Winter Women

Can love triumph over tragedy and bring joy amid winter? When unexpected tragedy hits her family, Carol Mason struggles to forge a new life for herself and her sons. Though Vermont has been their home for 20 years, betrayal and misunderstanding force Carol to leave the mountains she loves and return to her hometown of Apache Pointe, Arizona. There she is welcomed by scorching heat, lizards, scorpions, and (gulp) Aunt Penny. Carol finds a sympathetic friend in her cousin Millie as she does her best to put the pieces of her shattered life back together.

Kachemak Winkel never intended to come back to his hometown of Caboose, Alaska, where his family died in a plane crash 20 years earlier. When he finally musters the courage to return and face his painful memories, he's surprised to find a mysterious young woman living in his abandoned house.

Reporter Veronica Lee investigates the story behind a ruthless human trafficking ring after a captive woman's desperate plea for help sets her on a dangerous quest to unmask a remorseless serial predator. After the missing woman's battered body is dumped in downtown Willow Bay, a federal marshal arrives with a terrifying warning for the small town's chief of police: a convicted murderer has resurfaced after decades on the run, and the fugitive has a disturbing connection to Veronica Lee's troubled family history.

Tragedy befalls the town of Misty Point when local veterinarian, Dr. Arnie Stokes, is shot at the Hand in Paws Animal Clinic. The investigation leads the Misty Point Police Department directly to Megan Stanford, who has now inherited ownership of the grant that has continued to keep the clinic running. When thefts of drugs and medical supplies are uncovered, the attacks appear to be coordinated with other animal shelters. As Christmas approaches, Megan, Nick, and her friends look to keep the spirit of the holiday alive by hosting a fundraiser for the misplaced animals.

Serena Meadows and her twin sister, Luna, are identical in appearance - but the similarity ends there. Luna always had a mean streak and, as a teenager, her selfishness culminated in an almighty betrayal from which Serena thought she’d never recover. Years later the twins are reunited by tragedy and Luna is a changed woman. The arrogance and spite of her youth are gone and, at a time when Serena really needs support, Luna sets aside her own life to come to the rescue. But her generosity is not what it seems and before long she does something devastating.

When a body is found gruesomely impaled on a tree in a frozen landscape, FBI Special Agent Katie Winter must team up with her partner to enter this killer’s mind. But the case leads her down a rabbit hole deeper—and more dangerous—than she ever could have expected.

Florence Beaumarie möchte mit ihrem charmanten Freund Charles Florentin entspannte Tage in dessen Landhaus im idyllischen Saignon im Luberon verbringen. Die ehemalige Pariser Kommissarin hofft auf stille Stunden vor dem Kamin, Wanderungen über winterliche Lavendelfelder und die Gelegenheit, ihre Beziehung zu Charles auszuloten. Doch schon am Tag ihrer Anreise wird eine junge Frau vor dem Polizeikommissariat von Avignon erschossen. So schnell ist es mit der Idylle vorbei. Die resolute Madame Beaumarie nimmt die Ermittlungen auf und stößt auf einige Überraschungen.

An irresistible inside look at one of the world’s great dance companies, Winter Season is also a sensitive, intimate, and almost painfully honest account of the emotional and intellectual development of a young woman dedicated to one of the most demanding of all the arts.

Ksenia steht finanziell mit dem Rücken zur Wand. In ihrer Verzweiflung plant sie, den Notgroschen ihrer Freundin Heddy zu stehlen. Doch der Mann, der ihr dabei helfen wollte, liegt ein paar Tage später tot in seinem Büro, und Heddy ist spurlos verschwunden - mit dem Geld. Zusammen mit Heddys Tochter Karina macht Ksenia sich auf, ihre Freundin zu finden. Dabei stellen sie fest, dass diese keineswegs die treusorgende Mutter ist, für sie sie hielten.

