Who could refuse a two-week stay in a chateau perched on the edge of the Mediterranean? Certainly not Richard, who was fed up to his easel with the damp London weather. Babysitting a treasure-filled museum while his old Sorbonne roommate honeymooned in Spain was the least he could do. The vandals who'd been plaguing the chateau wouldn't dare return, the repairmen Tom hired would be completely trustworthy, and "murder" was only found in something by Agatha Christie. Richard might even meet ...

"This book could easily sit on the shelf with traditionally published novels and beat them hands down." Judge #18, Honorable Mention in genre fiction, Writer's DigestLauren Beck's friends, phone, home, credit, and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee she upstaged? Does the daughter of her landlady and dear frie...

Silver Medalist Global Book AwardsFinalist, National Indie Excellence Awards"You won't be able to tear yourself away…I love this series!" Lisa Regan, international multi-million-copy bestselling authorLonging for the closeness she had with her father, ex-cop Lauren Beck drives cross-country to visit him and his new wife, Ana. Getting mugged on their doorstep is troubling enough. Learning that Ana has disapp...

A young ex-cop with nothing left to lose but her life, tackles a treacherous cold case.Set in among northeastern Ohio's farmland, the tiny town of Worthy rarely experiences a murder. So naturally, when a shooter fires into a group of senior dance students, killing a woman and maiming her partner, the county sheriff detains the only stranger who was there. Eying her across his desk, he's not sure whether she's the shooter, as some survivors claim, the vindictive per...

Sila, a young, bewitching Cherokee, flees a marriage to a brutal drunk in the dead of winter and finds herself knocking on the door of a mill office, destitute and looking for work. There, she meets the handsome Charley Barkley, the owner and a married father of ten. Despite the fact that they have virtually nothing in common—and thirty years between them—a spark ignites.For Charley, once their passionate love affair intensifies, there is no going back to his loveless marriage—espe...

Bet on these two Writer's Digest winners:WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOULauren Beck's friends, phone, home, credit, and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee she upstaged? Does the daughter of her landlady and dear friend, Corinne Wilder, hate her even more than she thought? An ex-cop who survived cancer kn...

Awarded HONORABLE MENTION in genre fiction by Writer's DigestPosing as a relative's girlfriend, ex-cop Lauren Beck accompanies the family of a questionable suicide to the deceased's Caribbean funeral. Blending into the Roitman's affluent lifestyle is a stretch for the low-maintenance cancer survivor, but observing multiple murder suspects is right up her alley. The narcissistic mother bears watching—she's certainly watching Lauren. Her billionaire husband ...

Soon after her husband becomes headmaster of struggling Bryn Derwyn Academy, Ginger Barnes learns that a murder on the campus can kill a school's reputation in a heartbeat. To move the scandal off the front page before the school goes under, Gin attempts to hurry the investigation along. Will her amateur sleuthing save her husband's career and her family's new home? Or will risking the wrath of a killer prove to be the most dangerous thing she's ever done?Writer's Diges...

It was such a good idea on paper. Ginger Barnes would chauffeur her mother’s dear friend, fierce floral competitor Iffy Bigelow, to the world-famous Philadelphia Flower Show in time to perfect that day’s “Sew What?” entry. In return, Gin and mother Cynthia would tour the magnificent displays with scarcely anybody else in the aisles. Heaven!No such luck. Iffy gets herself strangled behind the Tastee Freeze booth, and all hell breaks loose. While Iffy’s co-competitors pretend not to ...

Finalist, The National Indie Excellence AwardsSpunky amateur sleuth Ginger Barnes faces her greatest challenge—MEN! Good ones, bad ones, and detecting which is which.While working on a DIY project at her newlywed daughter's house, Gin sees a bag of bricks being dropped from the neighbor's third-story window. Soon what sounds like muffled gunshots sends her racing for her phone. Eric, who lives in the house with his grandmother, claims the elderly woman is o...

Are you ready to be delivered from the bondage of your past hurts and pains? Are you willing to forgive, so that healing and restoration can take place? Out of Darkness Came Light is an awesome testimony of how God brought me out of darkness and how His grace brought me into the glorious light of His love. Youre about to be enlightened, transformed, and empowered by this God-inspired book full of encouragement and motivation. Get ready to be blessed!

On the heels of a nasty divorce, a dog trainer is blamed for her ex-husband's suspicious death. Evidence suggests she programmed their jointly owned guard dog to attack the prominent diet doctor, but did she? As the accused is being led off to jail, she begs her friend and sometime sleuth, Ginger Barnes, to save the champion German shepherd's life, an assignment that demands nothing less than the whole truth.Writer's Digest Award Winning Author