Cozy Cooking

“You really nailed it” - words every paranormal chef on The Kitchen Witch Wars would love to hear. But for some on the show, this statement proves the final nail in their coffin! Unfortunately for them, amateur witch Christelle Seabright finds she must once again hang her hat as TV show host and become a homicide detective. The paranormal TV execs only care about ratings, and contestants continually trying to kill one another off has made The Kitchen Witch Wars a hot new program. But if the culprit is not exposed, how long before a judge—or even the host—ends up on the menu? More ...

Something insidious is knocking on the door of Veil Falls wanting in... It's not the Ghost next door. Verity will need all her skills as a Vine Witch and Ghost Seer to keep the Tweeners out. And if the expression on the dead guy's face is anything to go by, she'll need something more... Because what's running the show at Crooked Tree Market Barn isn't anybody's idea of a joke and nobody's laughing. ***Cabernet Caper is the fourth book in the intriguing Spell's Bay Mysteries...Come to Crooked Tree, sit for a spell, and have a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon as part of the Veil Falls Wine and ...

When Danielle Roberts inherits a boarding house in Charters Towers, her first thought is that it’s a scam. Assured by the solicitor that it isn’t, she decides to make a quick trip and sort everything out. She has no intention of staying. A pastry chef, she owns a café in Redcliffe. The first person she sees when she arrives is the last person she wants to see. Brett Bainbridge, her first boyfriend, broke her heart when he walked out on her. Now, here he is, standing in her garden bed.

Haley and Nana return in a second heartwarming adventure! Having embraced her new meta class, Haley is ready for anything... except, possibly, a plague of seafood! It turns out it's harder than she thought to sit back and let other people handle the problems she really, really wants solved.... This second installment in the adventures of a post-apocalyptic world with a game system imposed on it by magical aliens contains yet another recipe, because (once again), that's the kind of story this is. Curl up with some cornbread and watch Haley craft her way through another quick read!

When a loudmouthed, egotistical comedy club owner is found dead, Chloe's once sleepy hometown of Cape Cod is rocked to the core. Even worse, the police think one of Chloe's best friends is the killer. Convinced that her friend has been framed, the feisty, pie-loving cosmetics saleswoman is left with no choice but to take matters into her own hands to find the real killer herself.

A HARAS OF HORSES – A JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY Dr. Joy Forest, a social scientist, is called to her childhood home for an emergency, but soon discovers a mystery … the neighbor’s gorgeous black stallion seems to have disappeared into thin air. What happened to him? It looks more and more like dirty deeds are involved. Discover with Joy not only what happened to the beautiful horse, but also what all the whirling, swirling, unfolding events around her reveal to her about her childhood friends and family … and her heart. The JOY FOREST COZY MYSTERY SERIES is a world of eccentric small-...

Autopsies and Bubble Baths should be Sacred... That’s one fact Verity is sure of! After the body of a young woman washes ashore in Spell’s Bay, and the victim’s ghost arrives just in time for her own dissection, Verity will be forced to reassess her opinion. When the same mischievous ghost interrupts her favorite Honeysuckle-Rose Bubble bath and dips a ghostly toe, Verity is forced to take desperate measures. Add in the imposter at Martina's Culinary School that has everybody astir, and Verity, accompanied by her not-so-loyal feline familiar, Lois, set out on a hair-raising adventure ...

'Primal Cuts' aren't all that's Hooked and Hanging at Bussard's Meats in Veil Falls. Fledgling Vine Witch Verity Blume has agreed to provide the guests at the upcoming Matching the Wine Festival with a 'foodie experience' they won't soon forget. Everybody loves a Pig Roast, right? If only she can just bring herself to sentence 'The Right Pig' to be Saturday's dinner. And get the neighboring farmers to stop fighting long enough to fill the order. But Wining and Dining the guests isn't all that's in store for its citizens. And Verity is serving up more than just an attention grabber. It's ...

