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Donut Lady, an amateur senior sleuth, sifts through clues. The serial killer squirms under the heat of exposure. It’s time for Donut Lady to die. Karen O’Brien moves to her hometown in south Georgia and buys a charming, old-fashioned donut shop, complete with the owner's dog and cat. However, shadows and terrifying nightmares from her twelve years in prison disrupt her new life; or are they trying to help? Her struggle to adapt to civilian life becomes even more complicated when the boy no one cares about except her suddenly disappears from his sketchy living conditions. While Donut ...

Vigilante Justice: Librarian Style Maggie was a quiet librarian until a heartbreaking murder woke something dangerous inside her. Now she’s out for blood, not for herself, but for those who deserve justice. She survives an explosion and begins the slow process of healing with the help of her unusual team. When her world is shattered by a heart-wrenching murder, Maggie's team trains her to fight to win, whatever the cost. Her grief and rage transform her from prey to relentless hunter, and her brilliant observational talents threaten a complex criminal scheme. As Maggie closes in on the ...

Where the Whiskey Flows and the Mob are the Good Guys Welcome to the world of Nettie Wyndham. Socialite. Speakeasy owner. Unlikely nemesis of a criminal syndicate. Nettie, a bold young socialite, turns her family estate into a thriving speakeasy, but her success draws the ire of a powerful crime syndicate with ambitions to control the state. When her husband enters the political arena, the stakes skyrocket. The syndicate can't afford the scrutiny of a politician they don't own. Nettie joins forces with unlikely allies, the local mob, to bankrupt the criminal ring and to crush its political ...

Her Dream Gig: Write an article about a haunted campground. Pitfall: Killer wants her dead. The assignment combines her love of traveling and camping with her loyal Lab/Husky mix, Rascal, and the intrigue of investigating haunted locations. The Old West-style Arizona campground, Forgotten Oasis, has a picturesque setting, but a deadly threat looms beneath the surface. While Wren digs into the mysteries of the Forgotten Oasis, she finds herself at odds with the young, widowed county marshal, whose protective instincts both frustrate and captivate her and with the snarky resident ghost who ...

Young widow. Innkeeper. Accidental Crimebuster. Jenna inherits a charming but failing bed-and-breakfast, but for a talented accountant, running an inn that is nearly bankrupt doesn’t fit into the tidiness of a balance sheet. Her fresh start is overcome by an avalanche of details that she’s powerless to stop. And nothing in her accounting background prepared her for a surly landscaper who challenges her every decision and still somehow ends up in her thoughts. Her psychic, sensitive nature, a quiet, uncanny pull she could never explain, extends to the portrait of Nettie Wyndham, her ...

Someone wants Maggie dead. Maggie Sloan, former librarian with the fierce spirit of a warrior, accepts an assignment to find a missing spy who trusts only her. Simple enough, until she is shot and friends are murdered. Maggie and her partner, Larry, a police officer from her hometown, reel as the shockingly vicious attacks escalate. They struggle with the disturbing clues that point to the guilt of everyone they meet, and their trust and reliance on each other grows deeper than Maggie realizes. (He falls first.) How many more will die before Maggie and Larry expose the ruthless enemy’s ...

Karen is threatened by a violent man. After he is murdered, the killer stalks her. Karen has to stop the murderer, or she’ll be next to die. Karen O’Brien—retired teacher, convicted felon, and donut shop owner. The terror of nightmares and shadows from her years in prison haunts her. After a violent man who threatened Karen is murdered, her nightmares foretell of a tragic, second murder. The killer stalks the Donut Lady; she does not intend to become victim number three, but can the Donut Lady and her shadows expose what the murderer has concealed for years? She’s fierce, but the ...

Wren and Rascal leave Arizona for her second writing assignment: a haunted campground in Texas. A killer wants her dead. Wren has never left a project unfinished, so she reluctantly leaves Arizona and the cute town marshal for her next assignment: a haunted campground in Texas. After she and Rascal discover a body in the woods, it’s obvious who the killer is, isn’t it? Even the ghost tells her not everyone is who they seem.

Only Riley hears what the animals say. They’re warning her about murder. After a sudden job loss, Riley and her very good boy, Toby, return to her hometown to work at a new vet clinic, hoping for a fresh start and a quiet life. But peace is short-lived. A local murder shocks the town, and Riley’s strange but reliable gift tugs at her. The animals know more than anyone suspects, and so does Riley. As one murder follows another, she discovers her unique connection with the seemingly unrelated deaths can lead her to expose the murderer’s scheme. When she gets too close, the desperate ...

