Ally Winter by Laura Scott

Hi! My name is Dr. Ally Winter, and I take care of animals, not people. Mostly because I like them better. Especially with my lousy track record with relationships. After Tim my fiancé and veterinary partner skipped town with Tiffany, the blonde buxom vet tech, I...

Rain Wilmot by Holly Danvers

Okay. Let’s just get past this. My name is Rain, like the water that drops from the sky. My mother is a nature lover and somehow, she convinced my father it would be a good idea to grant me this name. If I recall, I remember hearing that my father had been so...

Jane Eyre by Joanna Campbell Slan

“Tell me, Jane,” urged my husband, Edward Rochester, as we sat in front of the blazing fire. “How did you celebrate the holidays of your youth?” A chill swept through me. The winter was upon us, and thus far the freezing winds had proved singularly brutal. Ferndean...

Maggie Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal

Excerpt from The Hollywood Spy Friday, July 9, 1943 West Hollywood, California“I have a feeling,” Maggie Hope murmured, stepping into the golden light, “we ’re not in London anymore.” Her hair glinted copper in the sun; she was already dressed for the day in a...

Hattie Hayes by Diane Kelly

Occupation: Modern-Day Moonshiner Hi, y’all. I’m Hattie Hayes, here to tell you about my typical day. My life is so much different now than it was when I still had my steady job with the MoonPie company here in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I recently traded in a secure...

Cantor Gold by Ann Aptaker

Excerpt from Murder And Gold My street, like the others in my Theater District neighborhood, is ordinarily pretty quiet at this early hour. Windows in the old brick or brownstone five-story walk-ups, or in more recent apartment buildings like mine, are still dark, the...