"Dera looked back at him deliberately before she turned her back on him to rescue the nearly boiling milk, thinking hard. She wanted him and she wanted him badly. She felt him move closer behind her and kiss her neck, feeling a rush of anticipa...
"Gareth cupped the nape of her neck with his free hand, the other one still holding fast to hers as he deepened the kiss. She felt swift need rise up within her. She strained against him, craving more of his taste as everything and everyone around he...
"Gwenna eyed the tall man as he eye balled her insolently. There was something about him that grated on her nerves and she had absolutely no idea what it was. It definitely wasn't his body, he had the physique of a rugby player, and it was delicious,...
"Isobel stopped short and stared. She wasn't imagining it. There he was. He wore a simple leather vest that left his strong chest and sculpted abs exposed for her to see. His long dark hair stirred gently in the same breeze that caressed her face and...
"She wrapped the fluffy red towel around her and stepped out into the hallway. And almost into Kailen's arms. She was sure she yelped. He was naked from the waist up. Her eyes got stuck on his muscular abs and chest and oh my dear God he was the most...
"She let herself kiss him, her lips sliding over his as the hunger in her fed itself. It was Kailen that turned the kiss into a hard and needful thing, passion igniting between them, fed by the fires in her soul..." What would you do if you knew tha...
When Darcy Sweet's friend asks her for help in finding out more about a young woman's mother she thinks that it will just be a routine communication with the other side. But when she is unable to establish any contact with the woman she is confused. ...
Darcy Sweet loves the Christmas season with its snow and Christmas trees and colorful decorations. She also loves the Christmas pageant that her town puts on every year. However this year things don't go as smoothly as hoped when an unexpected visito...
Darcy Sweet isn't what you would call a girly girl. She almost never wears makeup and loves nothing more than to wear a well worn pair of jeans, a t-shirt and her most comfortable pair of sneakers. So she felt a little strange as she prepared for her...
Darcy Sweet would like to think that she is just an ordinary woman, happy in her life running the Sweet Read bookstore. But she isn't ordinary. She has a connection to the other side that seems to draw her into mysterious situations more often than n...
Love is in the air for the folks in Misty Hollow as they prepare for their annual Valentine's Day dance. Darcy Sweet thinks that she has nothing more to worry about than decorating the Sweet Read bookstore, and what to get her boyfriend on the most r...
When Darcy Sweet returned home from a short vacation with her boyfriend she found, much to her dismay, that her deceased neighbor's house had been sold. The new owner, a mysterious dark haired woman, set tongues wagging around Misty Hollow for being ...
A trip out of town to take in a seminar should have been an enjoyable week away for Darcy Sweet. But like so many times before in her life it's not to be...Things get a bit weird when she starts seeing her deceased ex-husband's ghost who gives her a ...
When the Misty Hollow town treasurer is murdered in her own home for once it looks like it is an open and shut case. The alleged murderer is caught red handed near the body but is it that straight forward? Darcy Sweet knows that nothing is ever that ...
You could say that Darcy Sweet's life is definitely not ordinary or boring. In fact, things have become quite complicated for her. She thought that her life was going one way only to have it go another way entirely.While trying to adjust to life with...
While helping her mother with last minute preparations for her wedding, Darcy Sweet gets an urgent call from a good friend of her Great Aunt Millie.Someone has been rearranging the furniture inside Belinda Franco's home and Belinda believes that it i...
Have you ever wondered what Smudge the cat gets up to while Darcy Sweet is out and about solving mysteries? Well, it seems he is Misty Hollow's one and only mystery solving cat detective. Here are just a few of his stories!...
Three days alone in a cabin in the mountains with her on-again, off-again -- and now on-again -- boyfriend Jon Tinker should have been perfect for Darcy Sweet. What could possibly go wrong?But as was so often the way with her life things didn't go ex...
'The Mysterious is all Around Us' could be the catchphrase for Darcy Sweet's life with the way she always seems to end up in mysterious situations.And it was very mysterious indeed when a car accident that crashes its way into town results in a missi...
