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Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The series follows the adventures of cousins Jan and Elaine, who purchase a lakeside house in a quaint town in Maine and convert it into a tearoom. Solving mysteries with faith and family, Jan and Elaine find themselves to be just as good as serving truth as they are at serving tea." --
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
Sarah is busy with preparations for her wedding when a woman brings her a beautiful, hand-embroidered antique quilt that holds an intriguing puzzle. Beatrice received the quilt from an unnamed donor. Adopted as a baby, Beatrice wonders if it could have come from her birth mother. Sarah agrees when she notices a rebus--three bees on one of the squares--which stands for "Beatrice". If Sarah can decode the other squares, she suspects they will lead her...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone in Maple Hill is bundled up for a long February, but when a winter storm blows through, it leaves the town library's stained-glass window shattered. When Sarah and Maggie step in to help librarian Spencer Hewitt clean up the broken glass, they find something strange in the wreckage. Is it possible that someone could have broken the historic window on purpose? Who would want to hurt the library? Worse, the library many not have enough money...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When Sarah stands up a read a poem at Caitlin Connolly's wedding, she catches a glimpse of Ruby Sears, who she hasn't seen for more than forty years, talking to Ernie Maplethorpe at the back of the church. After the ceremony, Sarah tries to find Ruby, but she has disappeared. When Sarah asks Ernie about her, he denies having spoken to her. Sarah tries to find more information about her old friend, but when she asks around, no one else will admit to...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When Jan and Blake and Elaine Cook arrive at Lancaster Community Church to prepare for the Mother-Daughter tea, they discover that the historic white clapboard building has been broken into. Have the cousins stumbled on to yet another mystery? At first, it appears that nothing was taken, but it soon becomes clear that something valuable -- dating back to the very founding of maine and part of Pastor Mike's family hictory -- is gone. And then another...
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Elaine gets word she is about to receive a small fortune, from her ex husband's aunt. She contacts the lawyer and told it is real. Jan is thrilled to learn that Tara's boyfriend has bought a ring. Jack is injured in an accident.
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Even as Jan puts the final touches on her wedding plans, mystery still swirls around the tearoom. While searching for the perfect wedding gift for Jan and Bob, Elaine and Nathan stumble upon a distinctive antique teapot at Mainely Bargains. Nathan feels certain it's the one that's been missing for 150 years from Hannibal Hamlin's historical family tea set that once served President Lincoln. After Nathan purchases the teapot, Elaine and Jan set out...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Sarah meets her father's new friend, Vern, in the nursing home and is drawn into helping him discover his lost love, Alice. Sarah then finds that Vern has not told her the whole truth-- will bringing Vern and Alice back together be a mistake?
11) The lady's maid
Author
Series
Prairie dreams volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In their search for the new but missing Earl of Stoneford, Elise Finster and her British mistress Lady Anne Stone join a wagon train to follow his somewhat cold trail to Oregon. Will the ladies succeed in their quest or succumb to the malfeasance of the mysterious man dogging their heels? Scout Eb Bentley's initial disgust with these ill-prepared women eventually turns into admiration for one lady in particular. Can he protect her long enough to win...
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Vacationers love Chickadee Lake especially when people start sighting a strange creature in the water. Soon the game warden is called in to help track down the monster. Evidence suggests that the monster was built, could it be that it was built to divert attention from the crime that is about to be committed?"--Amazon.com.
13) A thousand words
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Mary Fisher has found the perfect place to retire - right where she started. She's moved back to Cape Cod to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in Ivy Bay, a quaint coastal village flanked by meandering marshes and silvery beaches. It's the ideal location to relax with a good book on a summer day. But Mary soon discovers that this small town is full of secrets. When Mary and Betty inherit their great-uncle's home, they find some charming paintings hidden...
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In 1885 in Fergus, Idaho, Gert Dooley has an unusual job for a woman--test firing guns for her brother the gunsmith--and years of practice have made her an excellent shot. When a murder in town scares her friends, Gert starts the Ladies' Shooting Club to teach the women how to shoot. Their independence upsets the men in town, and Sheriff Chapman finds himself trying to solve a murder and restore peace between the town's women and men.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Hiram Dooley's sister Gert is about to leave him to get married--if Sheriff Ethan Chapman would ever propose; his sister-in-law, Rose, thinks Hiram should marry her, since they're both widowed; and the woman he truly loves, Libby Adams, is blind to his regard. Schoolmarm Isabel Fennel has a different problem--a man claiming to be her uncle came to town...and then disapeared. She's afraid her father may have killed him and buried him behind the barn....
16) Shady characters
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Mary Fisher, a mystery bookshop owner, receives a call from her friend Henry, inviting her over to see his new classic car, she immediately accepts. But Henry's "new" car--a 1955 Buick Century--puts him in danger. An intruder attacks him in his garage, and Mary hears the scuffle. With Henry in a coma, it's up to Mary to find out who hurt Henry, and why. Henry's twin daughters are at his side in the hospital, so Mary puts her analytical mind to...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lady Anne Stone believes her prayers are answered and she's at last found her long lost uncle. Unwilling to let her meet him on her own, Daniel Adams accompanies her to her uncle's ranch. But instead of answers, Anne is left with more questions. Both Dan and Anne are convinced the man introduced as her uncle is an imposter and decide to continue the search for the new Earl of Stoneford. But now the swindler is on their trail, hoping to steal Uncle...
18) She gets July
Author
Series
Mainely romance volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rebecca Harding can hardly wait to get away from her city nursing job in Portland, Maine, for a few restful days at her lakeside cottage. The only problem is, the cottage is half owned by her former fiancé, architect Rob Wallace, whom she hasn't seen for three years. They alternate months for usage and payments. When Rebecca arrives in mid-May, the cottage is neat and tidy, but her feelings are anything but. Family struggles for Rob and accusations...
19) Captive trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Taabe Waipu flees her Comanche village to find her real family in the white world. When stagecoach driver Ned Bright finds her injured in the road, he wants to help reunite her with her family, but the Comanche have other ideas.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"By age twelve, Vashti Edwards was orphaned and working her way west in different saloons. Life in Fergus, Idaho, has given Vashti new hope in Christian friends from the Ladies' Shooting Club and an employer who turned her saloon into a restaurant. But money is tight and Vashti tries to get the job she's dreamed of--stagecoach driver. Griffin Bane, local blacksmith, is overseeing the stagecoach line and admits he needs more help. But can a woman--even...
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