Author: jlmerrow
If you dig up the past, be prepared for some dirt to stick.The relationship between Tom Paretski, a cheeky plumber with a gift for finding hidden things, and PI Phil Morrison may only be a few weeks old, but already it¿s under attack. Tom¿s friends and family are convinced the former bully isn¿t good enough for him, and they¿re not shy about saying so.Then Tom¿s prickly older sister, Cherry, … prickly older sister, Cherry, is poisoned at her own engagement party. Tom¿s left reeling and not knowing who to suspect. Could it be her new fiancé, Gregory, a cathedral canon…
A race to save his lover—by becoming his own worst nightmare. Dr. Nick Sewell has it all. Good friends, a career as a Cambridge academic… and recently, a tendency to turn into a wolf every full moon. When a new student arrives from Germany, Nick is horrified by his visceral attraction to the troubled youth—not to mention his violent jealousy when he sees Julian with another man. He’s floored to … to find out Julian is a werewolf too. Unlike Nick, Julian has spent his life among other wolves, and in this subject, he’s the teacher and Nick the student.…
The Porthkennack stories can be enjoyed in any order — jump in wherever you’d like!First impressions can doom second chances.Bran Roscarrock has been living in the closet all his life. As heir to an expansive family legacy in the town of Porthkennack, old-fashioned ideals of respectability and duty were drummed into him since childhood, and he’s never dared to live — or love — openly.Sam … live — or love — openly.Sam Ferreira, an old friend of Bran’s brother, Jory, is a disgraced academic desperate to leave his dead-end job. When Jory asks him to take over as curator of…
London Underground worker Mal Thomas is staying in Porthkennack to recover from a traumatic experience. Getting more bad news from home is the last straw¿until big, blond museum curator Jory Roscarrock steps up to offer some comfort.As a doctor of English literature, Jory should be in a prestigious post at a top university. But a youthful indiscretion led him to abandon academia to come back to … come back to his hometown, Porthkennack, and the controlling family he¿s never really felt a part of. He¿s delighted to find a kindred spirit in Mal.But Jory¿s family hurt Mal¿s best friend deeply,…
With nearly 1,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: When Tom is hired by a grieving family as a private investigator, he’s shocked to cross paths with his old crush and childhood tormentor, Phil. Can the pair unravel a murder investigation even as passion grows between them?
Still waters run deadly.Tom Paretski, plumber with a talent for finding hidden things, and his private investigator fiancé Phil Morrison have been hired to locate a runaway husband, Jonathan Parrot. The job seems simple enough¿until their quarry turns up dead in a canal, and a photofit of Tom¿s face is splashed all over the news, making him chief suspect.The widow, petite ex¿porn star Lilah … petite ex¿porn star Lilah Lovett, is convinced her husband was killed by his gay lover, but Tom and Phil aren¿t so sure. Worried they may have precipitated Jonathan¿s death, they¿re determined to find the real…
Death is what happens while you¿re making other plans . . .The last thing newly engaged plumber Tom Paretski needs is to stumble over another dead body. He¿s got enough on his mind already as the reality of his impending marriage sinks in. Not only is his family situation complicated, but his heroism at a pub fire has made him a local celebrity, and now everyone knows about his psychic … psychic talents¿and wants a piece of them.Hired to recover a missing necklace, Tom and his fiancé, private investigator Phil Morrison, find themselves trying to unmask a killer. And there¿s…
Old flames can leave a nasty burn.It¿s been six months since plumber Tom Paretski was hit by a shocking revelation about his family, and he¿s been avoiding dealing with it ever since. His lover, PI Phil Morrison, wants Tom to dig deeper into his history and try to develop his psychic talent for finding things, but Tom¿s not nearly so keen. Just as he decides to bite the bullet, though, worse … bullet, though, worse problems crawl out of the woodwork.Young Devil¿s Dyke barmaid Marianne has an ex, Grant Carey, who won¿t accept that things are over between them, and…