Cozy Mountain

Burnt-out social worker Amalie Holmes thinks she's finally caught a lucky break in the form of a free cottage from her mystery great aunt. With nothing to lose, Amalie heads for the hills, or, in this case, the mountains. Turns out the cottage comes with a big family secret: Amalie is from a long line of witches. She quickly discovers that living in a new town isn't easy, especially when lightning strikes whenever she loses her temper! When an orphaned 11-year-old stands accused of murder, Amalie's social worker instincts compel her to solve the case and clear the child.

MOUNTAIN SPRINGS COZY MYSTERY SERIES – Books 1-3 Book 1 – Missing, Presumed Unwed Book 2 – Curses, Fowled Again! Book 3 – Beasties and Butterscotch Pie Introduction Sharon Triplett’s life-change was to retreat to the majestic mountains, settle into her inherited family home with her two kids, plucky pet parakeet, Seymour, and try to recover from the tragic death of her husband, a hotshot, undercover, city detective. It was an elegant plan. It should have worked. But then, astoundingly, Seymour, began eerily communicating to her in her dead husband’s voice and Sharon’s life was...

A slice-of-life system story about hunting, fishing, and trying not to get beaten to death by your own reputation. Zhou Yichen died. That part was not great. Waking up again in 1981, in a poor mountain village, in the body of a man everyone hates? Even worse. The original owner of this body was a complete disaster. Thief, troublemaker, professional nuisance. If something went missing, people blamed him first and asked questions later. The only person still willing to stand by him is his older brother, and even that feels like it is hanging by a thread. So yes. Not exactly an ideal fresh ...

A steamy small-town mountain man romance featuring a quietly intense adventure-operator hero who'd been waiting two years without knowing what for, a buttoned-up librarian who drove twenty minutes up a mountain for a professional meeting, and the weekend she stopped holding her clipboard long enough to see what was right in front of her. She came up the mountain for a partnership agreement. She left with something she didn't have a name for yet. I had not driven twenty minutes up that mountain to stare at a man's arms. I was a librarian in Hartsville. I read at lunch. I wore cardigans. I'd ...

GREAT EXCITEMENT GRIPS Cumbria when Midsomar Manor, a small private Lakeland hotel, is chosen as the filming location for ‘FRIEND or FOE?’, the reality TV show that has captured the nation’s imagination – and this the ‘Celebrity Edition’, no less. A former colonial estate, set in private grounds close to the shore of picturesque Somar Water, Midsomar Manor seems the perfect choice. With its thirteen bedrooms and classic Georgian country house features – drawing room, billiards room, cocktail bar, wine cellar, scullery, attics, gun room – it is the film producer’s dream. ...

Trapped by a blizzard. Claimed by an orc. Lila just wanted a quiet winter writing retreat. Instead, she nearly burns her cabin down… and gets rescued by a huge, green-skinned, tusked orc who carries her straight into his arms—and his home. Thane is growly, protective, and absolutely certain of one thing: Lila is his fated mate. Now they’re snowed in together. One cabin. One bed. One raging storm. And a bond that only grows hotter. She shouldn’t want him. She definitely shouldn’t kiss him. But fate has brought them together… and Thane isn’t letting her go. A short, steamy ...

Zhou Yichen has survived the mountains, built his fortune, and earned the trust of beasts, villagers, and powerful allies alike. But when a letter from Lin Ying reaches him from distant Meilika, peace ends overnight. Crossing the ocean for the first time, Yichen finds himself in a land of gangs, guns, ranches, hidden fortunes, and ruthless enemies. From city streets to foreign wilderness, from corrupt powers to deadly hunters, every step pushes his All Souls System further than ever before. With loyal companions, dangerous beasts, and his own growing strength, Yichen will protect what is ...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #6 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." SUMMONED TO AN ISOLATED maximum-security hospital, DI Skelgill inadvertently catches the eye of a notorious female serial killer. Does she read his censorious thoughts? Is this the trigger that turns a routine investigation into a rollercoaster of murder, mayhem, escapes and hostage taking? And what of the establishment? Are these crises purely coincidental, or is some conspiracy afoot? Could it be blackmail, corruption, a power struggle ... or something ...

Three days in the mountains. No satellite signal. No sign of life. When Gemma Hartley’s pager sounds before dawn — MISSING PERSON, 72 HOURS OVERDUE — she and her legendary German Shepherd Kira are in the truck within twelve minutes. That’s what they do. That’s what they are. But what Gemma expects to be a routine search becomes something else entirely when Kira finds Alexis Mercer’s body at the base of Devil’s Ledge — and the evidence points not to accident, but to murder. Fresh from Minneapolis and still carrying the grief of a SAR operation gone wrong, Gemma came to Elk ...

