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Wenn Tante Butty eine Idee hat, ist sie einfach nicht zu bremsen. Zumindest hat Lady Rample noch nie einen Weg gefunden. Und was Tante Butty will, ist ein richtiges, altmodisches englisches Weihnachtsfest auf dem Land. So ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass Lady Rample die Feiertage tief in den Cotswolds verbringt. Und natürlich will Tante Butty, dass alles perfekt ist, vom Christklotz bis hin zum Früchtepunsch. Leider bekommen die beiden Frauen mehr,...
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Viola Roberts is down in the dumps after discovering her boyfriend, Lucas, is snowed in back east. Her best friend, Cheryl, agrees to substitute a girl's weekend for the romantic Valentine's Day he had planned. Massages and mani-pedis for the win! That is, until the hotel guests start receiving venomous Valentines, and one of them ends up dead. In a remote resort on the wild Oregon coast, it's up to Viola to get to the bottom of things before any...
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Successful author Viola Roberts is headed to a writers' conference at an exotic Florida resort complete with white sand beaches and swaying palm trees. She plans to lounge in the shade drinking frosty beverages with little umbrellas while catching up on her never ending to-be-read pile. And, of course, no sojourn to tropical climes would be complete without her boozy, wise-cracking best friend and fellow author, Cheryl.When Viola discovers the diva...
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When a valuable artifact is stolen from the local museum, Lady Rample is called in to solve the case. Much to her chagrin, she is forced to team up with a male detective who is determined to cut her out of the case. This is going to take more than a few cocktails. A simple investigation soon turns into something far more complicated when Lady Rample stumbles on a murder victim draped over a sarcophagus in the Egyptian Room. Soon she's faced with crooked...
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A trip to the Lake District reveals a sinister plot involving sea monsters, gingerbread, and...murder. In dire need of a holiday, Lady Rample sets out for the Lake District where she finds herself in the midst of a local gingerbread war. And yes, that's as daft as it sounds, at least in her opinion. What's meant to be a relaxing holiday turns into a mystery most intriguing when Lady Rample stumbles first upon a tales of a sea monster and then the...
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A paranormal women's fiction cozy mystery – because midlife can be a real witch! There are a lot of things people never told you about being forty-something. Sure, they mentioned the hot flashes and reading glasses and the need for Kegels, but they never talked about fireballs sprouting from your fingertips or your sudden ability to turn rat-bastards into, well, actual rats.Which is why it comes as something of a surprise to Juniper when-at the...
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While touring the Cotswolds of England, Viola Roberts and her boyfriend, Lucas Salvatore, are stranded by a downpour of epic proportions. The quaint village of Chipping Poggs has only one inn, and just their luck, it's a haunted mansion. Viola tries to make the best of her rainy vacation by "ghost hunting" and poking her nose where it doesn't belong. Until she pokes it right into the middle of a murder.With the village cut off by flooding from the...
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Viola Roberts is attending a wedding! Her best friend, Cheryl, is finally marrying the swoony Detective Battersea. And since it's Halloween, they've decided to have a themed wedding, complete with a ghost and a spooky cemetery next door. The party is in full swing when a bloodcurdling scream interrupts the revelry, leading to the discovery of a body. With a house full of suspects with perfect alibis, who could have killed the interloper? Viola is...
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With a book deadline and Christmas fast approaching, the last thing Viola Roberts has time for is a party. Unfortunately, that's exactly what she gets roped into by the Mayor of Astoria. Party planning it is. Complete with Christmas puddings. Everything is humming along just fine when suddenly the guests begin to drop like flies! With both her reputation and her favorite Christmas cookies threatened, Viola has no time to waste. She's got to find the...
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Bunco night seems like a safe bet until someone finds a dead body in the bathtub. With her friends in shock and topping the local detective's suspect list, Viola Roberts decides it's time once again to take matters into her own hands. With her usual snark and disregard for the rules, Viola investigates everything from a cupcake eating contest to the sordid affairs of the deceased's husband. All while fending off her mother's matchmaking attempts....
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A local costuming guild has arrived in Astoria for a long weekend of recreating their favorite time period–the Regency. Think Jane Austen, sailing ships, high tea, a costume ball, and…a dead body. When the guild's nastiest member winds up dead in the drink, Viola is convinced it's no accident. And after the husband of the deceased gets into a brawl on the front lawn of the town's most well-known landmark, she knows something's up. Armed with nothing...
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Viola Roberts and her boyfriend Lucas Salvatore are off to Oregon wine country for a fun and romantic getaway. A weekend of sunshine and wine tasting is just what the doctor ordered. Everything is going smoothly until an invitation to a swanky party results in one of the guests keeling over dead. One murder leads to another, and one of their friends winds up behind bars. With the police on a wild goose chase, it's up to Viola to figure out who the...
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Viola Roberts is at it again! The sleepy seaside town of Astoria, Oregon is the last place you'd expect to find a dead body. That is until the director of the local museum turns up dead in the study and Viola's friend, Portia, is accused of the crime. Viola ignores her looming deadline and bout of writer's block and sets out with her best friend, Cheryl, to solve the murder. From starting riots at local dive bars to breaking into crime scenes, Viola...
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Romance author Viola and her best friend Cheryl are enjoying a much-needed vacation in paradise. Unfortunately, the fun ends abruptly when a priceless jewel is stolen during a luau. With several suspects to choose from and an entire Hawaiian beach to search, can Viola find the culprit before the police arrest the wrong person? Note: This short crime caper first appeared in the cozy mystery anthology Passport to Murder.
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Eine Hausparty in Devon, England, nimmt eine mörderische Wendung. Lady Rample und ihre exzentrische Tante Butty fliehen aus der brütenden Hitze des Londoner Sommers in die kühleren Gefilde der englischen Landschaft. Doch der idyllische Urlaub besteht nicht nur aus Cocktails und Rasen-Krocket. Als im Arbeitszimmer ihres Gastgebers ein Mann tot aufgefunden wird, weiß sie, dass mehr dahintersteckt als ein einfacher Einbruch. Spione lauern im Gebüsch,...
16) In Charm's Way
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A paranormal women's fiction cozy mystery – because midlife can be a real witch!
It's been less than a month since Juniper "JJ" Jones discovered (at the tender age of 46) that she was a witch and moved to the magical beach town of Miracle Bay. Now she's running her grandmother's bookstore with the aid of a tarot-reading fire witch and a snarky familiar who looks like a black cat but claims he isn't (long story).
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Juniper Jones has always had a complicated relationship with her mother. Especially now that JJ has discovered she's a witch, while her mom doesn't believe in magic. Or so she says... When someone is murdered shortly after JJ's mother turns up unannounced in Miracle Bay, guess who's the prime suspect. To clear her mother's name, JJ must uncover the truth about the past and her mother's real relationship with the residents of Miracle Bay, up to and...
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