One singularly unlucky charm bracelet and a cross-section of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning practitioners of the new noir combine to present an explosive and dazzlingly inventive suspense novel. Like a Charm presents 16 interconnected stories that chart the journey of the charm from nineteenth-century Georgia, where the bracelet is forget in fire, to wartime Leeds, a steam train across Europe, the violent backstreets of 1980s Scotland, present-day London, a Manhattan taxi, the Mojave desert, and back to Georgia, each writer weaving a gripping story of murder, betrayal, and intrigue. The incredible array of contributors includes Lee Child, Val McDermid, Laura Lippman, and Peter Robinson.

From "USA Today" bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke comes the story of a bargain, a marriage of convenience and the chance for love to last a lifetime.

"They had a deal "

From the moment she met the devil-may-care Duke of Margrave, Edie knew he could change her life. And when he agreed to her outrageous proposal of a marriage of convenience, she was transformed from ruined American heiress to English duchess. Five years later, she s delighted with their arrangement, especially since her husband is living on another continent.

"But deals are made to be broken."

By marrying an heiress, Stuart was able to pay his family s enormous debts, and Edie s terms that he leave England forever seemed a small price to pay. But when a brush with death impels him home, he decides it s time for a real marriage with his luscious American bride, and he proposes a bold new bargain: ten days to win her willing kiss. But is ten days enough to win her heart?"