Emily James

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2016
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Cat and Mouse Whodunits

1 - A Tail of Murder (Mar-2022)
2 - Of Mice and Murder (Jun-2022)
3 - Barking Up the Wrong Tree (Jul-2023)

A Cupcake Truck Mystery

1 - Sugar and Vice (Oct-2018)
2 - Dead Velvet Cake (Sep-2020)
3 - Gum Drop Dead (Dec-2020)
4 - A Sampling of Murder (Feb-2021)
5 - Poison-Spiced Cupcakes (Apr-2021)

Faking It

1 - Faking It in the Kitchen (Nov-2019)
2 - Faking It as the Maid (Dec-2019)

Love in Short

1 - Operation: My Fake Girlfriend (May-2020)
2 - Sexy With Attitude Too (Jun-2020)
3 - You Only Love Once (Aug-2020)
3.5 - What the Flip (Sep-2020)

A Maple Syrup Mystery

1 - A Sticky Inheritance (Oct-2016)
1.5 - Sapped (Oct-2016)
2 - Bushwhacked (Dec-2016)
3 - Almost Sleighed (Jan-2017)
4 - Murder on Tap (Mar-2017)
5 - Deadly Arms (Jun-2017)
6 - Capital Obsession (Aug-2017)
7 - Tapped Out (Oct-2017)
8 - Bucket List (Dec-2017)
9 - End of the Line (Mar-2018)
10 - Slay Bells Ringing (Jan-2019)
11 - Rooted in Murder (Apr-2019)
12 - Guilty or Knot (Oct-2019)
13 - Stumped (Feb-2020)

The Power of Ten

1 - Ten Dates (May-2017)
2 - Ten Dares (Apr-2019)
3 - Ten Lies (Apr-2019)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Sapped

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 1.5

    What we don’t know can hurt us…

    The worst way to find out that your boyfriend is already married is to see it on the news. The only way it could be worse than that is if his wife died under suspicious circumstances.

    Unfortunately f...

  • A Sticky Inheritance

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 1

    **Mystery/Cozy Gold Medalist in the 2018 IPPY Awards**

    **Grand Prize Winner of the 2018 Writer's Digest Ebook Awards**

    Sometimes the truth can be a sticky thing…

    Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes feels like she’s the only failure ami...

  • Bushwhacked

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 2

    Sometimes the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets…

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has packed up her life in Washington, D.C., to move to the tourist town of Fair Haven, Michigan, and take over the maple syrup business she ...

  • Almost Sleighed

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 3

    The truth always comes with a price…

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has finally settled in to her new home in Fair Haven, and her first maple syrup season is upon them. It’s not going as smoothly as she’d hoped.

    Their sap l...

  • Murder on Tap

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 4

    The truth doesn’t always set you free…

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes thinks she’d be happy to spend her life making maple syrup and never take part in another murder investigation again. At least, she thinks so right up until th...

  • Ten Dates

    The Power of Ten - 1

    Joanie Fox can't wait to settle down and marry the man of her dreams. However, when her engagement starts to look more stalemate than soulmate, her best friend stages an intervention sure to make even the most hardened, serial daters wince: 10 Da...

  • Deadly Arms

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 5

    We have much more to fear than fear itself...

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes' week is off to a rough start. Her mom showed up from Virginia for an unannounced visit, there's a particularly virulent strain of the flu going around Fair ...

  • Capital Obsession

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 6

    Home isn’t always sweet…

    With all the murder investigations Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes has been involved in since leaving her career as a criminal defense attorney, she’s looking forward to a short vacation back to her hometown of Washingt...

  • Tapped Out

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 7

    No one is exactly what they seem…

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes should be focusing on planning her wedding and a friend’s baby shower, as well as running her maple syrup farm.

    Instead, her “former” profession won’t let...



  • Bucket List

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 8

    No one should have murder on their bucket list…

    Former lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes knows she’ll eventually have to either remove the former from in front of lawyer or embrace a new life making maple syrup full-time.

    Problem is, s...

  • End of the Line

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 9

    Ignorance is rarely ever bliss…

    Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes’ wedding day is fast approaching, and what she should be focused on is the last-minute details like dress fittings and cupcake tastings.

    She’s not.

    Fair Haven’s polic...

  • Sugar and Vice

    A Cupcake Truck Mystery - 1

    A brand-new mystery full of twists and characters you’ll love from award-winning and best-selling author Emily James.Who would kill a hundred-year-old man at his own 100th birthday party?That’s what cupcake truck owner Isabel Addington is left as...

  • Slay Bells Ringing

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 10

    Two twisty cozy mysteries by bestselling author Emily James... In Unsilent Nights, Criminal defense attorney Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes wanted nothing more than to relax and spend time with her new husband someplace warm for her honeymoon. But things ra...

  • Rooted in Murder

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 11

    Emotions run deep. The truth runs even deeper... Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes feels like she finally has the life she always wanted. She's working on figuring out her new role as a wife, settling into her job as a partner at a law firm, and preparing to pl...

  • Ten Dares

    The Power of Ten - 2

    Will a bunch of dares help Melinda loosen up, conquer stress and find love?Or might they push her over the edge....Find out in this HILARIOUS page-turner!Melinda Spencer had everything but now her life has fallen apart.Her two best friends, Mikey and...