As the holiday season lights up Seattle's famed Pike Place Market, Pepper Reece's beloved Spice Shop is brimming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and shoppers eager to stuff their stockings. Add to the mix a tasty staff competition—a peppermint bark-off—along with Victorian costumes for this year's Dickensian Christmas theme, and Pepper almost forgets to be nervous about meeting her fisherman boyfriend's brother for the first time. But when a young woman working in her friend Vinny's wine shop is brutally assaulted, costumed revelers and holiday cheer are the last things on Pepper's mind.

Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the stress COVID-19 has placed on the community she loves. Although the island has proved a refuge for many during the pandemic, the cost to Nantucket has been high. Merry hopes that the Christmas Stroll, one of Nantucket's favorite traditions, in which Main Street is transformed into a winter wonderland, will lift the island's spirits. But the arrival of a large-scale TV production, and the Secretary of State and her family, complicates matters significantly.

Anelie Andersson, die leitende Ermittlerin aus Jokkmokk, wird zu einem entsetzlichen Tatort gerufen. Was anfangs wie ein Familiendrama aussieht, entpuppt sich als grausamer Dreifachmord. Der getötete Ehemann und Vater war bis vor acht Jahren als Drogenermittler tätig. Die Staatsanwaltschaft präsentiert rasch einen Verdächtigen, doch Anelie hegt Zweifel an dessen Schuld. Tief in die Vergangenheit des Toten eintauchend, stößt sie auf düstere Geheimnisse und ein schier unlösbares Puzzle aus Lügen und Korruption.

Spring, 1890. The long New York winter is over, the buds are blossoming, and romance is in the air. But not all’s right in Gilded-Age Manhattan. Genevieve, a society journalist, and her fiancé, Daniel, are working with photographer Dagmar Hansen on an investigation into the House of Refuge, a children’s workhouse, inspired by Daniel’s near incarceration when he was young. Genevieve is also working on her own piece for the Globe about the Sunflower Mission House, which burned down in a suspicious fire.

December in Savannah, Georgia, is a sight to behold. Twin sisters Tabby and Sage Winslow are busier than ever setting up for the big celebration. But that isn’t the only thing on the sisters’ minds. Both Sage and her fellow employee Mary Nicole are vying for the sought-after assistant-manager job at the plant nursery. But when Loren Lee, their boss, is found dead and Sage becomes the police’s favorite suspect, both Winslow girls know that they’ll need more than a flicker of magic and their sisterhood to solve the murder and clear Sage’s name.

It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have its own pack of the magnificent, much-maligned animals. She's lodging in the island's bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security. Soon after Anna's arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to behave in peculiar ways.

When Rosie Anderson's boss suddenly assigns her to go incognito and save a tiny inn in Cornwall from being shut down, her dreams of a Christmas holiday with her son are shattered. And, for the life of her, Rosie has no idea why she's got to go. It's chaos from the start—after hours in the car, Rosie arrives at the inn to find that there are no rooms left. She isn't there for more than a minute before she's butting heads with the manager, Irishman Mitchell Fitzpatrick.

Hannah Hickok is looking forward to her first Christmas in Casper Creek. She has plans for cookies, cuddles with her fiancé Cooper Wyatt, and a visit from Chris Kringle. Instead, the man who visits isn’t the one Hannah was inspecting. No, it’s her former fiancé Michael…and he’s arrived with an agenda. Michael has more attitude than brains, and he’s ready to make life difficult for Hannah…right up to the point where his new fiancée is killed and her body goes missing from the morgue.

Eastern France. Winter. 1572. When Sidonie's guardian dies, she flees Paris rather than submit to a forced marriage, seeking sanctuary in the home of her estranged aunt in Dole. A town consumed by fear and superstition. Apolline left behind a violent and troubled past, hoping for a new life with...

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For friends Stevie, Holly and Angela, the last few years haven't been kind. With marriage breakdowns and sacrifices, their only moments of peace come when they are outside in the wild waters of the Lake District. Now it's time for these three women to love themselves, just as they love the cold, and take charge of their own happiness in this uplifting and meditative novel of friendship and the healing power of nature.