It's almost Halloween in Misty Hollow... but Darcy Sweet won't be having a fun time trick or treating this year. The mists are gathering, rolling in heavy and thick, feeding off the trouble that is coming to town. The trouble her Great Aunt Millie ha...
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is almost here and Misty Hollow is unusually quiet and peaceful. Darcy Sweet is finally getting a taste of what it's like to live an ordinary life. And, quite frankly, it's... Boring! Darcy knows sh...
A surprise early morning phone call from an old friend sets Darcy Sweet's sixth sense humming. Darcy's friend needs her help with something but won't say what it is. Darcy promises to drive the five hours to her friend's house the next day. Upon arri...
Spring is in the air in Misty Hollow. And so is Mystery... Once again.
As Darcy Sweet prepares for her upcoming wedding it should be the talk of the town. However, the discovery of human bones in a box overshadows that. The gossip mill is bu...
Wine Astray is part 1 of a 3 part series.When her perfect life in the city implodes Rysen Morris has to make some big decisions.No job, no home and a failed relationship make up her mind for her. She packs up her meagre belongings and heads back to h...
In the second part of this three part series Rysen Morris, to her surprise, finds that she enjoys being back in her hometown and has quickly settled into life living and working with her sister in the Spirit of the Soul wine store. Having reconnected...
In the final installment of this three part series things are still not quite settled. Some of the people involved in targeting the Spirit of the Soul wine store have already been arrested.Just not all of them. That is what concerned Rysen Morris th...
Darcy and Jon are finally married and heading to Australia for their honeymoon.
A whole week in Tasmania staying at the Pine Lake Inn with nothing to do but act like tourists. No ghosts to deal with. No mysteries to solve. Just rest and rela...
Ever wondered what Smudge the cat gets up to when Darcy Sweet is off solving mysteries (or getting married, going on her honeymoon to Australia and leaving him with that JoEllen. um Ellen person)?In 'Misty Hollow Cat De...
From the Author of the Darcy Sweet Mystery Series... Adelle Powers, or Dell as she is known around the town of Lakeshore, is living her dream life. She and her best friend Rosie Ryan are owners of the wonderfully quirky Pine Lake Inn, a very popular ...
Home from her honeymoon in Australia Darcy Sweet is settling nicely into life as a married woman. The spirit world in Misty Hollow is uncharacteristically quiet and peaceful and even her Great Aunt Millie is unusually quiet. Which is very odd. It was...
On a rare morning off from the the Pine Lake Inn Dell Powers was just looking to take in a little fresh air and exercise. Walking out in the bush in the warm November breeze she thought it couldn't be more perfect. That is, until she came across old ...
Christmas is coming to the Pine Lake Inn. After the harrowing year she has had Dell Powers is soaking in the peace of the season. Feeling festive, she is spending her time decorating the inn and whistling Christmas Carols. All seems to be well in her...
“Dell! You have to come back to the Inn, right now!” They're not the kind of words you want to hear when you answer your phone. Dell Powers knew that it was never a good sign when her friend and business partner, Rosie, was in such a panicked sta...
The mists have returned! Darcy Sweet couldn't work out why the mists would have come back to town. Things have been calm, almost normal, since she'd put the Pilgrim Ghost to rest and solved the mystery of Great Aunt Millie’s death. So why would the...
“I can’t get a pulse. Cookie, call for an ambulance.”Definitely not the words you want to hear when a man has just collapsed in the middle of your bakery.A few minutes is all it took for Karen 'Cookie' Williams to be thrust into the center of ...
A wedding on a cruise ship! What could be better than that?Karen 'Cookie' Williams thought not too much. She was having the most wonderful romantic time until someone close to her was found murdered on board.With no real security team and endless mil...
After solving the mystery of Aunt Millie's death Darcy Sweet is enjoying being a mother and looking forward to the prospect of living life like an ordinary person. Now that the mists have gone and things are quiet that shouldn't be a problem. But she...
