Cozy Reads

There's no such thing as magic. That's what Leger keeps telling himself. But following a girls' night out, Leger finds that he is gifted a voodoo doll of Peter. He can't help himself from whispering his thoughts to the effigy before Bob gets a hold of the doll and mistakes it for a chew toy. Within hours, Peter is found beaten to within an inch of his life. Leger takes on the case, determined to find those responsible for the assault on Peter. With the help of his daughter, Sparkle and her best friend, a frog named Simpson, he starts piecing together clues. When a dead black cat turns up on...

Theft of the Sapphire Wave Tiara A small town is mystified when the high-profile guests attending the Masquerade Ball drink champagne that’s been poisoned. If that wasn’t enough, they are also gassed. Guests drop to the floor in the beautiful historical Blue Jay Bay library. Molly didn’t drink, and when she saw her best friend Angela collapse along with most of the other guests, she and a few others covered their faces and ran for the exit. Outside, Molly gasps for air, coughing but feeling fortunate she escaped in time. Although some of the others attempting to exit were not as ...

Catering a masquerade ball turns into a night with…..murder. Lola and Polly once again at the wrong place at the wrong time….or is it the right place at the right time if you like the intrigue of solving a murder mystery? The Gallery Cafe was hired to cater for the big Fawnwood Museum’s masquerade ball. What fun! And it was until the museum’s director was found dead right at the bottom of one of the interactive sculptures. With the help of the handsome security guard, Lola and Polly try to find some answers. The new employee at the Cafe is wreaking with dishes, cups and coffee ...

When radio reporter Carol Childs is called to a crime scene in the Hollywood Hills at five thirty in the morning, she’s convinced it must be a publicity stunt to promote a new movie. That is, until she sees the body hanging from the center of the Hollywood sign. The police are quick to rule it a suicide, but something doesn’t add up for Carol. Particularly after a mysterious caller named Mustang Sally confesses to the murder on the air and threatens to kill again. With the help of an incorrigible PI, her best friend, and a kooky psychic, Carol is drawn into the world of contract killers...

Death by poison is not a good way to go—unless the punch tastes good. My ten-year high school reunion was supposed to be fun—seeing old friends and maybe even making a few new ones. And I was really looking forward to spending an evening with Jaxson’s brother, Drake, again. Too bad, when we entered the dance, one of Drake’s friends was lying dead on the floor covered in pink punch. Sure Kyle Covington was a very rich investor who’d made his share of enemies but had any of them been at the reunion? Considering Drake’s connection with the deceased, what kind of friend would I be ...

When he believed there was little time left, there were only two people he wanted to talk to while he still could. One was the only woman he’d ever loved. And always would. Rendon was seriously wounded…in searing pain, and up until the last hour, exposed as he’d never been before. Getting himself to the little known and forgotten small town in the middle of nowhere had been a risky choice, and taken the last of his quickly dwindling strength. It was the last place anyone would think to look. He never expected to survive. After a brazen rescue, Rendon is determined to be part of the ...

A chef of unprecedented imagination is discovered. How will he fare under public scrutiny? Chef Maurice Le Coq is found dead in his burned-out brasserie in France. The police are calling it a ‘tragic accident’ but the villagers of Les Andelys speculate that the fire was set intentionally. There is only one man who knows the whole truth. The latest battleground in France’s ongoing “guerres de cuisines”, The Plucked Hen is discovered by the country’s foremost restaurant critic, but Chef Le Coq remains a secretive figure who refuses to step into the spotlight, spurning the critics ...

Regatta, a Boat Explosion, a Missing Driver, Jailed for Murder, and a Roaring House Fire. The Regatta is one of Blue Jay Bay’s annual 4th of July events that not only the whole town comes out for but their neighboring town competitors as well. When an explosion ripped a speed boat into disfigurement. The boaters all ceased their rowing at once, horror-stricken. Everyone’s eyes strained to see past the fire that blazed in the wake of the explosion. Angela and Molly stared dumbfounded. Could Angela’s brother’s good friend, who was driving the speedboat, have survived the explosion? ...

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? Three complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!

Vella Day brings you another crazy time travel story of a haunted saloon and hidden treasures. The last thing I expected to see today was John, our timeline agent--or whatever he was calling himself these days--in our hometown. Millie, my best friend and time traveling buddy, was thrilled. I was not. John claimed that he needed our help to keep the timeline from falling apart. Why us, you might wonder? He claimed we were good at knitting and asking questions. And where did we have to go? To Dry Gulch, South Dakota. In freaking 1880. Even John admitted that it was a fairly lawless mining ...