Zhou Yichen has finally begun to make a life for himself. Once Dafeng Village’s most hated troublemaker, he is now a hunter, a businessman, and a man others are starting to rely on. With the All Souls System helping him grow stronger, the Taichu Mountains are no longer just a wilderness—they are his foundation. But the higher Yichen climbs, the more attention he draws. His medicinal herb business threatens powerful interests in the city. The Cao family is not finished with him, and behind them stand even bigger players who see a village hunter as someone who should know his place. At ...

A body in the lake. A castle on the ridge. And a town where the new police chief showed up in the mayor’s backyard… with amnesia… riding a stolen horse. Welcome to Camelot, West Virginia—a town where the legends are old, the secrets run deep, and nothing ever goes quite the way it should. Mayor Dreama Avalon just wants to save her hometown. Once a coal-fueled jewel of the Appalachian hills, Camelot is now clinging to its crumbling castle, a run-down main street, and a tourist plan that’s mostly fairy dust and desperation. Dreama’s ready to rebuild. But when a former beauty queen...

A thirteen-year-old secret is buried in the Colorado mountains. A K-9 handler and her aging German Shepherd are about to dig it up. When skeletal remains surface on a remote trail outside Elk Creek, newlywed SAR handler Gemma Hartley-Reyes and her veteran air-scent dog Kira are pulled into a cold case that no one in town wanted reopened. As Gemma trains a new recruit and navigates married life, the investigation uncovers a web of silence stretching back over a decade. Someone in Elk Creek knows exactly what happened. And they're watching Gemma get closer. Perfect for fans of Margaret ...

She bought the cabin on a whim. But will it transform into her perfect getaway? Burnt out from her high-flying author career and dreaming of escaping her busy Manhattan life, when Laura discovers her husband cheating on her with another writer, she knows it’s time for a change. After her brother calls her about a country Bed and Breakfast for sale, Laura ditches New York and buys it on the spot… only to realize that the run-down cabin will need more than a little elbow grease to restore it to working condition. As she’s swept up in the quiet joys of small-town life, an ad in the local...

She’s done with California dreaming. He’s given up on Yuletide miracles. Can two lonely souls spark happily ever after with a single kiss? Eve Starling longs to bask in the limelight. But after six years of struggle waiting tables and chasing camera shoots, the yet-undiscovered model puts LA burnout behind her for a brand-new start in the remote Oregon wilderness. Though rotten luck is still in the air when a winter storm buries her car… until a handsome mountain man scoops her up in his strong arms. Gabe Baskin finds serenity in the forest. But the nature-loving hermit’s peace from...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #3 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." WHEN A MAN IS FOUND STRANGLED by a climbing rope beneath the Lake District's notorious Sharp Edge, it is assumed he is the victim of a tragic accident. But Detective Inspector Skelgill suspects otherwise, and his fears are borne out when a second corpse is discovered close to Striding Edge. Soon it appears that a ritualistic serial killer stalks Cumbria's fells. As the body count increases, Skelgill must determine the connection between the seemingly randomly ...

The mountain buries its secrets under four feet of powder. This winter, one of them surfaces. January in Elk Creek is a different world — the ski season crowds flooding in, the cold settling into the bones of the valley, and the trails going silent under snowpack. When an avalanche on the north face of Ridgeline Mountain reveals a body that was never meant to be found, Gemma and Kira are called to confirm what the snow has uncovered. What looks like an accident turns into something much darker. Nathan Cole was an IT manager at the Elk Creek Ski Area. He was also running a quiet blackmail ...

Charming English villages, loyal dogs, and a determined amateur sleuth with a nose for murder. A mountain biker dead in a frozen ditch. This was not what dog trainer Tamsin Kernick had in mind when she climbed the majestic Malvern Hills to enjoy the New Year’s Eve fireworks. She would much rather head home to a warming hot chocolate and the last of the Christmas cake. But the trouble is that once Tamsin’s curiosity is aroused, she can’t leave well alone. So Tamsin wheels out her quirky band of investigators from her favourite coffee shop to get in the saddle and crack the crime. Once ...

When Marko Vukcic, one of Nero Wolfe's closest friends, is gunned down in cold blood, the great detective takes it personally, pledging to do everything in his considerable power to bring the killer to justice. But Wolfe's reckless vow draws him to the most lethal case of his career, propelling...

A mountain retreat. Quiet. Cozy. Peaceful. Away from it all. Until it is discovered that these tranquil vacation homes are being used for some very untoward business.

A Deal with the Elf King meets a Hallmark Christmas Movie in this cozy romantic fantasy featuring a handsome brooding Elf King, a quirky human baker, and delightful baking magic. They said the Elf King had lived a thousand years. They said he was the most beautiful creature anyone had ever beheld. They said he took whatever he wanted. And Noelle was no exception.