Sometimes a girl just needed a vacation. A getaway. An escape.Dell Powers really needed to de-stress after finding out the truth behind her husband leaving her all those years ago. So when James suggests a long weekend getaway to Port Arthur she look...
From the author of the Darcy Sweet Mystery Series. Connor Gless and Lilly McIntosh from the Darcy Sweet Cozy Mystery series now have their own mysteries to solve.Missing bikes and jewelery store robberies. What did they have in common with each other...
Cookie's life should be problem free as she cooked for the Widow's Rest Centennial and planned her wedding to Jerry. There was this little flutter that she got in her belly every time she remembered how close her wedding actually was. Just two month...
The ghost of a teenage girl... A catastrophic fire... And a devastating secret that shatters Darcy Sweet's world.It's just another Christmas in Misty Hollow and it's business as usual for Jon and Darcy with a disturbing mystery to solve. They have th...
The Theft of a Valuable Chalice... Another Mystery... And a Baby (or Two)!!!Legend tells the story of the priceless Van Diemen's Land Chalice. Believed to be hundreds of years old the myth says that whoever holds it has possession of Tasmania!When a ...
A School Dance... A Missing Teenage Girl... Another Mystery...Connor and Lilly are on the case again when a school friend asks for help in locating a missing girl.Marlena Thompson hasn't been seen for three days but her disappearance has not been rep...
A friend needing help... A suspicious death four decades ago... Another mystery for Darcy Sweet to solve!For forty years Darcy Sweet's friend Linda Becht has believed that her mother died of natural causes. She has had no reason to question that fact...
From the author of the Darcy Sweet Mystery Series.After the events in Melbourne that led to the death of her best friend, Miranda Wylder has found a dream home in Moonlight Bay. While watching the sea crashing on the beach one evening, a golden retri...
Lights... Camera... Action!It’s not every day that a film is premiered in the small town of Moonlight Bay. So when Miranda Wylder and her friend Sapphire are invited to take part, they are more than happy to accept the invitation. But things go ter...
Introducing Miranda Wylder... A Pyschic/Medium and Crime Novelist who inadvertently gets tangled up in Murder!From the author of the Darcy Sweet Mystery Series.Miranda Wylder is on her way up. Life is good for the Psychic/Medium Crime Novelist with o...
It’s not every day that a writer gets offered ten thousand dollars to write a memoir. Which is why Miranda Wylder is surprised to receive an invitation to speak with a wealthy stock investor about immortalizing his life in print.But when one of the...
No Ordinary Murder!When Miranda and Jack (and Kyle) decide to take a mini vacation they can't believe their bad luck. From almost the moment they arrive at their destination they find themselves entangled in yet another murder investigation.Jack Trav...
An Old Love... A New Love... and Murder!Many years ago, Jack Travis was madly in love with Anya Westfield who broke his heart when she cheated on him. When she dies in suspicious circumstances Jack and Miranda (and Kyle) are drawn into the investigat...
A Murder at the Retirement Home... A Missing Woman... And Missing Money!Cookie can't believe it when Jerry tells her that her friend Sheila Tucker is dead. Everybody loved Sheila and she didn't have an enemy in the world... or so Cookie thought.Sheil...
Another Body on the Beach... Another Mystery to Solve!Miranda Wylder is back in her first full-length book.When a very agitated man comes banging on Ragged Rest's back door Miranda Wylder feels a sudden sense of foreboding. What could he possibly wan...
The Secrets in Shadow Lake Run Deep... Nobody but a chosen few know the real history of the town, or what lies beneath the still surface of the lake...As members of the Kilorian Coven, Addie and her two sisters, Kiera and Willow, were born to the use...
What do you do when Thanksgiving is just around the corner and you're laid up with a broken leg? You get involved in another mystery, of course!Confined to the house, convalescing, Darcy Sweet has plenty of time to organize the family dinner she and ...
