Ten years ago, Magnolia Steele fled Franklin, Tennessee after an incident that left her with hazy memories and a horror of the place where she had been born and bred. Though her abrupt departure destroyed most of her treasured relationships, she vowed never to return ... until she has no choice. When Magnolia's breakout acting role in a Broadway musical ends in disgrace, there's only one place she can go. She finds herself on her momma's porch, suitcase...

"Magnolia may have escaped arrest for murder, but her troubles are far from behind her. She's still haunted by two things from her pas--her father's disappearance when she was a teen, and the other...well, her memories of a serial killer have returned, but it's best left where it belong--in the past. Needing closure, Magnolia decides to look into her father's cold case..." -- back cover.

To keep customers visiting Rose Cottage Books as the off-season begins, shop owner Meagan Poe hosts the Harvest of Books fundraiser, a monthlong initiative that supports local teachers and boosts sales. The finale is scheduled to be an evening with best-selling author Christina Rossi. But when Christina cancels unexpectedly, Meagan and the Rose Cottage Book Club must find a worth alternative. Meanwhile, Meagan suspects there's more to Christina's...

"It's Christmas in Gilded Age Manhattan. And for the first time ever an amazing giant ball will drop along a rod on the roof of the New York Times building to ring in the New Year. Everyone plans to attend the event. But the murder of a prominent newsman hits a little too close to home. And when a young newspaper woman, a protégé of the great Jacob Riis and old Vassar school chum of Bev's, is the target of a similar attack, it is clear this is not...