Cozy Mountain

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.

Bookish mountain man romance—English lit heroine meets rugged craftsman alpha in a charming small-town setting, blending opposites-attract tension, slow-burn chemistry, forced proximity, and fast-burn instalove with a possessive, patient hero and a V-card heroine torn between her big-city dreams and the life blooming right in front of her. She called it a spring fling. He knew better. I HAD A PLAN. New York. A publishing house. A life that looked exactly the way I'd always imagined it. Big. Bright. Far away from the small mountain town I'd been passing through my whole life without ever ...

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...

Small-town mountain man romance—steady, perceptive livestock rancher hero meets people-pleasing heroine who has spent her whole life taking care of everyone but herself, blending instalove intensity, emotional vulnerability, quiet possessive energy, and a woman finally learning to receive love instead of just give it. One question. One answer. One night that changed everything. I'M A MOUNTAIN MAN. I built my life on paying attention—to the land, to the animals, to the details other people miss. I'm not loud about what I want. I don't have to be. I watch. I wait. I know a real thing when...

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #5 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." A SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACKS upon valuable Herdwick sheep, the sudden disappearance of a foreign hiker, and the unexplained drowning of a woodland hermit – a series of apparently unconnected events – draw Detective Inspector Daniel Skelgill to the white-knuckle passes and isolated dales of deepest Lakeland. Straws in the wind suggest there is sorcery afoot – and a connection to an equally sinister trade in human traffic – Skelgill and his team risk dire ...

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...

He’s a local legend. She’s a local liability. Nature and I are not friends. I prefer ovens to campfires, committee meetings to survival drills, and muffins to… whatever it is people eat when they “forage.” So when I end up chaperoning my son's middle school winter retreat in the Wyrdwoods, I fully expect cold toes, chaos, and at least one minor emotional breakdown. What I don’t expect is Silas Snow—the yeti wilderness guide with an intimidating stare, a grudgy sense of humor, and the kind of protective presence that makes my brain short-circuit. He’s not charming in a ...

“Southern storytelling that shows us an old world through new eyes… A beautifully fresh folktale.” - Daniel Wallace, Author, Big Fish "Keeps readers hanging on every word..." - Independent Book Review 2024 NYC Big Book Award Winner Fast-paced, heartwarming and inspired by a real Labrador Retriever, Between the Mountains is a suspenseful tale about a group of people connected through a stray dog. Roscoe was a nomad, roaming alone across a small town until he met J.D., the leader of a community center whose never-ending loyalty rivals that of the old lab. When a figure from the past ...

Small-town mountain man romance—brooding guilt-haunted recluse hero rescues a stranded injured heroine on his remote mountain, blending instalove intensity, cabin forced proximity, he-falls-first possessive energy, emotional healing, and a scavenger hunt adventure that leads her straight to the one man who wasn't meant to be found. One mountain. One cabin. One man who wasn't meant to be found. I'M A MOUNTAIN MAN. I came to this ridge to disappear. No neighbors. No noise. No one close enough to let down. After what happened—after the tragedy I couldn't stop—solitude isn't loneliness. ...

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...

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 ...

Attorney Avery Andrews has returned to her humdrum hometown of Dacus, South Carolina, leaving her job at a powerful law firm in the rearview mirror. But with her Donna Karan suits she's struggling to fit back in. Is it still a place she's able to call home now that she's swapped her prestigious clients for high school bullies and formidable aunts? She finds sanctuary in her grandfather's cabin on Luna Lake until police arrive to investigate a mysterious rumor. But more than secrets lie beneath the dark surface of Luna Lake.

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #15 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." VIRILE; HANDSOME; RUTHLESS. When gamekeeper Lawrence Melling takes over at traditional Lakeland sporting estate Shuteham Hall he soon ruffles the feathers of not only elderly Lord Edward Bullingdon and his younger model wife Miranda, but also their adult offspring and fellow estate workers. Meanwhile local conservationists perceive an existential threat to rare hen harriers nesting on nearby Over Moor. And when Miranda’s jewellery worth a six-figure sum goes...

Stranded airport. Sudden snowstorm. Mountain man rescue. One-bed inn. I should have checked the weather forecast. Instead of Thanksgiving dinner in Wildwood Valley, I’m standing outside a snow-locked airport with a canceled ride and no way to reach my mom’s mountain town. Then he walks out of the terminal. Cyrus Hale — rugged mountain man, scruffy beard, hiking boots, broad shoulders built for chopping wood and making bad decisions feel dangerously right. When he says he’s driving to Wildwood Valley, I know I should say no. I get in his truck anyway. What follows: White-knuckle ...

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 ...

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...

For fans of Nancy Drew! When art restorer Chloe Harper is called to assess a hidden painting discovered behind a wall in the historic Hawthorne House, she’s stunned to find the signature of Elizabeth Sinclair—a brilliant artist who vanished from Seabrook in 1965 without a trace. What begins as an extraordinary artistic discovery quickly turns into a tangled mystery. The painting may be one of a long-lost series, and clues hidden within its brushstrokes could finally explain Sinclair’s disappearance and threats to the environment. But as Chloe investigates, she realizes she’s not the...

"Hopelessly Charming and Hilariously Sweet! Mountain Man Warner is the cozy, spicy rom-com I didn’t know I needed in my life. Set against the stunning backdrop of Cedar Spring Lake, this story delivers a perfect mix of laugh-out-loud charm, geeky sweetness, and swoony insta-love." -ARC Reviewer Welcome to Cedar Spring Lake, New Hampshire, where travelling mountain men and adorkable locals are a match made in the mountains. Warner Out of the corporate world and into the mountains. I’ve spent the last few years retracing the footsteps of my family’s adventures, finding a part of myself ...

Anyone growing up in Lobelia Falls is taught to learn the elegant, ancient, and occasionally deadly art of shooting with a bow and arrow. Practicing the craft, freelance secretary Dittany Henbit is strolling through the woods with her bow at her side when she meets a surveyor making surveys where he shouldn't. Dittany is giving him what-for when an arrow goes whizzing above her head. It is sharp enough to kill, and was not fired by accident, but Dittany wasn't the target.

Grumpy/sunshine mountain man romance—alpha search-and-rescue hero meets perky, irresistible server during a missing-person call, blending opposites-attract tension, forced proximity, age gap romance, possessive alpha energy, and fast-burn instalove in a high-heat small-town setting. She’s everything I don’t want. She’s the only thing I can’t ignore. I DON’T DO SOFT. I don’t do loud, bright, or distracting. My world is simple—work the call, find what’s missing, move on. Focused. Controlled. No complications. Until I see her smiling behind the counter. SHE’S TOO MUCH. Too ...