A Dead and Stormy Night
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 1 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
What do you get when you cross a cursed bookshop, three hot fictional men, and a punk rock heroine nursing a broken heart?
After being fired from her fashion internship in New York City, Mina Wilde decides it's time to reevaluate her life. She returns to the quaint English village where she grew up to take a job at the local bookshop, hoping that being surrounded by great literature will help her heal from a devastating blow.
But Mina soon discovers her life is stranger than fiction-a mysterious curse on the bookshop brings fictional characters to life in lust-worthy bodies. Mina finds herself babysitting Poe's raven, making hot dogs for Heathcliff, and getting IT help from James Moriarty, all while trying not to fall for the three broken men who should only exist within her imagination.
When Mina's ex-best friend shows up dead with a knife in her back, she's the chief suspect. She'll have to solve the murder if she wants to clear her name. Will her fictional boyfriends be able to keep her out of prison?
Contains mature themes.
Of Mice and Murder
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 2 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Join a brooding antihero, a master criminal, a cheeky raven, and a heroine with a big heart (and an even bigger book collection) in this hot new steamy reverse harem paranormal mystery series.
When the local Banned Book Club lose their meeting room, Mina volunteers to host the group at Nevermore Bookshop (against Heathcliff's muttered protests, of course). Little does she know this old biddies book club is about to turn murderous.
First, someone poisons Mrs. Scarlett, then members of the book club start dropping like flies. Who in the village will turn to murder just to stop people reading a few dusty old books?
Mina's got to figure it out quick, or her beloved teacher Mrs. Ellis is next to die. Luckily, she's got Moriarty, Heathcliff, and Quoth to help. That is, if she can figure out her feelings for her three fictional men before the magical bookshop is torn apart by sexual tension.
They want her.
She can't choose. But maybe . . . she doesn't have to.
Contains mature themes.
Pride and Premeditation
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 3 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune will be gruesomely murdered at the ball.
Mina's excited to attend the annual Argleton Jane Austen Experience at the stately Baddesley Hall. It's just what she needs after all the recent murders-a whole weekend of dancing with Morrie, attending poetry readings with Quoth, and helping Heathcliff field marriage proposals from adoring fans.
But murder and intrigue follow Mina everywhere. When an eminent Austen scholar is run through with his own sword, Mina and her boys must solve the mystery before the killer claims another victim.
Contains mature themes.
Memoirs of a Garroter
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 4 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Murder is bad for business, especially when the hot local crime writer is garroted between the shelves!
With grudging permission from Heathcliff, Mina Wilde has transformed Nevermore Bookshop. She's running author events, hosting Quoth's art show, and using her creative flair to attract more customers. But when crime writer Danny Sledge is murdered moments before his writing workshop, the bookshop goes from bustling to broke. No one in the village will set foot inside Nevermore.
What if the murderer is targeting the bookshop? What if it's connected to Mina's father and the mysterious room? All Mina knows is that if she doesn't solve the crime soon, she can kiss her livelihood goodbye.
Add in a plague of locusts, an emotional school visit, and a magical visitor from the past, and poor Mina has her work cut out for her.
Luckily, she has Heathcliff, Morrie, and Quoth to help . . . that is-if they can keep their hands off her, or each other . . .
Contains mature themes.
Prose & Cons
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 5 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Morrie's been arrested on suspicion of murder. Mina knows the Napoleon of Crime is innocent, but how can she prove her favorite con-artist is being stitched-up?
Being the spider in the center of a vast criminal web has left Morrie in hot water. His list of enemies is long . . . too long for Mina and her men to unravel. Mina doesn't have a clue to stand on when a shadow from Morrie's past shows up and threatens to destroy everything she's fought for.
If Morrie's ex solves the murder before them, it could mean the end of Nevermore Bookshop. But is Mina ready to pit her sleuthing skills against literature's foremost consulting detective?
Add a rambunctious puppy, a meddling mother, a cockroach cookery lesson, and their ultimate enemy closing in, and Mina's on her toughest case yet. There's only one way to get the answers they need, but are Heathcliff and Quoth prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save their friend?
Contains mature themes.
A Novel Way to Die
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 6 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Mina Wilde-bookstore owner, girlfriend to three of the hottest heroes of literature, and now . . . reluctant vampire hunter.
In the sixth novel in the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries, Mina, Heathcliff, Morrie, and Quoth face off against their ultimate enemy.
