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People Smarts and Wounded HeartsCallie Madison wants one thing: to get out of Carson’s Bayou. She’s sick and tired of everybody knowing—and minding—her business. Sure, she’s made a few mistakes. Okay. Maybe more than a few. But her sister and rich brother-in-law haven’t given up on her. They’ve offered Callie a chance… |
Car Smarts and Bashful HeartsOnce was enough. Adelyn Jones married the perfect man five years ago. Zane Jones had the looks, the career, the smooth words—he had it all. He also had the controlling, abusive temper to go along with it all. After finally getting the courage to divorce him, the last thing Adelyn wanted was another… |
ElsieWhen Elsie Kandel's wealthy, doting father dies, leaving her free to make her own choices, along with the finances to see them through, Elsie decides it’s time to prove to herself, and everyone else, that she is more than a porcelain doll in a pretty dress. She will move west to California to live… |
Business Smarts and Reckless HeartsFiona Madison dropped out of college a few years ago, and ever since, her life has been hurling toward disaster. No matter how hard she works to get ahead, life keeps pushing her farther and farther behind. When she trips, dumping scalding hot coffee all over one of the town’s rich golden boys, she… |
Fresh Starts and Small Town HeartsEnjoy a Small Town Contemporary Christian Romance... Vivian Bradford is a woman on the run from her past. When her estranged grandmother dies and leaves Vivian the family home, she finally thinks her life might be heading in the right direction. After the people of Carson’s Bayou realize who she is,… |
A Christmas BlazeAs a single mom, it takes every minute of every day, and every penny in her pocket for Darcy Beller to provide for her seven-year-old son, Frank. She has no time to worry about romance as she struggles to make ends meet in the small Louisiana town of Carson’s Bayou. But when Frank brings home a fire… |
Mistletoe Murder and Small Town ScoundrelsSkeeterville’s annual Christmas in the Park nativity scene is the holiday event of the season, but things turn more murderous than merry when a stranger is found face down in the straw, fatally stabbed with a broken shepherd’s staff. The only evidence points to the victim’s battered wife. With… |
Merry Murder and Small Town SantasIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas as Katy Cross, along with the other fine folks in Skeeterville, celebrate Santa Shopping Days dressed from head to toe in their finest Kris Kringle attire. Merry soon turns to scary, however, when a Santa is found dead on the floor at Sweet-Ums Bakery. Katy… |
Memories, Murder and Small Town MoneyKaty Cross, Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, knows better than to try to buy groceries on Senior Citizen Saturday at The Pig. The denture cream crowd has turned the parking lot into a game of bumper cars, but when Katy finds a body thrown away in the dumpster behind the store, this geriatric… |
Mistaken Murder and Small Town StatusSixty-thousand-dollar stud bull Hernando is shot in his pasture and falls on one of his owners, crushing him to death. Katy Cross, along with everyone else in Skeeterville, assumes the shooting (and deadly cow-tipping) are nothing more sinister than a tragic accident and a case of terrible luck. Everyone… |
Marriage Murder and Small Town SchemesKaty Cross has worked hard to make her daughter, Eudora’s wedding perfect. The church is decorated, the caterer hired, and the dress is gorgeous. Katy’s even arranged for Eudora to have her bridal portraits made at the Bentley Mansion, a sprawling estate filled with beautiful flowers and stately… |
Medicine, Murder and Small Town ScandalWhen the meanest man in Skeeterville drops dead at his mailbox, no one suspects foul play until Katy Cross stumbles across a skeleton from his past... literally. Trying to be a good neighbor lands Katy in the middle of a twenty-year secret crime spree, ran by one-man-mafia, Jack Redd. Jack spent his… |
Music, Murder and Small Town RomanceKaty Cross, Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, cannot figure out how her little band, The Moonlighters, snagged a spot in the town's yearly Battle of the Bands concert. But this mystery soon takes second fiddle when a body is found in the high school auditorium during practice for the competition.… |
Moonlight, Murder and Small Town Secrets (Preview)Katy Cross is more than Skeeterville's favorite home health nurse, she's also the lead guitarist for her weekend band, The Moonlighters. Katy and the band land their biggest gig yet at the annual Peanut Patch Festival, but things hit a sour note when she stumbles across a body during mic check. When… |