Cozy Funny

A small-town, sweet southern romance about finding home where you least expect it. Runway model Charlie Weston is used to flashbulbs, fast flights, and faking perfection. Burnt out and hiding from the headlines after a very public fall from grace, she escapes to the last place anyone would look—Dent County, Missouri, population nosy and proud of it. She’s just here to breathe. To disappear. To stay until the dust settles. But then there’s Jackson Sharp—a quiet, stubborn craftsman who prefers wood over words and thinks Instagram is a brand of crackers. He’s everything Charlie ...

Book Description From the ingenious mind of modern AI comes a side-splitting, over-the-top cozy romance that skewers every festive cliché with razor-sharp satire. In Tiny Ego, Big Christmas (which we wanted to call Lord, Grant Me the Confidence of a Mediocre White Man), a diminutive, bombastically self-assured real estate heir—Chase Farnsworth IV—arrives in the enchanting town of Peppermint Falls. With the swagger of a mini monarch and the bravado of a reality TV titan, Chase plans to transform this quaint, candy-cane–adorned haven into a luxury resort spectacle. His grandiose vision...

Life's a Gamble—Especially in Vegas! Izzie Firecracker is used to picking up life's pieces—but when her latest self-help gig lands her in glittering Las Vegas, she's in over her head. After losing her mother and facing eviction from her swanky Mayfair penthouse, Izzie grabs a risky lifeline: stepping in for a famous guru at a Vegas self-help seminar. What could go wrong? Enter Bobby, a dangerously attractive hotel owner embroiled in mob trouble, and Doris, Izzie’s cleaner-turned-best-friend, who's determined to turn Vegas upside-down. As threats pile up faster than casino chips, Izzie...

Jennifer Collins thought the hardest chapter of her life had finally closed. After losing her mother to cancer and learning how to live with grief, she’s just beginning to breathe again. With her best friend Beth now married and moving forward, Jen finds herself feeling more alone than ever—until he comes back. Hunter Wright walked away when Jen needed him most. No goodbye. No explanation. Just gone. Now, years later, he’s returned to Salem, Missouri with a smile that still turns her knees to jelly and eyes that hold far too many memories. Jen’s not sure if she wants to yell at him,...

Jake O’Hara and her colleagues are looking forward to a complimentary weekend in Manhattan’s swanky Plaza Hotel, the venue for the Greater New York Crime Writers’ Conference. The conference kicks off on St. Patrick’s Day, making the atmosphere a bit more festive—and chaotic—than usual. But things get way out of hand when Senator-turned-writer Charlie Fione and actress-turned-writer Holly Halligan partake of some green beer—that leaves them permanently green around the gills. Now Jake’s Irish eyes are far from smiling as she delves into a mystery and tries to rewrite a ...

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. Maggie had always fulfilled her responsibilities, exactly as she was expected to...she knew no other way. Until now...until after reading a letter from her father suggesting she visit her niece, to learn how to do as she pleased every once in a while, including eating pizza at her slightest whim. The last thing Maggie expected when she showed up at her niece’s front door, was ...

Seal Island is home to a moonshine-making billionaire, a pot-growing fisherman, a celebrity flower child, a handsome romance writer, a sex-addicted realtor, a womanizing pub owner, a cop, a pot-bellied pig…and a serial killer. The island is serene and remote. It is only accessible by boat. The residents like it that way, until those with the deepest and darkest of secrets start dying in the most bizarre of ways.

Grab your cat, get cozy and join Jack McCuddles on a mysterious adventure of pure fluffy escapism. The worst detectives in the world have our lives in their paws. All they have to do is find a book. How difficult can that be? With Jack McCuddles, the magical cat and Charlie McMoose mouse-detective, on the case, even the simplest task becomes a disaster. The Book of Moans is missing. The world is turning into one big moan and our bumbling detectives can’t even agree on breakfast. Will they find the Book of Moans? We hope. Wait...Do they even know where their tails are? Oh dear, we are ...

Welcome to The Sea Star Inn, where the coffee is hot, the gossip is hotter, and murder is on the menu. Lena Merritt thought running her quaint coastal inn would be a peaceful escape from her hectic past. But when the body of a notorious developer is found on the beach, peace is the last thing she finds. Malcolm Sharp had plenty of enemies—angry locals, and shady business partners. As the investigation heats up, Lena realizes some of her guests are hiding more than travel itineraries. From a secretive woman with ties to the victim to a cryptic ledger that could unravel the whole town, the ...

Book Six in the Maggie Kelly Mystery Series by New York Times Bestselling Author Kasey Michaels (Previously titled Bowled Over) Best selling mystery writer Maggie Kelly has conquered nicotine withdrawal, being a suspect in the murder of her publisher, even being very nearly drowned. But she's yet to fully accept that her fictional hero, the Viscount St. Just, has crawled out of her imagination and into her life, taking on the persona of real life hero. Couldn't he one day poof out just as easily as he'd poofed in? Still, a hero is just what Maggie needs when she travels home to Ocean City, ...

