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  • Bibliography:
    179 Books (18 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2008
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Colors of Evil

1 - Shades of Crimson (Sep-2015)
2 - Coral Shadows (Jun-2017)
3 - Indigo Nightmares (Jul-2023)

Finding Love the Harvey Girl Way

1 - Cooking With Love (Feb-2017)
2 - Guiding With Love (Feb-2017)
3 - Serving With Love (Feb-2017)
4 - Warring With Love (Feb-2017)

Highland Springs

1 - Murder Live (Dec-2017)
2 - Say Bye to Mommy (Jan-2018)
3 - To Breathe Again (Feb-2018)

A Hollywood Murder

1 - Killer Pose (May-2018)
2 - Killer Snapshot (Jun-2018)
3 - Shoot to Kill (Sep-2018)
4 - Kodak Kill Shot (Jan-2019)
5 - To Snap a Killer (Mar-2019)

Just as God Created You

1 - The Dragon Who Wanted To Be Pink (Nov-2022)
2 - The Dinosaur Who Roared Very Loud (Nov-2022)
3 - The Mermaid Who Lost Her Tiara (Dec-2022)
4 - The Unicorn Who Wore a Tutu (Jan-2023)
5 - The Stallion With a Dream (Jan-2023)
6 - The Wolf Who Yipped (Feb-2023)
7 - The Bunny With Very Large Ears (Feb-2023)
8 - The Impatient Caterpillar (Apr-2023)
9 - The Very Large, Little Dinosaur (Aug-2023)
10 - The Tiger Who Wanted to be Someone Else (Oct-2023)
11 - The Kitten Who Wanted a Pet Butterfly (Oct-2023)

Misty Hollow

1 - Secrets of Misty Hollow (Jul-2022)
2 - Deceptive Peace (Jul-2022)
3 - Calm Surface (Jul-2022)
4 - Lightning Never Strikes Twice (Jul-2022)
5 - Lethal Inheritance (Jul-2022)
6 - Bitter Isolation (Jul-2022)
7 - Say I Don't (Aug-2022)
8 - Christmas Stalker (Oct-2022)
9 - Bridge to Safety (May-2023)
10 - When Night Falls (Jul-2023)
11 - A Place to Hide (Jun-2023)

A Nosey Neighbor Mystery

1 - Anything for a Mystery (May-2014)
2 - A Killer Plot (Jun-2014)
3 - Skin Care Can Be Murder (Sep-2014)
4 - Death by Baking (Feb-2015)

Plain Sanctuary

1 - Sarah's Deception (Apr-2014)
2 - Sarah's Welcome (Apr-2014)
3 - Sarah's Predicament (Apr-2014)
4 - Sarah's Decision (Apr-2014)

Pursued By Evil

1 - Pursued By Evil (Apr-2014)
2 - Haunted By Evil (Apr-2014)

The Red Hat Club

1 - Finally (Feb-2014)
2 - Suddenly (Nov-2014)

A River Valley Mystery

1 - Deadly Neighbors (Jul-2013)
2 - Advance Notice (Jun-2013)
3 - The Librarian's Last Chapter (Dec-2013)

Romance in Paradise

1 - Maui Magic (Nov-2013)
2 - Sunset Kisses (Nov-2013)
3 - Deep Sea Love (Nov-2013)

A Shady Acres Mystery

1 - Beware the Orchids (Feb-2016)
2 - Path to Nowhere (May-2016)
3 - Poison Foliage (Sep-2016)
4 - Poinsettia Madness (Oct-2016)
5 - Deadly Greenhouse Gases (Feb-2017)
6 - Vine Entrapment (May-2017)

A Summer Meadows Mystery

1 - Fudge-Laced Felonies (Jun-2008)
2 - Candy-Coated Secrets (Jan-2009)
3 - Chocolate-Covered Crime (Jun-2011)
4 - Maui Macadamia Madness (Dec-2012)

A Tail Waggin' Mystery

1 - Cat-Eyed Witness (Oct-2022)
2 - The Dog Who Found a Body (Oct-2022)
3 - Troublesome Twosome (Nov-2022)
4 - Four-Legged Suspect (Nov-2022)

A Tiny House Mystery

1 - No Small Caper (May-2019)
2 - Caper Goes Missing (Jun-2019)
3 - Caper Finds a Clue (Aug-2019)
4 - Caper's Dark Adventure (Nov-2019)
5 - A Strange Game for Caper (Feb-2020)
6 - Caper Steals Christmas (May-2023)
7 - Caper Finds a Treasure (May-2023)

The Willingham Sisters: Flowers of the Desert

1 - Desert Rose (Jan-2015)
2 - Desert Lilly (Jan-2015)
3 - Desert Belle (Feb-2015)
4 - Desert Daisy (Mar-2015)

Woman of Courage

1 - A Love for Delicious (Jan-2013)
2 - Charity's Gold Rush (Jun-2012)
3 - Ruth's Redemption (Jan-2013)
4 - Mountain Redemption (Apr-2014)

Multi-Author Series List

American State Flower

Sweet Apple Blossom (Feb-2017)

Christmas Traditions

Handcarved Christmas (Aug-2014)

Christmas Mail Order Angels

2 - Christmas Gold (Feb-2017)

A Christmas Masquerade

1 - A Christmas Deception (Aug-2017)

Get Your Kiss on Route 66

Runaway Sue (Feb-2017)

Hometown Mysteries

Chocolate-Covered Crime (Jun-2011)

Love Me Tender

2 - Suspicious Minds (Feb-2017)

Love's Sporting Chance

Love Over Par (Feb-2017)

Merry Matchmaker

The Payback Bride (Feb-2017)

O' Little Town of Christmas

A Christmas Stamp (Jun-2015)

Teacup Courtships

A Touch of Sugar (Feb-2017)

Book List in Order: 179 titles



  • While transplanting the rosebush her church's handsome greeter, Ethan Banning, inadvertently killed, Summer and Ethan discover a hidden stash of diamonds, a rusty can full of cash, and a bloody gardening glove. This discovery sets Summer and her cand...



