Becoming a Lady, by Marie Higgins

Handsome Calvin Seton, recently wounded in battle, travels from England to America to find the illegitimate granddaughter of a Duke. Himself the son of an Earl, Seton is put off by the crass behavior of the girl when he finds her. Dorothy Paxton, the girl in question,...

Still Life in Brunswick Stew, by Larissa Reinhart

Cherry Tucker is a starving artist, a sassy Georgia girl, and a magnet for trouble. When her friend Eloise dies of poisoned Brunswick Stew eaten at an art fair where the two of them are vendors, she’s determined to find out who committed the crime. Her...

Honey Pie, by Donna Kauffman

Honey D’Amourvell has a secret, one which has kept her “hiding in a barn,” as she puts it, for eight years. It might be more accurate to say that she has been working in a barn, building a business as a sculptor. When her beloved aunt leaves her a...

Out of the Frying Pan, by Robin Allen

Poppy Markham is a health inspector, a vegan foodie, and an amateur sleuth — apparently just out of sheer nosiness, which is refreshing. It’s no surprise that she’s at the Feast in the Fields, a special event at Good Earth Preserves, an organic farm...

Portrait of a Dead Guy, by Larissa Reinhart

Cherry Tucker is a classically trained artist, but she’s also a down-home girl who drops by her grandpa’s for fried chicken, advice, and tussles with a goat. Luke Harper was a high school sweetheart, back in town after a unexplained absence, and Todd...

A Brush with Death, by Karen MacInerney

Natalie Barnes has left the rat race to become an innkeeper at the Gray Whale Inn on Cranberry Island, Maine. She’s trying to learn to knit, she’s engaged to be married, and she has her young niece, Gwen, living with her — you could say she’s...