With their reality TV series, Antiques Sleuths, Brandy Borne and her quaintly kooky mother, Vivian, have a real hit on their hands. But when the bidding turns deadly, Brandy finds herself ornately framed for murder. Aided only by Sushi, their loyal shih tzu, and police dog Rocky, the wacky mother-and-daughter sleuthing team races to determine how an empty antique frame can hold a deadly portrait, before they become the subjects of another masterpiece...

In medieval Hagenheim, Germany, seventeen-year-old Rapunzel asks God for guidance as she tries to dutifully serve and obey her unpredictable mother, yet fulfill her dream of learning to read and marrying.

Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire and amateur sleuth, returns in another delicious mystery.

Getting to know Penny, the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago, thirty -five-year-old Mika Suzuki finds unexpected love with Penny's widowed father and finally has a chance to have the life and family she's always wanted until her deceptions catch up with her.

Overcome by spiritual restlessness as her children gain independence, a devout Catholic adopts a child from Eastern Europe whose complicated needs estrange the woman from her biological children.

"A tense, psychological novel about what propels one 8-year-old girl to murder, and the complex ways this past chases her down in later life."--Publisher's description.

Four Charleston women embark on new lives.

Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but an unusual request from her mother has her headed back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood.

"An empty nester and primary caretaker for her elderly, ailing mother inadvertently discovers that her mom was a Women Airforce Service Pilot who is now filled with regrets as she confronts the end of her life"--