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Coffee lovers are gathering from far and wide at the hotel, and Krissy, Rita, and Vicki are excited. But some of the attendees may need to switch to decaf, as a public argument breaks out soon after they check in and then a flavor competition leads to bitter feelings. When the winner of the contest is beaned with a carafe full of cafe mocha, suspicions swirlalong with accusations of bribery. Was the dead man offering perks to the judges or was something...

"On 20 January 1942, fifteen men arrived for a meeting in a luxurious villa on the shores of the Wannsee in the far-western outskirts of Berlin. They came at the invitation of Reinhard Heydrich and were almost all high-ranking Nazi Party, government, and SS officials. The exquisite position by the lake, the imposing driveway up to the villa, culminating in a generously sized roundabout in front of the house, the expansive, carefully landscaped park,...

When the chicest hair convention of the year gets cooking in town, so does the business at Mahalia's Sweet Tea. Halia can barely handle the influx of customers looking to satisfy their appetites after spending the day surrounded by outrageous runway styles. As buzz builds around beauty mogul and pop culture icon Monique Dupree, collard greens start moving out of the kitchen faster than models strutting down the catwalk. But the glitz fades the moment...

It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting Owl Fest, a scientific conference on owls at the elegant Caerphilly Inn. Many of Meg's relatives are there, either to help out or to make sure they'll all be together for Christmas, including Meg's grandmother Cordelia, invited by Grandfather in a peace-making gesture to share her expertise on rehabilitating large birds. But then a snow storm of historic proportions blankets the entire...

1905. As the mother of a university and a woman with an iron will, Jane Stanford has made her share of enemies. After a scare at her mansion in San Francisco and on the advice of her doctor, she flees to Honolulu and the fashionable new Moana hotel. But as fate would have it, the island is not as safe as it seems. 2005. Zoe Finch is a bestselling author who desperately needs a jump start on her next novel, and she makes a split decision to attend...