Donut Lady has a knack for being at the wrong place at the right time. After two murders, the killer targets her. It’s personal. Donut Lady witnesses a friend’s estranged husband in a sketchy incident, then he’s found dead. After a second murder, she falls under suspicion, but is she the target? Donut Lady’s nightmares saved her once, but the murderer takes it to a personal level. She’s on her own. The killer intends to watch her die.

Wren and Rascal arrive at her third haunted campground writing assignment in the mountains of Tennessee and disturb the lair of a killer. Wren and Rascal check in at the Tennessee campground that has no history of being haunted except for the ghostly sounds of stock car races at night. As the feelings deepen between Wren and Justin, the town marshal who waits for her in Arizona, she’s tempted to write a quick summary then leave Tennessee until she stumbles across a body. While she pieces together fragments of old and new clues that reveal an ongoing crime, a ghost warns her of danger. The...

A deranged serial killer targets the vulnerable Maggie. Her life depends on seeing what no one else does. Maggie navigates through the clues behind twenty years of suspicious deaths at the hand of the legendary Ghost of Wicked Hollow. Even though she has tragically lost her eyesight, she sees beyond the fog that has shrouded a serial killer from discovery for years. The murder targets her to die.

Sudden attacks on Maggie escalate. Someone wants her dead. Maggie, Larry, and her team investigate the puzzling clues that point to a long ago, unsolved theft of famous works of art from an art museum, but how is an old theft related to the attacks and a series of fires? Maggie intends to discover the truth. Her unknown enemy intends for her to die.

Riley, vet tech and dog whisperer, races with death to save a friend’s husband, but is she racing to her own death? The killer waits: Riley must die. As Riley searches for her friend's husband after he disappears, one of his coworkers is murdered, and Ben's former girlfriend gives Riley the reports she stole from her boss before he was killed. After Riley receives a text from a previously unreliable source warning her to be careful, she is the only one who can puts together all the pieces, if she can survive. The murderer closes in for the kill.

Wren’s fourth and final writing assignment: a haunted campground near a Florida beach. Wren and Rascal, her protective Labrador Retriever, arrive at a nearly abandoned, neglected campground. Wren discovers clues to a cold case in old letters. Are the new murders related? The ghostly pirate Captain warns Wren of danger; the killer plans Wren’s untimely demise.

Autistic and Orphaned. The nation’s survival depends on her. Seventeen-year-old Aimee Louise doesn't see faces; instead she sees swirling, shifting clouds. Bright and fluffy for happiness; dark gray for sadness; and anxious, restless wisps of gray for worry. But a sharp, jagged, crimson cloud, a chilling, almost tangible weight in the air, screams of imminent danger. A local transformer explodes, but it’s only the beginning of the coordinated, widespread collapse of the nation’s grid and the economy. When the power-hungry criminal discovers the information to stop his plan to take ...

The grid is down. The nation is in chaos. One man holds the key to stopping a silent war. After a devastating cyberattack cripples the U.S. power grid, Major’s quiet farm becomes a haven for those fleeing the collapse, including the local sheriff and his family. But as the terrorist network tightens its grip on the country, refuge turns into battleground. When Major’s young granddaughter reveals a chilling ability to sense threats before they strike, she saves them from a brutal ambush and exposes a traitor hiding in plain sight. Now, with a growing community depending on him and a ...

One killer. Two secrets. No second chances. When the East Coast Genealogy Club checks into Peach Blossom Retreat for their annual meeting at the Peach Blossom Barn, Jenna expects introspective guests and polite discussions about family trees. What she gets is an earful of backbiting, two murders, a hidden identity, a killer with a secret to protect, and the complication of navigating a budding relationship. As danger closes in, Jenna must untangle a web of lies stretching back decades. Trusting the wrong person could be her last mistake.

A haunted hotel. A ghost tour queen. A death too perfectly staged. Not all killers leave footprints. Jenna reluctantly agrees to attend a three-day innkeepers’ conference in Savannah, Georgia, after pushy encouragement from Morgan and Nettie. Get away, they said. Take a break from murders... She expects networking, awkward icebreakers, and an overdose of industry jargon. What she doesn’t expect is a killer.

Sell smarter. Earn more. Connect with real readers. Have Books Will Travel is a practical, no-fluff guide for independent or traditionally published authors who are ready to sell their books at in-person events. Based on years of real-world experience, this practical guide walks through the steps of taking books on the road to the readers. From booth design and pricing strategies to mastering customer interactions without being a “pushy salesperson,” this book is a complete roadmap on how to stand out, sell more books in person, and enjoy the journey.