Small Cat

Experience the uplifting, "unforgettable" New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world -- with over 2 million copies sold! (Booklist) Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of the year...

Can love overcome danger? Remaining in her Virginia hometown won't mend Clara Brown's broken heart. Determined to set her life back in order--and go somewhere she won't have to see her former beau--she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Before she knows it, she's arrived in Crest Stone, a rugged new railroad town nestled between the mountains in Colorado. And when she meets her intended, he's better than she ever could have dreamed--handsome and kind, even if he does seem preoccupied. Roman Carlisle is a cowboy turned livery owner. More than anything, he wants what his ...

For the first time, Frankie has found her carefully crafted life veering way off course. Career-driven, ambitious, motivated—these were the pillars she had built her entire identity around. Now, fresh off a layoff, she’s struggling to figure out what’s next for her. Then, on a chance encounter one evening, she meets Oliver. He’s charming and attractive, but as soon as he opens his mouth, Frankie realizes the two could not be more different. He’s an impulsive daredevil, a true free spirit—not her type in the slightest.

Welcome to Cedar Grove where flower festivals bloom year-round, neighbors know your business, and murder has a way of crashing even the coziest celebrations. Follow florist Iris Bennett and her one-eyed cat Winston as small-town secrets unravel one mystery at a time. Once you arrive, you may never want to leave. Hyacinths & Homicide When florist Iris Bennett agrees to judge Cedar Grove’s Spring Festival flower competition, she expects colorful blooms, not to find a local businessman dead beneath his prized hyacinths. As rumors spread through town, Iris and her one-eyed cat Winston uncover...

Can a mistaken identity lead to love? When Matthew Canton's mail-order bride is kidnapped from her wagon train, he doesn't hesitate to rescue her. But he didn't expect to have to bargain for her--and he certainly didn't expect her to be someone entirely different. Sophia Zane needed a quiet, quick way out of Kansas City with the money she inherited. Opting to join a wagon train headed west, she doesn't correct the wagon master when he assumes she's someone else. It's safer to leave under a different name, and her way is now already paid. When outlaws kidnap Sophia from the wagon train, she ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as “perfection…a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm your heart and heal your soul.”—Sarah Beth Durst, Author of The Spellshop “The warmest, loveliest book I’ve...

When he inherited a ranch, he didn't expect a bride to be part of the deal. When Cade Harris receives word that his older brother has passed away and left him a ranch, he pushes aside his grief and decides to take on the ranch himself. But when he arrives at the plot of land outside Crest Stone, Colorado, he finds a half-built house and cattle that have long since run off. And if that wasn't enough, his brother's bride-to-be arrives. Jolie Taylor always preferred studying the stars in the sky and the plants on earth to making the rounds of society. But when she loses her father and every ...

Wanted: A mail-order bride who leaves a mess wherever she goes! Meg McDaniel has always been high-spirited, according to her mother. But when she accidentally ends her brother's wedding with a pesky little fire—and sends his bride running away in a fit of tears—her parents have had enough. Before she can cause any more trouble, she finds herself shipped off to Grover's Gulch in the Colorado Territory, where she is to marry a man she's never met. Jonas Atherton means to settle down. He's found employment as a deputy sheriff and a little cabin to call home. All he needs now is a wife. He ...

The Chatty Cat Café Mysteries Book 2: The Bookshop Bones A Bookshop Cozy Mystery "The shelf... the third shelf..." These were the last words of Mr. Karam, the beloved owner of an old bookshop, found dead among his rare books. Laila thinks it's a simple robbery... until she discovers human bones hidden behind the third shelf. With help from Biscuit and a mysterious cat named Shadow, she uncovers a secret buried for seventy years—a secret someone is willing to kill again to protect. Five suspects: · The mysterious librarian who wants to buy the shop · The obsessed book collector hunting ...

درجمهThe Chatty Cat Café Mysteries Book 1: Murder on the Mural Wall A Cozy Cat Café Mystery In the small town of Al-Marg, where everyone knows everyone's secrets, Laila's cat café was her sanctuary. Seven cats roaming among wooden tables, the aroma of fresh coffee filling the air, and her grandmother's famous carrot cake baking every morning. Life was quiet. Peaceful. Ordinary. Until Laila found the body of arrogant artist Nader in her storage room. The police suspect the people closest to her: her best friend Mona, and her shy assistant Kamel. The evidence? All against them. But ...

