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Divorced mother Jeannie Miller returns to Chickadee Cove, Maine, determined to start fresh with her dream bakery. She doesn't need help—especially not from ruggedly handsome carpenter Frank Mendez. But Frank's steady kindness breaks through her walls, and for the first time in years, Jeannie dares to trust again. Until she discovers he's been lying about who he really is. Just when she decides to take a chance on love, a ghost from her past arrives to destroy everything she's rebuilt. Can Jeannie choose love over safety—before it's too late? The Bakery on the Cove, is the sweet spot for...

Jeannie Miller finally has her happily ever after in Chickadee Cove—a thriving bakery and Aaron Horn's unwavering love. Then her toxic ex-husband Luka arrives with a devastating announcement. Despite everyone's warnings, Jeannie can't turn away from someone claiming to need help. As Luka's manipulation tears her world apart, Aaron watches the woman he loves choose guilt over happiness once again. When her daughter Lily disappears after uncovering a family secret, Jeannie realizes some second chances come with an impossible price. Sometimes the hardest person to save is yourself. *This ...

Jeannie Miller Horn finally has everything she's ever wanted—a thriving bakery, a man who adores her, and a wedding to plan. Then her daughter's accident changes everything. While Lily fights for her life, Jeannie's dangerous ex-husband makes his most desperate move yet. Even a restraining order can't stop him now. When Aaron's past threatens their future and Luka's obsession turns deadly, Jeannie must find the courage she never knew she had. Some love stories require everything you've got. Will Jeannie's happily ever after survive the ultimate test?

Brenda Sheffield can’t believe her luck when she finds out that the family business, The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast, has been handed down to her upon the death of a relative. For too long, she’s been idle as an assistant to a PI - a new challenge is precisely what she needs. Uprooting to the idyllic village of Sweetfern Harbor was tough, but it doesn’t take long for Brenda to fall for the brightly painted shopfronts and the friendly residents. However, there’s always one who spoils the bouquet.

Sarah Garland, a retired homicide detective who's gone through a painful divorce, seems to have found her peace at last, as a coffeeshop owner in the sleepy (and freezing) small town of Snow Falls, Alaska. What she didn't expect was for her past life to catch up with her. Or for her new life as a mystery writer to inspire a deadly killer to target her.

Excitement races through Sweetfern Harbor as the famous July boat races near. Brenda Sheffield finds herself busier than ever at Sheffield bed and breakfast. Her place is booked solid, and calls come daily from potential and hopeful customers that have to be turned down. Brenda has never been as happy as she is now. Detective Mac Rivers asks her to marry him, and she accepts. Her disappointment comes when he wants her to wait to announce the news until after the long weekend is over. She reluctantly agrees.

Brenda Sheffield is thrilled to host the East Coast Acting Troupe in her inn set above the Atlantic Ocean. Excitement permeates the Sheffield Bed and Breakfast and injects new life in the small town of Sweetfern Harbor. But the next morning, one of the cast members informs her that Ellen Teague, the famous actress, is dead in her bed. As if this discovery isn’t shocking enough, Brenda is dismayed when Detective Mac Rivers narrows her down as his prime suspect and states she has the strongest motive for killing the star.

When Nikki's husband of 20 years decides that he wanted a different life in Los Angeles it spawns a new life for her as well. Leaving behind Atlanta and her journalism career there, she and her college-bound son move to the small and tightknit town of Maple Hills, Vermont. With a bustling tourist season, the thriving community seems the perfect place to set up her new chocolate shop...yet opening day proves more deadly than profitable.

At Sweetfern, there are more than rare relics on display. Before the arrival of the collectors at Brenda’s family establishment, The Sheffield Bed and Breakfast, she was ignorant to what a wampum is until a kindly collector shows one that will feature at the highly anticipated Native American Market. However, the sight of a wampum triggers a memory in Brenda - she recalls her uncle Randolph Sheffield possessing one, a rare relic that could be in the dusty attic. Why would something so precious be left to gather dust?

Brenda Sheffield at age 46 is as excited as a young 20-year-old thinking of her upcoming wedding. Christmas Eve will present two weddings, since her best friend Phyllis Lindsey will participate in a double wedding with her. It isn’t until Phyllis tells Brenda of her only wish for a wedding gift that Brenda finds herself involved in a crime that happened five years ago.

