All the ladies loved when Paul drove his delivery truck through their neighborhood. They enjoyed the view when he wore those brown shorts every spring and summer. But someone is less appreciative of Paul's muscular legs. Annie Holloway, mystery writer and lover of a good challenge, finds Paul strangled to death in his truck. She is determined to finger the murderer. Annie enjoys the excitement of what she does for a living, especially when it comes to research. Nothing is better than the hands-on approach. The task is that much harder because of Annie's dark family history. Then there's the...

Divorced mom Libby Grace works as an elementary school teacher and has no social life to speak of. The most she has to worry about is finding a way to fix a leaky faucet without a budget for a plumber. The next thing Libby knows she's standing at the foot of her son's bed without her body Libby can't remember what happened to her. Is she dead? Is she somewhere unconscious worrying in a hospital? She doesn't know for sure because she can't find her body. The last place she remembers being is the local hardware store, but instead of her own body, she finds the corpse of the store's owner,...

Makayla Rose has moved to Briney Creek from New York. She's decided after working as a forensic photographer for the NYPD and loving a man who ended up causing her to be suspected of murder, she needed a drastic change. Makayla opens her little photography studio right on Main Street and is happily shooting scenes of festivals, family annual photos, and some business promotional arrangements. She's even getting her own glamor shot together so she can create an online profile for a dating site. Unfortunately, the pain and fear of the past comes flooding back when she arrives at her shop to...

Liberty "Libby" Grace came to herself in her home, with no idea how she got there. She's a ghost, but Ian McClain--dare she call the vampire "friend"--has assured her somewhere her body is still alive. Libby must find out what happened to her. Solving the mystery surrounding the murder of the hardware store owner only brought Libby more questions. While she's pretending to be a living person by going out on a date with the chief of police, someone murders the town busybody. Worse, someone in Summit's Edge wants to pin the murder on Libby. If Libby doesn't take the wrap, her secret will be...

Makayla Rose has gained a reputation in the small town of Briney Creek. She keeps a semi-level head when presented with a dead body (running blindly into traffic withstanding). She is skilled with a camera, the inanimate love of her life, and she's seeing the hot new sheriff. The citizens of her town have noticed her. That's probably why Makayla gets an anonymous letter in her mailbox one day asking her to investigate one Dr. Zachariah Bloomberg - gynecologist. ..".and if you think he is guilty of something, convince the sheriff." Wonderful. Now she has to get her hoo-hoo checked, and the...

Makayla Rose doesn't let life get her down too long. She's been through a lot, and she thought it was all in the past when she moved to small town Briney Creek. Unfortunately, the past has the awful habit coming back to haunt you. Makayla's more recent decisions have caused a rift between her and the good sheriff, and she can't see a way to repair the damage. Then she's drugged, kidnapped, and bound next to the murdered ex-wife of the sheriff. Spencer is charged with the crime and held without bail. "I need you to do one thing for me, Makayla...believe in me." This is deja vu for Makayla's...

Wesley made the mistake of falling for a woman who wanted him only for his money. Now he's dead, and Barbara Jean is being blamed. Who should come to her rescue but Flynn, the first man Annie's learning to trust. Flynn is trying to convince Annie that he cares about her, but he's got a secret that might destroy their friendship, not to mention the budding attraction between them. How can Annie believe he'll be there for her when everyone is saying Flynn is still in love with his old flame. Never a woman to sit at home and wait, Annie takes on the case. Her sleuthing gets her into some tight...

Annie thought she was making great strides in learning to trust Flynn. She can actually touch him--well his back. Flynn is less than enthusiastic about this growth. Annie learns her friend Stacy is missing, and she thinks Stacy's boyfriend, Robert, has done something to her after Annie and Stacy uncovered his dark secret. With Annie's family history, the police refuse to believe her. What Robert says is really going on shocks Annie to her core. He claims someone is trying to kill Annie and Flynn. Annie's not sure if she should believe Robert, but he keeps dogging her steps. She's starting to...

Nothing of interest ever happens in Little Merry, North Carolina. That is, until the town's queen of entertainment dies, and Abby James buys her antique Louis XV commode. The first night Abby takes possession of the commode, it's stolen. Joined by her sweet-obsessed English Mastiff, who she's named Baker, Abby is on the hunt to get back her Louis Abby knows "who done it," but she has to catch the thief in possession. The heat is on with midnight chases through cornfields, police standoffs with a monkey wrench, and an impromptu festival at an arrest.