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Tuesdays in Cartwell, Virginia, are usually slow—until a box of antique botanical books arrives at Forget Me Not Books. Sent without explanation by the town’s resident curmudgeon, Aldous Greer, the delivery is strange. When Aldous is found dead two days later with a cup of chamomile tea he famously despised sitting on his desk, the strange...

The wedding never happened. The murder did.

Bookstore owner and former English teacher Felice Mendes expects nothing more mysterious than family drama when she arrives at historic Briar Hill Estate for the wedding of the season. But before the bride can walk down the aisle, the groom is found dead—and suspicion quickly falls on the wrong man.

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Sometimes the truth is hidden in plain sight—and sometimes it’s curled up at your feet.

Running Purrs & Puzzles Cat Café in Savannah’s historic district means Emma Clark hears plenty of gossip. But when wealthy developer Garrison Faulk is found dead behind a nearby building, gossip quickly turns into suspicion.

The crime scene contains a clue...

A hidden box. A long-buried secret. And a warning that won’t stay quiet.

When Emma Clark discovers a sealed tin box hidden inside the walls of her cat café, she expects a piece of history—not a mystery someone is still trying to keep buried.

Inside are fragments of a story: a missing young woman, a series of carefully hidden records, and a truth...

Three murders. One cat café. And a café owner turned amateur sleuth who never meant to get involved.

Welcome to Purrs & Puzzles, where the coffee is hot, the cats are curious… and trouble keeps landing right at Emma Clark’s doorstep.

In this charming and twisty boxed set, follow Emma as she trades corporate life for a cozy café in Savannah—...

Three mysteries. One clever cat café. And trouble brewing in Savannah.

When Emma Clark inherited her aunt’s quirky Savannah coffee shop and turned it into the beloved Purrs & Puzzles Cat Café, she expected lattes, cat cuddles, and the occasional hairball. What she didn’t expect was murder.

But in Savannah, secrets have a way of clawing their...

Hazelwood High Jinx Cozy Mysteries: Books 3–8

Welcome to Hazelwood, Wisconsin—a charming small town where festivals flourish, secrets simmer, and murder has an unfortunate habit of crashing the party.

This six-book boxed set includes full-length cozy mysteries from the Hazelwood High Jinx series, beginning with Book 3. Follow an ensemble of...

Running my cat café in Savannah meant juggling espresso machines, opinionated felines, and regulars who felt more like family than customers. Hosting the Savannah Storytelling Festival should have been a celebration of books, stories, and community.

Instead, it ended in murder.

When a bestselling author collapses during a public reading at my...

When celebrated chef Marcel DuPont collapses face-first into his own signature dessert, Hazelwood whispers tragic accident. Lucy Jenks smells murder—right between the cardamom and the crushed egos.

Armed with her sharp instincts, her loyal dog Duke, a loving husband and a town full of secrets, Lucy uncovers a legacy of stolen recipes, bruised...

When a fortune-teller dies mid–tea reading in her Savannah parlor, cat-café owner Emma Clark discovers she’s inherited more than the woman’s favorite scone order. Hidden inside a velvet envelope is part of an antique map—and a warning written in elegant, desperate ink: The cat knows. Trust him.

Now the quiet charm of Purrs & Puzzles Cat Café...

When Hazelwood’s cherished Founders’ Bell vanishes during the town’s biggest festival, Detective Jack Carter is left chasing more than just a thief. Old rivalries flare, family secrets stir, and whispers of hidden documents threaten to rewrite Hazelwood’s past—and its future.

Grace, Lily, and Polly the parrot are never far behind, and neither...

When Emma Clark agrees to host Savannah’s most exclusive post-wedding event at her beloved cat café, Purrs & Puzzles, she expects scones and selfies—not sirens and scandal. But when the groom collapses mid-toast, Emma finds herself serving up suspects instead of coffee.

With the health inspector sniffing around, a furious mother-of-the-bride...

In the heart of Hazelwood, a slice of pie turns deadly—and the truth is buried beneath the crust.

Grace Hawthorne thought her biggest challenge would be nailing the perfect lattice on her signature Peach Vanilla Dream Pie. But when her pie is swapped for a deadly one at the town festival, a local judge winds up poisoned to death. Grace is thrust...

Murder, mayhem, and a meddling cat...

When Emma Clark agreed to take over her eccentric aunt’s Savannah coffee shop and transformed it into a Cat Café, she didn’t expect the real estate to come with a side of conspiracy. But when a vintage notebook, a booby-trapped USB, and a cassette labeled “Play if they find me” show up in a hidden panel...

A missing gardener. A stolen plant. A secret never meant to bloom.

When botanist Mirabel Vance vanishes during Hazelwood’s Spring Garden Tour, innkeeper Grace Hawthorne is pulled into her most unusual mystery yet.

Beneath Violet Hill lies a decades-old secret—Cold War experiments, encrypted plants, and a vault built to hide what was never meant...

Murder’s brewing at Purrs & Puzzles Cat Café—and Purrlock Holmes is on the prowl.

Emma Clark traded corporate burnout for sweet tea and cat cuddles, transforming her Great Aunt Josephine’s coffee shop into a cozy Savannah haven.
But when socialite Meredith Halloway is found bludgeoned on the café floor, a candlestick nearby, Emma’s dream...

A stolen heirloom. A missing girl. A town with secrets that refuse to stay buried.

When a priceless music box vanishes from the Hazelwood High trophy case, innkeeper Grace Hawthorne is drawn into a mystery that quickly becomes more than just a case of petty theft.

The music box—a royal gift from Princess Elise of Spain in 1942—has been the town’...

Emma Carter’s cozy cat café, Purrs & Puzzles, is the heart of historic Savannah, Georgia--until a litter of rare Bengal kittens disappears during a glittering fundraiser.

Suddenly, Emma’s dream business turns into a nightmare when the police name her as the prime suspect.

With her best friend Lizzie, a conspiracy theorist blogger and loving...

Ava Sinclair thought she’d found the perfect escape this Christmas – her great-aunt’s cozy cottage in sleepy Hazelwood. That dream shattered the moment Victor Quincey walked into Sam’s Bar, brandishing plans to tear down half the town for his luxury resort.

For bar owner former Sergeant Sam Dawson, this wasn’t how he’d pictured reuniting with...

A dead judge.
A café full of curious cats.
And me, Emma Carter—the prime suspect.

When a well-known Judge Harrington is found dead in my cozy cat café, I’m as shocked as anyone.

I never thought my café, Purrs & Puzzles, would turn into the scene of a murder investigation.

But when my rescue cats start bringing me clues—odd little “gifts” from...