Clean Romantic Mystery

🎃 Pumpkin Spice and Peril is a charming cozy mystery filled with fall flavors, small-town secrets, and a disappearance that stirs up trouble in the coastal town of Whisperwind Cove. Baker Poppy Periwinkle is elbow-deep in pie crusts and pumpkin spice at My Soul to Bake, preparing for the town’s annual Fall Festival with her boyfriend and business partner, Ben Harper. But when one of the festival’s locals vanishes without a trace, the peaceful rhythm of Whisperwind Cove is turned upside down. As whispers turn into rumors and suspicion rises like a badly timed soufflé, Poppy takes it ...

Sophie knew real fear and never more so than now. They had to escape the increasing danger...and that meant leaving their home. Their options were few...staying could be deadly. She knew disappearing wasn’t enough...they needed a safe place. Somewhere no one would ever think to look. She’d hoped their grandmother’s house would be safe...that didn’t work out. Caleb was determined to keep his best friend’s widow and children safe. But first he had to find them. Travel with Caleb, Sophie and her family on an inspirational saga that will rivet you with heart-wrenching moments of drama...

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happened to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

Joy thinks she's falling in love with FBI Agent Richard Fields—but is the man who makes her mind soar and her heart swoon really who he says he is? Those who challenge the Lords of the Universe—a secret society of new-age fanatics—have a habit of winding up dead from unnaturally 'natural causes.' While witnesses in the case against the LOTU drop like wilted rose petals, FBI expert Richard Fields has been investigating one suspect in particular, Dr. Joy Clayton. The newly exonerated widow of one of the cult's fanatical leaders, Joy is beautiful, brilliant, and an angel on earth—and ...

She's running for her life. He'll protect her no matter the cost. They can fight the evil, but can they resist love? When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two-carat diamond sitting on her ring finger. Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s ...

Jane Hardy is appointed interim sheriff in Pelican Harbor, Alabama, after her father retires, but there's no time for an adjustment period. When her father is arrested for theft and then implicated in a recent murder, Jane quickly realizes she's facing someone out to destroy the only family she has. After escaping with her father from a cult 15 years ago, Jane has searched relentlessly for her mother - who refused to leave - ever since. Could someone from that horrible past have found them?

Julie Wilder returns to her hometown of Cranberry Cove to live with her aging aunt, Emma Babbage. Julie's nursing career leads her to a position on the surgical floor of Oceanview General Hospital. After she encounters her high school friend, Lucas Ethridge, her former attraction to the handsome lawyer is reawakened. But when she begins to suspect Lucas of a murder that occurred fifteen years earlier, she recalls an incriminating photo she'd hidden in her aunt's antique desk. She searches for the evidence only to find that it's vanished. To add to her misgivings, she gets mysterious phone ...

The school secretary has a sharp tongue but is she a killer? Can Marty do the math or will he get schooled by a criminal mastermind? Marty Golden is frazzled. Struggling to juggle nieces, a rambunctious dog, a demanding job, and a serious relationship, the software engineer is never quite sure whether he’s coming or going. But when his nemesis begs for help after she’s accused of offing the school principal, the amateur sleuth agrees to hunt down the real culprit. Confounded to discover the cantankerous woman stood to take the dead man’s position, he strives to find anyone who could ...

Royalty...it was more than just a word to her. It was her life. But not for long. Marlie loved her family dearly, even when she didn’t like them very much. But their life wasn’t the life she wanted for herself. Her grandfather had made it bearable. He’d taught her to enjoy fruit-topped pizza and she’d taught him how to skate. But now, everything was different. Now he was gone. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, and she’d always done exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit ...

He can’t forgive himself. She’s determined to be brave. When a stalker threatens her, he swears to protect her, but what price will her heart pay? Artist Victoria Whitloch escapes the clutches of a stalker only to stumble into the arms of the man she never wants to see again, bad boy prosecutor Garrett Reynolds. To protect Victoria, Garrett whisks her away to an isolated lodge. Major problem for Victoria—how does she help Garrett capture the stalker while guarding her heart against the man who broke it once before? Garrett thought his heart had healed when Victoria left him ten years ...

