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Eliza Bennett came to Stonebrook, Vermont, for snow, silence, and a long-overdue chance to breathe. Instead, she finds a town stitched together with secrets. What begins as a cozy winter escape soon turns into something far more dangerous when Eliza’s professional eye for patterns starts catching the kinds of details other people miss—and her grumpy, sharp-tongued orange tabby, Merlin, is never far from the truth. Between a charming farmhouse, a close-knit quilting guild, and a mountain town full of friendly faces and hidden tensions, Eliza is drawn into a mystery someone would rather ...

At Thornfield Pecan Estate, beauty is curated, power is inherited, and danger blooms in plain sight. When elite chefs arrive at a sprawling Southern estate to compete in a glittering, high-stakes culinary showdown, Chef Delphine Moreau intends to do one thing: win. She has clawed her way to the top through discipline, sacrifice, and sheer force of will, and she has no intention of letting old money, television spectacle, or a room full of preening rivals distract her from the prize. But Thornfield is no ordinary venue. Behind its white columns and chandeliered ballrooms lies a place steeped...

At Maison Dubois, perfection is the only standard—and failure is never forgiven. Pastry chef Clara Holt has spent a year surviving the pressure cooker of one of the world’s most elite fine-dining restaurants, where every plate must dazzle, every movement is judged, and every service can make or break a career. But when a notorious food critic is found dead in the restaurant’s wine cellar just as Chef Antoine Dubois is reeling from a devastating theft, the glittering facade of culinary excellence begins to crack. Suddenly, Clara is trapped in a nightmare of secrets, rivalries, and ...

UNFORGETTABLE AND ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS SECRETS AND SLEUTHS A Multi-Author Cozy Mystery Collection Charming mysteries. Clever clues. One unforgettable Valentine escape for cozy-mystery lovers. Mysteries, secrets, and amateur sleuths—this delightful cozy collection has it all. From charming small towns to elegant high-society settings, these determined detectives (including one unforgettable paranormal cat!) set out to right wrongs, expose blackmail, and uncover murder—all without losing heart or hope. Slip into something comfy and settle in for clean, heartwarming mysteries filled with ...

When textile scientist Eliza Bennett arrives in San Antonio to visit her friend Marisol Gutiérrez’s natural dye studio, she expects color, craft, and a little Fiesta-season chaos. What she does not expect is murder. When Mari is found dead, Eliza is left reeling—and her imperious orange tabby, Merlin, is more than ready to judge everyone in sight. As Eliza digs into Mari’s final notes, she uncovers something far more dangerous than artisan rivalry: a trail of scientific evidence suggesting a celebrated natural-dye empire may be built on fraud, deception, and chemically manufactured ...

At a luxury safari lodge in South Africa, beauty is curated, secrets are buried, and one brutal death refuses to stay hidden. Textile scientist Eliza Bennett arrives at Imbila Luxury Lodge to consult on an ambitious silk initiative meant to blend elegance, sustainability, and global prestige. Instead, she finds simmering rivalries, corporate greed, and a powerful host determined to keep appearances flawless at any cost. When a prominent guest is found dead in what authorities quickly dismiss as a tragic animal attack, Eliza sees what everyone else misses: the fabric doesn’t lie. With only...

Eliza Bennett, textile scientist and amateur sleuth, is back for another thrilling adventure, this time in the picturesque vineyards of Italy! When Eliza travels to the renowned Calbretti's Vineyard for a fabric dye research project. She’s accompanied by her ever-faithful and paranormal orange tabby cat, Merlin. But their idyllic getaway turns sinister when a murder shatters the vineyard's tranquility. As secrets entwine with the vines, Eliza and Merlin must navigate a web of deceit and danger. Between uncovering hidden motives and evading perilous traps, the duo faces their most ...

When death has rules… and one man breaks them. Dr. Morgan Vance has spent her life fighting death in a Chicago trauma center. She knows exactly how the body fails, how pain escalates, how terror looks in the final minutes before the end. There are no mysteries left in dying—only biology, chaos, and loss. Until a man in a dark suit begins appearing. He never speaks to the staff. He never touches the patients. And yet, every time he stands near a dying body, the impossible happens. Agony fades. Vitals stabilize. Terror turns to peace. Then the patient dies—calm, serene, and inexplicably...

Who needs a police K9 unit when you've got a cat like Merlin? This isn't your average cozy mystery. It's a high-stakes, high-desert thriller starring an academic textile expert and her talking cat. Dr. Elizabeth Bennett's world turns upside down when her presentation on ancient weaving leads to a New Mexico gallery owner's murder, exposing a massive, deadly operation of art fraud and cultural exploitation. From meticulously crafted fakes to hidden ledgers revealing millions in illegal sales, this duo navigates a world where every beautiful piece could hide a dark secret, and even a genius ...

He doesn't do mice. He does vibes. Meet Merlin, the prescient New Yorker cat who knows that beige candy is a character flaw and that his human, Eliza Bennett, has a "galloping toward trouble" look. When Eliza takes a consulting gig at a "haunted" Southern museum, Merlin is dragged into a high-stakes mystery involving toxic pralines, a vengeful socialite, and a ghost who might actually be helping. Forced to crawl through dusty vents and endure flirtation from a charming horse trainer, Merlin uses his nose for metallic thread and weaponized clove oil to help Eliza find a hidden ledger before ...

