Hotaru is your average 15-year-old who has survived living in her own apartment and working for her own money. Even though she has always imagined herself suddenly turning into a princess with a luxurious castle, she survives with a "poor" status with doubts of love and luxury. One evening when she steps out into the rain to buy groceries, she ends up saving a mysterious and wealthy boy who collapses in the middle of the street. It's from this certain moment that the wheels begin to turn and that the lives of Hotaru and the people around her begin to change. (Chapters 1-20)

When Callie Shawcross's wedding plans fall apart, a friend convinces her that a relaxing break in the sleepy Egyptian town of Fidda Hilal is just what she needs. As she arrives in the former Bedouin fishing village, Callie feels a sense of peace. The sun is shining, the locals seem friendly and the sparkling azure sea is calling out to her. The day she meets a sexy stranger, she finds a welcome distraction from the life she left back home. But as her feelings for him get more serious, events in paradise take a dark turn. After a series of mysterious disappearances, Callie is left hunting for answers, and during her frantic search, she finds out it's not only the town that has secrets. Thanks so much to my readers for taking Trouble in Paradise to #2 on the Mystery/Thriller Hotlist. You rock!

Bennet is a Detective at one of the only two police stations in a small medieval wool village with a gruesome past named Lavenham. He is a little different and has a heavy conscience weighing on him but who said his and Lavenham's past will stay in the past? And why is the new rookie so scared when he unexpectedly has to go to Lavenham, does he also have a gruesome past like Bennet and Lavenham that he wants kept secret? The Problem With Secrets is that they have a nasty habit of coming out...