  • Who would have thought leading an elephant down Highway 64 could lead to murder?

     

    When a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows' house,...



  • Nowhere to run.

    The seas grow rough when a cruise photographer is targeted for murder.

    By Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author

    After a painful breakup, Molly Nicholson accepts a job as a cruise ship photographer...



  • Can they run fast enough?

    A cross-country road trip turns into a nightmare run for their lives.

    By Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author

    Widowed and broke, Rachel Kent collects her two children, packs up their be...



  • A foolish April first date is the least of the absurd things chocolatier Summer Meadow’s over-the-top cousin has planned for Summer and Ethan’s wed...



  • Can a woman find her worth in something other than gold?Can a man learn that some things are out of his control?Amazon, ECPA best-selling, award-winning author.CHARITY O’CONNELL receives a minimum of five marriage proposals a day from dirty miners ...



  • Darcie Thayer needs to find what her late husband hid before she is killed. The package may be her only means of survival. She accepts a job as nanny to a best-selling author in hopes of having the time to continue her search in the last place she ev...



  • Summer and Ethan head to Maui for their honeymoon. The sun doesn't set before they find themselves thrust into another mystery. This time, Ethan is more than willing to help Summer gather the clues, since the sooner the culprit is caught, the sooner ...



  • Head to Oregon…

    …with no husband and five children?

    Married less than a week, Delicious (Delly) Williams, watches her new husband die, leaving her to raise his five children all under the age of thirteen. He also left her a deed to...






  • She killed a man.

    Now his family wants revenge.

    Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author.

    The Civil War took everything from Ruth Stallings, except for her grandmother and sisters. Now without a home or funds, they ...



  • On the one-year anniversary of their grandmother’s death, four cousins from a fractured family converge on beautiful Colorado Springs to fulfill the terms of her will. They will piece together a quilt -- and perhaps find a way to mend the hurt feel...



  • Elderly women are dying in River Valley...after their names appear in the obituaries. When the latest woman comes to Marsha Steele for help finding the killer before she becomes the next victim, Marsha is thrust into another mystery that could very w...



  • When Marsha Calloway's daughter is accused of a crime she didn't commit, Marsha is determined to find the real culprit. She enlists the help of her Cadillac driving mama, the man who ditched Marsha at her high-school graduation but kept her heart, an...



  • Tabitha is in search of adventure Tabitha McClelland knows accepting a job as a Harvey House waitress can be risky. Traveling alone to the rough-and-tumble West just isn't done by young ladies of good breeding. But far more dangerous is her powerf...



  • Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author.

    She'll do everything it takes to save her son…

    … even marry a stranger.

    Jocelyn Nielson is on the run from a man involved in selling children. When a man shows up on her...



  • Married by proxy in Missouri, Annie Morgan sets off for Tombstone, Arizona, to join her new husband as a cattle rancher. But too soon she finds herself a widow with an unexpected daughter and butting heads with her handsome neighbor....



  • Do Christmas wishes really come true?Lacey Cooper dreams of directing plays. When the manager at the local theater company falls ill, she gets her chance to direct the annual Christmas play, A White Christmas. Then, the lead role is injured in an acc...



  • Shelby Jenkins, former bad girl of Springdale, left town at eighteen when her boyfriend's best friend attacked her. Now, seven year's later, she's returned with her daughter to run the diner left to her by her late grandmother. Can Shelby and the tow...



  • Amanda Samson and her sisters have inherited a surf and sandwich shop on the beautiful island of Maui. Amanda has grand plans to fixing up the joint, but life...and love get in the way. Perched on a ladder while cleaning the sign, she falls into the ...






  • Cassie Samson, youngest of the Samson sisters is afraid of the water, despite living on Maui and being one of the owners of Samson Surf and Sandwich. Her sisters think it a good idea for Cassie to learn the scuba part of the business along with their...



  • Bethany Samson is knocked into the ocean by a seeing-eye dog. When she emerges, wet and angry, she doesn't expect to fall for the dog's handsome master. So, she hatches a plan to get the man to fall in love with her before he regains his sight. After...



  • THERE'S A NEW TEACHER IN TOWN Charlotte Nelson arrives in the tiny mountain town of Plumville, Arkansas, with big ideas. She wants to mend the decades-old town feud by throwing a Christmas pageant. But it soon proves to be a challenge, especially...



  • Marsha Steele is at it again. When she volunteers to help the high school librarian with a book fair, Marsha stumbles across the woman's body and is roped into running the book fair alone. Marsha comes up with the great idea of doing the fair along w...



  • Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author.

    Marilu Hutchins wakes up one morning realizing the man next to her is not her husband.

    That awareness is the beginning to ten years of lost memories returning.

    One of which ...