Power is inherited. Control is learned. Desire is a fatal mistake. Luna has survived for centuries by obeying the rules that govern immortal life—never love, never hunger too deeply, never challenge the order that keeps monsters civilized. But when Sebastian enters her world, restraint begins to fracture. He carries secrets that threaten the balance of an ancient vampire hierarchy, and his presence awakens a thirst Luna has spent lifetimes mastering. As political accusations ripple through the vampire court and old betrayals rise from the shadows, Luna is forced to confront an impossible ...

Ava Montgomery has built a perfect life— a flawless home, a pristine garden, and a reputation rooted in control. Then something takes root in her. What begins as a stubborn weed in her prize-winning garden becomes an invasive presence beneath her skin. Ava’s body changes. Her hunger shifts. Her rage grows greener, older, and far more patient than she is. As the lines between woman and wilderness blur, Ava discovers the terrifying truth: some plants don’t just grow in soil—they colonize. While her teenage daughter races to save what’s left of her mother, Ava is drawn deeper into a ...

When Professor Eliza Bennett arrives in Montréal for a prestigious textile expo, she expects icy sidewalks, a flawless keynote, and maybe—just maybe—a flirtation with a handsome dressage instructor. What she does not expect is murder, corporate espionage, and a smuggling ring stitched into the seams of luxury winter coats. Luckily, she never travels without backup. Merlin, her imperious, sharp-tongued, orange-and-white feline companion, may look like a pampered celebrity cat, but behind the green eyes lurks a razor-sharp mind. When a warehouse shelf collapses—conveniently crushing a ...

When a priceless Aztec textile goes missing and a museum director drops dead in a lecture hall, textile historian Eliza Bennett and her imperious, snarky, orange-and-white feline consultant, Merlin, are thrust into a tangle of high fashion, lethal dyes, and horse-soaked secrets. From the glittering lobby of the Gran Hotel to the dusty arenas of Club Hípico and the neon chaos of Xochimilco, this romp fuses scholarly sleuthing with cat-powered chaos. Think forensic yarn-pulling, midnight canal chases, a billionaire with a spider-web of influence, and a killer who wears riding boots. Witty, ...

When a quiet small-town pharmacist discovers her cat and horse have opinions—and voices—her life is about to get a whole lot more dangerous. Caroline Helmar has always preferred the comforts of routine: carefully labeled glass bottles, steaming cups of tea, and the predictable heartbeat of Greenhill. But everything changes the day her sarcastic orange tabby, E.M., and her dramatic psychic horse, Topper, reveal what they really are: Familiars bound to a long line of magical Guardians… including her. And her first assignment arrives fast. A beloved librarian is attacked. A priceless ...

At Sunny Meadows Retirement Estate, nothing exciting ever happens. The tea is lukewarm. The walls are aggressively beige. And Bingo is mandatory. So when Arthur Penhaligon—quiet resident, forgotten accountant, presumed harmless—notices that the Bingo numbers aren’t random, no one pays attention. No one, that is, except the people who were counting on him not to notice. Because Arthur isn’t just another retiree. He’s a former intelligence analyst whose mind was chemically dulled for a reason. And the Bingo game? It isn’t a game at all—it’s a coded broadcast using a Cold War ...

When textile historian Eliza Bennett is invited to a secluded Louisiana hunting camp to examine a rare collection of Acadian brown cotton weavings, it feels like long-overdue validation for her life’s work. These are not museum curiosities—they are living artifacts of survival, displacement, and resilience, hidden deep in the bayou and guarded by one of Louisiana’s most powerful families. But Eliza doesn’t arrive alone. By her side is Merlin—a sharp-tongued, world-weary orange tabby who talks, judges relentlessly, and has solved more murders than most small-town police departments...

When a priceless Revolutionary War banner vanishes from the Smithsonian, one brilliant textile scientist and her impossibly arrogant cat must unravel a 200-year-old conspiracy hidden in silk and secrets. Dr. Eliza Bennett came to Washington D.C. for one reason: to deliver an academic lecture and return to the safety of her New York laboratory. She definitely didn't plan on her consulting partner—an orange-and-white cat named Merlin with a superiority complex and inexplicable deductive powers—knocking over spools of thread to reveal clues, or on stumbling into the theft of a national ...

When the dead won't stay buried and mirrors crack from the inside out, Red Tell's most unusual detective agency is the town's only hope. Former psychologist Kathy Miller knows better than most that monsters are real—she lost her career proving it. Now she leads the Birds of Paradise Detective Agency from the sentient, ever-shifting halls of Avery House, alongside a team the world tried to forget: Ramona, a rebellious witch fleeing her powerful coven; Orpheus, a ghoul who found humanity in grave moss and poetry; and Neena, a sharp-tongued ghost librarian murdered under mysterious ...

In the ancient, tea-scented lanes of Uji, Japan, forensic scientist Eliza Bennett arrives for a prestigious symposium. But the quiet ache of grief for her lost friend, Keiko, soon gives way to a chilling mystery. Her keen scientific eye—and the even sharper wit of her sardine-loving, theatrically opinionated feline companion, Merlin—sense that something is profoundly amiss. A cryptic message on a shrine’s prayer plaque—"The wisteria remembers the thread of the thief"—sparks Eliza’s investigation. The centerpiece of the symposium, an exquisite kimono meant to honor Keiko’s ...