Elizabeth Penney

Faith Newberry's dream job may be morphing into a nightmare. Newly hired as the librarian at the upscale and pet-friendly Castleton Manor literary retreat, Faith sees her move from Boston to the quaint Cape Cod village of Lighthouse Bay, Massachusetts, as a boon. But things turn ugly when she discovers that the first edition book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proudly displayed in the library is a counterfeit, and not a very good one at that. Who could...

"It's Gatsby Week at Castleton Manor, the elegant retreat for booklovers in Lighthouse Bay, Massachusetts, and the roaring twenties are in full swing. Charlotte Jaxon, owner of the manor, arrives to put on the ritz and oversee the festivities celebrating the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Faith Newberry is sitting pretty when she receives a brief respite from her duties in the library to assist Charlotte in organizing the events that have everyone jazzed...

Pleasant Creek, Indiana's first annual summer arts and crafts fair has Liz Eckardt beaming. Tourists are coming out of the woodwork to get their hands on Amish-inspired goods and the Olde Mansion Inn, her bed-and-breakfast, is full to the rafters. But when sawbucks start disappearing from the vendors and Mayor Jackson Cross's furniture samples are marred, it's clear someone is trying to throw a monkey wrench into the festivities. Unfortunately, Jackson...

"As February brings the frigid temperatures of a New England winter to Somerset Harbor, Maggie Watson keeps out the winter chill with the company of good friends, hot coffee at The Busy Bean, and anticipation of the annual Valentine's Day charity dinner at the Oceanside Hotel. She especially loves to pass the wintry days exploring the magnificent Sedgwick Manor for historical treasures. On one of these excursions, Maggie discovers an ornate black...

"Summer breezes along the Maine coast have blown the Schooner Days Celebration into Somerset Harbor, and Maggie Watson is hoping fair winds and calm seas hold for the festivities. The event is buoying the spirits of everyone in town, especially shy Fran Vosburg, whose friends from teenage sailing camp, now schooner captains, have put down anchor in the bay. But everyone's celebratory mood is given the old heave-ho when ship captain and all-around...

Maggie Watson and her friends are throwing a 1940s themed birthday party for WWII veteran, Dr. William King, with the four-star event doubling as fundraiser for the local homeless. But Ruth Harper drops a bombshell of a long-hidden letter dated March 1943 and written in German. Could her aunt, Lillian Spade, Somerset Harbor's sweetheart, have been secretly harboring the enemy?

Kaylee Bleu is asked to arrange flowers for a Hitchcock-style thriller being filmed on the island. She is soon embroiled in solving the mysterious deaths of the director's former wives, while trying to prevent a young actress from meeting the same fate.

Anticipation for Thanksgiving is taking root in Turtle Cove, Washington. While restocking their supply of pumpkins at Madrona Grove Farm and Orchard, Kaylee runs into librarian Kathy Fitz, and Kathy's untrustworthy ex-husband, true crime writer Boyd Parsons. Kathy appears to be falling once again for Boyd, who has returned to Orcas Island to harvest information about loot that went missing from a 1930s bank robbery. Kaylee soon finds herself swept...

"Hannah Benson is no stranger to loss. Her mother passed away, her brother, Jimmy, was killed in the line of duty, and her father mysteriously disappeared off the coast of Massachusetts. As a result, Hannah and her younger sister, Emma, inherited their family legacy--a struggling lobster business. While Hannah strives to keep the business afloat, the sisters unwittingly become entangled in an illegal smuggling operation and are put under federal protection....

Sofia Parker's love of art has always been a driving force in her life. How appropriate it is when she discovers that the eighth block of the priceless heirloom quilt she inherited from her grandmother leads her back to nineteenth century England and Beatrice Kimble, one of the first female art appraisers in history. Beatrice, on a special assignment from London's National Gallery, is on her way to evaluate the collection of Lord Blackwell in the...