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 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...

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 ...

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 ...

Steamy small-town mountain man romance with a tattooed protector hero—A guarded heroine returns to her favorite river hideaway and finds the one man who makes her stop running, wrapped in instalove intensity, vacation romance fantasy, honeysuckle-scented summer nights, and quiet alpha devotion. This emotionally charged mountain romance blends gruff hero tenderness, possessive patient adoration, river-bend privacy, guarded heroine vulnerability, and steamy first-time chemistry into a slow-summer story where home isn't a place she's been avoiding—it's the man standing on the bank. She ...

A steamy small-town mountain man romance featuring an alpha outdoorsman who knows on sight, a bookworm heroine finally becoming the protagonist of her own story, and the slow-closing season of a North Carolina river town. She spent twenty-three years being the friend in the photograph. On day four, she walked the wrong way down a road. I came on this trip because Suri asked me to. I sat on the cabin couch with a book in my lap and watched my best friend fall in love with a mountain man, and I told myself I preferred the couch. I was good at the couch. I was good at the edges of things—the...

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 ...

Steamy small-town mountain man romance—easygoing patient fishing guide hero meets burned-out nursing graduate heroine chasing stillness on a mountain river, blending instalove intensity, opposites attract, slow exhale romance, quiet alpha devotion, and a love that doesn't ask her to choose between the life she was given and the one she actually wants. One float trip. One man. One decision that changes everything. HE'S THE ONE EVERYONE UNDERESTIMATES. I co-own Wildwood River Co.—built it from nothing alongside five men who know this river as well as I do. I run the fishing guide ...

“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 ...

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.

Steamy small-town mountain man romance—steady protective founder hero meets guarded scientist heroine chasing fireflies in the mountains, blending instalove intensity, opposites attract, intellectual connection, possessive alpha devotion, and a love that doesn't ask her to choose between her dreams and his heart. One river. One woman. One truth I can't unsee. HE'S THE MAN WHO BUILT THE RIVER. I founded Wildwood River Co. from nothing—a raft, a truck, and a river I know better than my own name. Twelve years on this water. Every rapid, every bend, every current mapped in my bones. Steady....

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 ...

Faith delivers pizza for Crust Issues. Her best customer is the guy at 42 Moon Lane. He tips 100%, never turns on the porch light, and growls "Leave it" through the door. One night, during a blizzard, her car dies in his driveway. Nathaniel watches her from the window every night, fighting the urge to bust through the door and drag her into his den. She’s his mate, but he’s a scarred, exiled wolf who thinks he’s too dangerous for her. When he finds her freezing in her Honda Civic, the gentleman act is over. He carries her inside, kicks the door shut, and decides the pizza isn't the ...

One growly orc. One curvy human woman. And a fated-mates bond neither of them saw coming. Jasmine I came to the mountain chasing wildlife and solitude. What I found instead was wild, dangerous… and impossible to resist. When I’m injured and stranded in the forest, a massive orc rescues me. Drak lives alone, deep in the mountains, far from the human world. He’s gruff, growly, and built like a fantasy brought to life. He says I don’t belong here. But when he looks at me like I’m already his—and touches me like claiming me is his right—I know I was made for him. This mountain man...

Cozy mystery with a side of chocolate. In this latest trip to Coyote Wells, no one is who they seem. Secrets abound. Liars tell stories. Con artists make up a phony past. Getting at the truth will be difficult. Gemma and Lando are barely back from their honeymoon before they’re hurled into a hunt for a missing woman and forced to solve a mysterious plane crash. Two seemingly unrelated events now become a complicated mystery that sends them on a frenzied search for answers. Are they looking at a tangled web of killers or just one twisted mind? Will Gemma’s psychic talents be enough to ...

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.

Steamy small-town mountain man romance with a cocky river guide hero—A fearless thrill-seeker heroine books the most dangerous rapids on the menu and meets the one man who can't keep his focus on the water, wrapped in instalove intensity, adrenaline-fueled chemistry, possessive alpha devotion, and whitewater-charged claim. This high-energy mountain romance blends confident hero swagger, fearless heroine fire, forced-proximity heat, emotional healing from an overprotected past, and steamy claim-driven obsession into an electric story where the rapids aren't the most dangerous thing on the ...

A wildflower festival scavenger hunt with a fifty thousand dollar grand prize. She has to win the money, but someone else might win her heart first. I came to Wildwood Valley for one reason: prize money. My mother’s cancer treatments are finished. The hospital bills aren’t. Fifty thousand dollars. Interest stacking. Collection notices. Quiet kitchen-table tears. When I learned the Wildflower Festival scavenger hunt offered a cash payout large enough to erase our debt, I made a survival plan. Trail maps. Route strategy. Festival checklist. Zero distractions. Then came Evan. Grumpy ...