New York Times Bestselling Author of Meet Me in Venice. It was just one of those Malibu nights, dark as a velvet shroud, creamy waves crashing onto the shore, breeze soft as a kittens breath..... But when Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a womans scream over the crashing waves, his low-key beach-bum lifestyle is changed forever. A beautiful, distraught woman wearing only a black lace negligee stands in the doorway of a fabulous beach house. In her hand, a gun, and its pointed directly at him.. Mac escapes her bullet, but barely. Who is that woman? Days later shes disappeared and the Smith & Wesson she almost killed him with finds its way into his car. . Not so coincidentally, Allie Ray, star of the big screen and Americas sweetheart, has also gone missing. The two women are connected, and Mac suddenly finds himself tangled up in a web of deception. Hes going to need some help if hes going to get to the bottom of it all. . This is where Sunny Alvarez comes in. Sunny and Mac have an on-again, off-again relationship. Lately its been more off than on. But now he needs her more than ever. Together they go on a quest that takes them from Southern California, to the beaches of Mexico, to the streets of Rome, and the countryside of France. All the while theyre one step behind an elusive murderer and one step ahead of an actress who wants nothing more than to get lost..... With Elizabeth Adlers trademark descriptions, plot twists, and irresistible characters, One of Those Malibu Nights is beach-reading suspense at its best.
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9780312364496
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Hardcover
There's Something About St. Tropez
By Adler, Elizabeth
Five international vacationers, strangers to each other, misfits running from their daily lives, are brought together at the same small seaside Hotel of Dreams, by a rental scam, an international art heist, passion, murder and a haunting.
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9780312385149
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Print book
It All Began in Monte Carlo
By Adler, Elizabeth
Beach reading suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of Theres Something About St. Tropez . Sunny Alvarez and Mac Reilly always seem to find trouble in the south of France. This time, all the trouble began in Monte Carlo. . Sunnys relationship with Mac is in jeopardy and Monte Carlo beckons. Soon Sunny is pulled into a web of intrigue involving a series of robberies of high-end jewelry stores. Then theres her wanna-be-new-friend, who turns out to be a sociopath, involved in the sale of sex and in blackmail. Plus theres Sunnys old friend, movie star Allie Ray, who owns a vineyard in France and who comes to help sort Sunny out, while at the same time sorting out the life and appearance of her old friend, Pru Holster, with a makeover that not only changes her dowdy overweight appearance, but changes Pru into an amateur detective. If Sunny doesnt untangle this plot, she might end up an unwitting accomplice to theft, blackmail and even murder. When Mac shows up, hes ready to do anything to get Sunny back, not the least of which is to solve the crimes and save her life.
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9780312385156
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Hardcover
From Barcelona, with Love
By Adler, Elizabeth
New York Times bestselling author of It All Began in Monte CarloFrom the Hollywood Hills to the streets of Barcelona, from lush vineyards and wineries to the most exclusive homes in Europe, let Elizabeth Adler take you on a journey with a story that will hold you spellbound. Bibi Fortunata was the hottest ticket in town: singer, actress, and celebrity. Two years ago she was arrested on suspicion of murdering her lover and his new mistress, who was also Bibi's best friend. Bibi was front-page news in a way her publicists had never dreamed of. But the police were never able to prove anything and she was set free, with the cloud of suspicion and murder still hanging over her. Bibi left for Barcelona where she quite simply disappeared. But when Bibi's daughter comes to private investigators Mac Reilly and Sunny Alvarez for help, they can't resist the temptation to solve this mystery once and for all.
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9780312668358
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Hardcover
Stand Alones
The Property of a Lady
By Adler, Elizabeth
Agents from both superpowers converge on a fine gem auction where it is believed that a stone from the Ivanoff treasure, last seen in the tiara of a Russian princess killed during the revolution, is to be sold
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9780385301237
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Hardcover
Sooner or Later
By Adler, Elizabeth
She saw him in the shadows. She felt him watching her. She knew he was going to get her...The killer always left a signature on his victims...an X carved in their flesh. But he'd spent the last twenty years in a mental hospital. Long enough for the world to forget him. But not long enough for him to forget the rich old woman who had him committed--or her pretty granddaughter.Now he's been set free.Ellie Duveen was busy running her own restaurant and tenderly watching over her fragile grandmother. Then she met former cop Dan Cassidy, the owner of a local vineyard, and Ellie's hectic life slowed just enough to let her fall in love.So Ellie didn't notice when police found a dead body marked with a grisly X. She only felt someone watching her. Following her.
