Cozy Comedy

An ax murder leaves Franki less than jazzed.... Jazz Fest is in full swing in The Big Easy, but PI Franki Amato is singing the blues. The owner of an historic Italian grocery and deli is murdered in a manner eerily reminiscent of the Axeman of New Orleans, a notorious serial killer who hasn’t struck in over a century, and someone Franki knows has been arrested for the crime. Adding to her distress, Franki, her mom, and her meddling Sicilian nonna finally meet her fiancé’s family, but the tone of their encounter is decidedly downbeat.

Meredith Good has gotten a strange letter in the mail, with money included upfront. The letter says that she needs to go to Ghostly, Missouri, a town that has made hauntings a tourist destination. The sender did not leave their name and address, so Meredith feels obliged to at least check it out. Her boyfriend, Kane, and her ghostly friend, Rebecca, join her. Once they get there, the mystery of the letter sender won’t be the only thing on their minds. A séance they attend ends with the medium dead. One is a coincidence, but when a second medium drops dead in as many days, Meredith is ...

It’s just another morning on the fifth of July. The country is another year older; Gus is a touch hungover, the coffee in his office is stale, and all Gus wants to do is go home and start over again on July sixth. Unfortunately Father Xavier visits the sheriff’s office and he’s brought along a gift. He has a green jacket that should have been put in the church’s lost and found. The father suspects it belongs to a missing girl named Erica Torres which is odd given the jacket is marked as belonging to E. Rossi. Erica went to school one day and never came home. She was picked up by a ...

Katy McKenna just can’t resist sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. After a lifetime’s worth of near-death experiences and heartbreak, all Katy wants is a normal life: get her career back on track, find a nice guy, settle down, and maybe even live happily ever after. But when she hears about a guy who's been spreading HIV like it's a party favor, she can’t help but put her plans on hold to stop him. Meanwhile, her mom drops a bombshell about a childhood trauma that’s reared its ugly head again, her irritating little sister is moving in, her slimeball ex-husband is stalking her...

Grab your confetti, pop your wedding hat on and hold on tight. Celia, the mainstay of this sleepy Devon village, was looking forward to the joyous events of not one but five of her friends' weddings. She had even put down her sock knitting to embroider some lace for Harold’s wedding dress. Everything was going to plan. Aunty Pat made the hen-party fruit-punch with more punch than fruit in it and by half-past three in the afternoon the women were congaring around the garden. But, will ex-lovers, a village cougar, a pair of antagonistic daughters and a dodgy solicitor put a stop to the ...

A cosy romantic comedy with secrets, yummy cakes and a pretty little cafe in the hills... Faith owns The Coffee Pot in the outdoor adventure sports mecca of Derbyshire’s Peak District. She hasn’t had a man in her life for a while, as she’s been too busy serving cakes to weary rock climbers and mountain bikers to find time for the complications of a relationship with the male of the species. At least, that’s what she tells herself. The truth is that since she got her heart broken she’s had problems trusting men. When she meets Jake, one of the new owners at the Carrdale Extreme ...

When Val tries to revive her old writing career, story ideas prove as elusive as a moment alone without her boyfriend Tom breathing down her neck. Tom’s moved in, and Val’s itching to move out–at least temporarily. A last-minute getaway to the country seems like the perfect solution for dissolving her writer’s block. But a fateful fish fry ends up inspiring a whole different kind of dead end.

Invitation to Magic: Cinderella and Prince Wicked He's Prince Wicked. She's clueless. Stephanie Plum jumps into the rabbit hole! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Meet Countess Melanie de Fontaine. She’s not only nice and sweet, she happens to be a super-duper domestic goddess. While juggling house chores for her needy and demanding faux-mother and faux-sisters, she’s busy searching for her mother who’s been missing for years. Then again, sometimes, life can be overwhelming. When the invitation to the Royal Dance of the Year arrives, her faux-mother shoves it in her face, knowing full well ...

Broke, unemployed barista Halley Greer is shocked when she inherits an Art Deco movie palace from the great uncle she remembers meeting once as a child. She moves to the charming tourist town of Utopia Springs, Arkansas to claim her legacy. In addition to the timeworn theater, she discovers she’s also inherited a trash-heaped apartment, family secrets, her uncle’s friends, a stealthy calico kitty—and an adversary. With a whole latte help from her new friends, the feisty barista fixes up and re-opens the theater as a coffee and wine bar, showing classic films. She generates some steam ...

When you’re a trainee sleuth things rarely go to plan... Which is why Amber Reed and on-again-off-again special agent ex-boyfriend Charlie find themselves in deepest and darkest Cornwall when they were expecting to be cracking the case on a television dance show. So, now it’s down to Plan B... Melrose Morgan is landscape garden designer to the stars and has TV shows and numerous books to his name. When he inherits the gorgeous Treganwy House and Country Estate in Cornwall he soon discovers someone wants him off the scene – and they’re not pulling any punches in their campaign to ...