  • Iris Blossom, owner of Blossom's and More, has just broken off her engagement with the mayor's son. Just in time for the return home of Brock Samson, the man who jilted her at their senior prom ten years ago. Despite the sparks that fly between the t...




  • NYT, Amazon, and ECPA best-selling, award-winning author.Revenge is not always sweet.Can their love survive a feud between mountain people and the moonshiners who are determined to take away all they hold dear? Phoebe Lillie grows worried when her Pa...









  • Danger is near and lurking within the Amish community of Mount Harmony. In volume 4, Ben Harztler must struggle with the Amish's aversion to violence as the threat to Sarah Sawyer and her daughter are closer than ever. Can he trust God to care for th...



  • Volume 3 finds Benjamin Harztler and Sarah Sawyer confused about their emotions and their fear for the future. As danger knocks on Sarah's doorstep, she is determined to flee Mount Harmony, thus making Ben's fears come true. After all, she is an Engl...



  • ANNIE ROLLINS LONGS FOR ADVENTURE But her strict mother keeps her close to home, working as a Harvey Girl waitress. Until Dallas Baker shows up in town and takes the job Annie really wants -- leading tours through the Grand Canyon. Annie's frustr...



  • A dead body.


    The only member of her neighborhood watch.


    A killer moves closer


    Stormi Nelson, best-selling romance author, moved into her huge Victorian house in the private community of Oak Meadows Estates. When her a...



  • ANOTHER FAN WANTS THEIR MOMENT OF FAME AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET IT. After Stormi Nelson's first mystery hits the NYT Best-Selling List, Stormi begins receiving threatening emails and is stalked by a clichéd person in a trench coat and hat. Her st...



  • KATIE GAMBLE IS ON THE RUN After her unscrupulous stepfather accuses her of being a thief, a horrified Katie hopes to hide out until she can prove otherwise. But slipping into obscurity in a small Texas town isn't so easy. Not with Texas Ranger W...



  • Laura Worth answers an advertisement for a bride and leaves Missouri to meet her groom in Montana. When she gets there, she realizes her husband-to-be, Ben Cooper, has no knowledge of having sent for her. She is devastated, even more so when she brea...



  • A Skincare Party turns to murder and Stormi is called to save the day When Stormi is roped into attending a party her sister is having in her latest string of "get rich quick" scheme, Stormi has no idea the night will result in one woman's death. Wh...



  • CAN A SHY TEACHER AND A SAD WIDOWER STAND STRONG IN THEIR LOVE WHEN DANGER THREATENS?Tina Johnson, second grade schoolteacher, is at her wit's end with two twin boys in her class. She sets up a meeting with their father, not expecting him to be so ha...






  • Betsy Colter's Heart is On the Line Betrayed by her soldier fiancé, Betsy takes a job as a Harvey Girl waitress and vows to steer clear of military romance. But soon she's falling for her army pen pal, Dr. Spencer Gregory. When a wounded Spencer...



  • On May 12, 1924, a park forest ranger notices rocks out of place near the mouth of the Kilauea Volcano. On Sunday, May 18, the ground splits open, rocks, fire, and ash fill the sky, and those who chose not to evacuate are in a fight for their lives.L...



  • Rustlers are after her cattle ... Lilly Willingham is after them.The second installment picks up where the first one left off: As Rose Willingham becomes Mrs. McCammon. Lilly, while happy for her sister, fears the family is being split apart. She has...



  • Nothing matters but keeping her land.Rose Willingham, oldest sister of four, is level-headed and strong. When her uncle dies, leaving a ranch in Arizona to her and her sisters, she has full confidence they can make the ranch into something to be prou...



  • Wilhemina Jackson, widowed mother of two, answers an advertisement in the newspaper for a sheriff in Wild Horse Pass, Montana. She uses the name Willie Jack in order to disguise her identity as a woman and soon receives a telegram saying she’s hire...



  • When a dead body is found face first in a vat of chocolate inside Stormi's mother's bakery, what's a nosy neighbor to do other than find a killer? Just when she was rethinking her new writing venture of hunting down crimes in order to write about the...



  • Her love wasn't for sale. Neither was her land.The Willingham sister saga continues as Belle is propositioned by the man wanting their land. When she goes investigating as to why he would want a woman like her, she discovered a legend that said there...



  • From Amazon, ECPA, and NYT best-selling author with over one million copies of works sold! On March 18, 1925, a tornado roars through the southern portions of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, wiping town after town off the map as it ripped through for...



  • With her sisters gone, it was up to her to save the ranch.While Daisy Willingham is struggling to prove her worth as the youngest Willingham sister and to show her friend, Daniel McCammon, that she is all woman and not a mere girl, she hears rumors o...



  • Did she run over that man?

    Stranded…

    Amazon, and ECPA best-selling and award-winning author

    Lacey Baxter knows her uncle killed her aunt and she is out to prove it! When she flees her home, she almost runs over and kills DEA ag...






  • Jacob Taft Is Ready to Leave Town But when an earthquake devastates San Francisco, the army sergeant stays to aid in the recovery. With an entire camp of refugees to protect, Jacob believes his present obligations -- and his past regrets -- leave...



  • Meet nine men from bygone days who have all the qualities of a true hero and who all the single ladies wish to court -- though some are unassuming and overlooked until their worth is revealed. The socialite, the architect, the doctor, the masked vigi...



