Cozy Mountain

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...

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.

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.

He wears dry-clean-only suits. I wear muddy cargo pants. I can save his designer loafers from his new PR-stunt rescue dog, but our romantic trainwreck derails as soon as he moves back to the city. Grant Whitaker arrives in Haven Falls in a bespoke suit with a plan: adopt a photogenic dog, impress his billionaire client, close the deal, leave. Instead he gets Scout, a seventy-pound Golden Retriever with separation anxiety, noise reactivity, and a talent for dragging corporate executives through mud puddles. I’m the local dog trainer he hires at an exorbitant fee. He brings a laminated ...

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 mountain man firefighter romance featuring a grumpy recluse who hasn't said more than two words to anyone in years, a bakery employee who says yes to everyone but herself, and a mountain rescue that changes everything. He's been in love with her for six months. She has no idea. Until he finds her on a dark trail and can't stay silent anymore. MORGAN I know every regular's order at Sugar Moon Bakery. I know their kids' names, their dogs' birthdays, their coffee preferences down to the sugar count. I say yes to every favor, every extra shift, every request, because being needed is ...

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 ...

A steamy firefighter romance featuring a quiet mountain man who's been invisible for five years, a candy shop owner who's been everyone's favorite and nobody's person, and a smoke-filled shop after dark where the sweet girl stops smiling and the silent man finally speaks. She was handing out free samples. He walked through smoke and wanted something realer than sugar. I watched five women in the Trading Post fall in love. I cheered for every single one of them from behind my counter with caramel on my fingers and a smile that never slipped. I'm everybody's favorite person in Copper Peak. ...

A steamy hotshot romance about a firefighter certain he already burned his shot at a home, and the floor manager who's only ever been the useful one—thrown together for one gala weekend before his crew takes him back up the mountain. She runs the room. He came back down it wanting her. I've spent twenty-three years being the useful one. They promote you, praise you, ship you wherever you're needed—and never once fight to keep you. Being good at something has only ever cost me the people around me. So I keep everyone at arm's length, hand them a task instead of myself, and I don't let ...

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 ...

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...

A dead celebrity chef boss. A handsome and mysterious new next door neighbor. Lizzie’s in big trouble... Waitress Lizzie's horrible and much hated celebrity chef boss is dead; stabbed with a knife in his own restaurant kitchen. When the police discover she was officially the last person to see him alive, they put Lizzie right at the top of their suspect list. Now, panicked and fighting to clear her name, she’s forced to team up with her handsome and intriguing new neighbor, Jack Mathis. Okay, so Jack claims he’s a former special agent on suspension from his investigative duties for ...

Russell Vaughn told his wife he was in Denver on business. His car turned up at a trailhead with keys in the ignition. And Russell Vaughn hasn’t been seen in forty-eight hours. Autumn has settled over Elk Creek in layers, aspen gold and mountain frost, the deep blue of skies that seem to go on forever, the first dusting of snow on the highest peaks. It is Gemma and Marco’s first autumn as a married couple. It is also Kate Soren and Scout’s first real case. Russell Vaughn was a respected Elk Creek businessman. He was also, as the investigation quickly reveals, running a very careful ...

A picturesque Blue Ridge mountain town, an empty-nester starting over, and an antique appraiser who just valued his last settee… Fifty-two-year-old widow Maggie Callahan thought she had her second act figured out. Running Callahan & Company Estate Liquidations out of a restored apple warehouse gave her purpose, steady work, and just enough room to keep her grief at bay. With her sharp-tongued best friend Birdie running client relations and her affable, treat-obsessed golden retriever Buster greeting customers, life in Black Walnut Cove was peaceful. Then came the estate sale of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

He destroyed four of her pumpkin pies. Then he questioned everything she was fighting to save. Ruby Miller inherited her grandmother’s bakery, her recipes, and a legacy everyone in Laurel Ridge seems determined to protect. The problem? Miller’s Family Bakery is quietly failing. Ruby has one autumn to turn things around, and the Harvest Festival could be her best chance—until traveling food writer Jasper Reid crashes into her display with a cup of coffee and an inconvenient opinion about pumpkin spice. He thinks tradition can become a trap. Ruby thinks he should stay out of her kitchen...

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 steamy firefighter romance featuring a hotshot superintendent certain he already burned his one shot at an ordinary life, a sous chef who's everybody's easy favorite and nobody's first choice, and three days of soft-open service before his crew rolls out for good. She cooked for a crew that leaves Thursday. He tasted one plate and wanted the woman behind it — the real one, not the easy one she hands everybody else. I've spent twenty-three years being the easy one. The good sport who got told "that'll be easy for you" like it was a compliment, who learned to laugh first so nobody caught ...