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9780440224655
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Mass Market Paperback
In a Heartbeat
By Adler, Elizabeth
The powerful, passionate novels of Elizabeth Adler have won the hearts of readers the world over. Skillfully blending breathtaking romance with taut suspense, her international bestsellers sizzle with tension and originality. In a Heartbeat is Adler at her best, the compelling story of a man whose long-kept secrets slowly unravel to rock a woman's world.In a HeartbeatBullets cut down millionaire Ed Vincent as he climbs out of his small Cessna at La Guardia Airport. One minute he's a successful entrepreneur, newly in love and glad to be alive. In the next, he's on a gurney being worked on by EMTs. "He's not going to make it." Comatose, Ed Vincent can hear the doctors talking, but he can't reply. Someone has tried to kill him, and he knows who is behind it.
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9780385333832
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Hardcover
The Last Time I Saw Paris
By Adler, Elizabeth
Paris: the most romantic city on earth. A place of second honeymoons and newly discovered passions.A banquet of tastes, sounds, sights, and smells.And for Lara Lewis, it is the place where she and her husband once experienced love at its best.Now, it is a place where fortysomething Lara believes she can rekindle her marriage. She plans the most romantic adventure: to retrace her first honeymoon with her husband.Visit the same sights.Eat in the same restaurants.Explore the same villages.But when her surgeon husband tells her at the last minute that the marriage is over-- there's another woman--Lara's heart is broken...almost.Somewhere along the road of life, Lara has lost herself.But Lara makes a bold move: she decides to invite a man she hardly knows to take the trip with her.A man much younger than she.A man who is out of her usual realm.What follows is a madcap romantic adventure that begins with missed connections, lost luggage, and language barriers, and ends upbeing one woman's journey to find herself and the love that has eluded her all her life.AUTHORBIO: Elizabeth Adler is the author of fourteen novels. She is a frequent traveler to France and has owned properties in Provence and the Dordogne. In The Last Time I Saw Paris, every restaurant, shop, hotel, and village actually exists and has been described with great affection by the author.Elizabeth Adler lives in southern California.
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9780312269821
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Hardcover
Summer in Tuscany
By Adler, Elizabeth
Gemma Jericho is an overworked New York doctor with a handful of a teenaged daughter and a mother who worries that Gemma has no life. So when her mother receives a mysterious letter telling her about an even more mysterious inheritance in Tuscany, Gemma sees her chance: the three of them throw caution and convention to the wind and leave for Italy. Gemma hopes that a change of scenery will bring back the closeness she used to share with her daughter. And perhaps the challenges of living in a foreign country will give her mother something to worry about beyond Gemma's social life.But what they encounter there is far more distracting than Gemma expected: a crumbling old villa and a town divided. Half the residents believe that Ben Raphael, another American, is the rightful inheritor of the villa.
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9780312269968
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Hardcover
The Hotel Riviera
By Adler, Elizabeth
American Lola Laforet was swept away in a whirlwind wedding and found herself the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera. Her life seemed to be a dream come true. But then her husband disappeared one day with nothing more than a wave goodbye. Six months later, Jack Ferrar, an American ex-pat living on his boat, drops anchor in Lola's harbor and teaches her the true meaning of attraction. When various shady people-all claiming ownership of the Hotel Riviera-and the police appear, Lola and Jack have to track down the mysterious Patrick. And along the way, they fall in love. With great food, wonderful sensuality, and lush scenery, Elizabeth Adler holds you under her spell and transports you to one of the most romantic places on earth.
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9780312308094
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Hardcover
Invitation to Provence
By Adler, Elizabeth
Take a journey with internationally acclaimed bestselling author Elizabeth Adler to one of the most sensuous places on earth--a place where lavender-filled fields meet an azure sky, where rosemary scents the air, and where love and intrigue are just around the corner. Franny Marten's life is unraveling--after arranging to meet her boyfriend, Marcus Marks, for dinner, she finds his wife waiting for her instead. After the initial shock wears off, Franny finds she has more in common with Clare Marks than she could ever have imagined. And, amazingly, the women become fast friends. But even more surprises are in store for Franny Marten: She is unexpectedly offered an all-expenses-paid invitation to a reunion of her estranged family in Provence. And Clare decides to charge the trip to Marcus (for his sins) and come along.