  • A NEW NEIGHBOR BRINGS STORMI'S MOST CHALLENGING MYSTERY YET! When Stormi's nephew asks her to help him stop the abuse to a friend of his, Stormi is more than willing to step in. What she finds is worse than anything she imagined. No amount of researc...



  • Lilly Tipton has her first job as a telephonist in the picturesque town of Noel, Missouri. When she is injured riding her bicycle home from her job, she finds herself thrust into judging a contest to find a postmark that represents her little town. N...



  • New mystery from Amazon, ECPA, and NYT best-selling author with over one million total works sold!For the first time ever, all three of Cynthia Hickey's crazy female sleuths are brought together at a convention in Vegas. They hit it off strong enough...



  • All Leesa Ellis has to do is manage her younger sister's multi-million inheritance until she's old enough to handle it herself. But, with a sister like Andie, nothing is ever as easy as it seems. Like youth pastor Jonah McKnight. Leesa isn't sure wh...



  • Here we go again!

    Can’t she have a simple vacation?

    After the horrific experience of saving the lives of her niece and fiancé, Stormi Nelson takes the family to a retreat high in the Ozark mountains. It doesn't take long before a de...



  • An obsession turns deadly.When a serial killer stalks women who resemble each other, a small town detective must find him before he catches her.After receiving a batch of photographs of missing women and discovering her face imposed on one of the vic...



  • Now in one volume, you can read the escapades of unsuspecting beauties as the ladies of the local Red Hat Club decide to wed them off! One by one, the club takes in a pink hat as their special project and finds just the right man, whether the lady re...



  • Emma Jones has always considered herself plain. Her mother had drilled it into her head that a moral woman acts and dresses a certain way. These thoughts are challenged when the mayor's son, Daniel Barton, and the ladies of The Red Hat Club take a su...



  • Stormi Nelson and her bridesmaids party hard in New Orleans. The only thing marring the bachelorette party is the appearance of Stormi's fiancé, Matt's ex-girlfriend. When Stormi returns home to Arkansas and right into another murder mystery, she's ...



  • New mystery from Amazon, ECPA, and NYT best-selling author with over one million copies of works sold! What if the serial killer you were chasing was closer than you think? Small town detective, Shelby Moore, has kept a case board on her mother’s t...



  • Who said flowers weren't dangerous?


    itched at the altar, Shelby Hart tosses down her bouquet, quits her job, and accepts a position as gardener and event coordinator at an upscale retirement community. Her first day on the job results wi...



  • Shelby Hart and her sidekick of quirky family members and friends are at it again!


    This time, no one in Shady Acres are what they seem.


    The seedy side of the community comes to light when a seemingly good girl's dirty lifestyle...



  • It's six weeks later and Cassidy is with Draco, forced to watch as he kills an innocent man. Drugged and wounded, she is determined to bring down this man and save the life of Colin, the man she loves. When a beautiful detective faces the dragon, who...



  • Evil is stalking the town of Clear Springs and seems to be targeted at Cassidy Monroe, one of the town's detectives. Haunted by her mother's unsolved murder, Cassidy links the killer to her death. What she discovers rocks her world. Colin MacKenzie, ...



  • Now in one handy volume both Cooper Christmas Romances HANDCARVED CHRISTMAS Laura Worth answers an advertisement for a bride and leaves Missouri to meet her groom in Montana. When she gets there, she realizes her husband-to-be, Ben Cooper, has no kno...



  • Rush to California after the 1848 gold discovery alongside thousands of hopeful men and women. Meet news reporters, English gentry, miners, morticians, marriage brokers, bankers, fugitives, preachers, imposters, trail guides, map makers, cooks, missi...



  • Matchmakers, romance, and Christmas. What a charming combination. In these stories, we meet couples who didn't intend to fall in love but with the help of well-being family and friends do just that. Welcome the season with romance!Includes bonus Vale...



  • Thrust into an unknown, unwanted situation, most would feel panic, fear anger and fall into chaos. Erik and Rugrat are not immune to those feelings, but they have stepped into chaos so many times, it is simply a different challenge.Two weeks ago, Eri...



  • Poison plants in the garden.


    A new detective on the scene.


    Everyone is a suspect!


    When poisonous foliage begins appearing in Shelby Hart's garden, and a resident of Shady Acres winds up dead, Shelby sets off to clear ...




  • A blast from the past she wished would have stayed gone.


    A secret club out for vengeance.


    Right before Christmas, Shelby Hart is visited by the man who ditched her at the altar. It seems he wants the expensive gifts he'd given ...



  • Meet nine men and women whose competitive goals take them to state and county fairs between 1889 and 1930. From baking pie to polishing pigs, from sculpting butter to stitching quilts, everyone has something to prove to themselves and their communit...



  • Sometimes a normal winter afternoon is anything but normal.When an escaped mental patient takes a woman and her three children hostage, the mother must dig deep for strength and determination she didn't know she had to save herself and her children.T...



  • Sabotage, assassins, danger, suspense, and romance. This collection of four stories by four different authors will have you sitting on the edge of your seat turning pages far into the night. Come along on a flight from danger as the clock ticks ever ...



  • Nine wealthy women seek men trustworthy of their greatest treasure -- their hearts. Meet nine young women in America between 1866 and 1905 who have been blessed by fortunes made in gold, silver, industry, ranching, and banking. But when it comes t...




  • Shelby Jenkins, former bad girl of Springdale, left town at eighteen when her boyfriend's best friend attacked her. Now, seven year's later, she's returned with her daughter to run the diner left to her by her late grandmother. Can Shelby and the tow...



