Elizabeth Penney

While helping her friend Sophie plan a wedding, apron shop owner Iris Buckley must also clear her best friend Bella's name in the murder of her latest who met his untimely demise while jogging.

Liz Eckardt, owner of the Olde Mansion Inn in Pleasant Creek, Indiana plans to make a delicious home-cooked feast for her guests. Residents of the small town eagerly await the pumpkin pie bake-off and the national spotlight it will shine on their town when the event is broadcast on a popular TV show. Mary Ann Berne, Liz's good friend and fellow member of the Material Girls quilting group is expected to win the pie contest, but one of Liz's guests...

As Emma Cotton and Kelly Grace inch closer to finding out what really happened to their friend Rose Peterson, their journey comes to a perilous fork in the road. Down one side of the trail, the stalker who has tried to dissuade them from their investigation has become more and more desperate. Down the other, a trip to nearby Lantern Cove in search of their next suspect, Olivia Stewart, also turns deadly.

Librarian Molly Kimball and her mother move to Cambridge, England, to help run the family-owned bookshop. The store is experiencing revenue difficulties, so Molly arranges for a famous poet to give a reading and drawn in customers. But the anticipated event ends in disaster when one of the guests is found murdered, and Molly's great-aunt's knitting needle was the murder weapon.

Iris Buckley is busier than ever this July, with the town's annual Lobster Festival fast approaching. In just a matter of days her apron shop Ruffles & Bows, will be jam-packed with tourists eager to lay eyes on its world-class collection of aprons and linens--and Iris's inventory is running low. Then, just when all hope seems lost, Iris gets a call from Eleanor Brady, a wealthy, reclusive spinster who just happens to have trunks full of vintage fabrics....

"Join Maggie Watson in the charming town of somerset Harbor on the coast of Maine as she unearths a treasure trove of antiques and adventure. After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, a nineteenth-century Colonial Revival, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant when she said, 'antiques are filled with stories-secrets just waiting to be discovered'."--Page [4] of cover.

Maggie was asked to inventory a summer cottage on the island. There is word that a lost painting from the 1920s may of been found.

"It's winter in Somerset, but a snowball festival at the local snow and sea shop has everyone excited. Events go downhill when Maggie happens to find the body of Duke Duncan the co-owner."--Amazon.com.

While exploring new ways to increase foot traffic in Rose Cottage Books, owner Meagan Poe receives an offer she won't refuse. Friend and beauty columnist Piper Watts offers her a ticket to The Grove Spa and Retreat. She hopes a refreshing few days away will clear her head and spark creativity. Meanwhile, Robin Baker, a loan underwriter, has spent years trying to prove her worth to her boss. She's ready to use her invitation to the spa to relax and...

When Sofia Parker is presented with a valuable heirloom trunk on the eve of her grandmother's funeral, she is stunned. She never thought she'd be chosen as the next guardian. For generations, the trunk and the precious silk quilt hidden inside it have been protected by the women of her family, all highly skilled in the art of needlework and worthy of the honor. But Sofia, a 41-year-old mother of four, still struggles to thread a needle in less than...