They left this part out at the academy…and now I’m sowing what I didn’t reap… My name is Ainsley Adams, and unbeknownst to most, I’m a Reaper. I settled in the town of Hideaway Hills after graduation, married a nice electrician, and we purchased a cute little house on the lake to start our life together. Things were going along swimmingly. Or so I thought. After discovering my husband in bed with another woman, I did what any other wronged wife would do – I picked up a frying pan and bopped the good-for-nothing louse over the head with it. I didn’t think I’d hit him that ...

Finding a dead body in the wall of our new candy shop was strange enough, but then someone from the past returns with a pink ribbon I’d left on my very strange Christmas trip to Ohio. As a founding member of The Pink Iguana Sleuths of Witch’s Cove, I thought I’d seen it all, but I was wrong. When the sheriff’s department files this as a cold case, my curiosity gets the best of me. What else is new? It also didn’t help that my talking pink iguana is insisting that I look into it. When a corpse is fairly warm, it’s easy to come up with who wanted this person dead. Motives are ...

It’s the holiday season at the Cottage Grove! While winter months at this boutique Florida resort are typically slow, this year is different. A racing convention in Daytona has brought some new and unexpected business to owners Pete and Polly McCormick – along with some unexpected trouble. As Pete and Polly work to help friend Dorothy Dinkelspiel save her struggling antique store, they are unaware of a larger danger lurking within their own tranquil resort. With this presence threatening to unravel what should otherwise be happy holidays, Pete and Polly must persevere through what will ...

Swashbuckling pirates, notorious bootleggers, famed treasure hunters, and daring fortune seekers have all indelibly etched themselves into the history of Florida’s Treasure Coast. Now it’s Pete and Polly McCormick’s turn. As proprietors of the boutique Cottage Grove Resort, the unconventional couple plays host to a cast of regulars, many of whom are more like family than guests. This summer however, Pete and Polly are paid a visit by a fresh face, the eccentric Walter Burgess, a reclusive writer researching the vast treasure troves lost along the aptly named portion of Florida ...

With her books sporting other people’s names, ghostwriter Jake O’Hara works behind the scenes. But she never expected a séance at a New York apartment to be part of her job. Jake had signed on as a ghostwriter, secretly writing for a grande dame of mystery fiction whose talent died before she did. The author’s East Side residence was impressive. But her entourage—from a Mrs. Danvers-like housekeeper to a lurking hypnotherapist—was creepy. Still, it was all in a day’s work, until a killer started going after ghostwriters, and Jake suspected she was chillingly close to the ...

The Saffron Queen A thrilling cozy culinary mystery packed with adventure, secrets, and a dash of danger. When spice emporium owner Amara Varela inherits a mysterious journal from her late mentor, Eloise, she never expects it to hold the key to one of the rarest treasures in the world—a lost strain of saffron, hidden for centuries. But when ruthless smugglers and a power-hungry syndicate come searching for the truth, Amara is thrust into a deadly international race that could cost her everything. With her enigmatic uncle Reza, quick-witted best friend Dylan, and an unpredictable ally in ...

“If you enjoy Death in Paradise or Midsomer Murders, you’ll love this series.” Amazon Reviewer An illegal rave. A dead man. An unexpected question. The death of a middle-aged man isn’t all it seems when his body is discovered near the site of an illegal rave, and Matt is tasked to carry out the investigation. Three teenagers up to no good are caught up in the hunt for the killer. What’s caused one’s amnesia, and will his memory ever return? When Elena thinks she’s helping Matt but makes an error of judgement, will he be able to forgive her or will it jeopardise their future? ...

Fear. Anguish. Heartbreak. Selfless love. Ultimate sacrifice. All in less than a minute. Sometimes that’s all the time there is. Adam Manning arrives at the crime scene and quickly sees that not everything is as it seems. Neither is he. If you enjoy clean mystery romance and inspirational women’s fiction filled with love, hope, family, new and old friendships, and a mystery to keep you guessing, Stay With Me is the series collection for you. This is Book Three of the eight-part Stay With Me mystery romance novella series. Book 3 of 8.

Something borrowed, someone dead? The impending destination wedding of movie star Hudson Smith-Jones to social media celebrity Song Yu has Fall Haven filled to bursting with fans, families, invited guests, and apparently... a killer. Leigh Hill and Paloma Finch at the Wicked Wick candle shop have been hired to create a signature "ScentStory" for the extravagant Yu-Smith-Jones affair. When one of the wedding party shows up dead in the middle of town, Leigh and Paloma must follow the olfactory clues to sniff out the killer before someone else is left pushing up daisies.

Discover how Meghan Truman, Sandy Bay's latest resident and new bakery owner, navigates her way through three murder mysteries as she gets to know the quirky characters in her adopted hometown after failing to make a career as an actress in Hollywood. She's finally started a relationship with Jack Irvin, a detective, but will she find time to build a romance while she has to deal with betrayals, ungrateful staff, culture clashes, and murder? The complete best-selling cozy mystery stories in one boxset!