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9780312308117
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Print book
The House in Amalfi
By Adler, Elizabeth
Let Elizabeth Adler sweep you away to the dramatic cliffs and ocean of Italy's Amalfi coast, in this novel of secrets, memories, and unexpected love ... Lamour Harrington's husband died two years ago. Since then, she has immersed herself in her landscape architecture, but even creating beautiful outdoor "rooms" can't bring back her sense of peace. When she's faced with a devastating truth about the husband she adored, Lamour needs a place to recharge. She returns to the house on the Amalfi coast where she'd lived with her father during the happiest years of her childhood. But the house of her memories has secrets all its own, forcing her to face new truths about another man she once loved. Was her father's death truly accidental? Or was he hiding something that caused his early demise? Torn between two mysterious and compelling men, Lamour discovers that the past has a way of returning when you least expect it.
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9780312339630
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Hardcover
Sailing to Capri
By Adler, Elizabeth
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Adler invites you on a decadent Mediterranean cruise--where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder is on the agenda ... . When English tycoon Sir Robert Waldo Hardwick dies mysteriously in a car accident, he leaves behind a note naming six people he suspects might have wanted him dead. Daisy Kean, and P.I. Harry Montana team up to take the suspects--and also six red herrings--on a fabulous Mediterranean cruise, all expenses paid by the late Sir Robert. As they call at Monte Carlo, St. Tropez and Sorrento, the mystery deepens. And the unexpected twists are just the beginning. . Finally, they arrive at the beautiful Villa Belkiss on Capri, where Sir Roberts will is to be read ... and the killer unmasked. With the beauty of the Yorkshire countryside, the Mediterranean resorts and the magnificent cruise ship, plus the intense attraction between loner Montana and wary Daisy, passions flare and the beauty of the Villa Belkiss enchants. No one writes delicious armchair travel or intriguing suspense like Elizabeth Adler.
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9780312339654
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Hardcover
Meet Me in Venice
By Adler, Elizabeth
FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE...Precious Rafferty is an American antiques dealer living in Paris. Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives in the world's most romantic city, she keeps her feet firmly on the ground. No man will ever sweep her off her feet. Until she meets Bennett James. He's perfect in every way. Is he too good to be true? Granted, she doesn't know much about his business or personal life in Shanghai, but isn't it time to stop being so jaded about romance? And then her long-lost cousin Lily Song sends her an urgent message about Preshy's new love. "Meet me in Venice" are Lily's cryptic words.ONE MAN MIGHT POSSIBLY END IT...Lily lives in Shanghai and knows the antiques underworld there--and she has a secret important enough to draw her to Venice to meet Preshy for the first time, face-to-face.
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9780312364472
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A Place in the Country
By Adler, Elizabeth
Fifteen-year-old Issy, and a newly-single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone, as well as together. At thirty-eight, Caroline is coming to terms with this new life, even though she has little money and all the responsibility for the two of them. When she decides to leave their well-off lives in Singapore (and her cheating husband and his long-time mistress and powerhouse) , she ends up living in an English village pub, cooking dinners to earn enough to get by on; meeting unexpectedly quirky people, and making friends. But Issy still adores her father and secretly blames her mother for their change in life. When Caroline's dream of restoring an old barn into a restaurant finally begins to come true, her chance at happiness hangs in the balance as whispers of murder and vengeance find their way to her.
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9780312668365
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Hardcover
Please Don't Tell
By Adler, Elizabeth
Fen Dexters quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident.He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fianc. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he stays the night at Fens, and the attraction between them is obvious. The next morning he heads to the hospital where Fens niece, Vivi, is an ER doctor. Vivi is treating the most recent target of a serial killer whose signature move is to leave a note saying Please Dont Tell taped across his victims mouths. When Fens mysterious stranger comes to Vivi to have his wounds stitched she agrees to set him up to talk with the police about his fianc.
