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Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery is a private eye novel - with a paranormal, urban fantasy twist. An ancient genie in a modern, buff body, Biff can't use his magical powers for his own benefit, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb. A damsel in distress, photographer Sveta Pshkov, hires him to retrieve a stolen set of boudoir photos she took of a Russian mobster's wife - snapped for her boyfriend's pleasure, not her husband's. Biff's...
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It doesn't take a clue-sniffing golden retriever's sense of smell to know something is up.
Semi-reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan's longtime girlfriend, Lili, is acting out of character, and he's eager to figure out why and how he can help her. But that gets delayed when he and his golden retriever, Rochester, are asked to help investigate a double homicide in a posh neighborhood of Stewart's Crossing.
Boris and Natalya Krimsky were both murdered...
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The first six novels in the award-winning Mahu Investigations series. Follow Honolulu homicide detective Kimo Kanapa'ka as he's dragged out of the closet while investigating a dangerous case. Then witness his evolution as each new case that comes his way challenges his personal growth. The sunshine of the Aloha State reveals dark shadows where criminals lurk, and it's up to Kimo and his fellow detectives to solve crimes and bring justice under the...
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Two wounded men discover true love and a found family in Victorian England In the opulent courts of Victorian England, John Seales, Lord Therkenwell, is a man of wealth and privilege, expected to marry a woman of his own social standing and produce an heir. But when he meets dashing French diplomat Raoul Desjardins at a soirée arranged by a politically-connected gay couple, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to the man despite the risks of their...
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Handsome South Beach model/barista Gavin Kaczmarek wonders if someone will ever see beneath his exterior to the real him. How can they, when he doesn't know what he wants himself? Can he be the musician - maybe even rock star- that he thinks?
Then he launches a musical career with the help of experienced producer Miles Goodwin. Can this party boy move his relationship from friends to lovers?
The obvious attraction between them takes them to bed,...
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Fleeing his father's anti-gay wrath, Ekram Zuabi must leave his family farm in the middle of a Syrian civil war. He is desperate to reach a place where he can live and love without fear.
Handsome playboy Rafe Fabron may have money and a place in a successful family business importing spices to Europe, but someone wants to kill him. A disgruntled former lover-or someone with larger and deadlier goals in mind?
When circumstances bring them together...
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Two parents die and two families mourn, in very different ways. Amateur sleuth Steve Levitan and his clue-sniffing golden retriever Rochester face two deaths in the 12th full-length novel in this long-running series. An Alzheimer's patient slips away from home on his own and tumbles into the Delaware River. And then Steve's love Lili suffers the crushing loss of her mother in a Miami Beach hospital. Eckhardt Lalor left behind a fortune in real estate,...
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The Gentleman and the Spy is an 83,000 word Victorian-era lord and valet romance with a country house party and a touch of espionage and international intrigue. After his father's death Lord Magnus Dawson has more important things to think about than falling in love-like how to earn a living when all he knows is the idleness he was raised with, and the military training he received before selling his commission. For Toby Marsh, the impetus is as great,...
9) Mi Amor
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When party planner Adam Beller meets real estate developer Javier Marisco, there's an immediate zing of attraction. But, Adam's a night owl and Javier an early riser, Adam a child of privilege and Javier a self-made son of Cuban immigrants. Is the undeniable sexual chemistry between them enough to weather the storms of family drama, an FBI investigation, and years of separation? Mi Amor is a fun-filled romp through the sexually charged streets of...
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Golden Blurb 7-9#7 Honest to DogThe body in the canal belongs to Steve's old friend. Can Steve and Rochester uncover the clues to what happened to him?When his college friend Doug moves to Stewart's Crossing after an ugly divorce, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan sees a way to pay forward the help he received under similar circumstances. But when Doug dies under mysterious circumstances, Steve and his crime-solving golden retriever Rochester...
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In this eighth of the golden retriever mysteries, Steve explores a part of his background I hadn't looked at yet - growing up Jewish in the Trenton suburbs. Since he has a lot in common with me (except for the whole divorce and imprisonment thing) it seemed logical that he'd share this part of my own heritage. Years ago, I took my first golden, Samwise, to a blessing of the animals at our synagogue here in South Florida, and that seemed like a good...
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Steve Levitan and Lili Weinstock are on their way to the altar-but dognapping and murder get in the way. The theft of the vice-mayor's dog unveils a widespread pattern of canine thefts. Could those poor pooches be on their way to a testing lab or a puppy mill? And how does that case play into the death of a Billy Joel tribute act? Could the caterer they've hired be responsible? It will take all of Steve's hacking skills and Rochester's talent for...
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Armed with a master's degree in accounting, Angus Green faces a future filled with tax forms and spreadsheets, but his dead father's legacy to him is a desire to get out and explore the world. When The Next One Will Kill You opens, he's just completed his training to become an FBI agent and been assigned to the Miami field office, where the range of cases is wild and the criminals even wilder.Handsome, red-haired and sexy, twenty-something Angus is...
14) Winter Term
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A small town second chance at love novella with a dash of Jane Austen and a floury dusting from a certain British baking show. Middlebury College literature professor Will is mourning his dead partner while teaching a winter term course on Jane Austen. A true romantic, he believes that books can hold the key to a forever romance. Scottish ski instructor Jeremy is fleeing a televised breakdown on a great British baking show and the implosion of his...
15) Saving the Boxer
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Silas Warner is a flighty sort of fellow, a butterfly in his attire and his jumps from one man to the next. But there's something about Ezra Curiel-first his incredible body, and then his emotional depth-that delivers a knockout punch to Silas's heart. But can love thrive between two men with such different backgrounds-a poor clerk from the English countryside and a French-born pugilist who has achieved fame and fortune as the Hammering Hebrew? Their...
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Two Dead Women. Will Kimo's Niece be Next?
The latest Honolulu homicides in the long-running Mahu Investigations series are perplexing, even to a seasoned detective like Kimo Kanapa'aka.
The two female victims, a young art college student and a seasoned HR executive, seem to have nothing in common. Yet as Kimo and his partner Ray Donne delve deeper into the investigation, they sense a connection between the two.
Navigating the murky waters of teen...
17) Honest to Dog
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When his college friend Doug moves to Stewart's Crossing after an ugly divorce, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan sees a way to pay forward the help he received under similar circumstances. But when Doug dies under mysterious circumstances, Steve and his crime-solving golden retriever Rochester have a new goal: Find the truth behind Doug's death, even if Steve has to risk the freedom he has fought so hard for to do it.Contains Ponzi schemers,...
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Do you have questions about college? What kind of college to attend, how to pay for it, what to study and how to prepare for a career?
“How to Succeed at a Two-Year College” answers those questions, and more. If you are a high school student (or the parent of one), a veteran, a returning student, or just curious about what a two-year college can offer, this is the book for you.
Too many college websites are confusing, requiring a lot of hunting...
19) Dog Willing
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When his neighbor is accused of murder, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan and his golden retriever Rochester are asked to sniff out clues to prove her innocence. Who could have killed bookstore owner Darlene Nowak? One of the food trucks venders she angered when they parked in front of her store? Someone from the writer's critique group she sponsored? Did a self-published author she refused to promote write her into a real murder mystery? Steve...
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With less than a year of experience under his belt and only one big case behind him, FBI Special Agent Angus Green has joined the rarefied group of agents who have been wounded in the line of duty.Now, assigned to a desk job while he recovers, Angus wonders if he's chosen the right career. He's been following his late father's dream for a life of adventure and travel-and instead encountered danger, pain and heartbreak.But when he discovers that gay...