  • Tabitha is in search of adventure(Previously sold through Harlequin as Cooking Up Love)Tabitha McClelland knows accepting a job as a Harvey House waitress can be risky. Traveling alone to the rough-and-tumble West just isn't done by young ladies of g...



  • All across America are quaint towns with nostalgic Christmas names. In this collection are six such towns full of romance and Christmas spirit as couples find the true meaning of the holidays and love. Grab your favorite blanket, a hot cup of cocoa, ...



  • Sometimes love doesn't go the way a woman thinks. In these tales of romance, women are taken out of their comfort zones and find love in unexpected ways. Curl up in your favorite chair and indulge in some sweet romances that couldn't have been planne...



  • When Phoebe Ross's employer dies, leaving her with a wedding gown, Phoebe feels she has no choice but to answer the call for mail order brides to Angel Vale, Wyoming. When she arrives her groom-to-be is nowhere in sight. With the other brides claimed...



  • Tabitha is in search of adventure(Previously sold through Harlequin as Cooking Up Love)Tabitha McClelland knows accepting a job as a Harvey House waitress can be risky. Traveling alone to the rough-and-tumble West just isn't done by young ladies of g...



  • Trouble just won't leave Shelby Hart alone.


    It follows her like a cloud of doom.


    She's in her greenhouse, minding her own business, when the next thing she knows she's lying on the ground looking up. Someone tried to poison her...



  • When Maegan Larson finds a box of fifty-year-old love letters written to her grandmother from a soldier in Vietnam, everything changes. Maegan starts a search to find out what happened to the soldier and meets the handsome Chase Dixon. Together, the ...



  • ANNIE ROLLINS LONGS FOR ADVENTURE (Previously published by Harlequin as An Unconventional Lady)But her strict mother keeps her close to home, working as a Harvey Girl waitress. Until Dallas Baker shows up in town and takes the job Annie really wants ...



  • Hazel Arnold's mother has a strong sense of what is proper for a woman of the Arnolds' financial stature and is determined that Hazel marry a man she despises. This sets Hazel on a quest to prove that the man is not who he appears to be. She enlists ...




  • Katherine O'Connor is in dire straits and the only thing she can think of to do is apply for a job as a caddy. The only problem is...women aren't yet allowed to play golf in America. She cuts her hair, dons boy clothing and gets the job. She didn't p...



  • In a Handcarved Christmas, Sam Cooper sends for a mail-order bride for his older brother Ben. Now, the tables have turned, a little minute of a thing, dressed in frills and ribbons, arrives on his doorstep talking a mile a minute. Sam's sister-in-law...



  • Sue has always wanted to travel the Mother Road in her pink Mustang. She ditches the man she didn't love at the altar, tosses her veil out the car and takes off on her first real adventure. Along the way, she picks up a hitchhiker named James Deacon....



  • When spoiled, wealthy, Alicia Robinson is asked by her grandmother to live as homeless and go undercover keeping an eye on a soup kitchen they own, Alicia is dumbfounded. She believes her grandmother has lost her mind, but agrees to the charade. It d...



  • KATIE GAMBLE IS ON THE RUNAfter her unscrupulous stepfather accuses her of being a thief, a horrified Katie hopes to hide out until she can prove otherwise. But slipping into obscurity in a small Texas town isn't so easy. Not with Texas Ranger Ward A...



  • Susan Turner wants only to run her cozy bookstore, Turn A Page. That dream is disrupted with the return of the man who skipped town ten years ago with her heart. Only, his return isn't as innocent and safe as he leads her to believe.Cade Aikin wants ...



  • Maizie Appleton dreams of a wedding to a man equal to the heroes in the books she reads and the stories she writes. She dreams of a wedding under her family's apple orchard when the blossoms are fragrant. When Cole Newton, a man from Washington, is h...



  • Maureen O'Shea arrives in Devil Falls, Montana, to marry a man she's never met. When she finds out her intended had died before her arrival she is met with an uncertain future. She decides to spend the last of her funds by bringing culture to the wes...



  • Betsy Colter's Heart is On the Line (Previously published by Harlequin as A Doctor's Heart) Betrayed by her soldier fiancé, Betsy takes a job as a Harvey Girl waitress and vows to steer clear of military romance. But soon she's falling for her army ...



  • This is not like any reality show Lexi Zimmer had ever seen. Her excitement quickly fades when she realizes that her time in the Ozark mountains, along with 29 others, is complicated by a murderer set out to make sure that no one reaches the end and ...



  • Join the race from Missouri, across the plains and mountains to California and back again as brave Pony Express riders and their supporters along the route work to get mail across country in just ten days. It is an outstanding task in the years 1860 ...






  • Shelby Hart is ready to try getting married again.


    To a man who won't leave her at the altar.


    The only problem is...there's been another murder and newly licensed, private investigator Shelby is hired to use her skills to clear...



  • Hazel Arnold's mother has a strong sense of what is proper for a woman of the Arnolds' financial stature and is determined that Hazel marry a man she despises. This sets Hazel on a quest to prove that the man is not who he appears to be. She enlists ...



  • Deny her and die.A woman with a taste for men stalks a small Arkansas town.Detective Linn McFarland is matching wits against her toughest foe yet. A woman, Queen Coral the newspapers call her, is collecting men as playthings. She wants one man from e...



