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A cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry. Cait lives in a cabin on her aunt's oceanfront estate where she helps her aunt run Harthaven Cat Sanctuary. When she isn't working with the cats, she helps best friend Tara, operate the coffee bar/bookstore/cat lounge they own, named Coffee Cat Books.

Zeno Dresden is a tiger shifter, a dedicated police officer, and the only one in his family determined to avoid finding a mate. While his brothers have embraced love, loyalty, and destiny, Zeno wants none of it. He values his freedom, his badge, and his independence—and he’s convinced a mate would cost him all three. He’s determined to stay free, unattached, and in control of his own life—even if it means pushing away everyone who cares about him. Anna knows what it’s like to be overlooked, underestimated, and pulled into trouble she didn’t ask for. She is just trying to live a ...

Wylie Pennington never expected to become a millionaire overnight—or to find himself searching for a forever home instead of the life he thought he wanted. After selling off the family land, Wylie is learning how to navigate wealth, independence, and a future that suddenly feels wide open… and a little lonely. Rosie Donaldson has always known exactly who she is. As the town’s police chief, she keeps the peace, handles rumors, and holds her community together—just as she has since she was a girl quietly in love with one of the Pennington boys. What she never expected was for Wylie to...

It’s the week before Christmas, and Abby and Lacy are on a mission—find the one toy Lacy’s youngest wants more than anything. But when Toyland’s long-awaited shipment arrives without the elusive gift, the pair jump into a high-stakes holiday scavenger hunt where the coveted toy is part of the prize package. What begins as merry fun quickly turns chaotic as half the parents in town seem to be chasing the same hard-to-find treasure… and some will do anything to win.

When Lou Prescott bought the bookstore in Holiday Bay, she dreamed of more than a charming seaside shop. She wanted a place that felt like home—a welcoming haven where friends could gather, share stories, and lean on one another through life’s challenges and triumphs. But when Lou inherits a vast collection of books from Gia, a woman she barely knew, she discovers far more than dusty shelves and forgotten titles. Hidden among the volumes are photo albums and journals that hint at a secret life no one in town ever suspected.

Romeow and Juliet is the first in a cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry. Cait lives in a cabin on her aunt's oceanfront estate where she helps her aunt run Harthaven Cat Sanctuary.

Colt’s first case as a newly hired county detective is anything but routine. A shocking murder, a web of buried secrets, and three long-forgotten cold cases left behind by his predecessor collide in ways Colt never saw coming—and solving the present crime may depend on unlocking the past.

Tess and Brady are planning a haunted house fundraiser so they can expand the shelter to include a top-of-the-art training facility as well as a permanent residence for hard-to-place animals. During the decorating party, they find a skeleton—a real skeleton—hidden behind a false wall in the attic. They turn the skeleton over to Mike, but once they do, everything starts going wrong, and Tess wonders if they haven't somehow managed to awaken an angry spirit.

Abby is offered the chance to participate in an author event being held at Firehouse Books with one of her own favorite authors. When the guest author turns up dead, Abby realizes that clues to the author’s death could be found in the new novel. Abby joins Colt as he investigates the death of a local man who died after eating pudding dosed with poison during a community dinner. Colt receives a call to check out a light inside an abandoned lighthouse closed for renovations. The pair respond only to find evidence of two trespassers, one of which is now dead.

When Lou Prescott bought the bookstore at Holiday Bay, she wanted it to be so much more than a quaint seaside business. She wanted it to be home to the cozy gathering of friends, she knew in her heart, would come together to share their lives, their hardships, and their victories. In Book 4 in the series, Lou receives a package, that by all appearances, seems to contain clues without a mystery. She is stumped as to how to proceed, so she enlists the help of the Tuesday night sleuthing group, who she hopes, will be able to help her to untangle the backwards puzzle she'd been handed.

Go ahead. These lips are supposed to be around my husband's shaft, not yours. This treasure between my legs belongs to my husband. The tiny little rosebud opening between my heart-shaped cheeks is his, too. Guess what? You can have those things. You can have them, and it's okay. It's okay because my husband isn't a selfish man, and he's willing to share....

In book 13 in the series - When the assistant to the wedding planner Mother Zimmerman hired ends up dead in the pool, things become outright hilarious. In book 15 - In true Zoe Donovan fashion, Zoe ends up in jail on the second night of her honeymoon after she finds herself the only suspect in the first murder Heavenly Island has seen in a decade. In book 16 - When Zoe finds the body of the lunch lady on the hopscotch course the week before the new school year, she is pulled into a mystery that will find her volunteering as soccer mom, classroom mom, and PTA board member.

Alyson Prescott moves to Cutter's Cove, Oregon, after being placed, along with her mother, in the witness protection program. She is forced to leave her old life behind and become a middle-class girl, living in a middle-class town. Alyson struggles with the duplicity in her life as she strives to reconcile her new life with the old.

Whether it happens in the midst of a special encounter, and FFM threesome, or a group experience; the fantasy remains one of the most popular sexy dreams we have. In this collection, twenty-five different scenarios are explored, and we can all identify with the heroines!

After suffering a personal tragedy, Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn't seem to convince to leave, and a new family she'd never be able to live without.

Winter Carnival comes to Serenity, and with it TJ finds her schedule busier than ever. Not only is her ski and snowboard team heavily involved in demonstrations and local competitions, but her ragtag choir is about to debut in their first live performance. To make matters even more complicated, someone has killed Travis Davidson, a town favorite son, world-class snowboarder, and Olympic hopeful.

Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering if it's possible to move from "going crazy" to "in control" when you've got too many projects on your plate and too much mess in your relationships? Kathi and Cheri want to show you five surprising reasons why you become stressed, so you can learn the doable solutions for each one.

2014 Audie Award Finalist for Children’s Titles for Ages 8-12 “Librarians often say that every book is not for every child, but The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp is” (The New York Times). Meet Bingo and J’miah, raccoon brothers on a mission to save Sugar Man Swamp in this...

Big Bunny Bump Off: Spring is in the air, and with the warm weather comes an abundance of babies. Things seem to be right on course until Jack Frost comes to town, throwing the entire town of Ashton Falls into chaos. Beach Blanket Barbie: Zoe suspects that something is up when Levi’s ex-girlfriend Barbie comes to town unexpectedly. When she ends up floating facedown in the lake Zoe and the gang shift into full sleuth mode. Maui Madness: Zoe and the gang go to Maui and become involved not only in a treasure hunt for a sunken ship but in a murder mystery.

Rescue Alaska is a small town in northern Alaska where visitors come to hike and ski. Harmony Carson is a lifelong resident who volunteers as a member of the local search and rescue team. Harmony has a unique gift which she often considers a curse. She is able to 'see' the individuals she is meant to help rescue, and more often than not she can feel their fear and their pain as well. Book 1 a longtime local sends an old friend a letter with a photo stating that if he should turn up dead at some point in the near future, the man in the photo is the one who killed him.