is the award-winning author of three cozy mystery series. The Dinner Club Mysteries features Jane Marsh, an empty nester who hosts a gourmet dinner club. The Tow Truck Mysteries stars Delaney Morran, a super feminine shoe-a-holic who drives a tow truck. Both are about strong friendships and family ties set in Colorado. The Sea Oats Beach series is a cozy mystery – beach read based loosely on Sunset Beach in Coastal Carolina. Her books are similar to those written by authors Jessica Beck, Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier, Cindy Bell, and Laura Childs.
The first in the Dinner Club series, Everything Bundt the Truth, tied for FIRST PLACE in the Suspense Novel category of the 2017 IDA Contest. The third in the Tow Truck series, Eyes on the Road, was a SECOND PLACE winner of the 2023 Firebird Book Awards in the Cozy Mystery category. The first in the Sea Oats Beach Mysteries, Murder at Sea Oats Beach, won the 2024 Firebird Book Awards in the Summer Beach Read category.
She worked for many years as a paralegal at a law firm in Denver and had been a columnist and regular contributor to The National Paralegal Reporter magazine. She loves to host dinner clubs, ride bicycles, hike in the mountains, walk on the beach, and read cozy murder mysteries.
is the award-winning author of three cozy mystery series. The Dinner Club Mysteries features Jane Marsh, an empty nester who hosts a gourmet dinner club. The Tow Truck Mysteries stars Delaney Morran, a super feminine shoe-a-holic who drives a tow truck. Both are about strong friendships and family ties set in Colorado. The Sea Oats Beach series is a cozy mystery – beach read based loosely on Sunset Beach in Coastal Carolina. Her books are...
Breanna Hart is volunteering at the animal shelter and living her best life in a North Carolina beach town, but that changes when the police chief is found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the cage of her favorite dog. Everyone has the dog tagged as the murderer, even the handsome police officer in charge of the...
One sun-drenched morning at Sea Oats Beach, Breanna Hart stumbles on the dead body of a surfer washed ashore. As the reality of her grim find sinks in, a movement in the water catches her eye—a chocolate Lab perched on a surfboard. Did the dog belong to the surfer or someone else? With no answer to that question, Breanna...
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The dazzling lights of the Christmas Flotilla shimmer across Sea Oats Beach, transforming the December night into a twinkling wonderland. But for Breanna Hart, the brilliance dims when she discovers a gunshot fatality on an abandoned boat. The victim, known for his...
Laney Montgomery hopes a temporary veterinary gig in her family’s small Texas town will heal her heart after a painful breakup—only to discover that her brothers have drafted her into another, far more chaotic league. By day she’s stitching up a stubborn calf, but by night she’s a reluctant coach of the rival town’s baseball team of seven‑year‑olds with slick dance routines as much as with double‑plays. You’ll be cheering for a romance that hits base runs and heals animals as well as broken...
Temperance Matthews traded the stress of her job with the FBI for rolling dough and baking bread—fulfilling her dream of a quiet life in the charming town of Oak Hollow. But the peaceful existence she longed for quickly crumbles when flames engulf her shop and a man is killed in the fire. Drawing on her sharp eye for detail and a knack for spotting hidden patterns, she compiles a suspect list. Along with solving the murder, the question of whether she can continue with the business keeps the...
Nothing says "cozy" quite like a peaceful stroll through St. Michael's cemetery in Minnesota, unless you're amateur sleuth Andie Rose, and you stumble upon not one, but two very dead bodies, and not the buried-in-the-ground kind. The charming chaos of this engaging cozy mystery truly kicks off when Andie Rose tries to juggle crime-solving with running her inn. As Detective Parker issues a stern warning to Andie and his newly arrived twin sister to steer clear of his official investigation,...
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