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9781250019899
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Hardcover
Last to Know
By Adler, Elizabeth
Evening Lake: an idyllic, peaceful, western Massachusetts getaway with a close-knit community of families. Detective Harry Jordan sees his lake home as a respite from solving crimes on the streets of Boston...until crime comes to Evening Lake. Harry Jordan is out for a walk when the night is rocked by an explosion: the Havnel house is engulfed in a conflagration and Bea Havnel is seen fleeing, hair on fire, plunging into the lake. Mysterious, rough-around-the edges, and private, Bea and her mother Lacey are newcomers to Evening Lake and nothing like the well-heeled families of the community. Bea survives the fire, but her mother does not, and Harry is pulled into the investigation. As is young Diz Osborne, who, unbeknownst to any of them, carries a weighty secret about who else he saw rowing on the lake that night.
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9781250019929
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Hardcover
One Way or Another
By Adler, Elizabeth
What begins as a beautiful evening at a party on a yacht ends with attempted murder...and a quest for revenge...One moment Angie Morse is standing on the deck of a large luxury yacht and the next she feels a stinging blow to her head from a champagne bottle wielded by a beautiful woman. And then a push. She is in the water. She can see people on the yacht, but they don't seem to notice that she is gone, and all seem to have deliberately turned their backs as the yacht begins to slowly pull away from her. These are her friends, and one is her love. Two had a reason for getting rid of her, though she would never have thought it would come to this. Until now.Revenge burns so deeply inside her that she knows she will survive somehow. She will get them. One way or another.Told with Elizabeth Adler's trademark attention to luxurious detail of people and places, One Way or Another is a glamorous, twisty novel of vengeance and vindication.
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9781250058188
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Hardcover
The Charmers
By Adler, Elizabeth
When Mirabella Matthews' Aunt Jolly dies unexpectedly and under mysterious circumstances Mirabella suddenly finds herself the new owner of a villa in the South of France. But with the inheritance come unexpected mysteries ... and dangers.On her way to the villa, Mirabella is run off the road by a motorcycle, and that's only just the beginning. It turns out that Aunt Jolly had a past, and as the various men who were a part of it show up Mirabella must find out who can be trusted and who is using charm to mask the face of a murderer.Told with Elizabeth Adler's signature attention to detail, strong female characters, and luxurious setting, The Charmers is a page-turner of a novel that will keep you riveted up until the very last page.
One of Those Malibu Nights
By Adler, Elizabeth
New York Times Bestselling Author of Meet Me in Venice. It was just one of those Malibu nights, dark as a velvet shroud, creamy waves crashing onto the shore, breeze soft as a kittens breath..... But when Private Investigator to the stars, Mac Reilly, hears the sound of a womans scream over the crashing waves, his low-key beach-bum lifestyle is changed forever. A beautiful, distraught woman wearing only a black lace negligee stands in the doorway of a fabulous beach house. In her hand, a gun, and its pointed directly at him.. Mac escapes her bullet, but barely. Who is that woman? Days later shes disappeared and the Smith & Wesson she almost killed him with finds its way into his car. . Not so coincidentally, Allie Ray, star of the big screen and Americas sweetheart, has also gone missing. The two women are connected, and Mac suddenly finds himself tangled up in a web of deception. Hes going to need some help if hes going to get to the bottom of it all. . This is where Sunny Alvarez comes in. Sunny and Mac have an on-again, off-again relationship. Lately its been more off than on. But now he needs her more than ever. Together they go on a quest that takes them from Southern California, to the beaches of Mexico, to the streets of Rome, and the countryside of France. All the while theyre one step behind an elusive murderer and one step ahead of an actress who wants nothing more than to get lost..... With Elizabeth Adlers trademark descriptions, plot twists, and irresistible characters, One of Those Malibu Nights is beach-reading suspense at its best.
There's Something About St. Tropez
By Adler, Elizabeth
Five international vacationers, strangers to each other, misfits running from their daily lives, are brought together at the same small seaside Hotel of Dreams, by a rental scam, an international art heist, passion, murder and a haunting.
