Joyce Lavene

Jim Lavene

To pass on their cherished spellbook, Molly, Elsie and Olivia must recruit and train three new witches, but when Olivia is murdered and the spellbook is stolen, Molly and Elsie must call upon all of their powers to stop a dangerous young witch. Original.

Spell Booked

James Lavene

When Peggy Lee, a botanist, the owner of The Potting Shed, and an occasional sleuth, stumbles upon the body of Mark Warner, the richest man in town, in her seasonal display, she must weed through a colorful cast of characters to catch a killer, while befriending a Great Dane and a sexy veterinarian. Original.

Pretty Poison

Dae O'Donnell, the mayor of Duck, North Carolina, has a talent for finding lost things, and when the town matriarch asks her to find her missing watch, Dae is unwittingly drawn into a murder investigation, which she must help solve before time runs out. Original.

A Timely Vision

Struggling with a fractious boss and her boyfriend's mistaken assumptions, Renaissance Village glassblower Jessie Morton busily prepares for Halloween activities, which are disrupted by the murder of a man who is costumed as the Grim Reaper. By the author of Wicked Weaves. Original.

Ghastly Glass

When someone shoots a cannon into the Duck Historical Museum, killing the curator and making off with a treasure chest filled with gold, Dae O'Donnell, who has a gift for finding lost things, teams up with an ex-FBI agent to catch a modern-day pirate. By the authors of A Timely Vision. Original. 20,000 first printing.

A Touch of Gold

While apprenticing for Mary Shift, a skilled basket maker with a dark past, at the Renaissance faire as research for her PhD, Jessie Morton, an assistant professor, goes up against a crafty killer who tries to frame Mary for murder. Original.

Wicked Weaves

While spending her summer at the Renaissance Faire Village, assistant professor Jessie Morton becomes embroiled in a messy murder after one of the Three Chocolatiers, a leering lothario, is found drowned in a vat of chocolate with a hat pin sticking out of his eye. Original.

Harrowing Hats

Pet psychic, four-time widow, and host of her own popular radio show, Mary Catherine comes to the aid of an injured turtle whose owner, a wealthy society matriarch, has been murdered, as she utilizes her unique talents, despite the ridicule of local detectives, to find a killer. Original.

The Telltale Turtle

While attending her first Mayors' Conference Weekend at the Blue Whale Inn, Dae O'Donnell, the mayor of Duck, North Carolina, who has a special knack for finding lost things, must solve the murder of Mayor Sandi Foxx whose body was found in the inn's toolshed. Original.

A Spirited Gift

When she volunteers to harvest bones and invaluable artifacts from the dry Lake Whitley, Peggy Lee, part-time forensic botantist, stumbles upon the remains of a member of the Shamrock Historical Society and must dig up some clues to catch a cunning killer. Original.

A Corpse for Yew

When a drowned body is found with an unusual plant wound through her hair, part-time forensic botanist Peggy Lee agrees to help with the investigation, but comes up empty-handed while digging for clues. Original.

Perfect Poison

When a fellow botanist and his brother die under mysterious circumstances, Peggy Lee, a botanist, detective's widow, and the owner of The Potting Shed, does some investigating on her own and discovers that murder is in full bloom. Original.

Poisoned Petals

During the Renaissance Faire, Jessie Morton, an assistant professor at a local college, must help her friend Daisy find out who killed her ex-boyfriend, professional dueler Alastair the Great, while trying to keep her own boyfriend safe from his meddling brother. Original.

Deadly Daggers

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The Everything Guide To Writing A Novel

Read the first novel in the Taxi for the Dead Paranormal Mysteries: Broken Hearted Ghoul It's been two years since Skye Mertz agreed to drive Abe's Taxi for the Dead, transporting his zombie workers back to the man who gave them an additional twenty years of life. She's raising her daughter, with the help of her ghostly mother-in-law, and keeps looking for what killed her husband the night she died. Now she has a partner—a housewife working off her zombie husband's service—and she's met a sorcerer with amnesia. It shouldn't be surprising that a broken hearted ghoul, bent on getting revenge, should show up too. After all, there's no rest for the dead.

Broken Hearted Ghoul

Botanist, detective's widow, and owner of the Potting Shed, Peggy Lee must dig deep for the truth when her friend Beth is accused of murdering her husband to cash in on his ten million dollar life insurance policy. Original.

Fruit of the Poisoned Tree

The second novel in the Missing Pieces Mystery series. The mayor of Duck, North Carolina, Dae O'Donnell is a woman with a gift for finding lost things. Sometimes it leads her to to find lost keys or earrings--and sometimes it leads her to investigate a murder. Original.

When she volunteers to harvest bones and invaluable artifacts from the dry Lake Whitley, Peggy Lee, part-time forensic botantist, stumbles upon the remains of a member of the Shamrock Historical Society and must dig up some clues to catch a cunning killer.

When an old suitcase containing a bloody dress is discovered, Sheriff Sharyn Howard traces it back to a murder that occurred during the term of her grandfather as sheriff 45 years earlier.

For the Last Time

On the road to the Monster Mile at Dover International Speedway, NASCAR fan and ex-cop Glad Wycznewski is expecting nothing more than speed on the raceway, a cold beer in his hand, and love in the RV with his beautiful wife, Ruby. So when Glad finds a strange man in his bed wearing his favorite PJs, he's ready to lay down the law. But who can be angry with a wife like Ruby? Her melt-your-heart blue eyes defuse his anger when he hears the sleeping man is just a weary hitchhiker with a bedraggled cat. Just as things settle down, the hitchhiker turns up dead. When rumors race that ten million in cash is missing and that the hitchhiker's twin is a powerful casino man, Ruby's killer instincts accelerate. Glad would rather sit back and enjoy the smell of gasoline over a breakfast of Ruby's famous flapjacks, but with her strong will and big heart, nothing's stalling Ruby. Empty stomach aside, Glad'll be racing after crooks whether he wants to or not. Inside extras include Glad and Ruby's track log

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