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What do you get when you mix a squirrel with big teeth and a fedora on his head, a fat goofy raccoon, and a street-smart turkey named Tessie? A fun romp around the down-river areas of Allen Park, Trenton and Woodhaven. Join Jimmy Gumbo and his friends as they try to lead Smokey Jo to her forever mom. They are not without experience, after all, they found Andy’s mom.

Thelma the Ghost Cat finds herself on the I-75 expressway near Kentucky in a snow storm. What happens when she finds herself in a trunk on the top of Jim and Sarah Gaunter's van headed for Michigan? Thelma knows everything happens for a reason, but why is she here and how will she ever get back to Enchanted? Suzanne and Cooper help Thelma return to Enchanted in this fun, light story. Book three in the series. Ghost Cat is a fun, fast adventure that also is a stand alone story.

Everyone said they ate poisoned mushrooms and beat each other up to the point of near death, but they knew better. Kept apart for 19 years, what would the three best friends discover actually happened to them and why? Raymond Potis travels back to his hometown of Oscoda, Michigan and reconnects with Ben and Lennie. By the end of his trip, two people are dead, and two are in the backseat of a patrol car. Raymond and a friend are almost murdered by the entity that tried unsuccessfully all those years ago.

Andy watches from behind a bush as his entire family leaves the only home he has known. What is a nine-week old kitten to do? Follow Andy’s adventures as he searches for his one true home. He tells everyone he meets his real name, but they don’t seem to care. Andy meets a most unusual assortment of friends who are willing to help him in his quest. Will Jimmy Gumbo be his greatest champion, or is that just another dead end?

Ophelia thought she would have to stay in feline form forever, or at least until Mrs. Johnson died. Thanks to Thelma, Ophelia, and Thelma are able to find their way back to Enchanted after a lot of fun twists and turns and a ride in a suitcase. Ophelia soon learns that everyone in Enchanted has lessons to learn and fate to fulfill. Listen to how the family is reunited and just how Luna got that bubble butt.

People started dying, and personalities started to change. Who was murdering people and dumping their bodies in Queen’s Park near the café? Why were the bodies mutilated? What did any of that have to do with Sam? If you like your BLT with a side of murder, manipulation, and massacre, where the tip you leave just might be a part of yourself, then welcome to the Amazing Bee Café.

Suzanne, Carly, and Shannon are in trouble again when the criminal they put away escapes from prison. Suzanne’s cousin, Officer Brent Trott, has his hands full yet again trying to save his cousin and her friends. Brent’s feelings are stirred up when a new man shows up in town and gives him cause to worry.

Most people feel the need to take a break from their everyday life at some point, and Shannon was at that point. She borrowed the name of her favorite character from an old sit-com and found a little country bar where she could escape to and be someone else for a while. She could drink and not have to worry who was counting, and a bonus was a cute bartender. Shannon was happy at Ruby’s Bar and Grille - until she found herself in the middle of someone else’s business, and they were not pleased.

Millie Moneypenny is a six foot 84-year-old who is a no-nonsense force of nature. She considered her co-worker, Irma Bankers, silly, chatty and annoying. When Irma was hit by a bus while running after Millie to return a pin that Millie had lost, Millie felt bad for the little 27-year-old. They had never been friends, so why is it that now, over 50 years later – Irma’s ghost shows up to haunt Millie? Why was Irma there and how can Millie help her to rest in peace and move on?

Enchanted Vacation: Annabelle’s Visit is the third and last of my Annabelle Series. It is funny and heartwarming and includes old friends from several of my other books, you just might recognize an old friend.

As if finding out her boyfriend Billy had been killed in an automobile accident was not bad enough, Kate soon found out that he had been across town with another girl at four a.m. at the time. Terry had been driving his precious car that he would not even let Kate drink her coffee in. Together with her best friends, Connie, Linda, and Stella, she decides to solve this mystery. The plot thickens when she finds out that Terry had been shot. Kate was then accused of being a stripper, then arrested for attempted murder. It was a good thing that Billy was there to help them—in ghost form.

Melissa never felt she belonged, never quite fit into her own skin. When an old school friend dies, Melissa comes home for the funeral and to help her grandmother with Judy, she could not bear to call her mother, who is in the nursing home. Melissa takes on a writing assignment for the local newspaper to write about a 45th Southwestern High School reunion.

In this sequel to The Dell Street Boys, Principal Erica Cobbin has fallen in love with Lance and his young twin sons. What happens when Lance's deceased wife turns out not to be so dead after all? Has he lied to her? Has the entire town?

Feeling ignored, all Cassidy wanted was to show her boyfriend that she wasn’t just waiting around for him. When her phony check-ins fail to impress, she creates a fake boyfriend and posts to Facebook. She even takes a vacation to Las Vegas and brags to everyone about her handsome new guy.

Della thought hiding from the Child Protective Services Agency was hard, but she soon found out hiding from a killer was much worse. When 16 year old Della Keal's aunt Cindy died. Della left West Virginia. All alone in the world now she found some friendly faces in Georgia and one deadly one in Florida. Unfortunately, now Della really understood the meaning of hiding.

Twins Nelly and Niles Collins didn’t have many financial advantages growing up. Their widowed mother had to work two jobs to support them. The mystery of the Lady in the Purple Hat brought the kids in this neighborhood in Southwest Detroit together in the summer of 1962.

Annabelle has always been able to fix things with a click of her fingers and a few choice words, but this Christmas, something is different. This Christmas, she realizes that the girl she has raised from birth, Jane, has grown and has a life of her own now, which includes her ultra-rich biological mother, the former bag lady Dennie Bin. It also includes the son of Annabelle’s worse foe.

Emily Kore is again being stalked. Only this time there seems to be no way to turn the situation in her favor. Join Emily, her best friend, Kat, and their boyfriends, Jordon and Scott. Retsel, everyone’s favorite FBI eye candy, is on hand to lend a helping hand. But does he have secrets of his own? Come back to the Monkey Bean Café and enjoy your favorite expresso while we figure this one out.

After a night of one too many glasses of wine with her friends, Suzanne had one of those dreams that feel so real. She dreamed she was laying on a hot beach and Andy, the cat who had been literally and unceremoniously dumped on her doorstep, was playing with her hair, nipping at her neck, and giving her butterfly kisses. The next morning, when Suzanne goes into her bathroom to shower, she begins screaming and collapses to the floor.

People who knew Carly thought she had it all together. After all, she was very beautiful and was very intelligent. Along with her best friends Suzanne and Shannon, Carly was privy to many secrets. What they did not realize was that secrets had a way of following people throughout decades. Secrets that can touch every part of your life and come back to haunt you.