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Order "A Caterer's Guide to Crime"

Order "A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence"

Order "A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence"

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Follow Violet and friends through these cozy mystery shorts as she caters delicious events and runs into titillating crime!

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The first in a series of cozy mysteries with recipes.

Feel the love … with a caterer, a captain, and a criminal. 

Now also available in audiobook!

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Order "A Caterer's Guide to Love and Murder"

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Order "A Caterer's Guide to Holidays and Homicide"

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The second in a series of culinary cozy mysteries.


A wedding caterer, a florist…and a dash of poison.

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My third murder mystery book in the Caterer's Guide to Crime cozy mystery series.


Deck the halls…with a personal chef, a snowed-in lodge, and a sprinkling of murder!

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Bria's family knows what to do with vermin on the ranch. Get my classic-style mystery set on a modern Texan cattle ranch.


Now also available in audiobook!

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My Audiobooks

A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence

A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence

A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence

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Shoot Shovel and Shut Up

A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence

A Caterer's Guide to Valentines and Violence

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Anthologies

Order "Meet Cute Moments"

Order "A Hiss-teria of Killers"

Order "Bippity Boppity Boots"

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Indulge in this charming collection of our favorite romance moment: the meet cute! 


Each bite-size story is sure to make your heart flutter! 

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Bippity Boppity Boots: Southwestern fairytale retellings

The latest Messy Manuscript Society anthology!


Saddle up for some rootin’ tootin’ happily ever afters!

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Order "A Hiss-teria of Killers"

Order "A Hiss-teria of Killers"

Order "A Hiss-teria of Killers"

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Can they solve the case in the nip of time?
Follow our sleuths into a hairball of a case with this anthology!

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Order "A Beach of a Crime"

Order "A Haunting of Revenge"

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Fun in the sun, a body in the sand, with a drink in hand! 

*record scratch* Wait what?


Join these sleuths as they try and salvage their day with another case solved. 

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Order "Beyond the Woods"

Order "A Haunting of Revenge"

Order "A Haunting of Revenge"

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The first Messy Manuscript Society anthology!

From charming to mysterious, these spooky stories are great read-aloud family fun!

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Order "A Haunting of Revenge"

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Get the Aconite Cafe collection of Halloween-themed cozies.


Snuggle in for this anthology of cozy mysteries from your favorite authors.

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Order "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories"

Order "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories"

Order "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories"

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In the 1970s Santa Cruz was dubbed “The Murder Capital of the World” so Santa Cruz has more than its fair share of ghost sightings.

If you want to shiver along with the creative minds of writers telling you their Santa Cruz ghost stories, this is the book for you.


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Order "A Graveyard of Secrets"

Order "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories"

Order "Santa Cruz Ghost Stories"

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It's Halloween night and the local graveyard is teeming with activity. Will our sleuths be able to decipher fact from fiction as they dive into
the fresh dirt of a new case?

Pick up a copy and snuggle up to stop the stone-cold killer!

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Order "A Cookie of a Scoundrel"

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Order "A Tradition of Allegations"

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A dash of holiday spirit, a pinch of cheer, sprinkle with mystery,
join our sleuths as they crumble through their sweetest case yet!

Life is batter when you're solving crimes!
Download A Cookie of a Scoundrel today! 

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Order "A Tradition of Allegations"

Order "The Boss Level Volume II: And Other Modern Miracle Stories"

Order "A Tradition of Allegations"

Will our sleuths solve their cases before Christmas is ruined?


 Pour yourself a mug of hot cocoa and settle in to find out!

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Order "The Boss Level Volume II: And Other Modern Miracle Stories"

Order "The Boss Level Volume II: And Other Modern Miracle Stories"

Order "The Boss Level Volume II: And Other Modern Miracle Stories"

Read the stories of people from a variety of backgrounds who have experienced miraculous events in their lives. 


Feel inspired as you read of modern-day wonders that God is working all around us.

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