by Rebecca King
THE LOCAL HEROES SERIES (STAR ELITE)
LEICESTERSHIRE
RELEASED BEGINNING AUGUST 2019
The regional branches of the Star Elite have never been busier. But when their adventures bring trouble to their homes, they face a whole new set of problems.
Join Joshua, Hamish, Luke, Daniel, Ronan, Peregrine, Dean and Grant as they battle fraud, murder, theft, and several rather inquisitive ladies whose penchant for trouble mean more headaches for the local heroes in this brand new series.
The Honest and the Brave (Joshua – Annalisa)
Damsel in Distress (Roger – Leonora)
Once Before (Daniel – Tabitha)
Righteous Rumours (Ronan – Geranium)
A Very Dishonest Scandal (Luke – Rosemary)
Midnight Capers (Dean – Pheony)
Shameful Desires (Hamish – Leonora)
Consequences (Peregrine – Matilda)
MISS FLORENTINE’S SCHOOL FOR INVESTIGATORS
SNOWDROPS IN SPRINGTIME
Book One
RELEASED END OF AUGUST 2019
After inheriting a fortune to add to her already comfortable lifestyle, Miss Florentine has everything she could want in life. However, her life as a lady of circumstance is boring. Thanks to the benevolence of a distant relation, though, Florentine has an opportunity to change her life for the better and thus, Miss Florentine’s School for Investigators is born - much to Bertrand’s disgust.
As a lawman with a fine reputation for getting results the last thing Bertrand Hartington-Myers needs is a meddling female, sorry, investigator getting herself involved in his work. Doesn’t she know that crime-fighting is dangerous work? Apparently not seeing as she gets her friends helping her, oh, and a few irritating, nosy, and meddlesome villagers. Together, they seem determined to involve themselves in everything he does, but are no more distracting than the beautiful, wilful Miss Florentine, who seems determined to drive him nuts.
Miss Florentine is determined - to make Bertrand see her School for Investigators as a credible crime-fighting organisation. What she is less thrilled about is having to battle her attraction toward the handsome lawman who sees her as nothing more than a meddlesome female. Can she persuade him that she considerably more than an addle-brained chit with more money than sense? It is harder than she imagined when a killer in their midst focuses his attentions on one of her investigators and everyone’s lives are thrown into chaos.
Can Miss Florentine and Bertrand work together to catch the killer, or will their organisations keep them apart forever?
DUTY OR DISHONOUR
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2019
Ryan Carmichael had never heard anything so preposterous in his life as being a guardian to a three and twenty-year-old young woman. Firstly, he knew absolutely nothing about young women except how to get them into bed, and preferably undressed as quickly as possible. Secondly, wasn’t three and twenty too old for a guardian? Finally, he was a single man, alone, supposedly protecting a single young woman while sharing a house with her. It’s a recipe for disaster.
Ryan argues with the solicitors until he is blue in the face, but nothing works. Nobody listens. He must do his duty by her or face dishonour. He will not just ruin the family name, but his good if somewhat battered reputation will be destroyed as well. Nobody seems interested that he is going to lose his life as he knows it, and all for a woman who is too old for a guardian anyway.
Lilias Jones has no need for a guardian, but those are the stipulations of her father’s will. She must remain under the guardianship of Lord Rocherham until she is four and twenty – eight long months away. She can survive with a strange old man for that long, can’t she? From the enquiries she has made, Lord Rocherham is an old, seventy-something harridan who is all bluff and bluster.
Wrong.
Lord Rocherham is a rogue. Handsome, a little less than charming, and far too smooth for his own good. Thankfully, though, he hates Lilias, and makes it clear to her that she is unwelcome in his home. She is there through sufferance not through choice. Given that, Lilias spends as much time out of the house as she can. It is difficult to keep her distance from him, though, when everywhere she goes, he appears and makes his disapproval of her clear no matter what she tries.
When a disreputable rogue starts to make his interest in Lilias clear, Ryan faces a whole realm of emotions that don’t sit too well with him, the first and foremost of which is jealousy. However, having already started off on the wrong foot, he finds himself helpless to stop his wayward charge from dabbling with things she would do best to forget. Can Ryan battle his jealousies and allow her to leave when the eight months are over? Or will the disreputable rogue steal her forever?
Whatever happens, Ryan faces a life-changing battle between duty or dishonour, and it is going to change his life forever.
TUPPENCE
Tipton Hollow Series – Book Three
RELEASED – SEPTEMBER 2019
When Tuppence is arrested for a crime that she most definitely did not commit she knows her life is ruined. Facing trial for murder means she can never return to the life she once knew and loved, not in the small village of Tipton Hollow in any case. All right, so life there was a little boring, and left her yearning for something more in life, a little adventure maybe. But the kind of adventure Tuppence found herself in was something she wouldn’t ever dream possible in her worst nightmares.
