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Rude Awakenings: A Novel of the Terribly Acronymed Detective Club (Book 2)

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Two years have passed since the five members of the Lawrence Street Detective Club reunited in the novel, "We Find What Is Lost," picking up where they left off thirty years earlier, to help Rachel clear her name and take down the man who framed her for embezzling. Since then, Al and Rachel married, but Rachel and Lauren haven't stopped seeing each other, and things take a darker, sexier turn in this follow-up novel, which opens with Al and Lauren waking up in each other's arms with no memory of how they got there and no idea where their spouses went. Joe and Rachel are missing, and Al, Lauren and Sunny must piece together what happened to them the night before and track down Joe and Rachel with whatever tools they have at hand, getting help from a friend from Lauren's own past. Someone has it out for one of the members of the club, and Lauren, whose uniqueness was only hinted at in the last novel, takes centre stage solving this mystery, with past events from the last novel, revisited through her point of view, providing the clues.All Rights Reserved

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Better Off Dead by susannah93

Stella used to spend all her summers with her parents at their summer house in Walnut Grove, where she met her best friend Brit - a popular, pretty star cheerleader. And Stella could never understand why Brit choose to be friends with her. But she did, and every summer, they were inseparable. Until last September when Brit went missing. After months of searching, police presume Brit to be dead, and everyone in Walnut Grove moved on. But now it is the summer after, and Stella is back at their summer house, and new evidence starts to come out. There's a new body found of a local girl, and someone seems to be leaving Stella mysterious notes. Could the two girls be connected? Who is the killer? And what roles do Brit's ex-boyfriend Trevor and mysterious guy Jake play in all of this?

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In this third novel of the Terribly Acronymed Detective Club, a year has passed since the events of "Rude Awakenings." Rachel and Al are now foster parents to a teenage brother and sister, whose alcoholic mother is back in rehab. As respectable a family as they may be, they haven't given up their relationship with Lauren, who is still married to Joe, whose narrative is central to this story. He's in his own relationship with Joanie Mara, a sergeant in the RCMP, an arrangement sanctioned by Lauren herself that isn't without its hiccups. Into this powder keg of emotions lands a crisis that draws the LSDC unwillingly into a world of drugs, trafficking and murder, when Logan, the foster son, finds himself in custody after a midnight deal goes horribly wrong and his mother is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Protecting him from people who don't have his best interests at heart proves to be harder than they imagined, especially after Joe, increasingly suspicious of Lauren and Al, makes a decision that sets off a series of destructive events. But when tragedy strikes and Logan falls into danger, can the five childhood friends rise above their conflicts and work to save his life?

Stay With Me by Bri_Jordan

**Story Blurb:** Serena's world fell apart when she lost her dad, and since then, everything in her life has been a blur of chaos and confusion. She's lost herself in the process, unsure of who she is or where she belongs. Enter Jake-charming, carefree, and allergic to commitment. He's made it clear he wants no part of a relationship, preferring to keep things casual and avoid getting too close. But despite their differences, Serena and Jake find an unlikely connection, forming a strange but undeniable friendship. As they navigate their own personal struggles, they begin to challenge each other's boundaries and unravel the patterns they've built around themselves. In a world that seems to have forgotten how to make sense, they just might be the spark each other needs to start healing.

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Assassins Unknown by gabby109230

Have you ever been known all over the world for killing? These 2 girls and 5 guys all go one huge journey for their very first HUGE mission. What if they information leaks and someone gets killed? What if it all goes wrong and everyone dies? @All rights reserved to me. Gabby will. Please do not take, I have worked very hard on this... What if the best fighter met the tragic end? What if her best friend found out she was betrayed by the person she loved the most.? So many things could happen if it goes well, or if it goes wrong. What if the killer fell in love with the target, and that was how she met her ending? The ending she had been waiting for her hole life.... Gabby and Aileen are the best friends with their own secrets. One is madly in love with one of the guys in their group. And the other has a secret no one knows. The 5 guys Rabie, Alex, Daniel, Zack, and Djay all have one huge crush on one of the girls but care not to admit it to each other. Daniel falls madly in love with Aileen, while being discovered could put her in harms way. The rest of the boys have no chance. And fight to protect her even if it meant death... Are you ready to read the journey??? Cover done by Trudybee

Partner In Crime by Aurlon

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Better Off Dead

Stella used to spend all her summers with her parents at their summer house in Walnut Grove, where she met her best friend Brit - a popular, pretty star cheerleader. And Stella could never understand why Brit choose to be friends with her. But she did, and every summer, they were inseparable. Until last September when Brit went missing. After months of searching, police presume Brit to be dead, and everyone in Walnut Grove moved on. But now it is the summer after, and Stella is back at their summer house, and new evidence starts to come out. There's a new body found of a local girl, and someone seems to be leaving Stella mysterious notes. Could the two girls be connected? Who is the killer? And what roles do Brit's ex-boyfriend Trevor and mysterious guy Jake play in all of this?