Having remained in touch through a shared journal since college, friends Grace, Liz, Tess, and Amanda meet for an unplanned reunion after a personal crisis leads to the discovery that Grace's colorful life is a fabrication.
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As three women's wishes for new, different lives begin to come true, the Quinn women start to wonder: Could it be that their old lives weren't so bad after all? Is it possible that the answer to their deepest longings has been right in front of them all along? "The Wishing Jar" i...
"Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now she's back, divorced and heartbroken, trying to figure out how her life went so terribly wrong. To escape her mama's scrutinizing gaze, she spends her days in a little storefront d...
In the wake of the depression of 1929, four friends gather in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future, " they whisper, as they place tiny pieces of paper holding their life wishes into the blue bottle. Sixty-five years later, local n...
A young lady accused of theft and the gentleman who elects himself her champion enlist the aid of Stokes, Barnaby, Penelope, and friends in pursuing justice, only for the investigators to find themselves tangled in a web of interfamily tensions and secrets. Sequel to "Loving Rose...
Four friends gathered in a cold, dusty attic on Christmas day to make a solemn pact. "Our dreams for the future," they whispered, placing tiny pieces of paper into a shimmering blue bottle. But that event happened in the wake of the Depression of 1929, and it is decades later whe...
Twenty-three years ago, beauty queen Peach Rondell left Mississippi and vowed never to return. Now, divorced and heartbroken, she's back and trying to figure out how her life went so miserably wrong, and how to put the pieces back together again. To escape her mama's scrutinizing...
Abby Quinn McDougall is a Southern lady whose once picturesque small-town life seems to be shrinking. Widowed at fifty and burdened by the care of an ailing mother and a cantankerous teenaged daughter, Abby wishes her life were simpler and her responsibilities fewer. Abby's daugh...
Vita Kirk is a travel writer who has never left her hometown. Vita has chosen isolation over vulnerability. But when Vita purchases and brings home a painted treasure box with the inscription "Love Is the Key That Unlocks Every Portal," strange things start to happen. While searc...
A young lady accused of theft and the gentleman who elects himself her champion enlist the aid of Stokes, Barnaby, Penelope, and friends in pursuing justice, only for the investigators to find themselves tangled in a web of interfamily tensions and secrets.
Two novellas and one novel featuring the investigative talents of Barnaby Adair, his wife Penelope--connections of the Cynster family--and their friends Scotland Yard inspector Basil Stokes and his wife Griselda. In each story, other couples also find love. Explicit descriptions ...
When Viscount Sedbury is found murdered, Charlie Hastings becomes the prime suspect due to their recent conflicts. Barnaby, Penelope Adair, and Stokes team up to unravel the mystery. As they delve into Sedbury's troubled life, they uncover a web of suspects eager for his demise. ...