THE MYSTERIES OF PENDOWAR HALL

The Audacious Sisterhood of Smoke & Fire Series: Book 1

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She vowed to solve a murder.
Now she’s in danger of losing her heart … and her very life.

Diana Taylor, a bright and spirited governess who has sworn off love, is sent to Pendowar Hall in Cornwall to honor a pledge. She vows to teach her godmother’s niece and to find out who was behind the suspicious death of the former baronet. But her new charge is also a mystery, as is the man who inherited the ancient coastal estate—the charismatic but brooding Royal Navy Captain William Fallbrook, who is home on leave to recover from an injury.

As Diana investigates, her feelings for the enigmatic Captain Fallbrook blossom, and her guard goes up. Pendowar Hall is brimming with secrets as well as a frightening legend about a Mermaid’s Curse. What is behind the mysterious footsteps in the night? Is there more to the story of the tragic deaths of the former baronet’s wife and son? What secrets is Captain Fallbrook hiding? Can she trust the man who has stolen her heart?

He looks to be entranced by Diana, even though her determination to dig up the past seems to get on his last nerve. Soon, Diana’s bold quest to unmask his uncle’s killer leads her into terrifying danger, for someone is determined to end her life before she can discover the truth.

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THE SECRETS OF THORNDALE MANOR

The Audacious Sisterhood of Smoke & Fire Series: Book 2

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She risks everything for the truth.

He guards secrets that could tear them apart.

When Athena Taylor opens the Darkmoor Bridge School for Girls at the grand and storied Thorndale Manor, she hopes for a new beginning. But the estate's dark past quickly resurfaces when a maid is found dead under suspicious circumstances--and whispers stir of a murder committed nine years earlier, a crime for which Ian Vernon's sister was convicted.

Athena believes the two cases are connected. Ian Vernon, Thorndale's brooding former heir, insists she's wrong--and warns her to leave the past buried. But Athena is as fearless as she is determined, and her investigation brings her into close quarters with the man who should be her adversary ... yet soon proves to be something much more.

As secrets unravel and a killer grows desperate, Athena finds herself in terrifying danger, caught between the pursuit of truth and justice and a powerful attraction that threatens to derail everything.

A richly atmospheric mystery layered with romance,  betrayal, and the dark undercurrents of a house built on secrets.

 

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DANGER AT DARKMOOR PARK

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The Audacious Sisterhood of Smoke & Fire Series: Book 3

Hidden treasure. Murder. Mystery. Romance.

All while snowbound at Christmas.

 

While trapped by a blizzard at a remote country manor house over the Christmas holidays, a school headmistress teams up with a charismatic doctor to solve a murder and hunt for hidden treasure.

But can she trust the man who has stolen her heart?

Selena Taylor is thrilled to cohost a Christmas house party at Darkmoor Park, the beautiful Yorkshire estate she will one day inherit. But a massive snowstorm hits the area, and no one can leave. When one of the guests dies after giving Selena a cryptic clue to a cache of hidden money, she suspects that he was murdered.

Dr. Adrian Scott arrives out of the blizzard and he and Selena, fueled by a burning mutual attraction, team up to investigate both mysteries—a thrilling hunt for hidden treasure and the search for a ruthless killer—while trapped with guests who all seem to be hiding a secret.

When another guest dies and she starts receiving threatening notes, Selena realizes that she is in terrible danger, pursued by a relentless villain and involved with a man whose touch makes her heart race but who may be hiding a deadly secret of his own.

 

COMING OCTOBER 28, 2025!

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