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  The Droll Teller

  S. E. England

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  1962, and on Christmas Day at precisely 6pm, a mysterious old man by the name of Silas Finn, calls on the new owners of an ancestral home in Devon and asks which they'd prefer to hear—a story or a song. Ten-year old Enys Quiller is adamant they must have a story, just as Cousin Beatrice instructed. 
   
   
   
  "You'll be sure to tell me dreckly, won't you?" says Beatrice. "What the droll teller says?" 
   
   
   
  But the strange and macabre tale of Victorian poisoning and madness that follows, has far-reaching repercussions for Enys and her family, and after the droll teller has finished, any notion of staying there, or even together, is shattered.

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  Murder in Gold

  Holly Newman

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  When newlyweds Sir James and Lady Cecilia Branstoke come to console a widow on the death of her husband, they discover some things don't add up about the death of the young Lord. Worse, a man who won't state his purpose, but is obviously military, wants a carte blanche to search the dead man's library! The sheer effrontery! 
   
   
   
  What begins as sympathy and concern for a troubled neighbor escalates into a mystery with reverberations at the highest level of government. 
   
   
   
  Napoleon has escaped from Elba and someone has stolen a subsidy shipment meant for England's allies in their renewed war against Napoleon. The shipment, a valuable mix of gold and guns, soon pits thief against thief and ally against ally with the Branstokes in the middle! 
   
   
   
  Instead of being on a blissful honeymoon, Sir James and Lady Cecilia Branstoke find themselves dodging knives, fires, and pistols as they search for the missing baronet and the stolen subsidies. 
   
   
   
  Maybe they should have traveled to the highlands for their honeymoon, as they'd told their friends had been their intention. 
   
   
   
  Please note this was previously released as Rarer Than Gold. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Hostage to Death

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  For Lieutenant Bill Reilly, a Westerner at war in the desert, the dream of joining the Foreign Legion has turned into a nightmare. It all starts with a severed hand. In it is a message from a Berber chief: Save the American woman he holds captive or she's next up for dismemberment. But it's a trick, leading to a terrorist attack. But who set the trap? Caught in a triangle of treachery between the French, Spanish and native Berbers, Reilly's only hope is to uncover the truth in a desert of deception. The bugles blow, the rifles crack, and the sandstorms swirl as the audio version of Hostage to Death carries you off to an exotic land of surprising romance and sudden terror.

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  Jedidiah's Crowning Glory

  Sherelle Green

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  Ever experience lust at first sight and know the person is wrong for you in every way? 
   
   
   
  HIM 
   
   
   
  My demons are mine to slay. My burdens are mine to carry. I've never been a knight in shining armor. More like a savage in dusty timbs condemned to spend my existence taking lives. Therefore, the last thing I want to do is save hers even if my family dictates I'm the best man for the job. Then again, only God judges who goes to heaven and hell and maybe this could tip the scale in my favor. But could giving into temptation erase this good deed? She is a vixen after all, testing my patience and my will. 
   
   
   
  HER 
   
   
   
  He doesn't think I deserve his help and honestly, I don't blame him. He doesn't like that I'm not from his world and truthfully, he's right. He's the only Crowne I didn't want to help me and yet, he's exactly who I got. While his eyes may seem murderous, there's something else there too. Something he doesn't want me to see. He's warned me to leave him alone and I listen . . . Until I don't. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Masquerade in London

  Emily L. Finch

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  On the run, a world away from all she's ever known. 
   
   
   
  London, 1861. Samantha Kingston has lived under the control of her overbearing uncle since the death of her parents six years ago. Trapped by the conventions of her gender and social class, she is desperate to find a way out. But when her aunt and uncle are murdered, the freedom she sought seems even further out of reach. A suspect in the crime, she finds herself on the run, unsure whom to trust, lost in the underworld she had only ever read about in the pages of a Dickens novel. 
   
   
   
  V. T. Wyatt has defied his aristocratic upbringing to pursue a life as a private investigator. After an unusual first meeting, he hires Samantha to help him solve a rash of burglaries. Soon, a connection between the burglaries and the murders emerges, drawing Samantha and Wyatt even closer together as they race to solve both mysteries and clear her name.

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  3 Sad Stories - About Orphans -...

  Anton Chekhov, Mary E. Mann,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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