Imagine the hottest rock star on the planet. Do you see the girl next to him, the one teaching him to play guitar? Yeah. That’s Aria. Aria knows that the new guy’s picking up the guitar fast. She knows he wants to start a garage band after school. And she knows he can sing. Man, can he sing. Senior year’s rocking. Until Aria figures out the true identity of the hot new guy…He’s Sax Grayson. Freaking Sax Grayson! She’s dating a multi-platinum artist. She’s kissing a Grammy-award winning singer. She’s in a garage band with a rock star!

Running for her life in the wake of her mother’s murder, Bailey Fleming escapes to the only place she can think of - a remote, dilapidated cabin in Lavender Tides. Intending to finally get to the truth behind the lies of her past, Bailey only finds more questions when bodies are discovered near her cabin hideout along with traces of a dangerous human trafficking ring. In an unlikely partnership with FBI agent Lance Phoenix, Bailey races to understand the mystery surrounding her life and circumstances before the murderer tracks her down.

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks’ greatest nightmare just also happens to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of a missing ...

Clara Penrose was not looking forward to her society debut, but she never imagined it would be interrupted by murder. The murdered man is a pushy suitor who wouldn’t take no for an answer and suspicion quickly falls on Clara. The man’s father, an influential member of high society, holds Clara responsible and is pushing for a fast resolution. As the clues pointing to the culprit being intimate with the Penrose Household pile up, Clara can almost feel the noose tightening around her neck. Unable to trust the police, she turns to her best friend and neighbour, Roland Fisher. The two ...

Strokes of memory. Shadows of betrayal. And a love that refuses to fade… In Rockport Harbor, photographer Mia Collins and harbormaster Noah Sullivan have rediscovered a love as steady as the lighthouse guiding their coastal town. But when a cryptic postcard arrives, their peace unravels, pulling them into a centuries-old mystery. Their search leads to Newport, where Mia is offered the role of Keeper—guardian of her family’s hidden legacy. As she accepts this dangerous inheritance, Noah stands by her, their bond tested by a powerful criminal network and a rival family guarding long-...

When murder crashes his vacation, can a techie in paradise still catch some waves while snaring a killer? Marty Golden is ready to kick back at the beach. When his neighbor offers free rooms in Hawaii, the software engineer is quick to round up his girlfriend, sister, and nieces for the luau of a lifetime. But his arrival at the resort turns his sun-filled hopes into hunches about homicide after he encounters a very deceased and inconvenient body. Pressured into helping, a grudging Marty uses his sharp attention to detail to hone in on a crucial clue missed by the police. But his half-...

A former FBI agent and a treasure hunter must join forces to defeat a mutual enemy in a race to find treasures from the lost Amber Room. Emerging from a deep undercover operation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler finds himself suspended without pay and left out of the remaining hunt for the most notorious terrorist in the world. The only person who might be able to help him is a random stranger he meets in San Francisco, who wants something in return even when there is a price on her own head. A relentless hunter… They say that FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler doesn’t follow ...

Old sins cast long shadows. Mona Vickers is forging a new life, building a safe and loving home for her girls far away from the ghosts of the past. She’ll do whatever it takes to make it work, including sending her girls to the Christian-based after school program despite her own lack of faith. Roy Strough, Director of the Unity Plenkiss Community Center, wants to help the hardworking mother who’s captured his heart, but he’s already offended her pride once. Asking Mona to teach a class at the community center in exchange for tuition seems like the perfect solution. Mona’s growing ...

Heart-pounding Fear. Chilling Anguish. Heartbreak. Priceless Love. The Ultimate Sacrifice. All in less than a minute. Sometimes precious moments is all there is. Between one heartbeat and the next, Susa is plunged into a devastating nightmare, wounded and broken, yet desperate hope filled her heart and soul. Nothing in her life had ever prepared her for this. Adam Manning arrives at a crime scene and quickly sees that not everything is as it seems. Unknown to the town’s small police force, neither is he. If you enjoy clean mystery romance and inspirational women’s fiction filled with ...

He’s determined to prove his friend innocent of homicide. He may make things worse… When Marty’s surfer-dude pal is arrested for murder, he must squeeze his amateur sleuthing into his packed schedule. With his high-tech job busier than ever and his nieces’ antics sidetracking him, Marty’s ready for a Thanksgiving holiday. All he has to do is solve two murders. But if he can’t even convince his sister to bake his favorite chocolate pie, how can he hope to save his friend? With the help of his girlfriend, some wacky coworkers and Buddy the rambunctious Labrador, Marty sets out to ...