Mary L Ball
Escape to Big Fork Lake
By Mary L Ball (Inspired Romance Novels)
Release date: December 4, 2013
Will an inheritance bring new happiness or a trap for murder?Bad luck seems to follow Sam Blacker. She loses her job and faces daily struggles keeping her drunken neighbor away from her. When an unexpected inheritance gives her a chance for a new beginning, Sam, a city girl at heart, is hesitant. However, after a brutal attack she has no choice. Making a decision that will forever change her life she flees to the small fishing town of BigFork Lake, Alabama and soon finds herself in the arms of Noah Frye.
Stone of Destiny
By Mary L Ball (Prism Book Group)
Release date: January 7, 2014
Taylor has given up on everything but her work. After becoming the youngest CEO of Mugful’s Beverage Company, she believes life is complete–until her grandmother asks her to oversee the renovations of the family home, in addition to searching for a missing heirloom. Her first contact with what she believes is an insignificant ring, lost for fifty years, sends her life spinning. Taylor experiences strange. Unexpected feelings surface that she doesn’t understand.
Karen Barnett
Ever Faithful: A Vintage National Parks Novel
By Karen Barnett (WaterBrook)
Release date: June 18, 2019
Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more–and the woman who must confront his deception. A man who can’t read will never amount to anything–or so Nate Webber believes. But he takes a chance to help his family by signing up for the new Civilian Conservation Corps, skirting the truth about certain “requirements. ” Nate exchanges the harsh Brooklyn streets for the wilds of Yellowstone National Park, curious if the Eden-like wonderland can transform him as well. Elsie Brookes was proud to grow up as a ranger’s daughter, but she longs for a future of her own.
Christy Barritt
Afterglow (Lantern Beach Escape Book 1)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: November 11, 2019
What if you married someone, only to discover that she was suspected of killing her former fiancé?While on their honeymoon, Grayson and Rachel Stewart are confronted with dark details of Rachel\’s past. As more facts begin emerging, their new marriage is thrown into a tailspin. The newlyweds must figure out how to move forward.
Blooper Freak (The Worst Detective Ever Book 5)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: October 20, 2017
Real life is nothing like TV. Joey Darling, actress and detective by default, is reminded of this point daily. If only problems could be solved in sixty minutes, complete with commercial breaks, closing credits, and a catchy theme song. Joey accompanies Detective Jackson Sullivan to a crime scene, only to discover she knows the victim. After a friend is accused of murder, Joey can’t refuse her help—however bumbling it might be.
Bound by Murder (Beach Bound Books and Beans Mysteries Book 1)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: August 5, 2022
When widow Talitha Robinson buys an old store on the boardwalk in Lantern Beach, North Carolina, she’s in for a surprise. or several. She plans to renovate the space and open Beach Bound Books and Beans, but never expects to find a decades-old skeleton hidden inside one of the walls.
Broom and Gloom (Squeaky Clean Mysteries) (Volume 9)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: December 22, 2014
Gabby St. Claire is determined to get back in the saddle again. While in Oklahoma for a forensic conference, she meets her soon-to-be stepbrother Trace Ryan, an up-and-coming country singer. Trace shares that a woman he was dating went missing a month ago, and he suspects a crazy fan girl may be behind her disappearance. Gabby can’t pass up the opportunity to investigate.
Clean Break (Squeaky Clean Mysteries Book 15)
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: December 1, 2019
Gabby and the Cold Case Squad tackle their most personal case yet. Evie Manson’s foster mom vanished six weeks ago on a trip to Pennsylvania. The mystery surrounding her disappearance haunts Evie. Was it a blind date gone bad? Is she injured somewhere all alone? Why hasn’t anyone heard from her since?With not a clue in sight, Gabby and the Cold Case Squad travel to Shady Valley to investigate. When no one will answer their questions and hostility abounds around every corner, the crew determines something is definitely shady in the valley.
Clean Sweep: Squeaky Clean Mysteries, Book 14
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: July 30, 2018
Gabby St. Claire Thomas and her Cold Case Squad reunite to solve a missing person’s case. A friend of Gabby’s husband needs help. His wife, Brooke, went to work one day and never returned home. No one has seen or heard from the woman in four months, and every lead has dried up.
Cleans to an End
By Christy Barritt (River Heights)
Release date: December 25, 2020
The thrilling conclusion to the beloved Squeaky Clean Mystery series is finally here–and Gabby faces her biggest nemesis yet!
This is one walk down memory lane Gabby doesn’t want to take. Just because the crime scene seems eerily familiar doesn’t mean anything. That’s what Gabby St. Claire Thomas tells herself as she cleans up the aftermath of a homicide. Then a second crime scene follows the same pattern, strangely resembling another mystery from her past.