What does the Mission Lighthouse in Veil Falls have hanging around? And who is the Fresh specter putting the moves on Verity at the Supermarket? Honor Mason’s Annual Snowshoe, Shuffle, and Flight Wine Event has the customers all a titter with delight…and maybe a glass of his best Moscato… As the less than delighted hostess for her neighbor’s event, Verity is learning a thing or two about the wine business and speaking in front of an overly enthusiastic crowd. But the last stop on the tour at the Mission Light House comes with a view…and he’s swinging from the upper gallery… It...

Miss Araminta pushes her shopping cart to the neighborhood market, but stops when she sees a well-dressed woman stealing from a blind man's cup. The beggar is well known in the neighborhood; Bill and his seeing-eye dog sleep in a derelict shed behind the grocery store. He just turned up one day from nowhere, and is fed and clothed by the community.

When another murder occurs in Cape Cod, it shakes Chloe Cook to her core. Unfortunately, that isn't the only bad news that Chloe receives. Much to Chloe's dismay, one of her good friends gets arrested for the murder. Chloe believes that the police have made a huge mistake. In Chloe's mind, there is no way that her friend is guilty. Chloe can't get the detective to listen to her, however. It soon becomes clear that there's only one way for Chloe's friend to get her freedom back. Chloe will have to catch the real killer herself. Is she up to the challenge?

Was it just an untimely Accident? Or was it Murder? When Honor Mason’s sister, Martina, arrives; a despairing widow, with five rambunctious kids in tow, and haunted shadows in her eyes… Verity and Honor wonder. Are they coming home to stay…or running for their lives? And then they find the first body… Just a taste of what’s to come. A brand-new Paranormal Cozy to keep you up at night. Burgandy Blunder will hit the shelves this November.

Annie Jordan’s newly opened can of worms sends her and Tyler on a trip. Two trips, as a matter of fact. They need to sort out the family matter. Whose father is who? Does what was in the past stay in the past or can Annie and Tyler unearth the mystery of their parentage? What about the mysterious woman who’s left her a message. Who is she? How does she fit in with Sam? Does she? Annie’s trying not to be overtly curious, but can you blame a girl—ahem, woman!—for wondering about this newly arrived stranger? Then there’s the matter of all the bad luck she’s been having. And the ...

Annie Jordan’s new lease on life has taken a turn. With a new brother on the scene—one that everyone she knows is practically accusing of being a criminal element—she’s also found herself with a new roommate. It goes without saying that Bogart’s not happy about the roommate sitch. Of course, neither is Sam, and especially not Melanie. But hey, she’s got Mildred, and it seems she’s the only one who doesn’t hate Annie’s newly found brother. Prompted by curiosity—it killed the cat, right? Not humans?—Annie and Tyler submit their saliva for some DNA testing. They have ...

Smart and sassy 1890s bookkeeper-turned-sleuth China Bohannon is a magnet for danger. Assigned to office duties in the Doyle & Howe detective agency, she lands smack in the middle of the detective’s latest murder case when a suspicious character tries to bribe her - and she takes the bribe! In an adventure that is destined to go downhill from there, China is thrown overboard from a steamboat into Coeur d’Alene Lake to drown. Escaping that, while hot on the trail of the murderer, she’s arrested on charges of prostitution in the wild mining town of Wallace, Idaho.

“I love the way [Ainsley Walker] goes to a different country in each book and explores. It makes me want to visit those places!” – 5-star review A faraway island. An impending hurricane. And a missing pearl brooch. An airplane en route to the U.S. is forced to land on the island of Puerto Rico—and onboard is AINSLEY WALKER Stranded in torrential rain, she is guided by another passenger towards an old plantation house in the island’s tropical interior, where she meets an elderly woman who has lost a precious family heirloom. It's a pearl brooch that had once belonged to an actual ...

How does a middle aged woman embark on her upcoming second marriage? She whisks herself and her fiancé; Speed off to Italy to meet his family, of course. Their journey back into his past is mysteriously guided by intricate visions, unresolved emotions, spectacular landscapes, delectable food and remarkable characters. All these threads weave themselves into a blanket that uncovers years of pain and family secrets.