“Well, it’s like this," he said. "There’s been a murder. Somebody’s dead.”Addie Kilorian and her two sisters, Kiera and Willow, lead a life that is… a little different than most.They are witches and the protectors of Shadow Lake. The k...
An Unexpected Request... A Dead Tourist... Another Mystery in Lakeshore!When the brother of a guest staying at the Pine Lake Inn is found dead from a fall off Hartz Peak, the shadow of death returns to Lakeshore once again.It seems like a straightfor...
A Son Returned... A Fallen Angel... Another Murder in Shadow Lake!When Kiera's missing son, Alan, turns up at Stonecrest with no memory of where he's been for the past week the Kilorian sisters welcome him with open arms.It becomes quickly apparent t...
It had been a perfect camping weekend until... While returning home from their little getaway, Miranda, Jack, and friends discover the body of a dead man on a dried lake bed in the middle of nowhere.How did the man die? Jack discovers bruising aroun...
A Break in at Ragged Rest... A Dead Man at the Door... Another Mystery to Solve...After returning home from her chaotic weekend away, Miranda Wylder discovers that her home has been burgled. But, the intruder did not steal any of her possessions... T...
Trouble has come to the Kilorian family... and in a big way!It was a lazy Sunday for Addie Kilorian, just like any other, until a knock at the door delivers some bad news.Her sister, Willow has been arrested for murder!And if that isn't bad enough, t...
A murder brings the past back into focus for Darcy Sweet...While Misty Hollow is gearing up for the fourth of July, Darcy and Jon are expecting visitors from out of town for a small dinner party.Things don't go exactly as planned when someone from th...
A belated Honeymoon... New friends... and another Murder!Cookie and Jerry, along with Cream, are motor-homing their way around the country for their honeymoon. Along the way, they've made a lot of new friends. The trip is going great as they spend en...
An Awards Ceremony... An Evil Witch... And Another Murder!A special night out at an awards ceremony to honor her boyfriend, Lucian Knight, gives Addie Kilorian a chance to forget about being a witch for a while, and just be his loving girlfriend.Of c...
A weekend getaway to a beautiful beachside town with an old friend should have been a relaxing change of pace for Dell Powers.But then, when is her life ever relaxing?While walking on the beach Dell discovers a quite unique, antique bottle complete w...
Addie Kilorian glanced nervously up above them. Up there, in the dark, was the floor of Shadow Lake...In the midst of Shadow Lake's worst blizzard in a hundred years, the Kilorian sisters prepare for their annual guided tour into the Shadow Lake Cav...
In the midst of the local mayoral race, tragedy strikes Misty Hollow once again...On an unusually warm day in November Darcy Sweet and her family are excited to go out for a day of mini golf. But their plans are derailed when her husband, Jon, receiv...
"There’s a strange man in the living room, Miranda!"Until her resident ghost, Kyle Hunter, woke her with those words, Miranda Wylder had been enjoying several months of peace.An unexpected, middle of the night visitor, complete with ghost attached,...
A New Marriage... A Desperate Granddaughter... And An Old Mystery...When a man caught breaking and entering claims to have new information in a decades old mystery, Cookie can't help but get involved.The new information seems to indicate that one of ...
A New Town... A New Life... A Chance to be Normal...Have you ever wondered what Darcy Sweet was like as a fifteen-year-old when she came to live with Aunt Millie?This collection of six short stories covers a small slice of Darcy's early life. From mo...
A Family Heirloom... a sick Child... and another Murder to Solve!There's a lot going on in Darcy Sweet's life right now and she is beginning to feel just a little overwhelmed. Like everything is coming at her all at once.She feels that the saying, 'W...
Mystery, murder, and a penguin... it's just an ordinary day in the life of Dell Powers!Dell loves summertime in Tasmania. With its heat and insects and the tourists... especially the tourists... she wouldn't have it any other way.But when a prominent...
