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A dead author. A magical waffle recipe. One telepathic dog who can't keep his thoughts to himself. Maple Winslow was perfectly happy running her grandfather's Waffle Wagon until she found a cryptic message from recently-deceased author Elliot Thorne hidden in his book. Now she's juggling suspicious locals, her grandfather's secret magical recipes, and a looming food festival that could make or break her business. If only Jake Reynolds would stop offering to help—his concerned looks and rolled-up sleeves are seriously affecting her ability to concentrate on crime-solving. And Pecan's ...

Maple Winslow's inheritance? One vintage Waffle Wagon and a whole heap of trouble. When murder rocks the sleepy town of Starfall Glen, Maple's friend Lucky becomes the prime suspect. Now, instead of perfecting her grandfather's famous waffle recipe, she's hunting a killer—with help from her oddly intuitive Tibetan Terrier, Pecan, who seems to know more than he's letting on. As if solving a murder wasn't enough, there's also the distraction of Jake, the charming mechanic whose crooked smile makes her forget how to mix batter. But when dangerous "accidents" start happening at the Waffle ...

A haunted waffle iron. A missing treasure. And one nosy dog who’s about to blow the case wide open. Maple's cozy waffle workshop takes an unexpected turn when an antique iron sparks talk of pirate treasure. Suddenly, Starfall Glen is abuzz with fortune hunters and dark secrets bubbling to the surface. Armed with a psychic pup, a dash of magic, and her grandfather's cryptic recipes, Maple finds herself at the center of a centuries-old mystery. As equipment fails and tensions rise, she realizes there's more at stake than gold. With time running out and shadows closing in, can Maple uncover ...

Would you play along… if the scares weren’t scripted? Rusty signs on to the Fall Fest’s crowdfunded Scare-Barn to help rescue dogs until a safety test turns deadly and everything stops. With Boo at her heels, Rusty starts tugging at loose threads: rushed fixes, whispered favors, and a design with too many blind spots. Everyone swears they only wanted the show to go on, but somebody turned fright night into a trap. As the pressure mounts, Rusty must separate spectacle from sabotage and unmask a killer before the barn’s tricks bury the truth for good.

They wanted a peaceful vacation in a wintry location. But when Santa meets an untimely end, can these intrepid investigators save the season? Chloe Carson is excited for her long-awaited family reunion. But as they gather in a snow-clad village to plan their aging mother’s dream of opening a restaurant, the old lady’s habit of spreading garden gnomes around town leads to a panicked pilgrimage. And the mayhem continues when their visit to the nutcracker museum reveals Kris Kringle has come to an unmerry demise. With a ton of questions and no answers, Chloe and her cunning cocker spaniel ...

A reluctant witch. A mysterious murder. A dapper dog with magical intuition. Arabella Blackwood's magical abilities are a lot like her houseplants—neglected, but not quite dead. After a childhood spell-gone-wrong, she's perfectly content selling organic veggies and brewing coffee in picturesque Port Havenwood. Her quiet life goes up in smoke when a stranger publicly calls her a witch at the farmer's market. Awkward! Even worse? The woman turns up dead the next day, and suddenly everyone's giving Arabella the evil eye—especially the handsome detective who thinks she did it. With her name...

A light, cozy mystery in a small town with a puzzle loving, amateur female sleuth, quirky characters (human and canine), and enough flowers and pastries to fill your garden and your belly. Book 1 - Peonies and Peril Chloe Carson has no clue what’s next. Starting life from scratch after her husband’s passing, the sixty-year-old is back in her hometown to ready the family’s treehouse hotel for sale. But her six-month commitment heads into the weeds when the ornery garden club president is found pushing up daisies in her prized peony patch. With her aging mom and bff topping the list of ...

A missing brother. A desperate detective. And a small-town secret that could unravel everything. When Arabella is asked to help find Detective Derek Reed’s missing brother, her witchy instincts tell her there’s more to this case than meets the eye. With a few untapped magical abilities and a lot of determination, Arabella dives into the investigation, quickly finding herself pulled into the dark underbelly of the seemingly quaint town she calls home. Their search uncovers a hidden world where a dangerous cult practices dark magic and leaves a trail of mysterious symbols that lead right ...

When the tide pulls back, the truth can't hide. The Seabridge Sandcastle Classic turns deadly when beloved judge Owen Laird is found dead. Accident? Bookshop owner Marina Ellis doesn't think so, especially after someone slipped a bottle through her mail slot with one word: RETRACTION. Now Marina's using her forensic linguistics skills to decode what others missed. With steady Nate, golden retriever Gulliver, and her sharp eye for the stories words tell, she's following a trail that leads from the competition grounds to the town's carefully guarded secrets. Because in a world built on ...

A killer hides in the fine print… The night before bestselling author Marius Vale collapses mid-reading at Bottled Clues, a bottle slips through Marina Ellis’s mail slot with one word inside: DEDICATION. When the event turns tragic, the ex–forensic linguist and bookstore owner follows a breadcrumb trail buried in books, schedules, and small-town grudges. With steady Eddie, capable Nate, and goldie Gulliver, Marina sorts rivals from friends to learn who rewrote the evening.

