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By Janice Hanna

The best laid plans of brides and men go awry when Annie Peterson’s future son-in-law Scott disappears. Have pre-wedding jitters caused Brandi’s fiance to take flight, or are more sinister forces at work? Surely Annie can solve the riddle. But who could be behind this apparent kidnapping caper? Maybe the drug company Scott works for has hidden motives. Perhaps it’s the handiwork of Otis, Scott’s deceitful dad. But then again it could be the shady wedding photographer, or the “political enemies” of Scott’s mother. Will Annie solve the mystery and recover the missing groom, or will she suffer “regrets only”?!

By Janice Hanna

Annie Peterson is a small-town mom from Pennsylvania trying to make it through a season of weddings—one on top of another. She’s just married off her oldest daughter (Brandi), but still has another ceremony/reception to plan for Brandi’s twin sister, Candy. Who is behind the funeral home murder? Join Annie as she attempts to crack the case! Annie and her daughter visit the local Clarksborough florist shop (Flowers by Fiona) to order Gerber daisies for the big day. Later that day, Fiona mysteriously dies while making a delivery to a local funeral home. The funeral director, Eddie Moyer, is the suspected target, but he ends up MIA, so it’s hard to say what’s happened. Ironically, Sasha turns up missing as well – possibly for good.

By Janice Hanna

Join Annie Peterson as she follows the clues to discover who set fire to the local dating service, the Perfect Match. Is the arsonist the financially strapped widow who owns the matchmaking business, a mismatched newspaper editor, an unsatisfied and unmarried forty-something customer, or the new female investigator who, except for her suspicious past, seems the ideal mate for Annie’s son Devin? The race is on—to see whether or not Annie and her cohorts can solve the crime before another building is burned to the ground and before Devin becomes enamored of the woman who may be Ms. Wrong.

By Janice Hanna

Annie Peterson’s good friend, Janetta Mullins is preparing to get married. Only one problem. . .Janetta—who runs Clarksborough Catering—is the area’s best caterer. Who will prepare the reception foods for her big day, so that she can relax and enjoy being the bride? To ease her load, Janetta agrees to work hand-in-hand with her daughter, Kristina, to pull off a reception menu guests are sure to remember. A few weeks before the wedding, Janetta wins the Food & Family Channel’s coveted title of Super Chef, barely beating out her friend, Rosie, who lives in nearby Quakertown. Because of her new status, The Food & Family Channel comes to Janetta’s wedding to film the event. They also offer Janetta her own weekly show on the network. Janetta’s ceremony and reception come off beautifully; no complaints from the bride or groom—or anyone else in attendance, for that matter. Yes, everything is wonderful until later that night, when half the town of Clarksborough ends up deathly ill with food poisoning. Coincidence? Or sabotage? Who would want to threaten the caterer’s blossoming career? Annie gets busy, figuring out whodunnit. One by one the suspects fall!

By Chris Well

WHAT’S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?
For twenty-five years, EARL WALKER has been defined by the two worst things that ever happened to him: The death of his beloved wife, and the bullet that ended his career as a metro bus driver. Now bound to a wheelchair, he lives at Candlewick Retirement Center … where he barely knows the neighbors. Not that it matters: Following a failed state inspection, residents have thirty days to get out.

When he’s dragged from his assisted-living apartment to a clandestine spicy hot chili party, he almost has fun … until someone ends up dead. Now Earl seems to be the only one suspicious of the way the partygoer met his demise. Can he solve the puzzle—and figure out his relationship with his new lady friend—before Candlewick is closed down and the suspects move away?

By Chris Well

IT’S AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME!
After years as something of a hermit, Earl Walker is coming to terms with having friends—and a new love in his life, Gloria Walker. She has him attending church for the first time in years. Earl likes Pastor Andrew Benton, but doesn’t understand the minister’s obsession with “celebrity psychic” Montague Black.

When a public summit is arranged for Pastor Benton and Black, two men walk into the room—but only the minister comes out alive. Can Earl prove Pastor Benton was inexplicably framed … or is it time to start looking for a new church? More importantly, will he ever find a good time to propose to Gloria?

By Chris Well

IS IT CURTAINS FOR EARL AND GLORIA?
Earl Walker’s life is finally on track. But while skimming through the script for a local production, Earl is horrified to learn his darkest secret is about to make a theatrical debut. Desperate to keep his bride-to-be from discovering his shame prematurely, Earl enlists the help of his friend, Jenny, and local deputy Landon Fisher. As they track down the only other man who knew the truth, Earl is shocked to discover he’s already dead. . .and confronting the playwright reveals nothing either. Things continue to careen out of control—the playwright is murdered, and Jenny’s on the spot—but can Earl hook the killer before the final curtain call?

