Training service dogs shouldn't be dangerous...should it?Marcia Banks has an unusual name (pronounced Mar-see-a, not Marsha) and a rather abnormal vocation. She trains service dogs for military veterans with PTSD. And when the former Marine owner of her first trainee is accused of murdering his wife, she gets sucked into an even more abnormal avocation—amateur sleuth.Called in to dog-sit Buddy, the Black Labrador service dog, Marcia is outraged that his vet...

Psychotherapist Kate Huntington helps other people cope with the horrible things that have happened to them, but she herself has led a charmed life... until now.When a series of what seem like random events–a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time–takes a sinister twist, it becomes apparent that she and her lawyer friend, Rob Franklin, have a common enemy. But the lead police detective has a different theory. He's convinced Kate and Rob are lovers attempting to elimin...

There's a new female cop on the scene!Judith Anderson's no-nonsense attitude and confidence served her well in her climb to homicide lieutenant in the Baltimore County PD, but that confidence is shaken when she finds herself one step behind a serial killer—just eight days into her new job as Chief of Police in a small Florida city.The first victim, a female college student, may be a case of wrong place, wrong time. But the bodies keep coming, with a mishmas...

Can love rise from the ashes...of murder?When Kate O'Donnell runs into her old college sweetheart, Ed Huntington at a U2 concert, the last thing she expects to be dealing with is murder. Ed's date is found dead and not only is he the prime suspect, but he unwittingly gets Kate involved as a potential accessory.Kate's always loved a good puzzle and she's discovering she still has feelings for Ed. She can't let him go to prison for something she knows he's incapable ...

Training service dogs shouldn't be dangerous...Unless you are dog trainer Marcia Banks. She has two personality traits that represent both her best and her worst selves—she can't let a "wrong" stand without at least trying to "right" it, and she's nosy.In To Kill A Labrador (no dogs die!), she's reunited with her first trainee, a Black Labrador/Rottie mix named Buddy. When his former Marine owner is accused of murdering his wife, Marcia is called in to dog...

Even on vacation, Kate Huntington can't seem to avoid other people's troubles. While in St. Augustine, Florida for the Christmas holidays, she and her PI husband get caught up in trying to find a friend of Kate's parents who's gone missing. They soon discover that this isn't just a case of a senior citizen wandering off. Can they reunite the elderly man with his wife before Christmas, or will others who mean him harm find him first?This is the first of a series of novella-length my...

A three-book bundle, plus a fun bonus novella set at Christmas time. Grab a copy and join psychotherapist Kate Huntington on the roller coaster ride her life becomes when a killer gets her in their cross hairs!MULTIPLE MOTIVES: Kate is normally the one who helps other people cope with trauma and tragedy, but she herself has led a charmed life—until a killer rips it apart. When the lead detective assumes she and her lawyer friend, Rob Franklin, are lovers t...

Travel to exotic places and solve intriguing mysteries, all without leaving the comfort of your favorite reading chair. Four fun reads from the Kate on Vacation cozy mysteries series.An Unsaintly Season in St. Augustine ~ Even on vacation, Kate Huntington can't seem to avoid other people's troubles. While in St. Augustine, Florida for the Christmas holidays, she and her PI husband get caught up in trying to find a friend of Kate's parents who's go...

A newcomer to Mayfair charms the socks off of Susanna Mayfair, the sheltered niece of the town's elderly matriarch. In a panic, the aunt turns to service dog trainer Marcia Banks to dig into the man's past.What Marcia finds, with her detective husband Will's help, is disturbing—a trail of broken hearts and outstanding warrants. But when the older gentleman is arrested, he claims it's a case of mistaken identity.While Will attempts to untangle the truth and Susanna struggles...

What could be more innocent than a country flea market?When service dog trainer Marcia Banks takes up temporary residence with her best friend in Williston, Florida, her goals are simple: spoil her toddler godchildren and train her newest dog's veteran owner, a vendor at a local flea market.Ha, the universe has other plans. When the owner of the flea market is found dead and her client is a prime suspect, she discovers that nothing is as it seems—from the flea mark...

Just because you're paranoid...Service dog trainer Marcia Banks-Haines tackles a locked room mystery in a haunted house, while training the recipient of her latest dog.The border collie, Dolly has been trained to clear rooms for an agoraphobic Marine who was ambushed in a bombed-out building in Syria. But the phantom attackers in his psyche turn out to be the least of his troubles when Marcia finds his ex-wife's corpse in his master bedroom, with the door bolted fr...

No good deed goes unpunished… Newly widowed Kate Huntington agrees to help her closest friend's elderly aunt with a problem, but the "problem" ends up dead. And Kate finds herself embroiled in a police investigation. To clear Aunt Betty, she and her cohorts must wade through a brimming pool of suspects—some of whom have secrets they'd prefer to keep buried.As the investigation progresses, Kate finds it harder and harder to deny her attraction to the PI her friend Rob has h...