Thirteen bitter sweets. Thirteen bitter suspects. One unhappy ending. World-famous Chandler's Chocolates has unveiled a new storybook-inspired chocolate collection, Once Upon a Truffle. It's up to Anna Clementine, the company's event coordinator, to promote the product by hosting a fairytale-themed beauty pageant. To set the scene, contestants are invited to an abandoned castle deep in the Smoky Mountains. After all, every little girl dreams of being a princess in a palace- unless that castle turns out to be haunted. Anna soon finds herself in a cursed castle, surrounded by spoiled ...

It's a secret Santa whodunnit! "No doughnuts on Tuesdays!" "No Christmas trees allowed!" When their Grinchy landlord posts a stack of crazy proclamation flyers, it rattles an oddball assortment of residents in an apartment complex. But then on a quiet night in, festive gifts mysteriously appear on doorknobs and doormats-- and the game of Guess Who is afoot. The evening turns into a maze of clues as tenants tally gifts, prowl the halls, chase shadows and even run into a little romance before the surprising culprit is caught. And no, it's not the landlord! Ha-ha This holiday short story is ...

Will a mixture of pranks, revenge, and a global pandemic explode in danger or ignite hilarious, unexpected results? Marty Golden wishes this prequel novella was his superhero origin story but alas, he’s merely a mild-mannered Silicon Valley geek whose skills of self-delusion, daydreaming, and attention to detail are put to the ultimate challenge—entertaining his nieces. See Marty before he becomes the super-sleuthing, crime-busting hero of the Silicon Valley Mystery series. In this short read, you’ll meet the lovable hero, an amateur sleuth who constantly frustrates and astounds ...

It wasn’t a life or death situation until someone found a body. Maddie Swallows had always thought of her hometown as unremarkable, until space tourism set up shop nearby. Now, real estate developers have set their sights on the small town, determined to have a piece of the lucrative pie. Too bad the residents of Amor want nothing to do with the fancy hotels and high-priced restaurants, and they are ready to fight back. Maddie is determined to keep her family out of the drama, but when one overzealous developer gets in over his head, he shows up on her doorstep asking for help. Reluctant,...

Murder in the Fat Quarter The Stitch & Sleuth Society – Book 3 By Lydia Cotton It was supposed to be the coziest event of the year... The Fat Quarter Festival is in full swing in the charming town of Thimbleford. Quilts flutter on display, scones are warm, and fabric flies off the shelves—until a celebrity quilt designer drops dead after eating a suspicious cookie labeled “From a Secret Admirer.” Now it’s up to the Stitch & Sleuth Society—a spirited circle of clever, tea-loving quilters—to unravel the mystery. As hidden grudges, tangled relationships, and vintage secrets rise ...

Four years have passed. Four long years since Ava and Leo have been in the same room, since he drove away with her heart in his hands and never looked back. Ava wouldn’t know how to begin to make up for all the time she’s lost with her best friend, who also happens to be the man of her dreams. Leo’s life has only grown better. Reciprocity is living the good life; a song on a hit movie soundtrack, loads of girls at every stop, getting ready to co-headline their first major tour. He doesn’t let himself think about the past and the girl he let slip away all those years ago. Ava knows ...

Pancho Humps The Mayor: When Good Dogs Make Bad Decisions The hilarious third installment in the Pancho series! Just when the Henderson family thought they'd gotten Pancho's embarrassing behaviors under control, their infamous Chihuahua finds a new way to mortify them in public. After conquering his digestive issues and defeating the dreaded flying fart-can, Pancho develops an uncontrollable passion for all things velvet, most unfortunately, the mayor's expensive blazer during the town parade. From emergency "behavioral management garments" (dog pants) to an unexpected career as the town's ...

It’s closing in on July Fourth and everyone seems ready to celebrate the birth of the nation. Everyone, that is, except Sheriff Gus. Sure, things are born, but everything must pass away as well. Sheriff Gus was hoping on a more financially stable time before he experienced his truck’s untimely death. Motor vehicles aren’t the only thing passing before their time in Gus’s humble county because in addition to Gus’s truck a professor from the fancy George Taylor University happens to die under mysterious circumstances. The professor’s main passion in life was paleontology or to be ...

Arlie Biggar is back in Alaska with his new family. Life is nice and boring ... until his pregnant wife is kidnapped! Copycat terrorists have recruited local thugs to help them steal guns from the sporting goods store. When his wife gets in their way, will Arlie be able to get her back or will a ringer come in and save the day? Clean action adventure with a smattering of humor.

‘Till Death Do You Part’ wasn’t supposed to be taken so literally… When Maddie Swallows attends an out-of-town wedding with her best friend, Benji, she expects free food, dancing, and some awkward moments as she tries to figure out her feelings for her long-time friend. What she finds instead is a dead groom and an entire wedding guest list who had reason to kill the guy. It doesn’t help that Maddie was the last person to see the groom alive and is placed in the local police’s crosshairs as they work to solve the murder. It will take some unexpected sleuthing, and a few therapy ...