A dead biker. A missing aspiring writer. A life changing decision. In the first in the series, A Deadly Course, married couple Emily and Henry Fox move to Vermont seeking covered bridges and antique shops but instead find themselves knee deep in a murder investigation. Can the sleuthing doctor and true crime writer use their skills to bring peace back to Sugarbury Falls? Murder of Course is the second clever cozy in the Sugarbury Falls Mystery series set in Vermont. A midnight knock by their neighbor stirs Henry and Emily into action. Who is the mystery dead girl on the rental cabin floor? ...

She never wanted to be married. Can a little girl and her father change Delia's mind? Maxwell Foster gave up life as a gambler to care for the eleven-year-old daughter he’d never met before. Settling down in Crest Stone and taking up work at the newly-opened Hannan Hotel, he sends for a mail-order bride to be a mother to Anna. It’s difficult for him to admit, but he can’t raise Anna on his own, not when she refuses to listen to him and runs off at the slightest inclination. Cordelia Elliott is certain that becoming Max’s mail-order bride will provide excellent material for the ...

He didn’t plan on getting a wife for Christmas . . . The last thing Liam Hannan expected was a bride for Christmas, particularly one whose brother is the town marshal. Liam never meant to place that advertisement, so when Tilly Wright arrives and expects to marry him, all he can do is let her down gently. But when the only way out of a potentially scandalous situation is marriage, they find themselves starting a life together. Tilly finally has everything she’s wanted—a husband and a life in a new, exciting town. Crest Stone is a welcoming place, and she finds herself quickly making ...

He wanted a bride, but he didn’t expect the baby. Vivacious Mercy Barton yearns for adventure beyond the orphanage where she grew up. When she and her friends answer a marriage advertisement from men in a frontier town in the Colorado Territory, she hopes for a husband who shares her dreams. Will Morrell has a deadly aim and a desire to prove himself. He’s spent the last two years standing between danger and the people of Perseverance, and now all he wants is a wife and a family of his own. What he doesn’t expect is Mercy’s fierce spirit—or the sudden arrival of a baby left in ...

Can she trust the man who broke her heart? Sterling Matthews is done with the danger and uncertainty that came with being a bounty hunter. It's just as well, since he's suddenly found himself responsible for his most recent quarry's ten-year-old son. Sterling can't suss out why he volunteered for the job, but something wouldn't let him allow young Noah to be shipped off to the nearest orphanage. Taking on an assumed name to protect both himself and the boy from anyone still bearing a grudge, Sterling settles in out-of-the-way Crest Stone, Colorado. All he needs now is steady work--and a ...

His mail-order bride is his best friend . . . When Jeremiah Wiley advertises for a mail-order bride, all he wants is a lady who can impress his parents. If he succeeds, he’ll secure the loan he needs to buy into the livery stable where he works. But he doesn't expect for the woman who answers his advertisement to be someone he already knows—much less his closest friend. Deirdre Hannan is certain Jeremiah is the man for her. But the only way she can seem to convince him is to marry him. She secretly responds to his advertisement under a name he won’t recognize, but worries he’ll turn...

Running from the law . . . into the arms of a sheriff. All Annie Stone wants is a new life, far away from the drudgery of working as a maid in St. Louis, and far away from the sour memories of her previous marriage. She's overjoyed when a sheriff in Colorado chooses her as a mail-order bride. But as she's making plans to leave, the unthinkable happens. She needs to leave town--fast. Sheriff Caius Hunt has more work than he can handle, an uncooperative town marshal, and a family waiting for him to give up and return home. To prove to the town--and himself--that he's settled and dedicated to ...

"Be the biggest, baddest witch in town so no one ever dares bully you again." That was her grandmother's advice and it's been Emberlyn's law since she was a child. It's kept the local coven at bay - until now... They're furious she won't give up Black Willow Manor, her grandmother's prized home...

“This series is my new addiction!”~ Reviewer Nothing's ever as it seems in Ohia, Maui, especially for me, Kat Smith. I'm Secret Service, not Postal Service, stuck in the back end of paradise and making the best of it when the grasping plans of a developer threaten to take out our small town. Even the evil post office cat, Tiki, is outraged by the hostile takeover of our “small island.” Meanwhile, someone's out there whacking the bad guys. Literally. I have to find a way to help, or I might lose the place and people I'm coming to love. "If you like the MIss Fortune series, you'll ...

The only place she can run is into the arms of one of the most eligible men in Crest Stone . . . Family means everything to Isabella Sutcliffe. When her father and brothers are arrested, she’s determined to help them. But there’s something standing in her way—the law thinks there’s another Sutcliffe brother out there, one who got away. Except that “brother” is really Izzy. The only way she can find safety and a means to help her family is to become a mail-order bride. Hale Darby and his sister have worked hard to ensure the success of their boardinghouse in Crest Stone. Ready to...