  • "Seven women seek husbands to help them rebuild a Kansas town. Meet seven of Turtle Springs, Kansas'', finest women who are determined to revive their small town after the War Between the States took most of its men. . .and didn''t return them...



  • When Cindy Lou Hopkins turns twenty-five life will get better. She knows it. She'll no longer be under the thumb of her stepmother Geneva or tormented by her stepsisters. She just has to stay alive that long.The only kink in her plan for independence...



  • These five romantic suspenses will have you turning the pages long after it's time for bed. You might want to keep the light on!SHADES OF CRIMSONWhen a serial killer stalks women who resemble each other, a small town detective must find him before he...



  • Lou Anne Burgess has returned home to help her aunt save the family home from an unscrupulous man. In doing so, she comes up with scheme after scheme to make the money needed for repairs to the hundred-year-old Victorian. When her latest scheme puts ...



  • Fans of Downtown Abbey will love the first book in this new series.Siobhan Callahan takes the job as lady's maid to the spoiled Miss Lydia Worthington. Because of past horrors, Siobhan vows to never have a relationship with a man and is determined to...



  • Four sweet romantic novellas sure to warm your heart.SERVICE OF LOVEWhen spoiled, wealthy, Alicia Robinson is asked by her grandmother to live as homeless and go undercover keeping an eye on a soup kitchen they own, Alicia is dumbfounded. She believe...




  • Before, during, and after the Civil War, bravery and hearts were tested. Only the strongest emerged victorious.THE SEEKERSTo serve his country, Union Captain Lawrence Wainwright becomes Lincoln’s spy. He infiltrates the Richmond mansion of the Conf...




  • When Cindy Lou Hopkins turns twenty-five life will get better. She knows it. She'll no longer be under the thumb of her stepmother Geneva or tormented by her stepsisters. She just has to stay alive that long. The only kink in her plan for independenc...



  • Lydia Downs, lady's maid to the spoiled Elizabeth Samson, is badgered into attending the first ball of the season in place of her mistress. A masquerade ball where Lydia meets the kind, handsome, and wealthy Beauregard Hollingsworth. What started as ...



  • Aileen Sullivan arrives on America's shores with little in her pocket and vengeance in her heart. She doesn't count on the handsome Englishman turned American who is determined to make sure she stays out of Five Points. How can Aileen find the man wh...



  • Three historical romances of love on the Oregon Trail.A LOVE FOR DELICIOUSMarried less than a week, Delicious (Delly) Williams, watches her new husband die, leaving her to raise his five children under the age of thirteen. He also left her a deed to ...



  • Fans of Downtown Abby will love this novella collection with the below the stairs staff of the fictional Worthington House. While serving the mister and missus, these maids, companions, and scullery maids find that love can be found anywhere. Include...



  • A MURDERER IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINKKennedy Bradford returns home to come to grips with the violent death of her parents and witnesses a murder.Dylan Lockhart, best-selling mystery writer, is roped into being Kennedy's bodyguard until the killer is fo...





  • Journey along as nine historical women are about to make their escape from some of life’s greatest challenges. Can their captive hearts be freed to dream, to dare, to love? New York, 1869 A quest for revenge ends in a marriage of convenience an...



  • Lori Clark had made a life for herself after the love of her life left her ten years before with no explanation. She'd married, had a child, been widowed, owned a business...now Drake Langley was back in her life with an incredible story and professi...



  • NYT and Amazon best-selling and award-winning author.Imagine watching the murder of someone you know happen live on social media. A small Ozark town is not as innocent as it seems. There's a killer preying on young women and he has the sheriff in his...



  • Adversity leads to love in these five romantic novellas by best-selling author.MAUI MAGICJoin Amanda and Drake as things come to an explosive conclusion in Paradise.SUDDENLYCan a shy teacher and a sad widower stand strong in their love when danger th...



  • Children are disappearing from Highland Springs.

    Evil once again stalks the small Ozark town of Highland Springs.


    This time, Sheriff Shar Camenetti and FBI agent Everis Hayes are pitted against a damaged villain who believes they a...



  • From NYT, ECPA, Amazon best-selling author

    Girls are disappearing from Highland Springs without a trace.

    Sharlene Camenetti faces her biggest challenge yet as sheriff.

    There's a new church in town that believes the world is comi...



  • A plain wooden box.A travel through time.Will Tarin choose comfort or true love? When Tarin Baker's beloved Nana dies, she is left with a letter and a plain wooden box. The letter instructs Tarin to open the box and find true love. When she does, she...



  • "A first love is never easily forgotten...and coming face to face with that person again can be awkward when the heartstrings are still holding on to the ""what ifs."" In settings from 1865 to 1910, nine couples are thrown back on the same...



  • Paparazzi don’t find dead bodies.

    She never intended to star in a movie. Nope. Nada. Yep.

    Kelly Canyon wants to be an investigative journalist and takes photos of celebrities to pay the bills. When an actress is murdered following an...



  • Kelly Canyon still doesn't know her chosen career path.

    She’s paying her bills by acting, taking photographs of celebrity pets, and writing mystery novels.

    Her first book, based on the previous murder of a Hollywood starlet, promises...



  • "7 Optimistic Women Walk Various Roads to Reach Their Dreams   Connected to nature and carefree of heart seven historical women would prefer to travel through life without shoes, especially if giving away their only pair would comfort som...



  • Someone wants Ruthie dead.

    Was it a dirty cop that killed Kelly’s father?

    Is she next?

