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Book 1 of the Journeys Series
Still mourning the death of her husband and young son, Jodie Hanson writes a blog for grieving widows and mothers as a way to deal with her broken heart. She has her life under control until her landlord sells the home she considers her safe haven, and a former colleague offers her a position as a travel blogger.
Chance brings Heather, then Brad, into Jodie’s life, lifting her out of darkness. Is it destiny that the handsome guy next door finds his way into her heart?
Book 8 of the Aspen Notch Series
Sue and Alan have a convoluted detective agency case, which Alan considers absurd. Sue, however, wise sleuth as she is, digs deeper to speculate something more sinister than the disappearance of Isabel’s travel mementos. What’s going on at the senior retirement community?
Book 7 of the Aspen Notch Series
Sue and Alan take on their first case for the SAJ Detective Agency, one that stymied the police 10 years prior, when a young man disappeared. Two years later, the police locate the missing person’s smashed vehicle in a remote ravine, and conclude that he’d died, though they found no evidence of a body. Is he dead, or is he alive?
Book 6 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue visits Ridgeton Manor to determine its suitability for Jessica’s wedding venue, only to learn that guests at the B&B have heard eerie noises in the night that they attribute to ghosts wandering the halls. When Irene MacDougal enlists Sue’s help to locate the source of the sounds, the two of them find themselves in serious danger.
Book 5 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue and Alan return to the Alpine Holiday Lodge where they learn that Alan’s estranged daughter, Judy, is the event planner. During the power outage, Judy is found in shock, covered in blood, claiming she has no memory of how her husband died. Reeling from that, the lodge’s owners discover the hacking of their security system after numerous guests report items missing. Is the thievery connected with the murder? Can Sue unravel the intertwining threads to solve the mystery?
Book 4 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue comforts garden club member, Ruth, after her nephew dies in a tragic accident that seriously injures four other high school band members. While paying her respects, Sue notices oil paintings by the same person as those she purchases at Trinkets and Treasures, only to learn that Ruth’s fiancé, missing for 40 years, is the artist. When Sue discovers that the actual location of the landscapes lies above an abandoned coal mine, she finds the missing piece of the puzzle, but then her granddaughter goes missing.
Book 3 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue’s daughter and granddaughter come to Aspen Notch for a long-overdue visit. Prior to their arrival, a strong summer storm strands a young man and his son. Sue and Alan offer their assistance, only to learn that Ryan’s parents died in an Aspen Notch botched robbery 24 years ago. The cameo necklace that Alexa and Jessica buy for Sue at Trinkets and Treasures becomes the key for solving the cold case mystery.
Book 2 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue’s plan to use the historic log cabin on her property as a garden shop has locals excited. Unfortunately, mischief and vandalism escalate in her first week of business. Sue’s husband, police chief Alan Jaworski, is convinced that the incidents are childish pranks until he finds her unconscious in the shop. Sue believes that someone is trying to force her to close Butterflies and Blooms. But why?
Book 1 of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
Sue and Alan fell in love while solving a murder mystery in No Gifts to Bring. Now married, they’ve moved to a small town in the Poconos. Alan becomes the police chief in Aspen Notch, while Sue finds a dead body, inherits an unruly puppy, and receives a death threat. Murder in Aspen Notch is the first book of the Aspen Notch Mystery Series.
Prequel to the Aspen Notch Mystery Series
No Gifts to Bring is an endearing story of love and hope, intertwined with an engaging whodunnit. A young child with disabilities, a flamboyant singer, a handsome traveler, and an irritating private detective open Sue’s heart to the magic of Christmas.
A poignant U.S. historical fiction love story set in 1818.
Lizzie Mitchell, rural farm girl, learns the importance of friendship and love, as she steps beyond the boundaries for women to become a teacher at the French Creek Boarding School for Girls.
A heartwarming debut novel, the first book of the Poustinia series.
Victoria books a week’s stay at a poustinia–a cabin in the woods at a monastery–to discern her future. She learns that it is only when we open ourselves to others that we discover inner harmony.
Book 2 of the Poustinia series.
Vicki and the Sisters unearth a secret that was hidden in the basement of the monastery. Willard J. and Hildegarde Smithfield were generous benefactors when they bequeathed their estate, but not all was above the law.
Book 3 of the Poustinia series
Vicki becomes immersed in the history of the couple who bequeathed their estate to the Sisters of St. Carmella. Explore the challenges of a German immigrant during WWI and experience the ravages of the 1918 influenza.
Living With a Springer Spaniel is a poignant real-life tale of what I learned when I opened my heart and home to Pete.