Dream career—gone. The perfect boyfriend—just out of reach. Temp jobs—mind-numbingly dull. Until she finds the body. After Scarlett Chase is fired from her dream job, she is stuck working temp jobs while she figures out what to do with her life. Her current job of the week might be the most boring of them all until a flash of lightning during a spring storm plunges […]
Rating: Moderate. Mild crude humor, non-graphic sexual references, some violence or horror. You’re invited to join Esther and Sophie at The End, a mysterious event that’s supposed to be a really killer party. But murder is on the agenda, and these two best friends must figure out who’s behind it all before the killer finds his plus one. Esther and Sophie want to stay in […]
Rating: Mild. Mild substance use; mild (nonsexual) violence or horror. When Esther has her first actual date, she can’t find a single book in the school’s historic library that will help her. After Romeo and Juliette depressed her, Mr. Darcy infuriated her, and Eliza Doolittle abandoned her authentic self, Sophie dived into contemporary literature to ensure the Masked ball will be a success for these […]
Hens and homicides in a cozy slice of paradise. Christmas in Hawaii with chickens! Maika’i, Hawaii, might not have snow, but there’s plenty of Christmas Spirit as the whole town makes ornaments for the big contest at the Christmas Eve party. Saffron has concocted a delicious Egg Nog to share, Christmas Malasada flavors are back, and everyone is decking the halls. But a sneaky Santa […]
Oxford, 1935 When the Earl of Severn is murdered, the police focus on Anne Bascombe, his most vocal critic on the editorial pages of the Times. Anne’s brother-in-law and childhood sweetheart, Harry Bascombe, enlists the help of his fiancé, Catherine Tregowyn to find the real killer. After Oxford police arrest Harry’s sister-in-law, Catherine is dismayed to find his schoolboy passion for Anne unsettling their relationship. […]
Deck the halls…with a personal chef, a snowed-in lodge, and a sprinkling of murder! “Watch the knives!” While acting as personal chef for a friend’s mountain retreat, Violet and her husband, Jake, must set aside their stress over infertility and create a magical and delicious holiday – until tragedy crashes the party. Being snowed in and unreachable from town, Violet and Jake end up hired […]
Aristocratic star she may be, but when her new love’s sister is implicated in a murder, Dodo Dorchester rolls up her designer sleeves and plunges into the slums of London. Dodo is back from the moors of Devon and diving into fashion business for the House of Dubois with one of the most celebrated department stores in England, while she waits for a call from […]
One of us, a murderer. Poppyridge inn is in chaos when Abby discovers the body of a strange man in a guest room. But he isn’t a stranger to everyone. When detectives suspect her father, she doesn’t know what to believe. Cassandra has just arrived back at the inn after a much-needed Caribbean cruise, and caution tape was the last thing she expected to run […]
Mom was unstoppable. “Teach your sister what it takes to get a man,” she said to Annie. “A good man.” Annie grinned at me, failing miserably at hiding the “stinks to be you” look on her face. Aiming a finger at me, Mom announced, “Lindsey, you have got to get a husband. Stop being yourself.” The egotistical, slightly sassy chronicles of Lindsey Jones, a delightful […]
When you just want to run away and nurse your broken heart but murder comes knocking. Lady Dorothea Dorchester, Dodo, flees to her cousins’ estate in Dartmoor in search of peace and relaxation after her devastating break-up with Charlie and the awkward attraction to Chief Inspector Blood that caused it. Horrified to learn that the arch-nemesis from her schooldays, Veronica Shufflebottom, has been invited, Dodo […]