"With its historic charm and picture-perfect library, the Maple Sugar Inn is considered the winter destination. As the holidays approach, the inn is fully booked with guests looking for their dream vacation. But widowed far too young, and exhausted from juggling the hotel with being a dedicated single mom, Hattie Coleman dreams only of making it through the festive season. But when Erica, Claudia and Anna--lifelong friends who seem to have it all--check...

"M.J. Stark's life is picture-perfect--she has her dream job as a magazine editor, a sexy doctor boyfriend, and a glamorous life in New York City. But behind her success, there is a debilitating sense of loneliness. So when her boss betrays her and her boyfriend offers her a completely new life in California, she trades her cashmere for caftans and gives it a try. Once there, M.J. is left to fend for herself in a small beach town, with only the company...

Claire Barclay finds a home in England after twenty-five years of traveling. She has money, a tour guide business and ambitions. She is shocked by the murder in her quiet village, but is not going to give up on the haven she has finally found. With the help of her sister, the barracuda barrister, her new dog, new friends and the unexpected stimulus of a new man in her life, she deals with suspicion, confusion and threats.

While the League of Literary Ladies are enjoying Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, a pair of ambitious twins are causing double trouble. Then local realtor Vivian Frisk is found murdered-- and the suspects include one of their own.

For Halloween, the Literary Ladies are reading Washington Irving's classic tale of the headless horseman. But South Bass Island has its own headless legend -- of bootlegger Charlie "Sleepy" Harlow, decapitated by rival rumrunners. Harlow's ghost appears once a year to find his noggin, and the Elkhart Ghost Getters (EGG) have returned to get footage of the specter. But when the EGG leader turns up dead, Kate Wilder, whose winery they trashed last year,...

It's time to celebrate when club member Molly Mathews' childhood friend, Teensy Coldicutt, moves back to town -- complete with a published book. But as the club plans Teensy's book launch, Molly is attacked and Teensy's books are stolen. Who would be so desperate for 150 copies of a sexy novel written by an elderly widow? Then Ashton Corners is hit with another shock when Teensy's publisher turns up dead -- and fellow club member and former police...