Cozy Reads

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

Golden Girls meets Schitt's Creek in print form! Dotty Dawson runs the Harborview Motel with a clipboard, a smirk, and a knack for wrangling chaos—whether it’s a pigeon on the bell or a guest microwaving a foil-wrapped burrito. But when retired botanist Hank Foster checks in with his fern Hazel and a habit of fixing things, Dotty’s carefully controlled routine starts to unravel. Between crow-obsessed Edgar, a puppet show in the courtyard, and a Moonlight Picnic that’s one canoe shy of a disaster, Dotty might just find room for love—if she doesn’t check out first. A cozy romantic...

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

In Dogwood Valley, even the dogs have alibis. When Olivia "Liv" Barker traded her high-powered legal career for a peaceful life as a dog walker in the quaint suburb of Dogwood Valley, she never expected her new job would lead her to unraveling a murder mystery. But when wealthy Mrs. Edith Pemberley is found strangled with a diamond-studded dog leash, suspicion falls on one of Liv's more challenging clients—a grumpy Rottweiler named Buster. Convinced of Buster's innocence and determined to save him from a grim fate, Liv digs deeper into the secrets of Dogwood Valley. What she uncovers is a...

Queens New York, high school principal Maria Bruno Cohen and hunky detective Joe Viola pair up again as Hassle High is struck by another series of murders in this mystery sequel. BOOK 2.

A Caribbean sailing vacation takes a frightening turn with a mysterious death… A year has passed since Janeva Jag witnessed a murder. The endless police inquiries seem finally at an end. It’s time for a relaxing sun-drenched vacation in the tropics. Is it fate, bad luck or something more sinister that brings the Jag family face to face with yet another death. Determined to enjoy their planned Caribbean sailing holiday they try, without success, to ignore a sequence of strange events and threats. Maybe there is a reason to be a bit paranoid, but at least life will return to normal when ...

A distant family relation, a shadowy haunted house, and untold secrets come together to put the Pink Iguana Sleuths on a collision course with the supernatural. Greetings from Witch's Cove, Florida. Hi, I'm Glinda Harrison, not your average sleuth. As the co-owner of the Pink Iguana Sleuths, and a practicing witch, my methods are... unconventional. One of my partners in crime-solving is more unique than most. Iggy is my talking pink iguana who offers his insights that are often rather snarky. Together with my husband, Jaxson, we're an unbeatable team. Our next case is about to lead us into ...

Another winner from AJA Gardiner with tons of intrigue and many unexpected twists. Good read as always... Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water Our last visit to Cairncroft ended with Sam booking a cruise for her honeymoon. Then Daisy asked if she could come too. What do you think happened next? I loved the suspense, the action, and the characters in this book, but most of all I loved the humour. I smiled, snorted, and laughed out loud many times. Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Actions have consequences. Whether intentional or accidental, the effects touch the lives of the innocent and the guilty alike. Often lasting a lifetime. From the author of the thrilling, action adventure, Garret Cooper Series, comes a dramatic story of love and loss. Discovery and heartbreak. Trial and redemption. Spanning five decades, "The Dream" tells the epic story of Teresa Patterson, and two troubled men: Allen Wilson and Douglas Sallinger. Two men leading linear lives until the day they finally meet and discover their common bond. When their lives eventually collide on a fateful ...

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

A mysterious nun. A missing jewel. Maybe tax returns weren’t so bad after all… Mary Catherine Mahoney, MC for short, never saw the nuns coming. When Sister Hildegard rolls into MC’s tax office, the former covert IRS agent never expected to hear about a secret society and a long-lost jewel with special powers. It’s too bad the nuns aren’t the only ones after the treasure… The hunt is on, and it makes MC occasionally yearn for her days filled with IRS paperwork. When a pair of jewel-hungry brothers looking to claim both the US Presidency and the Papacy clash with MC, she enlists ...

The historical charm of the old ghost town along with the unexpected mystery posed by the town’s founder, help Julie and her children as they adjust to life without the man who meant so much to all of them.Mae’s Hope is the fourth book in the Mae’s Second Chance series. Julie Engstrom didn’t think twice when she bought the small ghost town of Mae’s Second Chance. Something inside of her knew the moment she saw pictures of the small single-street town advertised for sale on the internet that it was exactly what she and her children needed. Nothing would ever bring back what ...

