Time to Cozy Up with 58 Cozy Mystery Books and a Couple of New Novels

Oh, the weather certainly has a nip in the air, at least where I live! How about you? Has fall arrived? I love it. The days are getting shorter and you know what that means. More time in the evening for reading!

I'm happy to announce that I have three of my Antique Pickers short ebooks in the Cozy Up promo that I am lucky enough to participate in. 

You can get any or all of these cozy mystery titles (and some are collections or box sets) for free or just 99 cents! Stock up for the cool evenings ahead.

But this promo only runs through tomorrow (October 9) so grab them now!

And I have a couple of full-length novels published that I need to tell you about. I wrote both of these novels several years ago and recently dug them out and polished them up. 

Same Old Same Old is a departure from my cozy mysteries, but a coming of age novel of sorts that looks at the life of Patty Parks as a young girl and as a woman.

Retreat is a huge departure from my cozy mysteries! I wanted to write about the absurdities of the workplace and "working for the man." It's a humorous novel and not for the faint of heart. (Let's just say the language and situations are rather adult in nature.)

New Short Cozy Series: Picked to Death

I'm happy to announce that book 1 in my new short cozy mystery series is published! The series is called Antique Pickers in Paradise and the book is called Picked to Death. 

This series features Sherri and Carol, picking partners. They live in a small Midwestern town called Paradise, and between the two of them always solve the murders that crop up as they search for antique treasures.

I hope you grab a copy and enjoy reading about the antiques, the murder, and how Sherri and Carol use their shared knowledge to find the bad buy.

Coming Soon: Book 2 in My Cozy Series, Stored to Death

I'm excited to announce that book 2 in my Lily Thistle Cozy Mystery series is coming soon. Stored to Death is the name, and solving the murder is the game. 

Stored to Death features, what else, but a dead body in a trunk in Lily's storage unit. Oh my! This time Lily's brother-in-law Dr. John Wisdom is suspect number 1 and Lily must clear his name before his dental practice, Wisdom Teeth, gets a bad name in the small town of Port Peculiar.

Check my Amazon author page to see all of my books and to read Hook, Line & Stinker, book 1 in the series.

New Cozy Series: Hook, Line and Stinker, Book 1 is Now Available

I'm so happy to announce that the first book in my new cozy mystery series is now available on Amazon. Hook, Line and Stinker is the name, and for Lily Thistle, clearing her name is the game.

Lily is the new fifth grade teacher at Port Peculiar Primary School. On her first day, she takes a walk along the beach and stumbles upon the body of a local garbage man. When Lily is considered a suspect, she has to find out who really killed the womanizing dude and clear her name so the hot chief of police will think of her as something other than a murder suspect.

Download your own copy and come along for the ride while Lily learns to work around the small town gossip to find the killer. 

I hope you enjoy my new book and look forward to hearing from you!

And Now for Something a Little Different -- Time Travel Short Reads

Earlier in July I published two time travel short reads, and now I'm working on the third story. These are really fun to write with the suspension of disbelief. I mean, time travel! Really? Yes, really! Wouldn't that be fun if we could take off on some travels? I think so, just so we could come back to the here and now!

In this new series called Doorways to the Past, Ali Cummings enters, what else?, doorways and is transported back in time. In each book a different doorway leads Ali to the past.

In book 1, Abandoned in Time, Ali meets an old family friend. In 1944. He is a young man during World War II, and Ali must convince him that she is who she is, despite the consequences that will follow.

In book 2, Caught in Time, Ali once again meets friends of her family. This time she travels back to the 1970s, and it's her parents close friends she runs into one lazy summer day at the lake. The couple, who are younger than Ali, help Ali with a mission she realizes she is there to remedy.

I hope you get a chance to take a look at these books. They're both free if you have Kindle Unlimited and are just 99 cents to buy.

Prompted by Desire -- New Short Story Romance

I'm proud to announce that Prompted by Desire, book 1 in my Rocky Mountain Romance series is available on Amazon. 

Check out the video for my new book:

Tyler Barrett has just finished horseshoeing school in Kansas and moved to Soda Springs, Colorado to start his new business, but there’s just one problem. He’s broke. Without customers and horses that need to be shod, Tyler is in danger of losing everything and having to head home with his tail between his legs. 

When Angela Winston, the owner of eleven head of horses, hires Tyler, he thinks his troubles are over, at least for the time being. Little does he know that this older woman, who is married to boot, is more than he bargained for. Will her seduction of the young farrier pay off? Can Tyler keep this customer happy in more ways than one? 

Things heat up on the ranch, and Tyler wrestles with how to let the older woman down gently after meeting someone he really cares about. 

Seduction in Riverside Now Available on Amazon

I'm pleased to announce Maggie West and Bella Jayne's first book in the Riverside Romance Short Story collection is now available on Amazon. 


Seduction in Riverside introduces Luke Sullivan and Callie Rogers as well as more characters you'll find in later books.

Luke says Callie has his heart. But sultry Victoria is back once more to reclaim his heart as well as his body. Now Callie must decide for sure if lies or love is his game.

This short story is about 55 pages long and includes a bonus excerpt from book 2 in our Riverside Romance Collection, coming soon. 

For a quick read (about an hour), take a break with Callie and Luke and get to know other characters in our new contemporary romance series.

We hope you'll enjoy it!