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By Christy Barritt (River Heights)

During this snowstorm, the true danger isn’t the cold-it’s the secrets people keep. Olive Sterling and Jason Stewart expected Aegis’s Christmas retreat in the Smoky Mountains to be a rare chance to breathe, reconnect, and enjoy a peaceful holiday away from the chaos of their high-risk world. Instead, they discover that even the most picturesque setting can conceal the darkest of intentions. When Olive finds a teammate’s body frozen in the snow, she instantly knows his death was no accident. As a brutal storm traps the team on the mountain with a killer in their midst, Olive and Jason must uncover the truth before the body count rises.

By Angela Carlisle (Bethany House Publishers)

A haunting attack. A killer in the shadows. A protective love. Murder–that\’s what photographer Allye Jessup knows she witnessed as she departed her studio one evening. Waking with bruises on her neck and a foggy memory, she believes she survived an attack, but everyone seems to think she simply sustained a head injury from falling down the stairs outside her studio.

By Pepper Basham (Barbour Fiction)

Grace Storms a Scottish Castle to Save her Sister Lord Astley surprises his wife with a trip to America to see her family before they end their honeymoon adventures. But just as they arrive, they find Grace’s sister, Lillias, is the prime suspect in her husband’s murder. To add to the confusion a solicitor arrives to tell the sister’s they are needed in Scotland immediately to claim their mother’s inheritance. The clock is ticking to clear Lillias of suspicion, but someone is determined to keep the sisters from reaching the Scottish Highlands. When Lillias disappears, Freddie and Grace race to Scotland, sure the answers will be found in a long-forgotten castle.

By Julianna Deering (Independently published)

When a celebrated actor is found murdered in his dressing room, all signs point to Drew\’s old flame. But behind the curtain nothing is what it seems, and this quickly becomes his most puzzling case yet. Just as Drew Farthering thinks his life has calmed down some, Fleur Landis reenters his life in dire need of his help. She\’s married now, no longer an actress–but the lead actor in her former troupe\’s production of The Mikado has been murdered, and Fleur is the police\’s number one suspect. Drew would rather focus on his fiancée, Madeline Parker, and their upcoming wedding, but he can\’t leave Fleur and her family in the lurch–even if she did break his heart once.