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It's happening, and you're invited! After three mystery stories crammed with blackmail, poisonings, graveyard theft, arms dealing, gunfights, and more than a few suspicious deaths, Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall and Police Chief Neil Redfern have given up the struggle of denying their love. On this steamy, summer day, they're tying the knot. Like the preceding novels, WEDDED BLISS provides plenty of laughs, including a drunken cousin, a foul-mouthed parrot, missing underwear, and a suspicious platter of devilled eggs. Not to mention something is off about the shrimp. Since this is Bliss we're talking about, an old cemetery plays a crucial part. While Bliss is encasing herself in a too-tight wedding gown, Neil is alone in a motel room across town eyeballing his braid-covered dress uniform and wondering if he'll pass out from the heat. Both are minutes away from facing dark echoes of the past that threaten to prevent their happy future. Readers of the Cornwall & Redfern Mysteries will recognize the guests who gather to ensure the wedding is special for Bliss and Neil. Old friends and old enemies - it's a day Bliss and Neil will never forget. Please join them. A Short Read Novelette The Cornwall & Redfern Mysteries:Corpse Flower, Book 1Shroud of Roses, Book 2Skull Garden, Book 3Wedded Bliss, Book 3.5 (Novelette)Dark Blossoming, Book 4Reaper Bliss, Book 4.5 (Novelette)

DARK MAGIC IS AFOOT THIS NIGHT . . .For a few extra bucks, Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall dresses up as the Grim Reaper to scare the kids and hand out candy at the Belcourt Nursery's Halloween gala. So far, so good.Until the clock ticks toward midnight, and Halloween becomes Samhain. Wrapped in her Reaper robe, Bliss accompanies the local coven to the abandoned Darkwood Burial Ground for the pagan holiday celebrating harvest's end. There's food and mead, a bonfire and dancing. The festivities are in full swing when Bliss notices a few of the old gravestones are icy to the touch - and glowing in the fog-shrouded cemetery. She remembers too late that, during Samhain, the lines between the physical and spirit worlds blur.The coven is thrilled - will they finally witness departed souls crossing the thinning Veil to visit and share their feast? Since Bliss is the township's Cemetery Inspector, she's responsible for the integrity of the site. Retreat is not an option for her.The first spirit to manifest isn't interested in partying with the pagans. He can't keep his eyeholes off the little Reaper, and Bliss suspects he had a bad death experience and is out for revenge. Soon, a second long-dead soul hovers over its Celtic cross before drifting towards the welcoming fire. Every grave in the cemetery lights up, and a full-on soul invasion seems imminent.Will Bliss find a way to save the pagans and herself from the otherworldly forces amassing in Darkwood? What in Hades will happen if she can't?

Can there be a right choice when past and present collide? Lyris Pembrooke inherits Hammersleigh House from her great-uncle and makes a grisly discovery in the tower room of the old mansion - the mummified remains of a tiny child. Concealed and forgotten since the 1943 family reunion. She feels driven to uncover the reasons for the tragedy, but after 60 years the only way is to accept her supernatural heritage. Not ready to go that route, Lyris seeks the assistance of the family psychic, getting more than she bargained for. Suddenly, Leander, an ethereal being with an attitude who prefers hanging out with Winston Churchill and John Lennon, pops in and announces he's Lyris' new guide, advising her to embrace her calling. While nurturing a new relationship with Blackshore's police chief, avoiding her ex-husband's controlling demands, hosting this year's reunion, and waging a psychological battle with the mansion's butler, Lyris is already taxed to her limits. And, that's not counting the sinister figure prowling Hammersleigh's halls at night, stealing small valuables. During an oppressive summer heat wave, a tear in the cosmic veil fractures time, forcing Lyris to choose her life's path. Will she accept her psychic abilities and delve into the tortured psyche of a WWII soldier? Or turn away from her gift and leave the horror of little Tommy Pembrooke's murder forever unexplained?

Mojitos, Moonlight....and Murder.What could be better than a week of sipping mojitos, basking in the sun, and listening to waves lap against a Caribbean beach? Nothing, according to Jordan Blair and her friend, Ellie Cassidy, until their vacation transforms into a terrifying nightmare.The former occupant of their room has vanished and the charismatic resort manager is unconcerned. He suggests the woman has taken off for a romantic interlude. Given the visible police presence and Jordan's police training, she doesn't buy that story. Another guest attaches himself to Jordan and Ellie, but his playboy demeanor and covert activities arouse Jordan's suspicions. Could he have been involved with the woman's disappearance?>