Beate Boeker: 28 books

Almost Paradise is a short and entertaining travelogue about Kotok Island, one of the Thousand Islands in Indonesia. A trainee in Jakarta takes a weekend trip with her friend and meets unexpected adventures on an island as perfect as a picture postcard.

Joanna Damanti is a vet in Stony Brook, Long Island going through a hard time. Half a year ago, her beloved dog died, and two months later, she separated from her fiancé because he cheated on her. Now she works like a demon to forget her feelings. Returning from a difficult foaling in the...

When eccentric fountain pen collector, Xaviero Monti, falls to his death, the Mantonis are convinced it's murder. After all, only the good die young, and Xaviero was anything but good. Commissario Garini, however, is sure it was only an accident and refuses to investigate, until the determined Mantoni...

All Jill wants is a calm wellness evening in the secure environment of her bath to recuperate from an exhausting week at work. However, fate intervenes in the form of an attractive neighbor . . . This hilarious & romantic short story will make you laugh out loud. It also includes a preview for another contemporary romance, set in Italy.

Tak's best friend Jenny plans to create a lemon meringue pie in order to impress her new boyfriend. After all, it worked for Tak when she made "The Chocolate Cake", so why should it not work for Jenny? However, the Meringue proves to be as difficult as its reputation has it, and their...

Anne has just been acquitted of murder due to lack of evidence and hopes to build up a new life in Florence, Italy. Through family connections, she obtains a job in the prestigious Garibaldi Hotel, but the attractive hotel manager Peter is not pleased to have a secretary foisted onto him who has no...

The Strawberry Mousse is the second short story in the series A Culinary Catastrophe, a series that combines entertaining romances with delicious recipes. In this second short episode, Tak and Zen try to prepare a legendary family recipe of strawberry mousse for the visit of Zen's aunt. As the aunt...

When Tina wakes to find a masked thief in her bedroom, she's shocked to discover she might be attracted to him, and now she's wondering if she's lost her mind. True, her plan to move to Seattle to be closer to her daughter and grandchild isn't working out as she liked, and she's lonelier than ever,...

The Chocolate Cake is the first short story in the series A Culinary Catastrophe, a series that combines entertaining romances with delicious recipes. This first short episode tells the story of Tak who has invited the man of her life - or so she hopes - for dinner at her home. As she is a passionate...

Nobody falls in love with a voice! That's Bridget's firm belief, and Bridget has every reason to distrust charming men – after all, her father was a charmer, and he left the family when she was ten. That's why Bridget is determined never to be taken in by a charmer, and that's why she got engaged...

Eigentlich möchte Henry nur ein ernstes Gespräch mit seinem erwachsenen Sohn Josh über die falschen Frauen in dessen Leben führen. Aber irgendwie gerät die Unterhaltung schon beim ersten Wort außer Kontrolle und sie kommen zu einer Abmachung, die Henry gar nicht passt. Hat er wirklich versprochen,...

“Alle Französinnen haben das gewisse Etwas”, doziert der attraktive Jack – und Claire, die leider Amerikanerin ist, möchte ihm so gern gefallen, dass sie kurzerhand für eine Woche nach Nizza fliegt, um herauszufinden, was dieses gewisse Etwas ausmacht. Als sie in Nizza ankommt, trifft...

Ein Mord an der malerischen Küste der Toskana Die Familie Mantoni fährt zum alljährlichen Familienurlaub in das malerische Forte dei Marmi am Ligurischen Meer. Auch Carlina und Commissario Stefano Garini sind mit von der Partie. Doch kaum sind sie im Hotel angekommen, wird der unsympathische Hotelmanager...

What if you inherited an umbrella that matchmade you with the first person who shares it with you? "Grandma must have been out of her mind." This is the prevailing sentiment among the four cousins in the Lemont family when they hear that their only heirloom is an ancient umbrella--and...