USA Today Bestseller! "Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery." — Library Journal (starred review)
Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.
The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room two days before Christmas.
Thirty days. Seven rules. One undeniable attraction.After her fiancé skips out on her wedding, Murphy Clarke buries herself in her life-coaching career and develops seven rules to protect her heart. Number one? Never take vacations.Oops. We find her on a month-long vacation in North Carolina, where she’s alarmed by the sparks flying between her and an arrogant yoga instructor. She’s confident, though, that she’ll be able to keep her other six rules... until she isn’t so sure. Of anything.Noah Andrews’s name was once synonymous with the San Francisco tech industry, but his heart broke - both physically and emotionally. After…
I loved how this story is sort of the dark reflection of Pumpkin Everything. The Blackwoods, with their quirky-spooky-creepy murder B&B are outsiders in the picture perfect town of Autumnboro. I loved seeing them win over the town just by being themselves. The book is actually paced and structured like a TV movie, so fingers crossed that we get to see it come to death...er...life on screen.
Evie Blackwood has always felt like an outsider. The fact that her family owns the Delilah Corbett Bed & Breakfast—the creepiest tourist attraction in all of Autumnboro—may have a little something to do with it. Over-the-top theatrics may be her family’s idea of a good time, but to the rest of the town it’s nothing but a dark stain on their picture-perfect image.When travel critic Nate Harris finds himself stranded at the B&B, Autumnboro’s chances of winning the title of New Hampshire’s Hidden Gem seem dead on arrival. But if Evie can show Nate the very best Autumnboro has to…
Set amidst the magnificent architecture and Mediterranean sunshine of Barcelona, Dan and Lacey design their perfect future. No matter where in the world they travel, they know home is in each other’s arms. Together their love is as strong as a Gothic cathedral’s granite foundation, as whimsical as Gaudi’s bright-tiled dragon house, and as passionate as the Sant Jordi festival’s red roses. Now all they need is to escape a lonely nanny and her charge, and a womanizing architect long enough to settle a very important question.