Beach wedding and a murder… Throw in an angry mermaid threatening to destroy the wedding! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! There’s trouble in Paradise, and the Rowling family is on the case. The island wedding of Mandy’s BFF Fiona and famous exorcist Brian Powers becomes the backdrop for a murder investigation when the body of a notorious loan shark is found in the dunes. But how did a man drown so far from the water? An angry mermaid threatens to wreak havoc if the killer isn’t caught, but with no spirits to question, does Mandy stand a ghost of a chance to solve the case? Find out in ...

When he manages to sell his martial arts studio in New York, Gregory Grantham is handed the chance to start a new life. He selects the small city of Poplar Bluff, Missouri as his temporary new home in order to care for his Aunt Vera who needs help after undergoing an operation. Rather than being a sleepy part of the state, southeastern Missouri torments Greg with a series of knife attacks by bank robbers, political activists and insane stalkers. Greg will need every ounce of his fighting skills to survive each violent ordeal. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian ...

Spring is in the air. Gus is feeling pretty good about the change in seasons until an unknown man decides he would rather change from being alive to being dead. He clearly drank something toxic, and it didn’t agree with him. The question is, did he really decide to do that, or did someone make that decision for him. Only that question is buried under a lot of other layers of questions. Why did the man visit Gus a few days before his death proclaiming the end times were near? Why didn’t he take enough poison to kill him near instantly instead of lingering around for days slowly dying? ...

London, 1965-69…Hilarious whodunit with quirky characters for fans of the Beatles, Golden Girls and Murder She Wrote. A clean, fun read. Beatles abound! The Cozy Beatles Mystery series is definitely a page turner! Helen Spencer's got a problem with stolen cars. What do you get when you cross 1960s supermodels, jealous neighbors and envious businessmen with the Beatles, their wives and girlfriends, and the music of the Summer of Love? A whole bunch of suspects... The one thing you can’t do is panic. So why was I panicking? Because John Lennon's psychedelic Rolls Royce had just been ...

Falling for the small town's widowed doctor was not my intention. The grumpy doctor is stuck in the past ever since his wife died three years ago. While he rattles my resolve I still have great optimism while looking forward to a new beginning with my daughter, Dana. The past has been rough for us up until my divorce became final. Our lives intertwined through the chorus of laughter from our kids playing together. Why does tension simmer every time our eyes meet? A cool night unfolds his gentler side, one he keeps hidden. My heart's caught in a tug of war between past scars and present ...

Nolbeloir House...the home that Jeremy Delahass built for his family in the heart of America...now 200 years later his family still calls it home...the Delahass Legacy lives on...and the search for justice continues...Barb Delahass has always admired the life Jeremy Delahass chose to live. In many ways her ancestor had shaped the course of her own life long before she was born. But lately she’s come to realize it was her turn to make some of the big decisions. With the help of Grayson Radcliffe, a long time family friend, she begins her research into questions she’s always had and ...

A dead body. A small town of secrets. One librarian who never signed up for murder. Gabby Keats is no stranger to mystery—on the page, that is. She’s content reading about fictional crimes while managing the quiet Maplewood Library. But her cozy life takes a dark turn when she stumbles upon the body of Councilman Bernard Cass right outside her library. With her golden doodle, Agatha, sniffing out clues by her side, Gabby must put her mystery knowledge to the test when her best friend Brittany is arrested as the main suspect.New-to-town Detective Brandon has his suspicions and a knack ...

A sudden disappearance, an island escape, the boy from her past, a raging blizzard of secrets and fear, another woman’s betrayal & the quiet suffering of a broken heart. She’d known the boy he was and it had never been a secret that she loved him with all her heart...then walked away...her dreams and hopes lost. Years later her life depends on the man he’s become. Dark secrets and twisted truths...hidden clues and unexpected danger...a lost island of dreams and mystery... There was only time to grab her purse and the small keepsake box she couldn’t leave behind. She had no choice ...