Organizing a conference for Professor Philip Putzel isn't high on Nina Spark's to-do list. All she wants is to enjoy the sun and sand at her new home on Pineapple Cay, hopefully with handsome fishing guide Ted Matthews by her side. But saying no to Philip isn't easy, especially after a mysterious assailant tried to kill him following his delivery of a scathing keynote address.

When Cambria Clyne - klutzy, 20-something single mom - takes the job of an apartment manager at an LA complex, she hopes her run of bad luck is finally coming to an end. She's got a nice home for her daughter, a steady source of income, and the cute maintenance guy is certainly a nice perk! But her luck takes a bad turn again when a dead body turns up and a crime spree takes over the community, and Cambria finds her complex squarely at the center of it all!

OVER-THE-TOP INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . FOR THE HOLIDAYS! So here I am, staring up at an empty flagpole, wondering how I'm gonna get this freshly laundered flag up there . . . Then out of nowhere comes a tattooed knight in red-white-and-blue armor! Of course, he's got a kid with him, and this has drama written all over it. But fate seems to have other ideas for my All-American love story . . . And all I can do is hope our story ends with fireworks and not an all-out bonfire . . . Sweetness and darkness rolled into one. No cheating. No cliffhangers. Guaranteed HEA. Over-the-top ...

Witch vs. Mage: End Game In the thrilling conclusion to the quirky and charming Darkly Sweet series, Penny puts it all on the line for love, but sometimes, lines were made to be crossed. Drake can’t be what she needs, but his ego won’t let him back down without a fight. Conveniently, there are endless battles, the greatest one against his need to find a mop bucket with Penny Lane inside it. With mage contracts and Darksiders to juggle, (never kiss a Darksider) Penny and Drake will take on mayhem and paperwork, golf balls and heart-shaped shrapnel until Dayside and Darkside will never be...

I’ve only baked a dozen cream puffs at my Granny B’s bakery and I’m suspected for murder In this hillbilly town. I never thought I’d move back to Bar Harbor, the smallest town ever. But, inheriting my Granny B’s Bakery has given me a chance to do what I love, bake again. How was I to know I’d be accused of murder? The victim, a local food critic known for her harsh reviews, drops dead with my half eaten, maple cream puff in her hand. I knew my cream puffs were to die for. With a fluffy personality like hers, almost everyone in town was happy to see her go. With my golden ...

A serene mountain getaway. A sinister discovery beneath the surface of a lake. A ruthless kidnapper lurking in the shadows. Julia Ross is thrilled to escape to the North Georgia mountains for a month-long camping retreat with her loyal dog, Toby, and best friends, Dottie and Penelope. They’re ready to unwind with hiking, birdwatching, and nights under the stars. But tranquility shatters when Julia finds a body floating in the lake. The local authorities quickly brush it off as an accident—but Julia isn’t convinced. As she and her friends delve into the mystery, they uncover whispers ...

24 Weihnachtskatastrophen mit dem Kult-Kommissar - ungekürzter Hörbuchgenuss mit Volker Klüpfel und Michael Kobr. Weihnachten bei den Kluftingers, das sind Erikas selbstgebackene Plätzchen, Kluftingers alljährlicher Kampf mit dem Christbaum und vor allem viele liebgewonnene Traditionen. Die werden allerdings gründlich durcheinandergewirbelt, als sich spontan Besuch aus Japan ankündigt und Erika obendrein zwei Tage vor Heiligabend von der Leiter fällt. Kommissar Kluftinger ist also bei den Festvorbereitungen auf sich allein gestellt.

Meredith Good is a ghost hunter and now she’s also a maid of honor. Her cousin Sarah is marrying Meredith’s ex and has given her the honor of being involved in every step of the wedding. Meredith is happy for the couple, but she’s not so happy with her newfound responsibilities. To make things worse, Meredith’s absentee parents are in town and they do not get along. Once the wedding day finally arrives, Meredith is ready to put it all behind her and return to her normal existence. But the dead have another plan. The hotel where the wedding reception takes place holds a dark secret ...

Callie Ranger has her own psychic business now, but it doesn’t take long for FBI agent Dax Moore to ask for her help. There’s a missing young woman that needs to be found, and Callie is Dax’s last resort. It doesn’t take long for Callie’s visions to lead her to the girl. But that’s only the beginning. The young woman has her own visions: a headstone with her name on it. Callie tries to help the best she can, but pretty soon all hell breaks loose. When two people end up dead, it’s up to Callie, Dax, and Callie’s best friend, Lily, to get to the truth. But not everything is as...

Introducing The Case of the Central Park Mockingbird—the tenth book in the popular Julia Lives in a Van Murder Mystery Series. In The Case of the Central Park Mockingbird, Julia, Dottie, and Penelope head to New York City to assist renowned ornithologist Dr. Alan Bashurt with his latest discovery, a new subspecies of mockingbird found in Northern Mexico. But when Bashurt turns up dead, Julia stumbles on an international diamond smuggling and money laundering ring. Determined to catch the killer, Julia and her friends, Dottie and Penelope, need to outwit the ringleader of the money ...