A Deadly Pair O'Docks


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Plans for a fairy-tale wedding. A dead body. So much for happily wedded bliss. Less than four months into her new job as an events coordinator at the Boathouse Event Center, Jill Andrews is unexpectedly thrown into managing the whole place while her in-laws are out of town. One of the biggest events on her plate is the wedding between two of Desi’s good friends from college. When she finds the body of one of the groomsmen floating next to the Boathouse’s dock, she’s tossed into a media firestorm and ensuing investigation that threatens both her family’s livelihood and her life. Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Book #1: Brownie Points for Murder Book #2: Death to the Highest Bidder Book #3: A Deadly Pair O'Docks Book #4: Stuck with S'More Death Book #5: Murderous Mummy Wars Book #6: A Killer Christmas Party




Death to the Highest Bidder


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A preschool auction can lead to murder. At least that’s how Jill Andrews feels. After volunteering to coordinate her son’s preschool auction at the Boathouse Event Center, she’s about to kill her nemesis Nancy Davenport, the Queen Bee of Busy Bees Preschool. Nancy’s micromanagement of the event is making Jill crazy, but it isn’t Nancy who turns up dead. Local coffee roaster Louis Mahoney is supposed to have a basket to donate to the auction, but when Jill arrives to pick it up, all she finds in his office is his body lying on the floor. When Jill’s friend Brenda is suspected of his murder, Jill vows to find the real killer before Brenda loses custody of her twin preschool girls and worse – goes to jail for a crime she didn’t commit. With constant pressure from Nancy and parts of her personal life crumbling around her, how can Jill make good on her promise to help Brenda?




Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Collection One: Books 1-3


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Join suburban mom Jill Andrews as she works her way through a mom-life crisis with the help of family and friends and in the process, stumbles into way too many murder investigations. This collection includes Books 1-3 of the series: Book 1: Brownie Points for Murder Book 2: Death to the Highest Bidder Book 3: A Deadly Pair O'Docks




A Killer Christmas Party


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A Merry Christmas with family, fun and foul play. Jill is deep into preparations for Christmas parties at the Boathouse Event Center when a trip to the local retirement home with her son's preschool class turns up a deadly surprise. For once, Jill has no tie to the murder victim, until a surprise connection to a family member is revealed. With the chaos of the Christmas season intensifying, will she be able to discover the real murderer in time to have a Merry Christmas with her family? Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Book #1: Brownie Points for Murder Book #2: Death to the Highest Bidder Book #3: A Deadly Pair O'Docks Book #4: Stuck with S'More Death Book #5: Murderous Mummy Wars Book #6: A Killer Christmas Party




Sweet Surprises: A Candle Beach novel #7


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It was love at first sight. Will his arrival ruin it all? The first time Maura saw the historic Candle Beach Hotel, she knew it was the perfect future site for the local historical society's museum. Now that it's on the market, she just needs enough money to buy it before some greedy developer swoops in and demolishes the crumbling building. Experienced hotelier Aidan has been searching for his dream property for ages, so when his friend tells him about the old hotel for sale on the Washington coast, he's intrigued by the possibilities. After Aidan catches Maura trespassing on the hotel property, unaware that it's been sold, her dreams are shattered and she wants nothing to do with the new owner. He's instantly intrigued by his gutsy visitor, but winning over her mind and heart isn't easy to do. How can Aidan convince her that he's not the greedy developer she feared? Maura wants to believe he's there for the right reasons, but can she trust him? Candle Beach novels Sweet Beginnings #1 Sweet Success #2 Sweet Promises #3 Sweet Memories #4 Sweet History #5 Sweet Matchmaking #6 Sweet Surprises #7 Sweet Sacrifices #8 (coming soon)




Stuck with S'More Death


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Murder by marshmallow stick? After a long, stressful summer, Jill Andrews is looking forward to a relaxing vacation with her family at her old friend Leah’s lake cabin resort. That becomes difficult when she discovers a marshmallow roasting stick impaled in a man’s body near the campfire pit. With a string of costly acts of vandalism plaguing the resort and now a murder, things aren’t looking good for the resort’s future. Joined by her sister-in-law Desi, Jill tries to figure out who’s causing trouble before it’s too late for the resort and she has to kiss her family vacation goodbye – or worse. Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Book #1: Brownie Points for Murder Book #2: Death to the Highest Bidder Book #3: A Deadly Pair O'Docks Book #4: Stuck with S'More Death Book #5: Murderous Mummy Wars Book #6: A Killer Christmas Party




Murderous Mummy Wars


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Mummies, Mommies and Murder. Planning the Ericksville Haunted House at the Boathouse Event Center wouldn't be so bad if Angela Laveaux wasn't in the picture. To make matters worse, Jill allows her sister-in-law Desi, to talk her into joining a local mom's group, which brings up conflicting feelings about balancing a career with motherhood. The discovery of a woman's body at Angela's house makes Jill regret her ill thoughts about Angela and she vows to discover the real murderer while still juggling everything in her personal life. Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Book #1: Brownie Points for Murder Book #2: Death to the Highest Bidder Book #3: A Deadly Pair O'Docks Book #4: Stuck with S'More Death Book #5: Murderous Mummy Wars Book #6: A Killer Christmas Party




