Elizabeth Penney

"Lately, Molly has been feeling that she might have fallen into a fairy tale: she's reinvigorated the family bookshop Thomas Marlowe--Manuscripts and Folios, made friends in her new home of Cambridge, England, and is even developing a bit of a romance with the handsome Kieran--a bike shop owner with a somewhat intimidating family pedigree. Having recently discovered 'The Strawberry Girls,' a classic children's tale, Molly is thrilled to learn the...

"Martha's Vineyard is buried in snow. As Priscilla's first winter in the cottage drags on and snow continues to fall, she finds herself struggling with feelings of loneliness. Putting her faith into practice, she reaches out to others and befriends an older neighbor, whose nephew seems more interested in his aunt's money than in caring for her. Then a young woman arrives in town, trying to find long-lost family and answers to her past. Priscilla is...

After a schooner's captain is poisoned during the festival, Maggie investigates.

While helping her friend Sophie plan a wedding, apron shop owner Iris Buckley must also clear her best friend Bella's name in the murder of her latest who met his untimely demise while jogging.

"Despite trepidation about temporarily shuttering their new bakehouse, Laura Donovan, Molly Ferris, and Carol MacCallan are leaving Loch Mallaig, Michigan, behind for an overseas adventure. They're crossing the pond to attend a baking workshop at Glenellen Castle, a historic Scottish estate complete with labyrinthine gardens, secret passages, and rumors of buried treasure. Between being guests of genuine nobility, learning new techniques from a famous...

"Hannah Benson is no stranger to loss. Her mother passed away, her brother, Jimmy, was killed in the line of duty, and her father mysteriously disappeared off the coast of Massachusetts. As a result, Hannah and her younger sister, Emma, inherited their family legacy--a struggling lobster business. While Hannah strives to keep the business afloat, the sisters unwittingly become entangled in an illegal smuggling operation and are put under federal protection....

After Maggie finds an antique unfinished quilt, she investigates to see if and how it is connected to a young nineteenth century heiress who disappeared on the eve of her wedding

Faith Newberry's dream job may be morphing into a nightmare. Newly hired as the librarian at the upscale and pet-friendly Castleton Manor literary retreat, Faith sees her move from Boston to the quaint Cape Cod village of Lighthouse Bay, Massachusetts, as a boon. But things turn ugly when she discovers that the first edition book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proudly displayed in the library is a counterfeit and not a very good one at that. Who could...

"When an expectant mother arrives at Mercy Hospital in search of her missing husband, Evelyn and her friends agree to help her find him. Their one clue is a postcard depicting the Mercy Angel statue telling the soon-to-be mother that her FBI-agent husband was in Charleston recently. But everything changes when the baby arrives early--and the absent father is accused of embezzlement. Meanwhile, Evelyn is digging into one of the Civil War's most famous...

'School librarian Kara Foxworth has been counting the days until she can return to her hometown and spend a traditional Christmas in Vermont with her mother. The holidays are always bittersweet, filled with scents of hot chocolate, homemade cookies, a fresh-cut Christmas tree--and the memories of loved ones no longer with them. Twelve years ago, Kara's father, Miles Foxworth, died in a car crash. Two years later, Miles's sister left town, never to...