It All Began in Monte Carlo
By Adler, Elizabeth
Beach reading suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of Theres Something About St. Tropez . Sunny Alvarez and Mac Reilly always seem to find trouble in the south of France. This time, all the trouble began in Monte Carlo. . Sunnys relationship with Mac is in jeopardy and Monte Carlo beckons. Soon Sunny is pulled into a web of intrigue involving a series of robberies of high-end jewelry stores. Then theres her wanna-be-new-friend, who turns out to be a sociopath, involved in the sale of sex and in blackmail. Plus theres Sunnys old friend, movie star Allie Ray, who owns a vineyard in France and who comes to help sort Sunny out, while at the same time sorting out the life and appearance of her old friend, Pru Holster, with a makeover that not only changes her dowdy overweight appearance, but changes Pru into an amateur detective. If Sunny doesnt untangle this plot, she might end up an unwitting accomplice to theft, blackmail and even murder. When Mac shows up, hes ready to do anything to get Sunny back, not the least of which is to solve the crimes and save her life.
From Barcelona, with Love
By Adler, Elizabeth
New York Times bestselling author of It All Began in Monte CarloFrom the Hollywood Hills to the streets of Barcelona, from lush vineyards and wineries to the most exclusive homes in Europe, let Elizabeth Adler take you on a journey with a story that will hold you spellbound. Bibi Fortunata was the hottest ticket in town: singer, actress, and celebrity. Two years ago she was arrested on suspicion of murdering her lover and his new mistress, who was also Bibi's best friend. Bibi was front-page news in a way her publicists had never dreamed of. But the police were never able to prove anything and she was set free, with the cloud of suspicion and murder still hanging over her. Bibi left for Barcelona where she quite simply disappeared. But when Bibi's daughter comes to private investigators Mac Reilly and Sunny Alvarez for help, they can't resist the temptation to solve this mystery once and for all.
The Property of a Lady
By Adler, Elizabeth
Agents from both superpowers converge on a fine gem auction where it is believed that a stone from the Ivanoff treasure, last seen in the tiara of a Russian princess killed during the revolution, is to be sold
Sooner or Later
By Adler, Elizabeth
She saw him in the shadows. She felt him watching her. She knew he was going to get her...The killer always left a signature on his victims...an X carved in their flesh. But he'd spent the last twenty years in a mental hospital. Long enough for the world to forget him. But not long enough for him to forget the rich old woman who had him committed--or her pretty granddaughter.Now he's been set free.Ellie Duveen was busy running her own restaurant and tenderly watching over her fragile grandmother. Then she met former cop Dan Cassidy, the owner of a local vineyard, and Ellie's hectic life slowed just enough to let her fall in love.So Ellie didn't notice when police found a dead body marked with a grisly X. She only felt someone watching her. Following her.
In a Heartbeat
By Adler, Elizabeth
The powerful, passionate novels of Elizabeth Adler have won the hearts of readers the world over. Skillfully blending breathtaking romance with taut suspense, her international bestsellers sizzle with tension and originality. In a Heartbeat is Adler at her best, the compelling story of a man whose long-kept secrets slowly unravel to rock a woman's world.In a HeartbeatBullets cut down millionaire Ed Vincent as he climbs out of his small Cessna at La Guardia Airport. One minute he's a successful entrepreneur, newly in love and glad to be alive. In the next, he's on a gurney being worked on by EMTs. "He's not going to make it." Comatose, Ed Vincent can hear the doctors talking, but he can't reply. Someone has tried to kill him, and he knows who is behind it.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
By Adler, Elizabeth
Paris: the most romantic city on earth. A place of second honeymoons and newly discovered passions.A banquet of tastes, sounds, sights, and smells.And for Lara Lewis, it is the place where she and her husband once experienced love at its best.Now, it is a place where fortysomething Lara believes she can rekindle her marriage. She plans the most romantic adventure: to retrace her first honeymoon with her husband.Visit the same sights.Eat in the same restaurants.Explore the same villages.But when her surgeon husband tells her at the last minute that the marriage is over-- there's another woman--Lara's heart is broken...almost.Somewhere along the road of life, Lara has lost herself.But Lara makes a bold move: she decides to invite a man she hardly knows to take the trip with her.A man much younger than she.A man who is out of her usual realm.What follows is a madcap romantic adventure that begins with missed connections, lost luggage, and language barriers, and ends upbeing one woman's journey to find herself and the love that has eluded her all her life.AUTHORBIO: Elizabeth Adler is the author of fourteen novels. She is a frequent traveler to France and has owned properties in Provence and the Dordogne. In The Last Time I Saw Paris, every restaurant, shop, hotel, and village actually exists and has been described with great affection by the author.Elizabeth Adler lives in southern California.
