Nell Ward always dreamed of finding the one man who would love her, and she thought she found her knight in shining armor when Matthew Black rescued her. She was wrong. He left her heart shattered and her life on the line.
Unwilling to give up, Nell came back stronger than ever and has plans of her own. On a ship filled with his loved ones, Matthew will learn that his actions have consequences.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed.
Rizzo Maldonado was an unusually adept hacker. Then again, Technomancy was a relatively unknown power, and unless you were into superhero comics or roleplaying games, you wouldn’t know it existed.
Everything’s going great until Rizzo’s new mystery client has her hacking into the wrong system. The worst kind of people take notice and Rizzo’s about to lose her hard-won freedom, until Blake Nolan steps up and helps her take a different path.
For someone who’s avoided trusting or needing anyone else, Rizzo now has to make a hard choice. Will she open her heart and take a chance on Blake? Or will she risk it all – including her freedom?
Losing the game of Stolen Hearts is how she gets them to play: the cads, the wife-beaters, the white-slavers. Predators turned into easy prey. It’s no accident that she’s known as the Queen of Hearts by most males in town and she won’t rest until they all pay for their crimes.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed….
One, Two. I’m coming for you…
Growing up the only child to a wealthy single father had its perks. Strong and independent weren’t the worst qualities a woman could have.
When her father decides to marry her off without her consent, Arabella had no intention of being the dutiful daughter and accepting that fate. Marcello Mancini had taught his daughter to take charge of a situation, after all.
She did what had to be done.
Two arranged marriages.
Four dead bodies.
One not so grieving widow.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed.
As Lucy Locket works one of the events she organized, she spots someone wearing a necklace that seems familiar. It’s exactly like the family heirloom that was stolen from her grandparents when she was very young. A locket.
Before she died, her grandmother told her to find it. That it was her destiny. She didn’t understand what Grandma Maeve meant by that until she was standing face-to-face with that necklace. The stories all made perfect sense. There was just one problem. It was hanging around someone else’s neck.
A pickle if ever there was one.
The solution?
Steal it back.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed….
Aspen Collier lived a life of privilege. Rich parents, private school and then an Ivy League college. A perfect existence, until the night her baby brother was killed. A hate crime that ripped away the rose-colored glasses and exposed the ugly underbelly of her elite community. The horror was compounded when his killers were set free, the case pushed aside and leads left unfollowed. Desperate to avenge her beloved brother and to escape the shroud of grief lying over her family home, she answered an ad on the black web.
Are you tired of being a victim? Do you want to learn the skills to survive in a world gone mad? Do you have the stomach to pull the trigger? To kill? A number was listed, a British extension and area code. When answered, an address was given. As she traversed the intensive physical and psychological training, she repeated Rocky’s favorite nursery rhyme over and over in her head…
This little piggy went to market…
There were five of them back home, five little piggies who were going to pay for their crime. She wasn’t waiting on the cops, she was going to be jury, judge and executioner and laugh about it…all the way home.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where the tales are twisted and happily-ever-afters are not always guaranteed.
Needles and pins, needles and pins
When a man hurts her, his trouble begins
“Do you want to be accepted, or do you want to be free of their judgement?”
Ruza draws crowds to the carnival with the promises of fame and riches foretold. As the operator of a fortune-telling automaton, she spends her days choosing the fate of others.
New towns, new faces, but it’s the same old story. When will I get married? Will I get that promotion? Does my grandma have any messages for me?
Within the crowds of entertained customers and familiar questions, Ruza searches for something much rarer – those who truly want to take their fate into their own hands.
“What would you do to guarantee the future you want?”
Isabella is used to getting everything she wants in life. A perpetual teacher’s pet, college is just a necessary but easy step on her path, her family name a golden ticket to the career of her dreams.
Boyfriends with wandering eyes are a normal hurdle on the road to success; as long as you don’t fall in love.
One small step off her life plan leads Isabella further than she thought possible. After all, what is the difference between stealing and murder when your eternal soul is at stake?
The perfect man is easy to find. All you need is needles and pins, thread, a spare body, and a little bit of magic.
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed.
Katherine Springston appears to have it all, mingling with the rich and famous of Chicago, and thriving in a successful, although illegal, business. But behind closed doors, she’s filled with remorse. Twenty years ago, she fled in the dark of night, leaving everything behind, including a husband and precious little girl. Now it’s time to make amends. Love for her husband died long ago, but love for her daughter still burns bright. Does the little girl who’s now grown up remember her? And if she does, will she allow Katherine to make things right?
Welcome to Nursery Crimes, where tales are twisted and happily ever afters are not always guaranteed…
Author Natalina Reis 