    Kelly Canyon’s grandmother, Ruthie, is finally achieving her dream and receiving a lifetime achievement award for her years of acting. Unf...



  • 1885 ArkansasCity girl, Leah Ellison has big dreams but soon finds out that teaching in a backwards Ozark mountain community is far different than what she'd imagined.Leah arrives in the Ozarks only to find out she had no ride to her destination. Sui...



  • Why can’t she have a party that doesn’t result in a death?

    With their television crime drama up for an award, Kelly Canyon and her grandmother Ruthie are smack dab in the middle of Hollywood’s social scene. Things were going great unti...



  • Kelly Canyon’s grandmother is finally getting married and has one wish…

    …that no one dies during the reception.

    Unfortunately, wishes don’t always come true, and a top Hollywood agent is murdered. Kelly and her crew are thrust ...



  • "No one does a final suspense scene like Cynthia Hickey!" - Stewart Writing Services


    A rash of burglaries?


    What kind of job had she been hired to do?


    CJ Turley is excited to begin her new life as overseer of Heavenly ...



  • It was an addiction, really.

    One she couldn’t kick through no fault of her own.

    It wasn’t CJ Turley’s fault that someone stuck her dog, Caper, in a canoe in the middle of the lake. She also couldn’t help that Caper kept bringin...



  • All CJ wants is a day of fun…

    …without her dog getting her into trouble.


    Alas, it is not to be. While resting during a canoe trip with her boyfriend, Eric, and bestfriend, Mags, Caper the naughty pup finds a clue that sets CJ a...



  • Someone’s poaching the deer around Heavenly Acres.

    One of CJ’s friends is murdered.

    What ensues next is a wild hunt for illegal poachers, foolhardy activists, and a big, bad, redneck truck that keeps showing up wherever CJ is. Car w...



  • Secret tunnels...Not so secret gang lordsMysterious men patrolling the groundsBags of...white powder buried in the playground?Come along as CJ and the gang get involved in their craziest adventure yet. Danger and surprise, new friends and enemies, al...



  • A promise.A shipboard romance.One transposed number threatens to sink love before it gets started.With the age of twenty-eight looming ahead and Tatum Jackson still unmarried, she made a vow to enjoy her birthday on a cruise ship bound for Hawaii. Sh...



  • What could go wrong when jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts get together? How about four murders and a couple thefts? Can clues be pieced together to solve these puzzling crimes?Elvis Has Left the Building by Cynthia Hickey Cee Cee is hosting a jigsaw puzzle ...



  • Lou Anne Burgess has returned home to help her aunt save the family home from an unscrupulous man. In doing so, she comes up with scheme after scheme to make the money needed for repairs to the 100-year-old Victorian. When her latest scheme puts her ...



  • Melanie (Mellie) Brooks had lived in the small town of Cumberton Heights her whole life, even after the boy-next-door, her best friend, left town after the town's most sought-after young woman broke his heart. But now, Devon Sawyer had returned as a ...



  • The new deputy in town has an agenda of her own.Shea Sydney couldn't be happier that she'd been hired on as Misty's Hollows newest deputy. She needed a reason to live in the town and now she had the perfect one. She suspects the identity of the man w...



  • A serial killer with a taste for blonds.A woman determined to get revenge.Two people with no time for love.Misty Hollow is anything but calm for Madison Everton. When her sister, the only family she had left, is murdered by a serial killer stalking t...



  • A woman wanting to hide...A man who wants to be left alone...A mother with a big secret that sets the two on a collision course.Sierra Wells was told that a person could disappear in Misty Hollow. After she finds out her mother harbored a secret that...



  • An inheritance that leads to murder.Danger around every corner.A woman determined to find out the truth.Tatym Billings's grandmother dies and leaves her cabin and land in Misty Hollow to her granddaughter. What promised to be a new life had instead t...



  • A threatening letter.Hidden clues.A woman on the run.Alisa Gosling finds a piece of a letter under a desk in an office she cleans. Curiosity has her locating the other pieces. Putting the puzzle together, she discovers a threatening letter best left ...



  • She's reeling from a shocking revelation.He's sworn to protect her.As their passion grows, will they find love or death?★★★★★This romantic suspense has more twists and turns than a windy road. Great story that kept me wa...



  • If he can't have her, nobody can.A bride flees her groom on their wedding day.A deputy finds himself in deadly danger.Gemma Ricca overhears her groom and her father talking about his taking over of the family business. When she realizes what the fami...



  • A cat with a distaste for a certain cologne.A pet shop owner seeking justice.A billionaire dead.Trinity Ashford owns Tail Waggin' pet daycare and store. Every morning, a kindly elderly man brings her coffee. At least until his handsome son shows up w...



  • A Christmas party gone wrong.An obsessed stalker.A librarian in trouble.Brynlee Bourge wants nothing more than to spend her days among the books of Misty Hollow's library. When her best friend coerces her into attending a Christmas fundraiser dinner ...



  • A nature hike turns deadly.A dog digs up a body.Somebody wants Trinity Ashford out of the picture.After Trinity Ashford's dog, Sheba, digs up a dead body, danger lurks at every turn. Trinity hadn't gone snooping for trouble this time. Trouble came fo...



  • Josephine Montgomery wants independence and a family of her own.Parker Owens wants to run a successful ranch and find a nanny for his children. Now penniless, the once wealthy Josephine arrives in town having lied about her credentials. She's no...