Secrets, scandals, and spaniels… As Halloween looms, Cedarbrook teems with activity, brimming with anticipation for the haunting hayride, the town's centerpiece. Chloe, accompanied by her devoted fiancé Paul, eagerly plans to join their friends. Little do they know that opening night will ignite a tragedy, plunging Cedarbrook into an abyss of chaos. Unyielding, Chloe embarks on a relentless quest, determined to solve the murder and recover the stolen jewelry. Each thread unraveled exposes a labyrinth of secrets, motives, and long-standing rivalries, testing the very fabric of their ...

A golden retriever barrels into Bottled Clues with a sea-green bottle. Inside: a sun-faded scrap, “the map… the tide that hides.” Hours later, chaos erupts backstage at Seabridge Cove’s festival and the bottle vanishes. Marina Ellis, ex–forensic linguist turned bookseller, follows a trail of planted messages toward a tide-hidden cove and a rumor someone would kill to keep. With only her wits, her bottle wall, and Gulliver’s nose, she has one tide cycle to read the story the culprit is writing before the next secret washes ashore. A cozy seaside mystery with a message-in-a-bottle...

Oh Christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches, and…a dead body? Chloe was basking in the glow of the Christmas tree lighting ceremony, and the satisfaction of solving the murder of Santa. Her thoughts turned to the arrival of her sisters the following day and getting on with the purpose of this family trip. However, the gift someone left under the tree was worse than a bag of coal. Another murder mystery in the midst of this Bavarian-style village threatened to throw the entire small-town into mayhem. No sooner had her sisters arrived, than one of them threatened to leave, blowing up the...

A traveling circus. A mysterious medallion. And a waffle witch with more questions than syrup. When Cirque Mystique rolls into Starfall Glen, Maple Winslow is ready for sparkles, spectacle, and selling waffles to the crowds. But when the ringmaster’s signature illusion ends in disaster, Maple finds herself center stage in a mystery with more twists than a trapeze act. Armed with her mind-reading pup Pecan, a dash of inherited magic, and one hunky mechanic who can’t stay out of trouble (or the waffle cart), Maple juggles jealous performers, cursed props, and hidden legacies that hit a ...

Cupcakes, kite string, and one dead judge—can a brand-new baker solve the crime before her grand opening falls flat? Fresh from a nightmare divorce, Tilly Griffin swaps Boston traffic for the gull cries of Belle Harbor, determined to serve Grandma Luna’s sea-salt-caramel cupcakes and flaky blueberry hand pies at her own shop, Luna’s Bakeshop. But the seaside dream curdles when a kite-festival judge is found strangled with string in the vacant store next door… and Tilly’s lovable yet scatterbrained Uncle Jack lands on the suspect list. With tourism season days away and her bakery ...

Tueriez-vous pour remporter le Festival de la citrouille géante ? Rusty Redmond, directrice de festival à la retraite, pensait avoir troqué le chaos des citrouilles contre la paix et la tranquillité. Mais lorsque le tout nouveau concours de sculpture sur citrouille par drone se termine par un meurtre choquant en direct, la voilà de nouveau propulsée sous le feu des projecteurs. Accompagnée de Boo, son cocker spaniel de couleur fauve, Rusty se retrouve à gérer une galerie de suspects hétéroclites : un adolescent prodige de l'informatique, un cultivateur rival et rancunier, une ...

Ruby Dalton's coffee has gone cold at the Beehive Bistro... because she's vanished without a trace! In Honeyridge Falls, where gossip is sweeter than honey, Moxie is about to stir up a hornet's nest. Armed with wit sharper than a bee's stinger, she's determined to uncover the truth behind Ruby's disappearance. But in this hive of secrets, the suspects are buzzing with motives. From Ruby's hotheaded boyfriend to her jealous best friend, and a bartender who knows more than he pours, Moxie must sift through a swarm of lies to find the truth. As Moxie peels back the layers of small-town charm, ...

Get the first book in each cozy mystery series! Light, cozy mysteries with fun loving, amateur female sleuths, quirky family members, and an adorbs cocker spaniel. No gore, swearing or cliffhangers. Cupcakes and Catastrophe The Belle Harbor Cozy Mystery Series (A Culinary Cozy Mystery) A nightmare ending to her storybook marriage. An escape to a quaint beach town. Will a mysterious murder derail a second chance at her dream? Tilly Griffin did everything by the book. Everyone else’s book. Now it was her turn to write a new chapter, three thousand miles from her former life. Her dream of ...

Arabella's tranquil life is shattered when her spectral grandmother makes an urgent appearance with a harrowing tale: her bones have been mysteriously stolen, and if they're not retrieved quickly, she will disappear forever. As Arabella visits the family graveyard, she finds her grandmother's grave seemingly undisturbed, but the cemetery manager dismisses her concerns, and the local police deem her story too fantastical. Arabella, feeling increasingly isolated in her quest, sees her grandmother becoming more transparent with each passing hour, heightening the stakes of her mission. With the...

A mysterious letter from the past, gut punching muffins, and funky smelling clues... Second in the Belle Harbor Cozy Mystery series! Tilly is settling into her new cottage and life in the quaint beach town of Belle Harbor. With her fledgling bakery partnering with the local coffee shop, she has high hopes that her business will soon take off. Tilly’s new friend Fiona convinces her to rummage through her uncle's antique shop to find decor to fill her sparse home. But instead of the sought after beach treasures, they discover clues to a long ago unsolved mystery in the small town. Coupled ...