Summer in Tuscany
By Adler, Elizabeth
Gemma Jericho is an overworked New York doctor with a handful of a teenaged daughter and a mother who worries that Gemma has no life. So when her mother receives a mysterious letter telling her about an even more mysterious inheritance in Tuscany, Gemma sees her chance: the three of them throw caution and convention to the wind and leave for Italy. Gemma hopes that a change of scenery will bring back the closeness she used to share with her daughter. And perhaps the challenges of living in a foreign country will give her mother something to worry about beyond Gemma's social life.But what they encounter there is far more distracting than Gemma expected: a crumbling old villa and a town divided. Half the residents believe that Ben Raphael, another American, is the rightful inheritor of the villa.
The Hotel Riviera
By Adler, Elizabeth
American Lola Laforet was swept away in a whirlwind wedding and found herself the chef/owner of the Hotel Riviera. Her life seemed to be a dream come true. But then her husband disappeared one day with nothing more than a wave goodbye. Six months later, Jack Ferrar, an American ex-pat living on his boat, drops anchor in Lola's harbor and teaches her the true meaning of attraction. When various shady people-all claiming ownership of the Hotel Riviera-and the police appear, Lola and Jack have to track down the mysterious Patrick. And along the way, they fall in love. With great food, wonderful sensuality, and lush scenery, Elizabeth Adler holds you under her spell and transports you to one of the most romantic places on earth.
Invitation to Provence
By Adler, Elizabeth
Take a journey with internationally acclaimed bestselling author Elizabeth Adler to one of the most sensuous places on earth--a place where lavender-filled fields meet an azure sky, where rosemary scents the air, and where love and intrigue are just around the corner. Franny Marten's life is unraveling--after arranging to meet her boyfriend, Marcus Marks, for dinner, she finds his wife waiting for her instead. After the initial shock wears off, Franny finds she has more in common with Clare Marks than she could ever have imagined. And, amazingly, the women become fast friends. But even more surprises are in store for Franny Marten: She is unexpectedly offered an all-expenses-paid invitation to a reunion of her estranged family in Provence. And Clare decides to charge the trip to Marcus (for his sins) and come along.
The House in Amalfi
By Adler, Elizabeth
Let Elizabeth Adler sweep you away to the dramatic cliffs and ocean of Italy's Amalfi coast, in this novel of secrets, memories, and unexpected love ... Lamour Harrington's husband died two years ago. Since then, she has immersed herself in her landscape architecture, but even creating beautiful outdoor "rooms" can't bring back her sense of peace. When she's faced with a devastating truth about the husband she adored, Lamour needs a place to recharge. She returns to the house on the Amalfi coast where she'd lived with her father during the happiest years of her childhood. But the house of her memories has secrets all its own, forcing her to face new truths about another man she once loved. Was her father's death truly accidental? Or was he hiding something that caused his early demise? Torn between two mysterious and compelling men, Lamour discovers that the past has a way of returning when you least expect it.
Sailing to Capri
By Adler, Elizabeth
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Adler invites you on a decadent Mediterranean cruise--where nothing is what it seems, no one is telling the truth, and murder is on the agenda ... . When English tycoon Sir Robert Waldo Hardwick dies mysteriously in a car accident, he leaves behind a note naming six people he suspects might have wanted him dead. Daisy Kean, and P.I. Harry Montana team up to take the suspects--and also six red herrings--on a fabulous Mediterranean cruise, all expenses paid by the late Sir Robert. As they call at Monte Carlo, St. Tropez and Sorrento, the mystery deepens. And the unexpected twists are just the beginning. . Finally, they arrive at the beautiful Villa Belkiss on Capri, where Sir Roberts will is to be read ... and the killer unmasked. With the beauty of the Yorkshire countryside, the Mediterranean resorts and the magnificent cruise ship, plus the intense attraction between loner Montana and wary Daisy, passions flare and the beauty of the Villa Belkiss enchants. No one writes delicious armchair travel or intriguing suspense like Elizabeth Adler.
