Cops drink coffee.
They don't belong in Ellen Rosings's Victorian tearoom. But when her opening day thank-you tea ends in the murder of the president of the Santa Fe Preservation Trust, the police invade her haven.
Enter Detective...
Notorious for failed relationships.
Ellen Rosings knows that's true of cops. Detective Tony Aragon has even said it about himself, or something like it. Despite her misgivings, she is drawn to him, but can he reach past a cop's cynicism to ...
A cop at the opera... Wisteria Tearoom owner Ellen Rosings coaxes Detective Tony Aragón to go with her to the Santa Fe Opera, but the magnificent performance of Tosca ends in disaster. In bizarre counterpoint to the opera’s plot, the leading man i...
Something old, something new, something dead... It's autumn in Santa Fe, and Ellen Rosings is planning her Aunt Nat’s wedding at the Wisteria Tearoom. Her progress is derailed by a dead body -- yes, another one -- that she finds in her aunt’s dri...
Goths reenacting Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" on Halloween night...what could possibly go wrong? Despite her desire to make the Wisteria Tearoom a haven of tranquility, Ellen Rosings can't rid her parlors of the shadow of death. Fascinated wit...
(A Wisteria Tearoom Interlude)Between Christmas and New Year's, Ellen Rosings travels a landscape of doubt. Can she and Tony truly forge a permanent relationship, and will their families support or oppose their intention to marry?- - -Dear Readers &n...
After a disastrous Halloween party at the Wisteria Tearoom, Ellen Rosings seeks to draw some understanding out of the chaos.While trying to support her grieving Goth office manager, Ellen ponders the mysterious flashes of light she saw in another par...
Yuletide in Santa Fe: biscochitos, farolitos, Las Posadas, music...and murder. Ellen Rosings does not have time for murder investigations. It’s December, and the Wisteria Tearoom is awash in shoppers, cookies, and groups of strange women brought to...
Between Christmas and New Year's, Ellen Rosings travels a landscape of doubt. Can she and Tony truly forge a permanent relationship, and will their families support or oppose their intention to marry?
...Finally done with the hectic holidays, Ellen Rosings gets a chance to relax. After catching up on researching the Wisteria Tearoom's resident ghost, Captain Dusenberry, she and sweetheart Tony Aragón plan a long weekend at Ghost Ranch, where arti...
Is this a good idea, or will it be a catastrophe? A question Ellen Rosings can apply to multiple areas of her life. Revising the Wisteria Tearoom's inner spaces and advancing her investigation into Captain Dusenberry's murder are only a couple o...
Is this a good idea, or will it be a catastrophe?A question Ellen Rosings can apply to multiple areas of her life. Revising the Wisteria Tearoom's inner spaces and advancing her investigation into Captain Dusenberry's murder are only a couple of the ...
A heartbreaking discovery for Ellen Rosings: teacups adorned with forget-me-nots are disappearing from the Wisteria Tearoom's gift shop, along with other items. Is it a shoplifter, or has the tearoom's resident ghost, Captain Dusenberry, succumbed to...
The death of Gabriel Rhodes on Halloween night sent a shock through the Santa Fe Goth community. Three months later, the fallout continues.Ellen Rosings is too busy for dead bodies. With a wedding to plan, a move to organize, and business at the Wist...
Why is change such a challenge?As winter gives way to spring, Ellen Rosings's life is in upheaval. She's about to move out of her suite in the Wisteria Tearoom and into the townhome she will share with her fiancé, Tony-if he's ever there. All th...
Why is change such a challenge? As winter gives way to spring, Ellen Rosings's life is in upheaval. She's about to move out of her suite in the Wisteria Tearoom and into the townhome she will share with her fiancé, Tony—if he's ever...
Grief strikes at unexpected moments. Three months after her late love's death, Kris is just fine—until she isn't. Faced with the task of documenting Gabriel's artwork, she turns to her friend Owen Hughes for help....