By Cecil Murphey

When Psychologist Julie West arrives at Cartledge Inn in response to an urgent call from Stefan Lauber, a supposedly reformed criminal recently released from prison, a near-hysterical desk clerk tells her that Lauber has been murdered in his room—room 623.

According to the clerk, everybody keeps asking for that room. The police have already examined the scene, but others have broken in and ransacked the place. Still others want to book a reservation for this particular room number.

Pastor James Burton, whom Julie West secretly loves, teams with her to solve the mystery of room 623. In the process, they encounter another murder, meet a strange detective, and learn about missing diamonds.

By Cecil Murphey

Who would want to kill the sainted Twila Belk?. . .Especially since she had footed the bill for an Antarctica cruise with 48 of her “closest friends?”

But when a search team discovers the body of the murdered benefactress on Brown Bluff Island, an unlikely duo joins forces to solve the heinous crime.

Though once engaged, Reverend James Burton and psychologist Julie West are no longer even on speaking terms. Can their mutual love and admiration for a dear, departed friend allow them to set aside their animosities long enough to bring Twila’s killer to justice?

By Dana Mentink

Two shocking discoveries – her dead husband’s secret novel and a body in Finny’s town square fountain nearly push Ruth to the edge of her sanity. The final kicker comes when her hairdresser goes on vacation to Fiji, leaving Ruth to look like Dickens’ Miss Havisham. A crazy kaleidoscope of characters such as the uptight gallery owner, Napoleon Prinn; half-baked Dimple Dent, writer of fortune-cookie wisdom; Alva Hernandez, octogenarian newspaper boy; and Monk, the amorous town caterer, add to the chaos in the shadow of Finny’s nose until Ruth finds herself in the ultimate do or die situation.

By Dana Mentink

For Ruth Budge, the worm business is thriving until a disembodied toe turns up on the golf course and members of a strange cult begin to infiltrate the quiet seaside town of Finny, California. Life is already crazy for forty-seven-year-old Ruth, juggling the needs of her worm farm, her new spouse and a platoon of crippled seabirds bequeathed to her by her dead husband. Then there’s the insanity swirling around the first ever Finny’ Fog Festival and the discovery of a bizarre diary from one of the town’s seediest ancestors. Things go from misty to murderous as a man plummets to his death from an exploding hot air balloon. Is the craziness a byproduct of the festival, or a decades old curse unearthed in an antique diary? Ruth had better find out fast, or her worms won’t be the only things six feet under.

By Dana Mentink

It’s the 150th anniversary of the wreck of the Triton, a ship that foundered off the coast of Finny, California. A team of college students arrives to film a documentary, and pregnant Ruth is pressed into service. She must reenact the life of survivor Indigo Orson, a woman who managed the perils of gold rush California by disguising herself as a man. Indigo’s writing reveals there was treasure aboard the Triton, a rich prize shrouded in secrecy. While her beloved husband Monk is away, Ruth stumbles on the body of one of the film’s crewman. His death turns out to be the furthest thing from an accident. Adding to the chaos, Ruth’s estranged son arrives and Monk’s niece faces heartbreak at the hands of Finny’s police detective. Faced with murder, mayhem and mommyhood, Ruth had better find some answers fast.

By Susan Sleeman

WHEN YOU FIND YOUR BOSS PUSHING UP DAISIES. . .
Life in full bloom, landscape designer, Paige Turner, scores her first landscaping contract to spruce up the park, her radio talk show shoots to number one, and her retail shop is simply blossoming. Yes, her life is a bed of roses. Until she finds City Manager, Bud Picklemann served up on the blade of her favorite shovel mere hours after she’s threatened to have his head on a platter, then the thorns come out. And there is none thornier than the local police chief declaring Paige the one and only suspect and threatening to plow her under.

YOU’VE GOT TO FORMULATE A PLANT OF ATTACK . . .
Paige teams up with dashing attorney, Adam Hayes to weed through the list of suspects, and clear her soiled reputation. A bigmouthed Parrot who often spouts Mr. T-isms, and a giant pickle mascot join in quirky Paige’s quest to once again cultivate control of her life.