Lost in a world of gaol, false accusations, lies and broken trust, Tuppence is forced to turn to the last man she should ask for help. Her humiliation is complete when Isaac Chester, Lord Aldridge arrives to speak to her in prison before he tries to secure her release. She should be pleased he would help her try to gain her freedom but is embarrassed that this handsome, debonair man should see her in her darkest hour. Little does she know of his ulterior motive, or the personal reasons behind his decision to help her.
Can they find out who the real murderer is before Tuppence appears in court? While Isaac does find enough evidence that casts doubt on her presence at the scene of the crime and secures her release, keeping her out of gaol is a different matter entirely. The finger of the blame still points at her, and not even he can protect her. Life in Tipton Hollow swiftly becomes impossible for Tuppence, especially when another body turns up and all eyes turn to her once more.
What Tuppence doesn’t expect is to not only have to fight for her freedom but the burgeoning desire she has for the one man who has given her hope for the future.
Aware they can never have that future together, Tuppence must make a very brave decision, and it is one that leaves her heartbroken.
Tipton Hollow should be a normal, sleepy village hidden in rural England. However, sinister events begin to unfold which changes the lives of several of its residents and takes them on epic adventures of love, murder, lies and mystery. Join Harriett, Beatrice, Constance, Tuppence and Eloisa as they battle murderers, parsimonious gossips, and the men in their lives as they work to solve the mysteries that Fate hands them. Will they ever find the happiness they deserve?
Five dashing heroes meet five rather daring young ladies: a perfect combination for romance – or disaster.
MURDER AT HYNDE HOUSE
RELEASED – OCTOBER 2019
They are invited to attend the reading of a will of an old acquaintance. The only condition is that they spend the weekend at a house nobody wants to visit. When this eclectic group of people gather on the dockside, awkwardness and suspicion abound.
Nobody has any idea what lies in store for them.
Is everybody as innocent as they seem?
When they are greeted by somewhat questionable servants, and a series of worrying situations that leave everyone shaken, the guests begin to grow uneasy. The rather dour persona of the solicitor, whose silence and odd behaviour leave everyone aghast, make everyone question their connection to the recently departed.
Disappearances, murder, the shocking contents of a will, sinister threats
and strange warnings abound in this dark murder mystery set along the Cornish coastline.
Does local folklore have a ring of truth to it? Is the island truly cursed?
It quickly becomes evident that the benefactors of this will reading will be lucky if they survive to see the benefits of their inheritance, especially when events turn sinister and it becomes clear someone wants all of them dead.
Can they find out who is living seemingly innocently amongst them, yet trying to murder each one in turn? Is the deceased really in the afterlife? Can anybody be trusted?
More importantly, will any of them ever get off the island?
OTHER BOOKS BY REBECCA KING
Further details of all of Rebecca’s books can be found on her website:
Rebeccaking-author.co.uk
STAR ELITE – A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS
Betrayal of Innocence (Book One)
A Spinster’s Awakening (Book Two)
Fallen Hero (Book Three)
The Runaway (Book Four)
Cold Comfort (Book Five)
A Terrible Misunderstanding (Book Six – Released August 2019)
DIVINE CLUB SERIES
Double Entendre (Book One)
Duplicity (Book Two)
SAVED BY DESIRE SERIES
One Penny Surprise (Book One)
To Catch A Thief (Book Two)
Mistaken Identity (Book Three)
A Scandal Most Daring (Book Four)
Hiding Rose (Book Five)
Reckless Desire (Book Six)
The Arrangement (Book Seven)
Hope’s Secret (Book Eight)
Runaway Groom (Book Nine)
OTHER BOOKS
Shattered Dreams
Lies and Misdemeanours
Eloisa’s Adventure
Wishing for Rainbows
Redemption
Devoted To You
Hopeless Heart
Catch A Falling Star
The Christmas Ball Affair
Marley’s Second Chance
Ghostly Endeavours
To Love and Love Again
Ghost of a Chance
Heart of an Angel
Shadows and Lies
Her Heart’s Desire
Deadly Clementine
Unrequited Love
Duty or Dishonour (Released September 2019)
TO HONOUR A WAGER SERIES
The Bet
To Honour A Rogue
TIPTON HOLLOW SERIES
Harriett (Book One)
Beatrice (Book Two)
Tuppence (Book Three) – Released 2019
Constance (Book Four) – Released 2019
Eloisa (Book Five) – Released in 2019
STAR ELITE SERIES
Capturing Sir Dunnicliffe (Book One)
Smuggler’s Glory (Book Two)
His Lady Spy (Book Three)
Lord Melvedere’s Ghost (Book Four)
The Lady Is Innocent (Book Five)
My Lord Deceived (Book Six)
Captive Surrender (Book Seven)
Ghost of Christmas Past (Book Eight)
THE CAVENDISH MYSTERIES
If You Were Mine (Book One)
Cinders and Ashes (Book Two)
Chasing Eliza (Book Three)
The Gallows Bride (Book Four)
Lord Cavendish Returns (Book Five)
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Archie and the Battleflat Adventures: The Harriman Mystery