Meet Me in Venice
By Adler, Elizabeth
FOUR WORDS WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE...Precious Rafferty is an American antiques dealer living in Paris. Though Precious--known as Preshy--lives in the world's most romantic city, she keeps her feet firmly on the ground. No man will ever sweep her off her feet. Until she meets Bennett James. He's perfect in every way. Is he too good to be true? Granted, she doesn't know much about his business or personal life in Shanghai, but isn't it time to stop being so jaded about romance? And then her long-lost cousin Lily Song sends her an urgent message about Preshy's new love. "Meet me in Venice" are Lily's cryptic words.ONE MAN MIGHT POSSIBLY END IT...Lily lives in Shanghai and knows the antiques underworld there--and she has a secret important enough to draw her to Venice to meet Preshy for the first time, face-to-face.
A Place in the Country
By Adler, Elizabeth
Fifteen-year-old Issy, and a newly-single mother, Caroline Evans, are struggling to find their way alone, as well as together. At thirty-eight, Caroline is coming to terms with this new life, even though she has little money and all the responsibility for the two of them. When she decides to leave their well-off lives in Singapore (and her cheating husband and his long-time mistress and powerhouse) , she ends up living in an English village pub, cooking dinners to earn enough to get by on; meeting unexpectedly quirky people, and making friends. But Issy still adores her father and secretly blames her mother for their change in life. When Caroline's dream of restoring an old barn into a restaurant finally begins to come true, her chance at happiness hangs in the balance as whispers of murder and vengeance find their way to her.
Please Don't Tell
By Adler, Elizabeth
Fen Dexters quiet life on the idyllic California coast is interrupted one stormy night when a blood-covered man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to have had a car accident.He tells her that he is on his way to San Francisco to help the police solve the murder of his fianc. Unable to make it to the hospital because of the storm, he stays the night at Fens, and the attraction between them is obvious. The next morning he heads to the hospital where Fens niece, Vivi, is an ER doctor. Vivi is treating the most recent target of a serial killer whose signature move is to leave a note saying Please Dont Tell taped across his victims mouths. When Fens mysterious stranger comes to Vivi to have his wounds stitched she agrees to set him up to talk with the police about his fianc.
Last to Know
By Adler, Elizabeth
Evening Lake: an idyllic, peaceful, western Massachusetts getaway with a close-knit community of families. Detective Harry Jordan sees his lake home as a respite from solving crimes on the streets of Boston...until crime comes to Evening Lake. Harry Jordan is out for a walk when the night is rocked by an explosion: the Havnel house is engulfed in a conflagration and Bea Havnel is seen fleeing, hair on fire, plunging into the lake. Mysterious, rough-around-the edges, and private, Bea and her mother Lacey are newcomers to Evening Lake and nothing like the well-heeled families of the community. Bea survives the fire, but her mother does not, and Harry is pulled into the investigation. As is young Diz Osborne, who, unbeknownst to any of them, carries a weighty secret about who else he saw rowing on the lake that night.
One Way or Another
By Adler, Elizabeth
What begins as a beautiful evening at a party on a yacht ends with attempted murder...and a quest for revenge...One moment Angie Morse is standing on the deck of a large luxury yacht and the next she feels a stinging blow to her head from a champagne bottle wielded by a beautiful woman. And then a push. She is in the water. She can see people on the yacht, but they don't seem to notice that she is gone, and all seem to have deliberately turned their backs as the yacht begins to slowly pull away from her. These are her friends, and one is her love. Two had a reason for getting rid of her, though she would never have thought it would come to this. Until now.Revenge burns so deeply inside her that she knows she will survive somehow. She will get them. One way or another.Told with Elizabeth Adler's trademark attention to luxurious detail of people and places, One Way or Another is a glamorous, twisty novel of vengeance and vindication.
The Charmers
By Adler, Elizabeth
When Mirabella Matthews' Aunt Jolly dies unexpectedly and under mysterious circumstances Mirabella suddenly finds herself the new owner of a villa in the South of France. But with the inheritance come unexpected mysteries ... and dangers.On her way to the villa, Mirabella is run off the road by a motorcycle, and that's only just the beginning. It turns out that Aunt Jolly had a past, and as the various men who were a part of it show up Mirabella must find out who can be trusted and who is using charm to mask the face of a murderer.Told with Elizabeth Adler's signature attention to detail, strong female characters, and luxurious setting, The Charmers is a page-turner of a novel that will keep you riveted up until the very last page.