  • Ten Lies

    The Power of Ten - 3

    Katie Perkins lives a simple life. She takes care of her son, works hard, and tries not to worry about the man shaped hole in her life. That is until she wins a fantastic luxury holiday. Throwing caution to the wind, Katie let's down her hair and the...

  • Guilty or Knot

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 12

    Half-truths and lies……It’s what a lawyer’s life is made of.Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes-Cavanaugh has her hands full preparing for the birth of her baby and setting up to show movies on the weekends in her maple syrup bush. Tourist season has come ...

  • Faking It in the Kitchen

    Faking It - 1

    She's an accidental chef. He's her hot-headed A**hole boss. Will they discover the recipe for love or are they heading for disaster?Unemployed actress, Hannah Brooks, is applying for a waitressing job when her luck changes. Mistaken for a chef, she's...

  • Faking It as the Maid

    Faking It - 2



  • Stumped

    A Maple Syrup Mystery - 13

    Sometimes nothing's more puzzling than the truth. Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes-Cavanaugh thinks she's worked her last case before her baby is born... Right up until a man covered in blood walks into her law firm. He claims he doesn't know how the blood got...

  • Operation: My Fake Girlfriend

    Love in Short - 1

    Some people think a knickerless walk of shame is as bad as it gets.Some people are wrong. Very. Wrong.GRACE:That awkward moment when you figure out the hot piece of ass in bed beside you, AKA-your drunken hook up-is your boss' boss, billionaire h...

  • Sexy With Attitude Too

    Love in Short - 2

  • You Only Love Once

    Love in Short - 3

    Five years ago my pride got in the way of love.Now I'm about to swallow it.Willow:He was my first crush, my first love, and my first time.He's also the brother of my arch-enemy, Patti Banks.When he enlisted in the marines, he promised he'd be bac...

  • Dead Velvet Cake

    A Cupcake Truck Mystery - 2

    Cupcake food truck owner Isabel Addington has plenty on her plate without adding a side of murder. She's trying to get a vendor spot in Lakeshore's completely booked summer festivals. She's navigating her new-and strange-relationship with the Cartwri...

  • What the Flip

    Love in Short - 3.5

    Squatting: The action of occupying a property without permission. Gabby: I prefer the term, borrowing, or, taking care of a property that would otherwise fall into ruin. And I am enjoying it until the hot new, grumpy-as-hell owner turns up ...

  • Gum Drop Dead

    A Cupcake Truck Mystery - 3

    While cupcake food truck owner Isabel Addington is baking up sweets, everyone around her seems to be cooking up murder. Isabel and her business partner Claire are working out of a borrowed truck that's too small for them, but they couldn't miss the o...

  • A Sampling of Murder

    A Cupcake Truck Mystery - 4

    The location looks like the perfect spot for their new bakery...right up until their landlord is shot dead in their kitchen. Cupcake truck owner Isabel Addington and her business partner, Claire, have finally found a storefront they can afford for Ho...

  • Poison-Spiced Cupcakes

    A Cupcake Truck Mystery - 5

    Revenge is only sweet when you're not the victim... When the Lakeshore police department's Christmas party turns deadly and outside investigators are brought in, cupcake baker Isabel Addington once again finds herself a suspect in a murder. Someone i...

  • A Tail of Murder

    Cat and Mouse Whodunits - 1

    She never imagined that doing the right thing would get her accused of murder... Zoe Stephenson has spent her whole life trying to prove that she's nothing like her convict mother. She has a career she loves as a veterinarian. She responsibly comes b...



  • Of Mice and Murder

    Cat and Mouse Whodunits - 2

    A gunman targeting pet owners. A veterinarian determined to protect them. Can she ferret out the shooter's identity before she ends up with a bullseye on her own back? Zoe Stephenson is terrified of losing everyone she loves. She never imagined she'd...

  • Lucy and Mother Maple

    Lucy and Mother MapleWhen a mysterious force arrives at her family's farm, Lucy summons help from the farm itself to protect her favorite tree in this inspirational story about the power of a brave little girl, her grandpa, and their very much alive ...

  • Barking Up the Wrong Tree

    Cat and Mouse Whodunits - 3

    Six suspects. A blizzard trapping them together. And only two days to catch a murderer. Veterinarian Zoe Stephenson forgot how fast you could lose everything. With a boyfriend who loves her and her missing sister found, her life finally seemed to be ...

  • Sorry. Not Sorry

    He's a rich, hot, single dad starting over.She's a plus-size virgin with a lot to learn.They're about to discover that even casual connections can become complicated.SKYLAIt all started with a tiny case of accidental cherry popping.Okay, so actually ...

  • Chasing the Wrong Bride

    What happens when a jilted groom becomes the boss of a runaway bride?A match made in hell.LOGANArrogant, cold, heartless-these are the things people say about me.I wasn't always like this. There was a time I had it all, or so I thought.My wedding day...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Emily James has published 34 books.

Emily James does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Chasing the Wrong Bride, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Emily James, Sapped, was published in October 2016.

Yes. Emily James has 6 series.
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