the heat lamps for Gabi's new pet snake, Saffron.As if this wasn't enough, Rebekah enlists Zion to help her plan her wedding, but will the wedding be derailed by a suspicious attack? And worse still, is Rebekah's fiancé, David Bennett, the main suspect?

Rue Cyprus and her Golden Retriever puppy, Kasey, embark on a summer break full of adventure and fun, but when Rue's parents take her on vacation, they meet Mrs. MacIntyre and her dog, who live at the beach full-time.Rue strikes up a friendship with the lonely older woman and offers to take Rufus, her dog, to the beach with her family so he can do what he loves best - dig. Unfortunately, Mrs. MacIntyre discovers that $500 is missing from her cabin and she has no idea where it might have gone. Rue suspects she might know, but how do you question a suspect when the suspect can only say, "Ruff"?Can Rue and Kasey find the money before the summer ends?

This comprehensive guide on how to become an author with an INFJ personality will help you define your writing goals and give you step by step instructions on how to become a successful author, whether you attempt to do it through traditional publishing or by going indie.This guide will walk you through the following topics:• What it means to be an INFJ personality• How to write your first book• Whether to go traditional or indie• How to write your first query letter• How to find an agent• How to pursue a traditional writing contract• How to establish your own independent writing career• How to build your brand and generate an audience for your work• And finally, how to manage your career no matter what you chooseWith practical, proven, hands-on methods, you can learn how to pursue your writing career from the moment you put pen to paper through marketing and social media. Every chapter of this book will give you proven techniques, online resources to begin your own career, and personal examples of the best method to use when realizing your dream of becoming a published author. No other How-to book has such a comprehensive explanation of every step in the process.About the ExpertM.L. Hamilton has been teaching high school English and journalism in Central California for the last 25 years; however, she always dreamed of publishing her own novel. That dream came true in 2010. Her first novel, Emerald, was published by Wild Wolf Publishing. In 2015, ML Hamilton decided to go independent with her writing and has published more than 34 novels in multiple genres. In addition to teaching and writing, she is the co-manager for Authors Booth at the California State Fair and was a judge for the NCPA writing contest for two years. She also has her own editing business, helping writers find their voice and get their work published.HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.