After being duped out of her life by her ex, Lizzie Lee is broke, divorced, and unemployed. She has nowhere to go until her mom tells her she bought a rundown old cottage in Bleak Lake.Lizzie has never heard of Bleak Lake but decides she has no choice but to help her mom fix up the cottage and start a B&B. After renovations, they open the doors to their first guests, except Lizzie wasn't expecting a dead body. Finding the deceased in the cottage, nearly ruins the business before it...

Hollywood comes to Gold Leaf Valley – will Lauren, Annie, and Zoe become movie stars? When they're not catching a killer, of course!The small town of Gold Leaf Valley in Northern California is abuzz with excitement – Zoe's princess script is being made into a movie!When she's not serving coffee and cupcakes to their customers with her cousin Lauren, and Annie (Lauren's Norwegian Forest Cat), Zoe is waiting impatiently for her big time Hollywood agent to arr...

The peace and tranquility of the Misty Bay Tearoom is rocked by murder and a long-buried secret hidden in a most unlikely place in bestselling author Kate Kingsbury’s second charming book for fans of Cleo Coyle and Laura Childs.It seemed like a simple case: the murder of Lewis Trenton, a beachcomber who lived alone in a cabin in the Oregon hills. But the newspaper article piques the interest of Vivian Wainwright, owner of the British-style Misty Bay Tearoom. The ph...

Kitty cats, cupcakes, and capturing the killer – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe solve the murder before it's too late?Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café in Northern California, is having fun serving customers with her cat Annie, and cousin Zoe, when she's introduced to the new paramedic.The crew had been desperate for a new member, so everyone is pleased when Zoe's husband introduces him to everyone at the café – but then th...

Fashion victims and fabulous felines – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe discover who killed a local fashion designer? While serving plenty of cupcakes and coffee, of course!Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café, along with her fur baby Annie, and her cousin and assistant Zoe, thought it would be a very quiet day, when they receive a strange request. A girl called Tabitha wants them to investigate her boss's death!Robin was a fash...

Gold Rush cupcakes, gold nuggets, and panning for gold – can Lauren, Annie, and Zoe find their own fortune? That is, when they're not busy catching a killer!Lauren Denman, cupcake baker and co-owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café with her fur baby Annie, has scored a catering gig with her cousin Zoe. The local senior center is giving a talk on the 1850s gold rush, and in honor of the occasion, Lauren has created a special Gold Rush cupcake.But when Shirle...

Coffee, cupcakes, and kitty day care – just a normal day for Lauren, Annie, and Zoe – when they're not busy catching a killer!Lauren temporarily hires a college student to help out in the cat café in the small town of Gold Leaf Valley, Northern California, while her cousin Zoe enjoys a belated honeymoon in beautiful Puerto Rico.But Darrell isn't working out.Not at all.When Darrell doesn't turn up for his last shift, Lauren, Annie (her Norweg...

Annie the Norwegian Forest Cat leaps into larceny – along with her humans, Lauren and Zoe!Lauren Crenshaw, cupcake baker and cat café owner, is back from her Hawaiian honeymoon and ready to settle into newlywed bliss with her husband, police detective Mitch Denman. So, too, is her cousin Zoe, now married to her guy, Chris.But before they can get warm and cozy in the chilly winter weather, their friend Brooke asks for their help. She left valuable jewelry wi...

Kitt Crowe's second Sweet Fiction Bookshop mystery whips up an array of intriguing suspects and motives into a diabolically deft read, perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Joanne Fluke.It’s summer festival time in Confection, Oregon, and that means a barrage of tourists making cash registers ring at Sweet Fiction Bookshop. But what should be bookseller Lexi’s most lucrative time of year turns disturbing when a member of the chamber of commerce suddenly dies of a h...

Felines, Footprints, and a Fur Baby Houseguest – a cozy cat mystery!Cupcake baker Lauren, her cousin Zoe, and Annie, a Norwegian Forest Cat, run a popular cat café in the Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley.When Father Mike, the beloved local priest, jets off to Miami for a church conference, he leaves a supply priest called Gavin in charge, and asks the trio to look after his grumpy Persian cat.Mrs. Snuggle is not pleased at the arrangement, but A...

Can Martha, Teddy, and Pru solve two investigations at once?It's Christmastime in Gold Leaf Valley, a small town in Northern California. Senior sleuth Martha, her twenty-something roommate Pru, and Martha's dog, Teddy, are waiting to see Santa at the town hall.When Pru stumbles across a dead body in the open storm drain outside, Martha wants to investigate!But when they hear about burglars stealing people's gifts from under their Christmas trees, th...

Cupcakes, pizza, a Norwegian Forest Cat, and … murder!Zoe, cousin and assistant to Lauren Crenshaw, cupcake baker and owner of the Norwegian Forest Cat Café in sunny Northern California, enters a local pizza making competition.Lauren, and her gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat, Annie, hope she wins.While Zoe practices all week long, Lauren makes dozens of red velvet cupcakes for the event.Zoe doesn't win first place, but after the competition, sh...