Summer Prescott

Newly widowed, Macy Garson is doing her best to live a simple and secure life that her beloved Jake would have been proud of. She loves her volunteer work at the Happy Paws dog sanctuary, but if she doesn't find a way to make money, and fast, she may not be able to keep up with her mortgage...

One folded flag...and the man she vowed to spend her life with was gone. Her husband was supposed to come back, but now Rossalyn must rebuild and raise their son alone. Leaving their old life behind, she takes 13-year old Ryan cross-country to the small town where she grew up. On the road trip...

Tim and Susannah have ordinary lives on the surface. He's a mortician for whom death is a serious business, and she's a chef who really knows her way around a knife. And if the neighbors in their small Midwestern town knew of her dark hobby, they'd run for the hills. Raised by an apathetic...

Paige Palmer spent her entire adult life studying to earn her doctorate in philosophy, only to be passed over for the job of her dreams. Escaping academia, she takes a job as barista at a quirky and cozy shop, The Roastery on 33rd....

Sometimes when you're safely afloat . . . Someone pulls the plug. Garage sale reseller and reluctant amateur sleuth, Macy Garson, is up to her elbows in bath water. The Happy Paws shelter where she volunteers is in desperate need of funds and they're conducting a dog washing fundraiser. When a...

The dog days of summer . . . Can be murder. Thrifting reseller and amateur sleuth, Macy Garson, has her hands full with finding items to sell in her online store and volunteering at the Happy Paws animal shelter. While she's still lonely after the loss of her beloved husband, Macy is trying her...

SubLime Sweets owner and amateur sleuth Marilyn Hayes gets more than she bargained for when a reality show producer visits her store, with cast and cameras in tow. And things really heat up when a body is found....

You don't bring me flowers . . . Rossalyn Channing, single mom and owner of a small-town barbeque joint, finds herself both annoyed and creeped out when a stalker gets up close and personal. Unnerved by unexpected visits and surprise bouquets from a would-be suitor, who was recently released...

Marilyn Hayes, owner of SubLime Sweets, Key West’s most popular pie shop, is stunned when a nearby rival starts selling Key Lime pie. Furious, she tries to beat him at his own game, but when she lashes out, and her rival is later found dead in his shop, her actions look more than suspicious....

Ever been in the right place at the wrong time? Sometimes trying to be helpful can be deadly. Rossalyn Channing's savory new bacon-heavy business in the small town of Chatsworth, Illinois, is booming. She and her teenage son Ryan are settling in quite well to their new home, until a mysterious...

Key Lime pie shop owner Marilyn Hayes moved to the sublime paradise of Key West after her divorce to make a new life for herself and her daughter. But when a man is found dead, and her daughter is implicated, Marilyn reluctantly becomes an amateur sleuth....

Before the reporter and his photographer arrive in her charming new hometown of Iberden, Vermont, one of the tearoom’s elderly patrons is discovered dead in the rose garden....

Tea Room owner and reluctant amateur sleuth Laney Powers decides to enjoy some of the natural beauty of Vermont and travels to a popular nearby hiking spot. She runs into the Mayor of Iberden, Raymond Andrews, who decides to join her on the hike....

Freelance artist Delaney Powers has just had a really bad breakup when she receives news that will change her life forever. Astonished to learn that her dearly departed grandmother has willed Delaney her once-popular tea room, the struggling artist boards a bus to Vermont....

Olivia receives a request to pick up three stray kittens at an old roadhouse in a rough part of town and is relieved that the kittens are okay, but she's horrified when she discovers a body....

When life goes to the dogs . . . Macy has a bone to pick. Garage sale reseller and amateur sleuth, Macy Garson, has had a rough patch. When her late husband's classic truck breaks down, she seriously wonders if she can survive without him. A feud with her next-door neighbor over a...