Edna Gardner, who goes by Ed, is overeducated and underemployed, approaching 40 and overweight. She hasn't had a date in several presidential administrations, works several part-time jobs (professor, graphic designer, photographer and journalist among them), and has resigned herself to a future with her drunken sister, Gertrude, as a roommate in the dying steel town where they were born. Her life consists of one comedic tragedy after another, until the day skunks invade her backyard. Then,...

**Celebrate the holidays with the very first mystery in the ever-popular series featuring sleuth Lucy Stone as she unravels unsolved murders in picturesque Maine.“Meier continues to exploit the charm factor in her small-town setting, while keeping the murder plots as realistic as possible in such a cozy world.” —Booklist**As if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband’s gift, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t e...

“With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse.”—RT Book ReviewsGladie is back with the sixth installment of the hilarious Matchmaker Mysteries series.Life is going great for Gladie Burger. She’s having lots of sex with her hottie boyfriend, Chief of Police Spencer Bolton, she’s settled into her matchmaking career, she’s got a new car, and it’s been over two weeks since ...

“With quirky characters reminiscent of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series and a small-town heroine redolent of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse.”—RT Book Reviews*Scareplane is the hilarious seventh installment of the Matchmaker Mysteries series. Gladie is nervous about her upcoming vacation with hottie police chief Spencer Bolton. She’s never flown before, and she’s not looking forward to the experience. Her fear is heightened when a plane crashes into the house acr...

When he returns to Texas from overseas, U.S. Marine Carter Wallace makes good on a promise. To tell a fallen soldier's wife that her husband loved her. But widowed Savannah Blackmore, pregnant and alone, shares a different story with Carter-one that tests everything he believes. He brings Savannah back to the Triple C ranch, where family secrets-and siblings he hadn't known about-await him. Now the marine who never needed anyone suddenly needs Savannah. Will opening his heart be the braves...

It Happened One Fright is the 8th installment of the hilarious Matchmaker Mysteries Series.*Spencer might have marriage on his mind, but Gladie is distracted by her best friend’s troubles and a busy matchmaking month. The father of Bridget’s baby is threatening to take custody away from her, and when he winds up murdered, Bridget becomes the top suspect. Now, Gladie must juggle her own love life, her matchmaking, and proving that Bridget is innocent, not to mention dealing ...

Progress is being made on Gladie’s house and her impending wedding. Meanwhile, her best friend Bridget is ready to give birth. But all of that takes a backseat when Gladie makes a disturbing discovery in her grandmother’s attic.It looks like her father’s motorcycle accident when Gladie was a child was no accident, and now Gladie is thrust into her father’s world, where his best friends could have been his murderers.Now, Gladie needs to solve the most important mystery of he...

"[W]ill generate holiday spirit in even the most Scrooge-like reader.” Kirkus Review, Starred ReviewAll Suzanne St. Michelle wants is an over-the-top, eggnog-induced holiday with her best friend in Credence, Colorado. But when her hoity-toity parents insist she come home for Christmas in New York, she blurts out that her sexy landlord is actually her boyfriend and she can’t leave him—Joshy loves Christmas. The more twinkle lights the bett...

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling series!High Crime meets High Fashion...Struggling L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when her boyfriend suddenly disappears--along with $20 million in embezzled funds--her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. Now her every move is under scrutiny by the LAPD's sexiest cop, dead bodies are dropping around her faster than last season's trends, and the deeper...

It’s 1:08 a.m. when Carrie’s car breaks down on the highway somewhere north of Lake Superior. It’s dark, the road is quiet, her cell phone is down, and she is alone. She took off from Toronto that morning, running from grief over the death of her boyfriend, and unable to cope with the truth about the events that led to it. The relief Carrie feels as a truck pulls up soon turns to fear after its driver offers her a lift. Frank, her would-be rescuer, is a line painter, putting lines on the r...

Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Jana DeLeon, Elise Sax’s wickedly funny Matchmaker Mysteries series proves that the road to love comes with a few dead ends. The Books 5-7 Boxed Set is a page-turning beach read and a small town mystery romance and includes the books From Fear to Eternity, West Side Gory, and Scareplane."Elise Sax will win your heart."--New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis*"Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life characters jump ...

Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich and Jana DeLeon, Elise Sax’s wickedly funny Matchmaker Mysteries series proves that the road to love comes with a few dead ends. The Books 8 - 10 Boxed Set is a page-turning beach read and a small town mystery romance and includes the books It Happened one Fright, The Big Kill, and It’s a Wonderful Knife."Elise Sax will win your heart."--New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis*"Sax will make you laugh. Her larger-than-life ch...