By Susan Sleeman

IF YOU PLANT THE WRONG SEEDS. . .
Recovered from her near death at the hand of a killer, landscape designer Paige Turner is certain her life will soon be a bed of roses. That is, until her employee, Daisy Plante, finds a dead body, and the thorny police chief looks no further than Daisy for a suspect. Paige digs in and weeds through the list of potential killers, and before long, her sweet smelling rose of a life is soundly trampled.

YOU’LL HAVE TO REAP WHAT YOU SOW . . .
Paige would be much happier working over-thyme on her budding relationship with yummy attorney, Adam Hayes, but it soon becomes clear she’ll be in a hoe lot of trouble with him if she continues digging for the killer. Does Paige risk all and try to unearth the killer? Or does she settle down in peaceful bliss with the man of her dreams?

By K. D. Hays

For years after her divorce, Karen Maxwell handled administrative paperwork for her brother’s private investigation agency while he ran around town doing the “fun” part—the investigation. When his partner retires, he finally offers her a chance to take a case of her own. She soon finds out why. The assignment involves the theft of the local historical society’s most treasured artifact, and her brother figures everyone involved is a little crazy. While Karen poses as a volunteer at the site to catch the thief, she meets a host of dedicated historical re-enactors, one of whom happens to be tall, handsome and unmarried.

By K.D. Hays

Paintings slashed… Furniture broken… Someone is wreaking havoc at the Blue Moon Art & Antiques Gallery. Fledgling private investigator Karen Maxwell goes undercover as a salesclerk to find out who’s behind the vandalism, and why. She learns little from friendly clerk Vicki and Eric, the shop’s surly, tight- lipped porter, would run over her with a hand truck before he’d answer any questions. The guilt may even lay with the shop owners themselves, despite the fact that they’re the ones who hired her.

Karen’s investigation seems to be going nowhere—just like her once-promising relationship with Brian, the handsome blacksmith who could sweep her off her feet in a minute… if he’d ever take a break from working with the church youth group. Frustration mounts as her dreams of romantic evenings turn into endless rehearsals for the church Christmas play. If Karen can’t crack the case soon, she may find herself busted back to plain, old office manager, her dreams of a career as a private investigator—and a life with Brian—as old and busted as the Blue Moon’s vandalized antiques.

By S. Dionne Moore

LaTisha Barnhart’s bunions tell her something’s afoot as she delves deeper into the murder of her former employer, Marion Peters. She’s burping Mark Hamm’s bad cooking to investigate his beef with Marion. . .getting her hair styled at a high falutin’ beauty parlor to see what has Regina Rogane in a snarl. . .playing self-appointed matchmaker between the local chief and a prime suspect. . .and thinking Payton O’Mahney’s music store lease might be the reason he’s singing a sour note when discussion of Marion’s murder arises. LaTisha’s just might use the reward money to get her bunions surgically removed, but she’s got to catch the crook first.

By S. Dionne Moore

While LaTisha Barnhart is helping her mother-in-law move into Bridgeton Towers Assisted Living and Nursing, Polly Dent loses grip on a facility treadmill and takes a fatal spill that’s ruled an accident. The residents’ gossip is revealing all kinds of motives for murder and LaTisha’s nose smells trouble simmering. Can she stay on her achin’ feet, and one step ahead of the villain, long enough to solve yet another crime?

By S. Dionne Moore

When LaTisha Barnhart’s chief cook overhears a hitman being hired to take out the mayor, he tells the amateur sleuth right away. And when said hitman turns up dead, the plot thickens like pan of stale gravy. Lord knows there’s no shortage of suspicious activity around town—just keeping track is making LaTisha’s head spin. But when she is nearly run down in broad daylight, she realizes her goose might be cooked. Your Goose Is Cooked is a feast for mystery fans!

By Susan Page Davis and Megan Elaine Davis

Emily Gray returns to the lakeside community of Baxter, Maine, expecting a peaceful week in her family’s island cottage. Instead, she and her high school crush, Nate Holman, discover the body of Henry Derbin, an elderly island resident. Amid rekindling her old friendship with Nate and trying to make sense of the murder, Emily shares her faith with an old schoolmate. When a second body turns up, the cottagers on Grand Cat Island are frightened and baffled. Is this why Mr. Derbin forbade everyone from going on his land? Can Emily and Nate overcome past hindrances to their romance long enough to dig up clues that will help solve both murders?

