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From the authors of Cozy Mystery Magazine - a collection of cozy Christmas-themed travel mysteries and scrumptious holiday recipes for our mystery fans. A short and sweet treat.

All CJ wants is a day of fun…. Without her dog getting her into trouble. Alas, it is not to be. While resting during a canoe trip with her boyfriend, Eric, and bestfriend, Mags, Caper the naughty pup finds a clue that sets CJ and her friends on their most dangerous gumshoeing adventure yet!

The fate of the ranch rests on Savannah Worthington’s shoulders. Can she trust the handsome stranger her mother hired to help her, or is he one of many who wants what Savannah has struggled to save? Having been blessed by a fortune made in ranching, Savannah struggles to find true love within a society where first comes money, second comes marriage. What kind of man can she trust with her greatest treasure - her heart?

Maggie Spoonmore marries her father's former foreman, Zach Colton, in order to salvage her reputation, yet struggles to believe he married her for love and not her inheritance. It's difficult for Maggie to relinquish control and allow Zach to lead the ranch to prosperity. Danger dogs their steps as they try to figure out how to live a life together when they hadn't had time to court each other, and Maggie is thrust out of the role she'd always thought she'd have with full management of her father's ranch.

Susan Turner wants only to run her cozy bookstore, Turn the Page. That dream is disrupted with the return of the man who skipped town 10 years ago with her heart. Only, his return isn't as innocent and safe as he leads her to believe. Cade Aikin wants only to repair the damage he'd caused to Susan Turner and opens a mega bookstore, not realizing she'd opened her own store. He's taken aback by her open animosity and becomes fearful for her safety when two strangers in town appear a little too interested in her life.

After receiving a batch of photographs of missing women and discovering her face imposed on one of the victim's picture, Aislinn MacFarland realizes the serial killings taking place are personally directed toward her. When the FBI steps in, and Agent Andrew Wayne is assigned to protect her, Linn balks, determined to solve the crimes with the help of her partner. When a witness points a finger at Linn's partner as being the killer, Linn and Drew race against time to prove the other detective's innocence and catch the man known as The Photographer before more women are killed. Romance rages, bullets fly, and a madman moves closer to his idea of the perfect woman.

Marsha Steele is at it again. When she volunteers to help the high school librarian with a book fair, Marsha stumbles across the woman's body and is roped into running the book fair alone. Marsha comes up with the great idea of doing the fair along with a harvest carnival. The main attraction is a haunted tunnel. Little does she know, but evil lurks inside the tunnel that has nothing to do with scary costumes. Join in as once again Marsha and a cast of zany characters try and catch a killer before they become the next victim.

Noelle Landon and her sisters are seeing the fulfillment of a dream with the opening of their candy store, Chocolate Bliss, and right in time for Christmas. Noelle's grand plans are turned upside-down when the mayor of Bridgeton requests that she show a famous celebrity, the handsome, award-winning author, Scott Conrad, around town and get him to help draw tourists to their fair town for the holidays.

What if the serial killer you were chasing was closer than you think? Small town detective, Shelby Moore, has kept a case board on her mother’s ten-year-old murder in her basement. When beautiful women start dying with the same words written next to them that were next to her mother, Shelby believes she may have finally gotten a break. The only thing is…the killer shares something very precious with Shelby. Something she can’t shake off. Scottish cop, Colin MacKenzie, left disaster behind and moved to the rural landscape of Arkansas. The last thing he expected was for his past ...

Siobhan Callahan takes the job as lady's maid to the spoiled Miss Lydia Worthington. Because of past horrors, Siobhan vows to never have a relationship with a man and is determined to focus on her career. Only, she hadn't planned on meeting the kind and handsome handyman, Michael Flanagan.

A too handsome for his own good private investigator. A stalker who claims she is his. A new job turns deadly. Stalked by a mysterious man, Lana Bailey is hoping her new job at Brothers Steele Private Investigators will convince the man to go away. Instead, his obsession with her increases. Her new boss takes her on pro bono as a client in order to keep her safe. Lance Steele is determined to keep Lana safe and capture her stalker. He has no plans on falling in love. Romance has no part in his business. Yet, matters of the heart are not as easily shoved aside as he thinks. Danger escalates....

