Karen Harper
1) Broken Bonds
Author
Series
Cold Creek novels volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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"Fast-paced action, in-depth characterization and gripping suspense make this a page-turner for your keeper shelf" by the New York Times–bestselling author (RT Book Reviews).
Haunted by the past . . .
Cold Creek is a place with a dark history, especially for the Lockwoods. Now adults, the three Lockwood sisters are still recovering from the events that led to the destruction of their family when they were children....
Haunted by the past . . .
Cold Creek is a place with a dark history, especially for the Lockwoods. Now adults, the three Lockwood sisters are still recovering from the events that led to the destruction of their family when they were children....
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Return to Home Valley with book three in Karen Harper’s fan-favorite romantic suspense series
Quiet, cautious Ella Lantz has spent her entire life in the Home Valley. Tending her lavender fields, she finds calm and serenity in purple blooms, heavenly scents and a simple life. But the sudden arrival of a strange visitor heralds a host of new complications. Alex Caldwell is unlike any man Ella has ever met—in fact, he’s...
Quiet, cautious Ella Lantz has spent her entire life in the Home Valley. Tending her lavender fields, she finds calm and serenity in purple blooms, heavenly scents and a simple life. But the sudden arrival of a strange visitor heralds a host of new complications. Alex Caldwell is unlike any man Ella has ever met—in fact, he’s...
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Language
English
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Reimagines the life of American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt as the reluctant and bullied bride of the Duke of Marlborough before she finds the inner strength to fight for women's equality.
Before there was Meghan Markle, there was Consuelo Vanderbilt, the original American Duchess. Karen Harper tells the tale of Consuelo Vanderbilt, her “The Wedding of the Century” to the Duke of Marlborough, and her quest to find meaning behind “the glitter...
Author
Series
South Shores volume 2
Language
English
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After forensic psychologist Claire Britten starts working with lawyer Nick Markwood on his South Shores project, the billionaire criminal who staged Nick's father's "suicide" kidnaps Claire's daughter, and Claire and Nick must band together to stop this dangerous man.
Author
Series
Cold Creek novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Tess Lockwood, who cannot remember anything about her abduction and captivity as a young girl, resolves to face her past with the aid of Sheriff Gabe McCord when a local child goes missing after Tess's return to Cold Creek, Ohio.
6) Dark storm
Author
Series
South Shores volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Forensic psychologist Claire Markwood has answered her fair share of heart-stopping phone calls, but none quite as chilling as the one informing her that her sister, Darcy, is missing. Claire rushes to the butterfly sanctuary where Darcy has been working, prepared to do what she does bestwork the clues. But Darcy, along with her car and some of the sanctuarys rarest species of butterflies, have seemingly vanished without a trace.Amid a flurry of mysterious...
Author
Series
South Shores volume 4
Language
English
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The truth wont stay buried forever Its been four months since forensic psychologist Claire Britten last crossed paths with danger. Finally feeling she can catch her breath, together with her partner, criminal lawyer Nick Markwood, Claire has settled into a new role, volunteering with a support group for children stressed by domestic violence. But a leisurely field trip to a wildlife sanctuary turns deadly, leaving Claire to question whether the death...
Author
Series
South Shores volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Every case that Claire Britten cracks is a win, not only professionally, but personally. The forensic psychologist has spent a lifetime fighting a neurological disorder, and her ability to conquer it is a testament to her razor-sharp intuition. Nick Markwood is used to winning in the courtroom, so when his latest case is overthrown by Claire's expert testimony, he can't help being impressed by her skill. He needs her on the team of his passion project,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Despite a traumatic childhood in Cold Creek, Ohio, the Lockwood sisters have reunited there for the wedding of youngest sister Tess to the town's sheriff. Maid of honor Kate Lockwood is determined to break through best man Grant Mason's defences. An anthropologist, Kate makes her living studying the dead. She is particularly interested in the prehistoric Adena civilization that once called the area home. A large burial mound sits on Mason family land,...
10) Down river
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Language
English
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"In the churning water, she felt her future slipping away...Attending a corporate retreat at a remote resort in Alaska, Lisa Vaughn is plunged into the frigid rapids of the Wild River. Swept away, battered and alone, she has been left for dead. Lodge owner Mitch Braxton knows something is terribly wrong when Lisa fails to turn up for a private meeting to clear the air and close the book on their broken engagement. Embarking on a heroic search that...
Author
Series
Alaska wild novels volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Megan Metzler assists pilot Bryce Saylor in the wake of a bush plane crash similar to the one that killed her husband, before an unknown adversary begins sabotaging Bryce's investigation in the Alaskan wilderness.
13) Fall from pride
Author
Series
Home Valley Amish trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Sarah Kauffman is an artist who paints murals on barns in her Amish community. When one of the barns mysteriously burns down, the local papers are quick to print the story. State arson inspector Nate MacKenzie drives down to Columbus to work on the case. As Nate and Sarah discover clues about the crime, they also come to know more and more about one another. Soon, disguising their feelings of attraction proves to be just as difficult as solving the...
14) Silent scream
Author
Series
South Shores volume 5
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
What started as an exploration of the past soon escalates into an all-too-current danger. Someone is watching--someone who really doesn't want Claire digging into the past or Nick making connections to a current, violent murder case he's investigating. The bog's corpses may be long dead, but if Claire and Nick don't figure out who's gunning for a fresh kill, the next bodies to be discovered will be their own.
Author
Series
South Shores volume 3
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After surviving a plane crash with her ex-husband, young daughter, and new love, forensic psychologist Claire Britten must enter the witness protection program to keep her family safe from the criminal mastermind who is out to get her boyfriend.
18) Return to grace
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Having fled her Amish community to pursue her dreams of a singing career, Hannah Esh returns with four friends to the Amish graveyard near her family home for a Halloween party. But when shots are fired and one of her friends is killed, Hannah is pulled back into the world of her past. Caught between her former betrothed Seth Lantz and FBI agent Linc Armstrong, between old and new, between Amish and worldly, Hannah must choose her future. Unless a...
Author
Series
Elizabeth I mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Alexandra Collister came to her estranged cousins' B and B in Falls Lake, Alaska, looking for a fresh start. The surrounding forest can be harsh and unforgiving--luckily, rugged wilderness tracker Quinn Mantell offers to be her guide. Still recovering from a toxic previous relationship, Alex is wary of getting too close, but when savagely deep claw marks appear outside her bedroom window, keeping her distance from Quinn is no longer an option. Then...