By Susan Page Davis and Megan Elaine Davis

Emily Gray has accepted a job working for the Baxter Journal and plans a feature story on Lakeview Lodge. Owner Jeff Lewis tells her and Nate Holman a mysterious legend about a hidden treasure and murder. Now the hunting lodge is plagued by an intruder who thumps around in the night. Nate and Emily try to help their friend discover who is invading the resort. Things turn more sinister over the Christmas holidays, when one of Jeff’s employees is murdered, with Jeff as a suspect. Is the legend of an old lumber baron’s lost treasure behind the crimes? Jeff’s faith is shaky, and his family rejects him. Nate and Emily try to help him through the crisis. In the midst of the turmoil, Nate graduates from the Police Academy and proposes to Emily. Their life together begins with unmasking the murderer at Lakeview Lodge.

By Susan Page Davis and Megan Elaine Davis

As Emily and Nate plan their wedding, they work to decipher their most baffling case yet. When Emily goes to interview Stella Lessard in her home, she finds the sweet older woman dead. Stella’s odd will draws claimants to her estate. Nate, on the job as a sheriff’s deputy, stops a young woman for speeding and is stymied. She has the same name as another two young woman who is trying to claim Stella’s estate. Who is the legal heir? The police rule Stella’s death a homicide, and attitudes change. What is going on at Grand Cat Island? And who brought murder again to the sleepy town of Baxter? Emily lets her emotions get in the way as she tries to befriend the two girls. She winds up in danger that puts her ingenuity and her faith to the test.

By Elizabeth Ludwig and Janelle Mowery

Casey Alexander refuses to believe her aunt committed suicide. Convinced a murderer is hiding out in her aunt’s sleepy hometown, she’ll do anything to uncover the truth. But as her personal investigation produces mounting evidence, the danger to Casey grows. Now she’ll be forced to trust certain residents of Pine Mills for help, including local nursery owner, Luke Kerrigain…the man with whom she’s falling in love with…and who may be stalking her. Prompted by strange clues and a mysterious stranger, Casey does a little more digging. The secrets she unearths will turn lives upside down and threaten the peace in Pine Mills’ small community—especially when she discovers that the truth can sometimes be hidden in a lie.

By Elizabeth Ludwig and Janelle Mowery

Hone your investigative skills with Died in the Wool, a mystery filled with humor, suspense, and romance. Monah Trenary is battling for city funds for her beloved library. When a rival for the much-needed monies winds up dead, Monah is considered one of the prime suspects. When a second corpse weighs in, police detective Mike Brockman discovers that, according to the evidence, Monah and monkshood are a lethal combination. Can Monah and proven sleuth Casey Alexander find the real killer before this librarian is booked for murder?

By Elizabeth Ludwig and Janelle Mowery

Come along as bride-to-be Casey Alexander works to solve the murder that hijacked her shower. She’ll find that the victim’s propensity for blackmail, gossip, and downright meanness has created a long list of suspects. Unfortunately, Casey’s fiancé is at the top of the list. Armed with her ever present Post-It Notes and the help of her best friend, Casey follows the clues to a killer hiding in plain sight.

By Candice Speare Prentice

Will Trish Cunningham’s discovery sour her on milk forever?When mommy and wife Trish Cunningham finds the body of pharmacist Jim Bob Jenkins behind the two-percent milk, she know she’s having a bad day. Worse, she’s a suspect in the murder. Sleuthing to exonerate herself from criminal charges, she shakes up a murderer who has nothing to lose by killing anyone in the way—including Trish.

By Candice Speare Prentice

This murderer is playing for keeps. When Trish Cunningham and her oldest stepson, Tommy, find Georgia Winters, the English teacher at Four Oaks High School, dead in the band room, the suspect list is lengthy. The teacher had a number of enemies—including Tommy Cunningham.Once again Trish pulls out her notebook to collect clues. Detective Eric Scott, suffering from unrequited love for Trish’s best friend, Abbie, pointedly asks Trish to butt out. But despite the detective’s warnings, she jumps in as usual and finds herself embroiled in a mystery that has its roots in thwarted love and revenge. The finale could be Trish’s swan song.

By Candice Speare Prentice

Trish Cunningham is pussyfooting with a murderer. Amateur sleuth Trish has retired from her short-lived crime-solving foray. No more walking deliberately into danger. Now her short-term goal is to see her best friend, Abbie, marry fiancé, Eric Scott, in three weeks.But the brutal murder of Abbie’s ex-husband could ruin the nuptials, especially since Abbie was the last one seen with him—when they had a hostile argument at the local convenience store.With evidence pointing at Abbie and the possibility of jail looming in her best friend’s future, Trish comes out of her self-imposed sleuth retirement. And as the clock ticks down to the wedding date, Trish once again puts herself in reach of a murderer’s claws—this time to protect her best friend.