Brownie Points for Murder


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Brownies, bribes and a body on the beach. Suburban mom Jill Andrews has two young kids and a husband who travels more than he's home. Her biggest worry is the decision to re-enter the workforce, until she trips over the body of her neighbor, Samuel Westen, who'd been feuding with Jill's sister-in-law Desi. When the stress of being the police's top suspect lands Desi in the hospital with pregnancy complications, Jill must navigate her own mom-life crisis, sift through a tangled web of secrets and lies, and discover the identity of the real killer before it's too late. Jill Andrews Cozy Mysteries Brownie Points for Murder -- Book 1 Death to the Highest Bidder -- Book 2 -- Coming Soon A Deadly Pair O'Docks -- Book 3 -- Coming Soon Stuck With S'more Death -- Book 4 -- Coming Soon Murderous Mummy Wars -- Book 5 -- Coming Soon A Killer Christmas Party -- Book 6 -- Coming Soon




Sweet History: A Candle Beach novel #5


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A whimsical gift shop, a BBQ food truck, and their feuding owners. Charlotte Gray grew up spoiled and privileged but gave it up to make her own way in the world. Years later, she’s fought to get where she is, the owner of a gift shop located in a vintage Airstream trailer in scenic Candle Beach. Everything is perfect until she finds a smelly BBQ food truck parked next to her gift shop one afternoon. The minute she sees it, she knows it’s got to go or her business will be down the tubes. Luke Tisdale was raised by hard-working grandparents in nearby Haven Shores. After attending college on a scholarship and joining the tech world, his company went public and he became a multi-millionaire overnight. Unfortunately, now he doesn’t know whether people like him or his money more. Buying a food truck and moving to Candle Beach seemed like the perfect plan to start over where no one knows about his wealth. What he didn’t expect was to find his best friend Parker’s spoiled little sister standing on the steps of his food truck demanding that he leave. How can Luke and Charlotte forget old history to broker a truce and find a friendship or more? Candle Beach Sweet Romances Book #1: Sweet Beginnings Book #2: Sweet Success Book #3: Sweet Promises Book #4: Sweet Memories Book #5: Sweet History Book #6: Sweet Matchmaking Book #7: Sweet Surprises Book #8: Sweet Sacrifices (coming soon)




The Candle Beach Collection: Books 1-3


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This collection includes the first three books in the Candle Beach series: Sweet Beginnings, Sweet Success and Sweet Promises. Sweet Beginnings A failing bookstore. A crumbling house. This inheritance was the not-so-promising reason for Dahlia's return to the small town of Candle Beach, Washington. With a nasty trustee who is determined to keep her from succeeding and Garrett, a handsome neighbor who challenges her at every step, she doesn’t expect to have a future there. However, the town grows on her and she sees transformations in herself that she didn't expect. With her childhood friends wanting her to stay and a developing attraction to Garrett, could Aunt Ruth's bequest be the key to Dahlia's happily ever after? Sweet Success An instant connection that can weather any storm...until their dreams collide. When Gretchen Roberts graduated from college, she planned a brief stay in her hometown of Candle Beach. Ten years later, she’s still working for her parents and wondering how her life got so off track. Luckily, she's got a plan for the future, which hinges on being hired for the lead sales job at a luxury housing development south of town. With a referral from her best friend Maggie, she's a shoo-in for the job. But there's one little snag... Parker Gray grew up knowing he’d work for his parents’ real estate firm in nearby Haven Shores. What he didn’t expect was that he'd be in constant competition with his older brother. He’s got to get out of there before he loses his mind, and the sales position at Oceanview Estates seems like a perfect way of reaching that goal. Gretchen and Parker meet by chance and are instantly attracted to each other -- until they find out they're both after the same job. Who will win the coveted position? And when the dust settles, will they still want each other? Sweet Promises A promise between brothers. A secret that threatens to tear a budding romance apart. Maggie Price is resilient. After her husband died, leaving her a young widow with an infant son, she returned home to Candle Beach to create a new future for them by purchasing the Bluebonnet Cafe. She loves her life, but something feels like it’s missing... Jake Price promised his younger brother he’d take of his wife and child if something happened to him while deployed overseas. Now, five years after his brother’s death, Jake vows to fulfill that promise and take care of Maggie and her son Alex. Maggie tries to fight her attraction to Jake, but he knocks down her resistance and they fall in love. Will she still feel the same if she knows the real reason he’s in Candle Beach? Candle Beach novels are "clean and sweet" romantic fiction that can be read as standalone novels and have happily-ever-after endings with no cliffhangers.