Insanity is never far behind. Or is it? So far, the private investigation business of Wife for Hire has done nothing more than check on cheating spouses and insurance fraud. But, when handsome author, Eric Larson hires Sarah Matthews to pose as his fiancé in order to get rid of a stalker, things escalate to a whole new level. Wanting her business to be taken seriously becomes almost more than Sarah bargained for as a clever plan to catch a crazed woman takes a turn for the worse. Can Sarah and Eric stay far enough ahead of a demented stalker long enough to confess their love for each other...

Why can’t his brothers leave him alone? All Malcolm Armstrong wants is work on vintage cars and find the woman of his dreams. Everything changes when he tackles a pretty woman he thinks is a jewel thief and someone shoots at them. Ashley Lincoln’s life is boring and predictable until she’s caught holding a bag of stolen diamonds. When the handsome Malcolm hauls her into his sheriff brother’s office, she’s sure she’s going to jail. Instead, the sheriff reveals her unpaid speeding tickets and sends her to the ranch for her own safety and to work off her community service hours. ...

In the gripping novel "Cowboy Peril," Parker Wells's life takes a chilling turn when a seemingly innocent night out with friends becomes a nightmare of stalking and tragedy. As the shadowy figure of a man with a dangerous vendetta against her appears, Parker is thrust into a world of fear and suspense. Fleeing to the Rocking W ranch for safety, Parker faces resistance from Colt Dawson, the rugged cowboy who runs the ranch. As ominous gifts and threatening notes escalate, Colt becomes Parker's reluctant protector. Determined to uncover the truth behind her parents' murder, Parker's quest for...

A final confrontation. A traitor is revealed. Death is coming. The Seven Deadly Sins Killer has declared war. He wants the town of Oakdale as his home base and will stop at nothing to reach that goal. But first, he must get rid of Harper and Liam. Harper drew the line in the sand at Robert Thompson’s compound. While the man didn’t take the bait immediately, he promised they’d meet face-to-face soon. Something isn’t right about him. She fears he’s become unpredictable, and the waiting is almost more than she can bear. Liam is determined to protect Harper at all costs…even if it ...

A woman who can bring down a politician… A cowboy with a secret and a heart as big as Montana… Carly Simpson steals an incriminating file from the mayor of Copper Pass and accepts a job as chef at the Rocking 7 Ranch. Believing she would be safe surrounded by cowboys, one of whom is the sheriff, she wants only to do her job until the right time comes to put the mayor behind bars. She doesn’t count on falling for the big-hearted cowboy, Stetson. Stetson’s secret dims in comparison to the one Carly holds. Still, she’s an employee on the ranch and the cutest red-haired, freckle-faced...

She doesn’t want to carry a gun. Why would someone want her dead? Amy Oaks is content to sit behind a desk at Wife for Hire and do her investigating on a computer. When a man pursues her for nefarious means, the cozy little world she's created for herself is turned into something unrecognizable, a world she never sought or wanted. Rookie police officer Mark Fields rescues a pretty woman from being hit by a bus. When she says she didn't fall, but was pushed, he doesn't believe her until he finds out she's also been receiving threatening notes. Assigned as Amy's protection until the culprit...

A woman out for justice… A cowboy with a heart for damaged youth… A man filled with greed who will stop at nothing When Hope Jennings’s aunt suffers a suspicious death, Hope heads to Copper Pass to accept a counseling position on the newly established youth healing center at the Rocking 7 Ranch. When it comes to light that more than her love of youth is behind her arrival, she finds herself under scrutiny. Houston Armstrong loves the ranch but wants more from life than cattle and horses. He’d once saved a little, white-haired girl from death, now she arrives on his doorstep with ...

The tables have turned. Rather than Lainie Marks accepting a job to hunt down a crimina,l she finds herself being the one protected from a past evil that now wants her dead. New police officer Seth Wyatt finds the frightened woman running for her life after a traffic accident and teams up with her to stop a madman. Only, Seth isn't sure Lainie can hold it together when she comes face-to-face with the man who terrorized her in the past. Neither wants romance. Both want to focus on their careers. Can these two learn the valuable lesson that life isn't meant to be lived alone even with the ...

Brad Jennings needs a temporary wife. Lacey Strange is more than willing to hire on as that wife. Brad needs Lacey to help prove his ex-wife hid his daughter away from him in an attempt to prove negligence when the child disappeared from the park during a visitation with him. Both are determined to keep things strictly business, but when Brad finds out something terrifying about the mother of his children and the danger escalates, he and Lacey realize that hearts can't be told to remain professional. Can these two get over past pains and learn the lesson of love while the threat of death ...