A grisly discovery thrusts Darcy Sweet right into the middle of a mystery once again!At the end of an unseasonably warm summer Darcy, along with Cha Cha the dog, take relaxing stroll through nature.Along the way they stop by a peaceful river when Cha...
Imagine seeing your future... in 3-second intervals...Introducing Sidney Stone -- Private Investigator - She's smart, she's tough and she never gives up!Sidney Stone isn't rich, if she doesn't work she doesn't get paid. A private investigator's lif...
As far as private eye's go, there aren't many in the business better than Sidney Stone. Hardened by the Marines, street-wise and honestly caring, Sidney's making a name for herself in certain circles. It's not just that she can see th...
It's almost Christmas in Misty Hollow... but it's not going to be very merry this year!A massive snow storm has the folks in Misty Hollow all hunkered down and that's what Darcy Sweet would like to be doing too.Only she can't!A late night visit from ...
The theft of an important royal family heirloom finds Sidney Stone on the case once again.While continuing to look for Arnie Chen's priceless statue Sidney takes on another case, this one about a stolen necklace.But it's not just any ordinary necklac...
Cookie could feel it in her bones... there's another mystery starting in Widow's Rest...Retirement had seemed like such a great idea but wasn't all it's cracked up to be. And Cookie is beginning to feel downright bored! Nothing ever happens...
Addie Kilorian thought that on this beautiful sunny Sunday Stonecrest had never looked better... Never in all of her twenty-five years had she seen it look... well, not gloomy.And why would it not look great?The house had been decorated and adorned t...
A missing trophy... murder... another mystery to solve...With Valentine's day just days away and their preparations still up in the air, Jon is approached by the new Mayor of Misty Hollow with a rather unusual problem. The trophy of the annual S...
A man determined to kill himself hadn't counted on Sidney Stone stopping him...While still working Arnie Chen's ever evolving statue case, Sidney Stone becomes involved in the life of a stranger when he tries to commit suicide, more than once, right ...
Jon Tinker... a murderer? No way... Not possible... And yet... He is! Darcy would never have believed he was capable of such a thing...Nobody would have believed it. This is Jon Tinker they're talking about for Pete's sake! But......
Nothing good ever happens when the phone rings in the middle of the night.Sidney receives a desperate call from a woman who is in a bad way, claiming that her husband is stalking her. And even though Sidney knows that Arnie Chen will be annoyed ...
A nice family trip away for Christmas is just what Darcy Sweet needs...There's only one problem - trouble tends to follow her wherever she goes. But she's determined it won't this time... With her track record though, Jon is not convinced.&...
An unexpected visit from a not-quite-a-friend sends Sidney Stone halfway around the world... Sidney Stone has never been one to back down from a challenge, especially when that challenge is finding her lost love, Harry. After months of dead...
A horrific accident changes everything...Maddalena D'Angelo had it all! The perfect family, the perfect job, the perfect life. Until that fateful accident tore it all apart. Waking from a coma she found her family gone and the life sh...
Nooooo! You can't be here! The shrill scream shattered the entirely normal morning that Maddalena D'Angelo had been enjoying. Racing to see what was wrong she found that her landlady, Grace Howard, was moments away from being run over...
It's summer at last and Darcy Sweet thinks it's time for a family vacation... But where to go? The Sweet-Tinker family are discussing the idea of a Californian summer vacation when a phone call puts the kibosh on that. They certainly didn't...
I need your help. Those were the last words Maddalena D'Angelo expected to hear from Chief Alvin DeRoche when he requested her presence at the police station. A young woman is missing and her mother wants Maddalena to do a spirit portrait o...
A celebration... an uninvited guest... and another murder!If there's one thing that would always be true about Misty Hollow, it was the simple fact that life here was never boring. And by extension, Darcy Sweet's life was never boring eith...
Please Note: This completely updated, revised, and rewritten second edition was published in July 2024. Introducing Harriet Biddlecombe, the English librarian with a passion for books, her cat, and attending funerals. Harriet loves her job,...
