Story By Mary Deal
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Sara Mason Mysteries Collection
Updated at Apr 28, 2023, 01:57
All three books in 'Sara Mason Mysteries', a series by Mary Deal, now available in one volume! River Bones: Sara Mason returns to her hometown to start anew, but is soon caught up in the terror of a serial killer who is stalking its residents. Battling her own traumatic past and haunted by memories, Sara becomes entangled in the investigation after skeletal remains are discovered on her property. As she volunteers to be a decoy for the sheriff's department, she must face her fears and confront the killer, putting her own life in danger. The Howling Cliffs: Sara Mason is on a mission to solve a missing person case in the Vietnam jungle. Searching for Huxley's brother's remains, she is joined by her friend Esmeralda. But when she learns of a cold case involving a missing six-year-old girl, Sara discovers that someone wants the case to remain unsolved. Despite facing danger and attempts on her life, Sara continues to pursue the leads that take her on a perilous journey to uncover the mystery of the Howling Cliffs. Dead To Life: In the third book in the series, Sara Mason and Huxley Keane embark on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth about a bullet-scarred key found in Vietnam that could reveal the fate of Huxley's brother. The search for the matching key leads them to Emma Ellis, Rocky's fiancée, who is determined to keep her secrets buried. As Sara and Huxley's lives are threatened, they uncover shocking truths about Emma that challenge their beliefs and threaten to shatter their very existence.
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Down to the Needle
Updated at Mar 10, 2022, 00:16
From the day her five-year-old was abducted, Abigail Fisher vowed never to stop looking until her daughter was safely back home. But despite multiple searches, twenty-three years have passed without a trace of Becky Ann. When Abigail learns that death row inmate Megan Winnaker is the same age as her daughter, she begins to wonder if the kidnapper had Becky Ann's face surgically altered to prevent identification. Megan Winnaker maintains her innocence, but faces capital punishment if she loses her final appeal. As Abigail launches her own investigation to find out if Megan is truly her daughter, someone wants to stop her in her tracks. Even when facing mortal danger, Abigail refuses to give up her investigation. But can Megan Winnaker really be her long-lost daughter?
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Dead To Life
Updated at Mar 17, 2022, 02:45
Sara Mason and love interest, Huxley Keane, follow a trail of clues in an attempt to match a bullet-scarred key found in the Vietnam jungle. An apartment key was given to Rocky, Huxley's brother, by his fiancée. If sweet Emma Ellis kept a matching key all these years, it would prove Rocky is not MIA, but deceased. Tracing Emma proves to be a perilous escapade; she doesn't wish to be found and attempts to stop Sara and Huxley, whose very lives are threatened. In separate incidences, both Sara and Huxley are left to die of their wounds. And when they finally catch her, horrifying truths about the woman send their sensibilities reeling.
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Legacy of the Tropics
Updated at Mar 4, 2022, 02:00
A trilogy of stories that shatter the myths of stereotypical islands of paradise. In Promises, during the late 1960s, the ketch, Mercy, sinks during a sea storm off Culebra near the Virgin Islands. Ciara Malloy assumes custody of her drowned fiancé’s son and learns a devastating secret about the boy that changes her life forever. In Adrift, in the late 1990s, underwater photographer Lillian Avery gets caught in a rip current and swept out to sea off Kauai in Hawaii. In facing death, she finds a way to leave a message behind. Years later, in Reunion, the two former neighbors from Puerto Rico reunite on Kauai. A hurricane wreaks island-wide havoc. Ciara is missing, presumed dead. Among the rubble, Lillian finds Ciara’s memoirs; a life history that threatens to expose tightly held secrets about the boy since the sinking of the Mercy.
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The Howling Cliffs
Updated at Mar 4, 2022, 01:52
Sara Mason joins in searching for Huxley's MIA brother's remains in the Vietnam jungle. She is joined by her friend Esmerelda. Later in Hawaii, Sara learns that a six-year-old neighborhood girl had gone missing ten years earlier. Something odd is going on at the nearby forest cliffs; someone wants this cold case to stay cold. But even after attempts are made on Sara's life, she pushes on with the investigation and pursues the leads that take her on a path of danger. Can she solve the mystery of the Howling Cliffs?
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The Ka
Updated at Mar 3, 2022, 01:00
Archaeology student Chione has vivid dreams about the discovery of an opulent tomb. After the founder of the Institute of Archaeology learns that Chione's dreams might be connected to events in Egypt, he accepts an offer to examine a mysterious site in the Valley of the Queens. When they discover a burial chamber, ancient spells transport Chione and her ex-boyfriend, archaeologist Aaron Ashby, 3,500 years into the past. There, they learn of Tutankhamon and Tauret, a priestess in Pharaoh's Court. Soon, Chione and Aaron discover that they have been chosen to play a crucial part in Tauret's plan.
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Sea Cliff
Updated at Feb 24, 2022, 22:38
Rachael Connor has great looks, money and a home of her own, but childhood abuse has left her fearful of men. When Rachael meets Matthew, she begins to rethink her life. He falls in love with her, but Rachael rebukes him, living by the "rules" her father taught her. She soon has an epiphany about how to overcome her father's grip on her life. The next time she falls in love, she will know how to deal with it. But will Matthew let her get away so easily?
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Off Center in the Attic
Updated at Jan 19, 2022, 19:00
Humor and nonsense, flights of fantasy into other realms, fright, disgust and disappointment, silliness and wonderment, and the sadness of reality and heartache. It's all here, and more, in stories that may leave you a little Off Center in the Attic. Acting in a Coffin - A director plays a prank that backfires on a movie set. The Wallflower - A woman compares herself to one who is the life of the party. Pupule - A neighborhood gets a lesson in humility from a crazy old Hawaiian man. To Soar - What a bird drops. Out of Body - A man is shot and his brain goes through a metamorphosis. Looking for Life - Never the right one. Most Wanted - The killer of young boys remains at large. Grandpappy's Cows - Antics of backward backwoods relatives. Boy at the Crossroad - The making of a monster. Cafeteria Science - How to lose your lunch. Indoctrination - A daring woman wants to experience something different and gets her wish. Explosive Day - No escape. The Smell of Death - A clue to the dying. Legacy - A woman in mourning changes her life to follow in her mother's footsteps. An Urgent Message - A plea to a writer. Rituals - Neurosis as a way of life. Watched - Being watched can kill. The Swimmer - A man losing his sanity. Thanatos - The urge to die. Alien Footprints - An invisible perpetrator. Vibratory Rates - Visitations from heaven and hell. The Voodoo Kit - A Jamaican hex follows a woman home. Pekoe - A newborn kitten abandoned in a portable toilet. Great Lady of Wisdom - A holy goat. The Last Thing I Do - The end of making memories. Future Winner - A little-known artist gets a break. Innocence - A high school girl on the verge of betrayal by her innocence. Sister Fly - Karma Homeless, Not Heartless - A man and his dog. Roots - What you may find when tracing your family tree.
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