All Roads Lead To Ripon

Sometimes it pays to revisit the past. Jane runs from a smothering ex who won't take no for an answer right into the last thing she's looking for—a mysterious stranger who appears wherever she is, watching her. Simon knows they're meant for each other the first time he sees her. Why she can't just do as he says and accept that is almost beyond him. Can some help from an interested observer be what they need to have a forever together?

Sherlock’s landlady and Dr. Watson’s wife help a blackmailed woman only to find themselves in a murder case in this mystery series debut. The women in Sherlock Holmes’s life have grown tired of toiling in his shadow. Matters come to a head when the Great Man declines to help a desperate young bride, prompting Mrs. Hudson (Holmes’s housekeeper) and Mary Watson (wife to the good Doctor) to set up a sleuthing shop of their own, operating out of the kitchen at 221B Baker Street. Every clue they untangle leads to, yes, the grim slums of Whitechapel, where Jack the Ripper appears still to be busy with his carving knives. With so many women in terrible danger, it seems only appropriate that it’s women who will set things right. “Appealing characters, gruesome homicides, and a detailed period setting in a blend as balanced as a perfect cup of tea. Enjoyable fare for both die-hard Sherlock-ians and newcomers to the canon.” —Kirkus Reviews “Fun. . . . Mrs. Hudson and Mary make an appealing pair, sure to win the hearts of some Holmes fans.” —Publishers Weekly

Evan Wilton is lost and confused. So much so he's about to let Belynda Himmel, the woman of his dreams, slip away. He has every intention of doing just that, for Be-s own good of course, when his grandfather shows up to knock some sense into him. Now if only he can get past the fact that the man died months ago and actually manage to listen to him, he might end up where he's always wanted to be-in spite of himself.