Publisher: Shadow Mountain

Baked Alaska by Josi S. Kilpack

Baked Alaska by Josi S. Kilpack

An Alaskan cruise is the setting for amateur detective Sadie Hoffmiller’s latest adventure. Sadie plans to spend time relaxing with her two grown children, Breanna and Shawn, and her boyfriend, Pete, while enjoying the luxury and cuisine of an elegant cruise ship and helping to plan her daughters upcoming wedding. But even as the crew prepares to leave port, Sadie has suspicions about the voyage […]

February 18, 2013 / 3 Comments
Tres Leches Cupcakes by Josi S. Kilpack

Tres Leches Cupcakes by Josi S. Kilpack

For Sadie Hoffmiller, going undercover as an informant for the Bureau of Land Management on an archeological site in Santa Fe, New Mexico, seems like the perfect way to stay safe and busy while a threat against her life remains unresolved. Sadie’s days are spent digging up artifacts in the middle of nowhere while also digging up information on her fellow “dirt geeks.” With the […]

September 10, 2012 / 0 Comments
Banana Split by Josi S. Kilpack

Banana Split by Josi S. Kilpack

A tropical paradise seems like the ideal place for amateur detective Sadie Hofmiller to relax and unwind from the panic attacks that have begun to control her life. But when Sadie accepts the offer to stay at a friend’s condo on the island of Kauai, her perfect vacation turns into a nightmare. On a snorkeling trip with the Blue Muumuus, a community group of adventurous […]

March 6, 2012 / 5 Comments
Pumkin Roll by Josi S. Kilpack

Pumkin Roll by Josi S. Kilpack

Sadie Hoffmiller is looking forward to spending her favorite baking season of the year making delicious New England recipes in Boston, Massachusetts, with her favorite leading man, Pete Cunningham, as they babysit his three young grandsons. But when the boys insist that Mrs. Wapple, the woman who lives across the street, is a witch, Sadie and Pete are anxious to distract the boys from such […]

September 7, 2011 / 1 Comment
Blackberry Crumble by Josi S. Kilpack

Blackberry Crumble by Josi S. Kilpack

Modern Miss Marple: A Magnet for Murder? by Jane Seeley, feature reporter, The Denver Post Local “celebrity” Sadie Hoffmiller has been involved in a number of unfortunate situations that have taken her to crime scenes from London, England, to Miami, Florida, and even in her own backyard of Garrison, Colorado. But is she truly an unwitting bystander in all these investigations? Or is she something […]

February 3, 2011 / 1 Comment
Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Kingdom by Brandon Mull

Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Kingdom by Brandon Mull

Since ancient times, the great demon prison Zzyzx has protected the world from the most dangerous servants of darkness, including Gorgrog, the Demon King. After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx is on the verge of recovering the five artifacts necessary to open the legendary prison. Facing the potential of a world-ending calamity, all friends of light must unite in a final effort to thwart the […]

March 22, 2010 / 4 Comments
FarWorld: Land Keep by J. Scott Savage

FarWorld: Land Keep by J. Scott Savage

Four mythical Elementals—Water, Land, Air, and Fire—have the power to save two worlds, Earth and Farworld, from a common enemy: the Dark Circle. In book one, Water Keep, a portal has been opened between the two worlds, allowing Marcus, from Earth, and Kyja, from Farworld, to combine their unique gifts and begin their epic quest to find the Elementals. In book two, Land Keep, Marcus […]

October 26, 2009 / 4 Comments
English Trifle by Josi S. Kilpack

English Trifle by Josi S. Kilpack

Things to Do in England: • Visit Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, and the London Zoo • Take the Jack the Ripper tour (creepy!) • Sample authentic English scones and crumpets • Discover a dead body What begins as a holiday trip for amateur sleuth and cooking aficionado Sadie Hoffmiller and her daughter, Breanna, turns into a bizarre mystery when they discover a dead […]

July 13, 2009 / 1 Comment
Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull

Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary by Brandon Mull

The magical preserve Fablehaven provides refuge to numerous mystical species: centaurs, trolls, satyrs, ogres, fairies, minotaurs, brownies, imps, nymphs, and many others. But some beings are too large and powerful to be confined to regular enchanted refuges. These mightiest of creatures dwell inside the dragon sanctuaries. With their leader revealed, the Society of the Evening Star is now racing to acquire the five keys to […]

March 24, 2009 / 1 Comment
FarWorld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

FarWorld: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage

Other people may see thirteen-year-old Marcus Kanenas as an outcast and a nobody, but he sees himself as a survivor and a dreamer. In fact, his favorite dream is of a world far away, a world where magic is as common as air, where animals tell jokes and trees beg people to pick their fruit. He even has a name for this place—Farworld. When Marcus […]

September 15, 2008 / 4 Comments