Add meddling villagers, an army of fictional characters to wrangle, Mina's mother's latest get-rich-quick-scheme, and a curious dog into the mix, and Mina's got her hands full.
But Nevermore Bookshop still has secrets to reveal. Mina and her men are ready for an epic showdown worthy of a Homeric poem . . . if they survive.
Contains mature themes.
Much Ado About Murder
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 7 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
All's fair in love and murder.
The Shakespeare Festival has come to the village, and all of Argleton has gone bard-crazy. Mina's excited about Nevermore being the festival's official bookstore, but a rival bookshop opens up across the green and completely cramps her style.
When the bookshop's owner is found clobbered to death by his own First Folio, Mina and Quoth are determined to stick their nose (and beak) in to solve the case. But with a real Shakespearean fairy running around the village and Morrie determined to curse the performance, Mina and her men already have their hands full.
With help from a troublesome Puck-and absolutely no help from Mina's mother's latest scheme-will they solve the crime and save the festival, or is it the final curtain call for Nevermore Bookshop?
The Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries are what you get when all your book boyfriends come to life. Join a brooding antihero, a master criminal, a cheeky raven, and a heroine with a big heart (and an even bigger book collection) in this fun and steamy reverse harem paranormal mystery by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes.
Contains mature themes.
Crime and Publishing
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 8 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
The pen is deadlier than the sword, especially when it's filled with poison.
Mina Wilde is thrilled to be invited to a prestigious writers' retreat at Meddleworth House. Heathcliff, Morrie, and Quoth decide to come along to keep her company and indulge in some of the estate's activities.
Mina is excited to get feedback on her first novel, but her dreams of writing stardom are shattered when the other writers tear her work to pieces. A little criticism never hurt anyone, right? Wrong.
Their picturesque country holiday soon turns deadly when a violent storm closes in. As the writers gather around the fire to critique each other's work, the power goes out. When the lights come back on, they discover one of them has been murdered by his own pen!
The only people who could have committed this crime were the other writers, and with no way in or out of the manor house, Mina throws herself into solving this locked room mystery. But as she eliminates her suspects, she must face a terrifying truth.
There are three other people who could have committed the murder-her boyfriends. How far will Morrie, Quoth, and Heathcliff go to save Mina's literary reputation?
Contains mature themes.
Plot and Bothered
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 9 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Wedding bells are ringing at Nevermore Bookshop!
Mina, Heathcliff, Morrie, and Quoth are tying the knot in an extravagant ceremony. But when someone sabotages the decorations and Heathcliff receives a threatening note, they realize that a saboteur in the village doesn't want them to have their happily-ever-after.
Their wedding misadventures turn deadly when the wedding saboteur murders the celebrant.
Add in a duck-napping, disastrous dance lessons, absent book reviewers, Mina's mother's newest business venture, and visits from old friends . . . and enemies, and Mina has a matrimonial catastrophe on her hands. Will she make it down the aisle to marry her fictional men, or does someone intend the wedding toast to be, "eat, drink, and be murdered?"
Will our foursome be able to tie the knot amongst the chaos and carnage? Find out in Plot and Bothered.
Contains mature themes.
How Heathcliff Stole Christmas
by Steffanie Holmes
read by Gabrielle Baker
Part 10 of the Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries series
Every Who down in Who-ville likes Christmas a lot . . . but Heathcliff, the surly bookstore owner and fictional bad-boy, does NOT!
Luckily, Mina Wilde loves him anyway, as well as her two other literary boyfriends-the 'Napolean of Crime,' James Moriarty, and Poe's contemplative raven, Quoth.
It's tough buying the perfect Christmas gifts for three lovers, but Mina's determined to make this year the best Christmas Nevermore Bookshop has ever seen.
That is until the charity Christmas tree and all the presents donated by the village go missing. Heathcliff's grinching makes him the obvious culprit, but Mina knows Heathcliff isn't mean enough to steal gifts for the animal shelter . . . or is he?
Mina and her men must race to solve the mystery and save Christmas before the village roasts Heathcliff over a Yule log!
The Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries are what you get when all your book boyfriends come to life. Grow your heart three sizes and join your favorite punk-rock heroine, her three hot book boyfriends, a meddling mother, a troublesome cat, and a cast of strange and wonderful Argleton villagers in this fun reverse harem Christmas mystery.
Contains mature themes.