Not everyone thinks Llewellyn should take the case—or the money. Between feuding siblings, rival patrons, jealous colleagues, and greedy administrators, almost anyone could be trying to thwart his work… and one of them is willing to kill to do it.
When Anne de Vere turns up dead, the police believe Blaise is the murderer. Only the shy, stuttering professor who has won his heart can prove otherwise….
A Middlemark Mystery
Where Bo Marchand comes from, gay men are just confirmed bachelors who never found the right girl. But now Bo’s a successful winemaker on the central coast of California, supporting his whole damned Georgia family, and all he really wants is the beautiful, slightly mysterious Jeremy Aames.
Jeremy’s vineyard is under threat from Ernest Ottersen, the voracious winemaker who seems to know all Jeremy’s blending secrets and manages to grab all his customers. Bo tries to help Jeremy and even provides a phony alibi for Jeremy when Ottersen turns up dead in Jeremy’s tasting room. But it’s clear Jeremy isn’t who he claims, and Bo must decide if it’s worth tossing over his established life for a man who doesn’t seem to trust anyone. When Jeremy gets kidnapped, some of the conservative winemakers turn out to be kinky sex fiends, and the list of murderers keeps dwindling down to Jeremy. Bo has to choose between hopping on his white horse or climbing back in his peach-pie-lined closet.
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By Tara Lain
Hearts and Flour
Home Improvement – A Love Story
Trex or Treat
ALOYSIUS TALES
Spell Cat
Brush with Catastrophe
Cataclysmic Shift
BALLS TO THE WALL
Volley Balls
Fire Balls
Beach Balls
FAST Balls
High Balls
Snow Balls
Bleu Balls
Balls to the Wall – Volley Balls and Fire Balls Anthology
Balls to the Wall – Beach Balls and FAST Balls Anthology
Balls to the Wall – High Balls and Snow Balls Anthology
COWBOYS DON’T
Cowboys Don’t Come Out
Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns
Cowboys Don’t Samba
DREAMSPUN BEYOND
#15 – Rome and Jules
DREAMSPUN DESIRES
#5 – Taylor Maid
Outing the Quarterback
Canning the Center
Tackling the Tight End
LOVE IN LAGUNA
Knight of Ocean Avenue
Knave of Broken Hearts
Prince of the Playhouse
Lord of a Thousand Steps
Fool of Main Beach
LOVE YOU SO
Love You So Hard
Love You So Madly
Love You So Special
A Love You So Anthology – Love You So Hard and Love You So Madly
MIDDLEMARK MYSTERIES
The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean
The Case of the Voracious Vintner
MOVIE MAGIC ROMANCES
Return of the Chauffeur’s Son
PENNYMAKER TALES
Sinders and Ash
Driven Snow
Beauty, Inc.
Never
Sinders and Ash and Beauty, Inc. Anthology
SUPERORDINARY SOCIETY
Hidden Powers
TALES OF THE HARKER PACK
The Pack or the Panther
Wolf in Gucci Loafers
Winter’s Wolf
The Pack or the Panther &Wolf in Gucci Loafers Anthology
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Home Improvement – A Love Story
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Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64405-542-7
Digital ISBN: 978-1-64405-541-0
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019933803
Digital published July 2019
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America
Tara Lain, Home Improvement — a Love Story