Small towns and gossip go together like flaky crust and sweet pastry cream.Between the police scanners, the coffee ladies, and the senior center, no secret is safe for long. But Vangie Vale wants nothing more than to stay under the radar...especially the police radar.So when her new bakery is linked to a murder investigation, nothing will stop the gossip mill from connecting her to the dead body. Can't have that.In order to clear her good name and keep her ...

If the Vicar of Dibley and Cupcake Wars had a baby, it would be Vangie Vale.St. Agnes, MT is back and Vangie is at it again! Just when she’d promised to turn over a new leaf of keeping her nose out of people’s business… it’s the same leaf. Here we are all over again.If you enjoy complex cozy mysteries, more in the vein of a Murder, She Wrote episode, then you’ll probably enjoy Vangie. Or at least… what could it hurt to take a look at the f...

A little bit Jessica Fletcher, a little bit Vicar of Dibley…The Vangie Vale Mysteries is a cozy mystery series set in St. Agnes, MT–a mountain town on the edge of a national park. Vangie is one part pastor, one part baker, and a lot of hijinks ensue because of it.If you enjoy complex cozy mysteries (each book is 300+ pages), more in the vein of a Murder, She Wrote episode, then you’ll probably enjoy Vangie. Or at least… what could it hurt ...

Mystery, murder, missing people, and Bunco. Who could ask for anything more?When Vangie brings a few fancy custard tarts to her Bunco group, she's hoping to impress the guest of honor with her pastry skills. But when the guest of honor never shows up and her body is discovered, everyone at the Bunco group is a murder suspect. Wrong place at the wrong time.Vangie Vale finds herself in another predicament trying to solve a murder in a neighboring sma...

I never thought Edward would come back...When the court case against my ex was finished, I thought we were finished, too. But it turns out, it was only the beginning.Victim in the Valley is Book Four in the Vangie Vale Mysteries Series and provides so many answers about what really happened "back then" with Vangie. I hope you enjoy!SECOND EDITION: First published as Vangie Vale and the Larcenous Lava CakeRECIPE...

Just when you think you’re turning over a new leaf... surprise! It’s the old leaf.Yeah, I can't help myself. Even when I'm on vacation in the Outer Banks, if there's even a sniff of a crime... even the whiff of a murder... I can't help but get drawn into it.In another life, I should have been a cop.Instead, I'm gonna follow this tattooed guy with a gun all the way down this beachy road because he said something weird in the bakery once. Yeah, it's like I'll...

Even in the great white North, Vangie gonna Vangie. She just cannot keep herself out of trouble, no matter where she goes. And when an old nemesis shows up and surprises her on her vacation, she can't help but investigate.This was originally written as a novella for the Passport to Murder anthology in Summer of 2021, but it's on its own now, and we hope you enjoy!

Just when Vangie Vale’s life was getting back to normal......after a murder that rocked her little Rocky Mountain tourist town, she found herself in the middle of another murder... as the chief suspect.Vangie stood shocked on the side of the curb as the sheriff stretched yellow crime scene tape around the front of her new bakery. Wouldn’t this make a lovely headline in next week’s paper: Local Baker Kills Parishioner With Pudding. Vangie’s road back to good graces ...

FBI Profiler Pierce Quincy and Officer Rainie Conner return in a baffling cold case in this short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner.A young woman is found strangled in the stairwell of a college library, only her sneakers missing. With no physical evidence, no signs of sexual assault, and no witnesses, all the police have to go on are the three men who were in the library with her: her boyfriend and two campus security guards...a...

Are you ready to head to New Orleans? Fall in love with the sexy series readers call "deliciously addictive" and "binge-worthy" from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Meghan March.Former Navy fighter pilot. Son of a congressman. Successful businessman in my own right. With a résumé like mine, women have never been a challenge.Until I met her.This sexy, tatted-up bad girl wasn’t part of my plans, ...

Ginger Peet has never regretted leaving Nashville with her sister and their life-sized statue of Dolly Parton. Now she's settled in Chicago with Lieutenant Derek Tyler, spending her nights pressed against every inch of his hard, dominating, and panty-meltingly-hot body.And there's nowhere Derek would rather be than reminding Ginger—thoroughly and exquisitely—that she belongs to him. But then trouble hits the streets of Chicago. The kind of bust the old-school boys call a "...

For the last five years, bookish Claire Maddox has been living for the dying. Now that her stint as caretaker is over, she's off to see the world. She needs quick cash first, so a temp job at Anderson Auctions seems perfect, especially with the unexpected benefits, including the hottest man she's ever laid eyes—or hands—on.Former Marine William Anderson has been burned one time too many. His military training makes him the perfect man to flush out the spy undercutting his family bu...