By Frances Devine

At 10:29 a.m., on a cold day in January, the Cedar Chapel Bank was robbed.

At 5:41 that same afternoon, Aggie Pennington-Brown was declared missing. Victoria Storm, new owner of Cedar Lodge Boardinghouse, and her elderly boarders reluctantly agree with Sheriff Turner’s conclusion—Miss Aggie’s been kidnapped by the robbers. But when secrets and long-lost loves begin to surface from their missing friend’s past, a horrible possibility arises. Could someone they know and love have harmed Miss Aggie? Could it be one of them?

As Victoria and her elderly friends attempt to solve the mystery and locate Miss Aggie, more secrets are revealed until Victoria begins to wonder if there is anyone she can trust—including, or perhaps especially, the dashing local reporter, Ben Grant.

By Frances Devine

Oh, no, Miss Aggie. Not again!

It’s been six months since Miss Aggie’s first misadventure, and now a man’s dead body turns up in a secret tunnel at Pennington House. Miss Aggie skedaddles off to Jefferson City to her nephew Simon’s house, leaving Victoria and the rest of the seniors with another mystery to solve.
In the middle of their sleuthing, Phoebe Collin’s mysterious Uncle Jack appears, regaling them with tales of his adventures in the import/export business in Germany. But he seems a little too suave for Victoria, and his stories leave questions that make her wonder. Could his activities during World War II have been illegal? And could he have something to do with the body in the tunnel?
To add to her confusion, a handsome stranger arrives in Cedar Chapel, making Victoria’s heart flutter and causing her to doubt her relationship with Benjamin Grant. After a frightening trek through one of the tunnels at Pennington House, Victoria and her elderly friends, uncover yet another mystery. One that puts terror in their hearts.

By Frances Devine

Ride along on a hair-raising adventure with Victoria Storm and her cohorts as they comb Cedar Chapel for clues to a murder. When the local pet store owner is found dead, the coroner deems it due to a fall. But Victoria, her fiancé Benjamin, and the residents of Cedar Chapel Lodge, a senior boardinghouse, think it’s murder. As they begin to uncover evidence, things go from bad to worse and their friend Miss Aggie disappears, leaving her blood-stained clothing behind.

By Cynthia Hickey

When Marsha Calloway’s daughter is accused of a crime she didn’t commit, Marsha is determined to find the real culprit. She enlists the help of her Cadillac driving mama, the man who ditched Marsha at her high-school graduation but kept her heart, and a bumbling police officer. Folks around River Valley are having things disappear while they are sleeping with their eyes open. Seems everyone has a dream and not enough funds. Someone is determined to kill for that dream. Will River Valley’s cast of colorful characters live to see another day? Can Marsha find out who the thief is before she becomes one of the sleep walkers?

By Lynette Sowell

A facial gone wrong, or murder? Andromeda Clark must uncover the truth to save her handmade soap business.

The heartbreaker diva of Greenburg, Tennessee is dead. Andromeda Clark knows that her cherry facial scrub didn’t accidentally kill Charla Rae Thacker from anaphylactic shock. But Andi’s soap business is in trouble and tongues are a-waggin’. To save her business, she searches for the one who tampered with her product. And now Andi’s long-time, long-haul trucker boyfriend Ben decides it’s time to settle down and stay in Greenburg for good. How can a woman breathe?

By Lynette Sowell

After the most rain Greenburg, Tennessee has seen in years, Andi and Ben Hartley’s watermelon patch yields more than watermelons when Andi’s kitten discovers remains in the field. Then Honey Haggerty, the fiery and notorious owner of Greenburg’s yummiest down-home eatery, is found murdered. Fingers point at Ben and a lineup of other suspects. The more Andi discovers, the more she believes the two deaths are related. She races to find a killer—or is it killers?—before it’s too late.

By Lynette Sowell

Andi Hartley knows her peach baby food didn’t kill Dr. Bradley, despite his odd choice of a snack; she just needs to prove it to herself and the rest of Greenburg, Tennessee.
Andi Hartley promises herself she won’t get involved in any more mysteries, especially now that she’s a new mom. But when the doctor she’s typing medical notes for dies at his desk, one of the last things he ate was a jar of her homemade peach baby food for a snack. Then her physician and friend also looks suspicious for having caused the doctor’s sudden death, plus a dictation reveals that Dr. Bradley wasn’t alone in his office that fateful night. Andi must work quickly to untangle the web of secrets among the patients of Greenburg, Tennessee.