  • A trouble making cat at a wedding reception.A murder at a wedding.Murderous clowns?Trinity Ashford and her friends are in over their heads this time. When a man is found murdered at Trinity's bestfriend's wedding, clutching the bride's missing diamon...



  • Ethan loved to roar more than anything, but his family and friends got very upset when he did.Ethan's roar was very, very LOUD! He should save his roar for something important. When disaster strikes, and Ethan is separated from his family, he must re...



  • It didn't matter that Austin could be almost any other color of the rainbow. She wanted to be PINK!When trouble arrives at the castle, Austin finds out that being able to change colors comes in handy when you're saving the kingdom.She comes to realiz...



  • A puppy left on Trinity's doorstep.One that has a taste for theft.When a beagle puppy is dropped off at Trinity's pet store, Tail Waggin', with a note calling the little thing a thief, she thinks nothing of it. Until, the four-legged rascal steals a ...



  • A decades old unsolved crime...A woman vowing to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish...The killing starts again...In Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946, a serial killer terrorized the town. Now, in the present day, Pressley Taylor has arrived to pick up wh...



  • A Corgie and a cat with noses for trouble.A missing diamond necklace.A jewel thief with a thirst for secrecy.When a pet owner leaves her dog and cat at Trinity's pet daycare and doesn't return by the day's end, Trinity takes the animals home. What sh...



  • Sophia liked nothing more than to swim around the ocean and play all day. The trouble with that was the fact that she kept setting her tiara down and swimming off.Her parents told her to take better care of such an important item, but Sophia couldn't...



  • Trin could run very fast. All he wanted to do was run and win a big race. He dreamed of the day he could leave the desert and pursue his dream.One day, he decided to take the chance despite the warning from his friend, Rupert, that Trin wasn't ready ...



  • Emma loved to dance more than anything in the world! Well, except for rainbows. She really, really loved rainbows.Dancing came first over everything. School, mealtimes, cleaning her room. Nothing her parents said could make Emma stop dancing long eno...



  • Faith was a happy little bunny...most of the time.The one thing she wasn't happy about was her very large ears. No one else thought they were too big, but Faith did.Follow along as a self-conscious little bunny learns there is a reason for everything...



  • Caleb was a little wolf with feet too big for his body and a yip much too small to be proud of.He wanted to howl like his father and run fast like the other wolves. He'd practice for hours learning to howl and run. Each time he failed, he would grow ...



  • Alyssah was a cute, chubby caterpillar. But, she wanted to be a butterfly, and she didn't want to wait! Everyone told her to be patient, that she'd be a butterfly when it was time.Join along as Alyssah and her friends learn that good things come to t...



  • The Seven Deadly SinsOne dedicated detectiveA town in perilSomeone is making people pay for their sins and they're targeting Detective Harper Scranton and Special Agent Liam McConnell. When a wealthy resort owner is killed and a message left for Harp...



  • She never thought she'd return to Misty Hollow.She didn't think he'd still be there.Now, he thinks she's come back to him and will do anything to claim her.Shiloh Sloan, the girl from the wrong side of the bridge. The girl shunned because of accusati...



  • Girls first started disappearing on CJ's honeymoon...Trouble followed her home...When girls were taken from Heavenly Acres, things got personal.Clarice Jocelyn Turley Drake, CJ to her friends, can spot trouble a mile away. She'd immediately suspiciou...



  • Missing diamonds...againA snooty cat with a penchant for trouble...The last thing she wanted was another mystery to solve.It's Christmas, CJ Turley's favorite holiday only something hovers over the festivities. A cat's collar disappears and it seems ...



  • A news reporter with a crazed fan who will do anything to be a friend.Even kill. Marley Brooks is used to receiving fan mail but when letters from one particular fan take a dangerous turn and a coworker is killed, she leaves her job and flees to Mis...



  • A gang war is looming.A young boy is caught in the middle.A young black teen, Kamal, approaches Detective Linn McFarland with the offer to help her and the chief-of-police bring down his uncle, a crime lord. Hesitant at first, Linn agrees when the bo...



  • Twins. One is in trouble, the other will do anything to save her.A deputy: He will do whatever it takes to keep them both alive.Trouble has once again come to Misty Hollow on the heels of a beautiful woman.Delaney Cooper receives a text from her iden...



  • Eddy was a brontosaurus. A very big brontosaurus. He was so big, he towered above everyone he knew. His parents, his friends, and most of the trees. But one day...his size came in very handy! Eddy goes from a sad dinosaur to a hero. This made him ver...



  • Brynlee had lots of toys, but what she wanted was a pet butterfly. She already had a pet goldfish, but that wasn't enough. When her daddy tells her to find a feather to play with, she wanders too far from home and learns a valuable lesson of friendsh...



  • Mychal couldn't see the value in being who he was created to be. Not until the day his friend was in danger.When something scary happens, Mychal leaps to the rescue and proves that he is very special indeed!Come along as a little tiger realizes his w...



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    City girl, Abigail Rogers, has nowhere to turn after the death of her parents which left her destitute. She corresponds with Laura Cooper for several months, then decides Sam sounds perfect. The gruff, handsome rancher and harsh Montana winters are n...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cynthia Hickey has published 179 books.

Cynthia Hickey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Kitten Who Wanted a Pet Butterfly, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Cynthia Hickey, Fudge-Laced Felonies, was published in June 2008.

Yes. Cynthia Hickey has 18 series.