Brenda Sheffield Rivers and her husband Detective Mac Rivers have returned from their honeymoon in Italy. They arrive in the depths of winter, ready to prepare for the upcoming Winter Festival. Tourists begin to flood the town and Sheffield Bed and Breakfast is filling up fast. There is only one vacant room due to a cancellation. Brenda is sure her young Reservationist Allie Williams will have it filled before the day is over.

There is a dead body at The Lodge - a dead body that just happens to hail from Nikki's own hometown of Atlanta. As the newest, and arguably the nosiest, neighbor in the area, she knows all eyes will soon turn her way and tongues will start to wag. Nikki has no choice but to garner her new friends and put her extensive experience as a big city reporter to use, playing a modern-day Nancy Drew against a backdrop of gorgeous hills and the Canadian border.

Halloween draws closer and each day brings more imaginative ghost stories to Brenda Sheffield’s attention. She is well aware that the Sheffield Bed and Breakfast is conducive to the notions the place is haunted. Allie and housekeeper Phyllis Lindsey come up with the idea to give candlelight tours during Sweetfern Harbor’s Halloween festivities. First, Brenda must find out all she can about her bed and breakfast from the local library. When she meets with Mrs. Perch, Librarian, she is horrified to discover the sinister side of Sheffield Bed and Breakfast.

Nikki Bates’s time in picturesque Maple Hills, Vermont, has been far from the postcard scene she first imagined. While her chocolate shop is doing well, her personal life has hit a few snags...and bodies...along the way. Between exposing corrupt officials, unmasking the Mafia, and solving more than a few murders, Nikki has made some friends and earned many enemies.

Brenda Sheffield wishes her father would respond to her invitations to visit Sheffield Bed and Breakfast. So far, only silence answers her calls and letters. That her once loving father chooses to widen the gap in their relationship is the only thing missing from Brenda’s happiness. Above all, she hopes he will accept the invitation to her wedding that is coming up in less than a month. Tim Sheffield cannot understand why his only daughter wishes to marry someone who has the lowly career as detective of a small police force in a town like Sweetfern Harbor.

Brenda Sheffield Rivers and her staff transform the entire Queen Anne structure into enough spooky figures and decorations to put everyone in tune with Fright Night. Every guest has arrived specifically to take advantage of the night. Brenda, Phyllis, and Allie prepare their tours. Their tall tales have been embellished until they almost believe them themselves. By the time she gives her fourth tour, she hears rustling behind the hallway wall. She tells her tourists it could possibly be an entity hiding in the walls. She suspects a small animal has gotten inside somehow.

It’s finally her time to make a difference. Brenda Sheffield Rivers can hardly contain her excitement when the local hospital invites her to host a fundraiser at Sheffield Bed and Breakfast for cancer research. With so many ideas - she is spoilt for choice! After planning an elaborate Masquerade Gala, the night is full of dancing, juggling, music, card playing and good vibes. Until a guest slumps over the casino table - dead. This is more than just a sugar rush.

An amateur sleuth B&B owner, a weekend wedding, and a dead body in a suitcase. Another murder mystery in the cozy beach town of Sweetfern Harbor.... Brenda Rivers welcomes guests to Sheffield Bed and Breakfast with her reservationist, Allie Williams. In the meantime, everyone is excited for the wedding of Brenda’s father and her chef scheduled for that afternoon. Allie greets the booked guests and takes note of one who hits her the wrong way. Patrick Anderson is outspoken and rude. Few if any in his life like him.

When Georgia baker Momma Peach agreed to brave a Vermont blizzard to help a friend, she packed her warmest coat and fully expected to return home with nothing more than frostbitten toes and a brand new peach cobbler recipe. But the small town of Ridge Falls has other plans. The friend who called them north turns up dead, and a frightened little girl has vanished somewhere into the storm. For an amateur sleuth who never met a puzzling situation she could walk away from, Momma Peach has stumbled into something far more dangerous than a Vermont winter. The charming village is hiding ugly ...

Caroline "Momma Peach" Johnson thought the biggest worry at her Sweet Peach Bakery was keeping up with demand for her famous peach pie—until a stranger turns up dead after eating a slice. When Detective Michelle Chan arrives with the devastating news that Richard Lionel Graystone was poisoned, this small town amateur sleuth knows someone used her beloved recipe as a weapon. Determined to clear her bakery's reputation and protect her Pine Falls community, Momma Peach teams up with Michelle to track down the killer. But what starts as food tampering in this culinary cozy mystery quickly ...