A handsome movie star in her kitchen, and a corpse in the swimming pool. Just your typical Monday morning…. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grown-ups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? A lonely widow and widower are brought together by a twenty-year-old mystery. When she was young, Lacy Jasperson had been horribly hurt by an unknown assailant. In the years since, she's found healing in the little beach town of Pajaro Bay. Now she's alone, a widow living in a lovely little cottage by the sea, trying to make peace with her grief and loss, and move forward. But when a private detective comes to town, digging up the past and forcing her to face what she's kept so long hidden, she realizes she can't move forward until she finally deals with the trauma that drove her to the village all those years ago. Rico Gallagher sees the same grief in Lacy's eyes that he feels in his own heart. She's lost someone just like he has. He can't imagine he'll ever find peace again, but when he's forced to spend time with the lonely widow, he feels a healing he's never felt before. Can they figure out the truth about what happened all those years ago? Can they heal from their losses and find love again? Can they bring peace, not just to themselves, but to someone else whose loss is even greater than their own? Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Can Maggie find the real killer when her teenage student threatens to strangle her mother with a jet-black necklace... hours before the woman is found dead? And what deep, dark secret is movie star Reese Stevens hiding from the world? Can Maggie help him face the truth? Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? The dream of finding the perfect little cottage by the sea kept her going through the darkest days of her illness. But now that she's finally made it to her new home, she finds the reality is a lot more complicated, starting with the secretive—but undeniably intriguing—man next door. Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

A nasty paparazzo is accused of murdering an equally nasty screenwriter, and Maggie is torn between relief that they're both out of her hair—and worry that the police have captured the wrong man. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Teresa Soto is hiding from her fellow gang members in the perfect place: the tiny village of Pajaro Bay. But when she falls for the squeaky-clean director of the local youth center, things get complicated. She's one step ahead of the danger on her tail, and may be taking him along for the ride. Should she run, should she hide, or should she stay and fight for the new life she's building based on a big, fat lie?

When the movie star renting Maggie's house is accused of murder, she's the only one who believes he's innocent. Now all she has to do is prove it. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.