Past mistakes lead to present problems and murder...Maddalena D'Angelo is no stranger to helping people, but when an early morning visitor comes to her door looking for help it's the last person she would expect... Chief Alvin DeRoche. He h...
A wedding... A murder... A missing bride... In a small town like Pine Lake, weddings are always big news so it's not surprising that the Pine Lake Inn is all abuzz with the impending nuptials. A wedding is supposed to be a wonderful, joyous...
As an experienced medium, Valeria Cosoi is no stranger to ghosts and is accustomed to helping them cross over to the other side. So when one shows up while Valeria is having breakfast with a friend she thinks this one will be no different than t...
Darcy Sweet is all dressed up for a special occasion... her old college friends have come to visit and she couldn't be happier!Darcy wanted everything to be perfect but for the weekend festivities but she'd forgotten something important. T...
Valeria Cosoi was always on the hunt for bargains to offer in her shop. So, while rummaging through items at an antique store closing sale she spotted a box of rings and grabbed a couple of nice ones that she thinks will sell well. Little d...
It's nearly Christmas in Misty Hollow and Darcy Sweet is anticipating a wonderful family gathering for the day. It's been quiet around town lately and there's absolutely nothing out of the ordinary to be stressed about, right? Well, Darcy s...
Evangeline Moon was right where she wanted to be... doing the job she was born to do. At last, she had a big story to report on... and few things were bigger than murder!When Evangeline, a determined television reporter, is called to cover the ...
Past trauma meets the present... When someone from Valeria Cosoi's past sends her a package in the mail, she is tempted to just send it right back. But when she sees the very personal contents inside, her world is tipped upside down, as she...
When television reporter Evangeline Moon discovers the body of a man in her open front doorway early one morning, she is shocked and horrified.In a bizarre turn of events she finds the man is someone she just met that weekend at a conference in anoth...
Darcy Sweet has had enough... ...enough of the antics of the current mayor of Misty Hollow, Andy Blanchard. She has decided to run for office herself! However, her campaign takes a dark turn when another candidate is found murder...
An exploding kitchen... A theft... Another mystery to solve! When Dell Powers is ripped out of an interesting dream by the room shaking around her she is confused, dazed and in fight-or-flight mode. What on earth was that? A souffl...
It's Halloween in Verdant Falls and Evangeline Moon is reporting... This time, it's a puzzling art theft that has her attention.When a masterpiece depicting Ichabod Crane's harrowing escape from the Headless Horseman is stolen from the local art muse...
In Misty Hollow, where snowflakes gently fall,Lives Darcy Sweet, the mayor, beloved by all.With a heart so warm, like a cozy fire's heat,She organized a Santa troupe, a yuletide treat. But in this festive season, a dark cloud looms,The Kringle J...
Another murder, another mystery to be solved, and Evangeline Moon is just the woman to solve it... with help from a good friend or two!Life is good for Evangeline Moon, very good. With a job she adores, a beloved cat, a charming home with its own gho...
An old church, a new family, and secrets that refuse to be buried! Darcy Sweet, mayor of Misty Hollow, is no stranger to mysteries, but when a box of old books filled with cryptic notes arrives at the library, she finds herself in a puzzle unlik...
Christmas cheer is on the line when a mystery threatens to chill the Pine Lake Inn.Dell Powers is ready for a festive Christmas at the Pine Lake Inn with her family and friends, but trouble has a way of disrupting the small town of Lakeshore. Th...
A murder at a funeral is the last thing you would expect... When City Councilman Edgar Kennedy dies, people from the quaint village of Mulberry Hill and surrounding areas mourn. Harriet Biddlecombe, the town librarian, attends the funeral t...
Murder is on a killer's mind… Addie Kilorian is disheartened. Disheartened about her aborted marriage to Lucian Knight a week ago and the fickleness of the human heart. Disheartened by the coven's inability to find the evil...