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The Articulating Umbrella is a busy tearoom filled with goodies and gossip, Anna-Marie is blessed with marital bliss, and the group of orphan girls are quite comfortable in their new home and improved station in life. Of course, only when things are going along smoothly are the most jarring bumps in the road discovered.

Margaret (Maggie) Cumberland lives to shop. Her father died with debts. Before she can get her inheritance, Maggie finds out the will comes with certain stipulations. She has to get a job. Not just any job, though. Nope. Dear old dad put in the will that she had to make three deliveries for the family business.

Anna-Marie Pauper was perfectly practical in every way. Or so she thought until a ragtag group of stolen orphans, a dangerously flirtatious criminal, and a beguiling airship captain soon had her emotions in an uproar, breaking down her carefully crafted barriers. She rescues the girls only to place them into a new kind of prison, a beautiful prison she herself has lived in for five years.

Party guests congratulate Charity Basham, owner of Sassy Supplies Crafts & More, on the scariness of her backyard skeleton decoration. Unfortunately, Charity didn't put out any skeleton decorations. With the discovery of a dead body, her Halloween party turns into a nightmare. With her fingerprints (and some white cat fur) are all over the murder weapon, Charity finds herself at the top of the suspect list. Can she clear her name before the dishy Detective Sota arrests her for murder?

When another body drops at Charity Basham’s feet, or more accurately, in her craft store Sassy Supplies, she sets out to find the killer, hoping it wasn’t one of her customers as Detective Sota believes. Who would want to kill YouTube DIY Decorating sensation Serena Jackson? Charity's questions lead to an array of aggravated acquaintances, and one terrifying car crash turned attempted murder. Will she be able to uncover the killer, or will the killer cover her up instead? Listen to solve this mystery!

Having lost her post as a governess, when Annabeth Watson returns home for Christmas, she's returning home to stay. A less-than-welcome reception from her father isn't surprising, but the murder of a maid is quite shocking. Can Annabeth find the truth of what happened during the house party, against her father's wishes? Or will the lecherous Lord Gresham and mysterious Lord Wright keep her from investigating?

Piper and Sam are flooded with ideas to help Flo’s Flowers next door to have a spectacular Fourth of July sale. However, plans get interrupted when the friends must prepare Piper to testify in court. There is one major problem: Piper’s fear of public speaking! Soon, a crowded room isn’t the only thing Piper has to worry about. Will she escape the tattooed man determined to shut her up permanently?

Two best friends and a bakery! Piper and Samantha are in heaven. Well, close. More like a long weekend at the O Heavenly Day Spa. A few mysterious notes start appearing everywhere and things get uncomfortable. As spa treatments go awry things get dangerous. A threatening message convinces Piper and Sam that they have to find out who is behind all of these disasters. When the smoke alarms go off and the spa erupts into panic, the chaos separates the friends and Piper stumbles into trouble. Will someone help her before it is too late?

With late-night gravediggers haunting the church graveyard, to surprise gifts, and a gigantic gingerbread contest that gets out of hand, Charity is up to her Santa hat in Christmas chaos. When Margo and Rita insist they need her help to find and stop the gravedigger, will Detective Sota understand why Charity has to take the case, or will she be in big trouble for getting in the middle of police matters?

What do the town Easter egg hunt, a poker game, and a string of burglaries have in common? The Easter bunny. Charity Basham refuses to be sidelined when a burglar dressed as the Easter bunny strikes a little too close to home. She's on a hunt of her own and it has nothing to do with eggs. Hop alongside Charity and dishy detective Sota as they make a plan to catch this bad bunny.

Don't miss the fireworks in book eight of this fun holiday cozy mystery series! A celebration at the lake is interrupted by, well, more dead bodies. Not everyone is who they say. She planned to tie the knot, but now Charity must unravel a new mystery at the White Ibis Inn.

Piper and Sam are excited to cater their first large event for a corporation’s weekend wellness retreat in a nearby town. You know what that means? Road trip! Piper thought it sounded like the perfect opportunity to clear her head of men. With things left unresolved with Griff, plus an old friend popping back into her life, her mind and heart are in worse shape than a batch of burnt cookies.

Anna-Marie and Ambrose have made a home and a new life for their ragtag family. No more scraping for food or patching over the patches time and again in their garments. All is bliss. Or it would be if not for the explosions in the upstairs ballroom and the newfound obligation they have as spies for Queen Victoria.

What do you do when you steal a book from the queen and have it stolen from you? Grovel. At least, that is Ambrose's solution. Anna-Marie doubts it will work but when the Queen Victoria agrees to give them a chance to get Moonstone's Promise back, she knows they have to succeed or die trying.

The storm of the season is rolling in to Seashell Bay, but that isn’t the only thing that has Piper and Sam blown away. When photos and secrets from the past start popping up left and right threatening Sam’s mother, the blame is placed squarely on Sam’s shoulders. Now, Piper and Sam are drowning in questions while the town is flooding with danger. Throw planning a surprise going-away party at the Ooey Gooey Goodness Bakery into the mix, and it’s a recipe for disaster!

Join Raegan Sheridan as she sets out on a journey with a dashing stranger and an ornery kitten to the home of the mother she never knew, at the behest of her father's people whom she never met, to save a village she knows nothing about.

The month of May finds Charity trying out new hobbies and learning new customs. With Detective Sota insisting she learn to protect herself and a handful of customers itching to learn to sew clothing, she is up to her eyeballs in serape and all out of free time. As if she doesn't have enough on her plate, the party planner cancels, and she finds herself in charge of the Cinco de Mayo festivities for the party she had scheduled at her store, Sassy Supplies Crafts & More.

Home to Texas. Harvest festivals and berry picking. Just what Gladys needed. Unless you count the murder of an old rival. When Gladys falls under suspicion, will her cousin leave her high and dry or help hunt for clues?

March is the month when crime takes time off. At least, that's what Dishy Detective Sota promised Charity. However, St. Patrick's Day celebrations are no fun when things escalate from pinches for not wearing green to hit-and-runs by homicidal blasts from the past. Can Charity help keep her friend safe while also tracking down the man who tried to kill her? Or will her luck finally be up?

Charity Basham and her crafting cohorts have decided to give back to the community. The heart-shaped pillows created during craft night at Sassy Supplies Crafts & More are on their way to patients in the breast cancer ward of Becksville's hospital for a Valentine's surprise. But when the heartfelt mission turns into a hostage situation and at least one murder, will Charity panic under pressure? Will she and Margo be able to find their missing friend Lola and nurse Zuri? With power out, cells not working, and one stowaway cat underfoot, Charity has her work cut out for her.