By Cynthia Hickey

Summer Meadows’ chocolate candy business is booming. She’s overwhelmed with her April Fool’s Day wedding plans, and against her family’s advice, hires her cousin to be her wedding planner. But then her cousin is found murdered and more mysteries keep occurring at family parties. Can Summer resist the urge to investigate when she and her dysfunctional relatives are dipped into a plot of unrequited love, internet scam, and jilted hearts? Could the murderer be related to her and have Summer targeted next? Will her fiance’ support her sleuthing antics, or is he another suspect with something to hide?

By Anita Higman

Bailey Walker has just lost everything—her family, her job, and her home. She has nowhere to go except the dilapidated mansion she’s just inherited from her granny Minna. Unfortunately, Bailey discovers that the house has a history as shadowy as its hidden passages and finds the neighborhood overflowing with some rather quirky folks—as well as one particularly appealing bachelor. Bailey feels like she’s trapped inside the pages of a gothic novel but with a comedic twist. In order to honor her grandmother’s wishes and stay at Volstead Manor, Bailey must unravel a string of mysteries and secrets, which all seem determined to stay happily ever buried.

By Anita Higman

Where Bailey Walker lives, being neighborly takes on a whole new meaning. Bailey has survived the mysteries of Volstead Manor, but her latest threats are more ominous than ever. Did her neighbor B.J. die of natural causes? Or was he murdered? And why does the new neighbor, Vlad Tepes, always seem to be watching her? While searching for a lost treasure and planning a wedding the size of an amusement park, Bailey must discover what monster is still lurking in the neighborhood. Will she unravel the puzzle in time, or will Bailey merely provide the villain with Another Hour to Kill?

By Anita Higman

Volstead Manor has caught on fire, and the last of its murderous secrets flare hot enough to drive Bailey back to her sleuthing. A villain, who remains shrouded in darkness until the end, threatens to destroy Bailey, and once again, the mansion ignites with malevolent mischief. While she unearths a family secret from Prohibition that’s hidden deep within the cellar, she becomes entangled in a ticking-clock race to save her own life. Will the foul surprises never end at Volstead Manor, and will Bailey’s burning desire to marry Max go up in smoke?

By Linda Kozar

Best friends Sue Jan and Lovita run a beauty shop/boutique in the little West Texas town of Wachita. They share a passion of food and fun. But one day, over lunch in a Chinese restaurant, Lovita opens a fortune cookie with a sinister message: “Your father was murdered. . .” a clue that leads them to God, an international spy ring and several devastatingly handsome strangers. A most unlikely pair of detectives, these girlfriends “Comb” the countryside with style, sarcasm, and lots of Szechwan. This tale is like good take-out food–definitely worth bringing home.

By Linda Kozar

When Lovita Mae Horton wins a trip for two to attend a cooking school in Paris, she invites her best friend Sue Jan Pritchard along. Their joy is short-lived however, when they find out the trip is to Paris, Texas. Sue Jan has family there—Aunt Lila and Cousin Pouncey, but discovers her eccentric Cousin Pouncey has just passed away. When Sue’s Jan’s unique antique platinum engagement ring goes missing, they suspect she lost it when saying her last goodbyes. With her wedding only a few months away, Lovita, Sue Jan and Aunt Lila decide to unearth the ring on their own, but instead dig up the dirt on an international ring of art thieves intent on brushing them off for good.

By Linda Kozar

With Lovita’s wedding to Hudson just months away, all Lovita and Sue Jan’s plans seem to be going awry. A new beauty shop in town is stealing their customers, a crooked politician is running for Mayor, and to top it off, the man who is building Sue Jan and Monroe’s dream home falls victim to a freak air hammer accident. All the girls have to do is save their beauty shop, rescue Wachita, and nail the real killer before Lovita walks down the aisle. Can two big bodaciously beautiful women do it? Piece of cake—wedding cake that is!

By Elizabeth Ludwig

Crazy Cousin Mary is dead, crushed by the weight of La Bamba…

The youngest of five children, Clare Butterfield has always been embarrassed by her unruly brothers’ raucous ways, but leaving the shame of her family’s lifestyle behind also means losing the only man she’s ever loved.

Tied by a sense of obligation to his abused mother and terminally ill father, Matt Walker watches helplessly as the love of his life leaves him.

Together, these unlikely heroes set out to uncover the mystery behind a murder, but hindering their investigation is town full of secrets and a longtime rival with a thirst for revenge.