Download or read book Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome movie star in her kitchen, and a corpse in the swimming pool. Just your typical Monday morning. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a craft shop, a nice circle of friends, and a movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies.... Carita Cove romantic mysteries are fun and flirty reads, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night. Collect them all: -- Books by Barbara Cool Lee THE CARITA COVE MYSTERIES: 1. Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair 2. Maggie and the Inconvenient Corpse 3. Maggie and the Mourning Beads 4. Maggie and the Empty Noose 5. Maggie and the Huichol Homicide 6. Maggie and the Whiskered Witness THE PAJARO BAY MYSTERIES: 1. Honeymoon Cottage 2. Boardwalk Cottage 3. Lighthouse Cottage 4. Little Fox Cottage 5. Rum Cake Cottage 6. Songbird Cottage 7. Sunshine Cottage

Download or read book The Inconvenient Corpse written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome movie star in her kitchen, and a corpse in the swimming pool. Just your typical Monday morning…. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grown-ups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book The Corpse in the Cactus A Maggie Reardon Mystery written by Lonni Lees and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detective Maggie Reardon is back, in the sizzling sequel to The Mosaic Murder! The murder that Detective Maggie Reardon just solved at a local Tucson art gallery has already created repercussions, complicating her life both legally and personally. Her new lover dropped to second place when a new man entered the picture. A dead man whose body had been found at The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum lying under a bed of cactus. What at first appeared to be a tragic accident was quickly starting to smell like murder. And dead things always smelled worse under the hot Arizona sun. Losing wasn't her game, but she’s been dealt a nameless victim with no witnesses, no suspect, and no apparent cause of death. As the evidence unfolds, Detective Reardon battles a hostile fellow cop, who is determined to see her lose her badge. The mixture adds up to a scorching southwest recipe guaranteed to sear your taste buds -- but leave you begging for more!

Download or read book The Hidden Homicide written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie faces her most confusing case yet when she finds a treasured beaded knife–in someone's back! Can she figure out what happened before anyone else ends up dead? And when her buddy, movie star Reese Stevens, tries to make a fresh start after falling off the wagon, can Maggie keep him from going off-track? Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book Rum Cake Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Alec O'Keeffe has made a life for himself as a successful single father and the mayor of Pajaro Bay. His days are full, but his nights are lonely. He swears he wouldn't change a thing about his life--except maybe the crazy outfit he agreed to wear as the village's Surfing Santa. But now that one woman who broke his heart is back in town, and she wants to see the child she abandoned. In a season of forgiveness and renewal, is Roxy his worst nightmare--or the dream he never got over? Roxy Drew isn't thinking about Christmas right now. She spent ten years in prison for a crime she didn't commit, and now she's got just 72 hours to find the real killer, or she'll lose her daughter forever. But how can she tell her child's father the truth, when he's convinced she's nothing but trouble? Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book Riverstone Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? A lonely widow and widower are brought together by a twenty-year-old mystery. When she was young, Lacy Jasperson had been horribly hurt by an unknown assailant. In the years since, she's found healing in the little beach town of Pajaro Bay. Now she's alone, a widow living in a lovely little cottage by the sea, trying to make peace with her grief and loss, and move forward. But when a private detective comes to town, digging up the past and forcing her to face what she's kept so long hidden, she realizes she can't move forward until she finally deals with the trauma that drove her to the village all those years ago. Rico Gallagher sees the same grief in Lacy's eyes that he feels in his own heart. She's lost someone just like he has. He can't imagine he'll ever find peace again, but when he's forced to spend time with the lonely widow, he feels a healing he's never felt before. Can they figure out the truth about what happened all those years ago? Can they heal from their losses and find love again? Can they bring peace, not just to themselves, but to someone else whose loss is even greater than their own? Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book The Mourning Beads written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Maggie find the real killer when her teenage student threatens to strangle her mother with a jet-black necklace... hours before the woman is found dead? And what deep, dark secret is movie star Reese Stevens hiding from the world? Can Maggie help him face the truth? Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book Harbor View Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? The dream of finding the perfect little cottage by the sea kept her going through the darkest days of her illness. But now that she's finally made it to her new home, she finds the reality is a lot more complicated, starting with the secretive—but undeniably intriguing—man next door. Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book The Serpentine Script written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nasty paparazzo is accused of murdering an equally nasty screenwriter, and Maggie is torn between relief that they're both out of her hair—and worry that the police have captured the wrong man. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book Sunshine Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Teresa Soto is hiding from her fellow gang members in the perfect place: the tiny village of Pajaro Bay. But when she falls for the squeaky-clean director of the local youth center, things get complicated. She's one step ahead of the danger on her tail, and may be taking him along for the ride. Should she run, should she hide, or should she stay and fight for the new life she's building based on a big, fat lie?

Download or read book The Empty Noose written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the movie star renting Maggie's house is accused of murder, she's the only one who believes he's innocent. Now all she has to do is prove it. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book Honeymoon Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Camilla Stewart desperately needs to start over. Her ex-fiance ripped her off and disappeared, leaving behind his eight-year-old son. She soon finds herself out of gas in a tiny beach town with the lost boy in tow and the key to an abandoned cottage in her pocket. But there's more to the village of Pajaro Bay than meets the eye, including a handsome local cop poking into her business, a bunch of quirky neighbors determined to pull her out of her shell, and, oh yeah, a killer on the loose who is somehow linked to her, the young boy, and the darling little house known as the Honeymoon Cottage. Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book Lighthouse Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Sheltered heiress Lori York runs away to the isolated island lighthouse at Pajaro Bay. But when a mysterious man washes ashore during a winter storm, she has to figure out just what he's hiding before they both end up as shark bait. Matt DiPietro is the hometown boy gone bad. He's brought shame to his family, and his childhood friends know he can't be trusted. Now he's returned to Pajaro Bay, and as always, disaster follows in his wake. But when the new girl in town finds out the truth about him, will she give up on him like everyone else, or can she possibly help him find his way back home at last? Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book Songbird Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Robin Brenham has a great life. She came to Pajaro Bay several years ago, and quickly carved out a career as an expert on the village's famous eccentric cottages. She's got a great circle of friends, is well-respected in the community… but no one knows the real reason she moved to town. Her earliest memory is of sitting on the floor in a cottage in Pajaro Bay, while her mother stood over her, crying as if her soul had been shattered. Why was she crying? Does it have anything to do with why Robin ended up in foster care, abandoned by her family? Where is her biological family? And where is the cottage she remembers so vividly? Why can't she find it? A story of love and loss and starting over, Songbird Cottage is Robin's journey to find her childhood home—and to carve out a new home, and build a new life where she can be whole once again. Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book Boardwalk Cottage written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay? Hallie Reed has given up on fairy tale dreams. They only lead to pain. Now she has a new rule: stick to the safe path. But when her friend disappears from a summer job at a funky old amusement park, Hallie has to break out of her protective shell and take a chance on something bigger than herself. The Madrigal family was shattered when a fire swept through their oceanfront boardwalk a dozen years ago. When outsider Hallie comes to town, she learns the place is haunted by tragedy, and she's soon swept up in the decades-old mystery of the Madrigals. Is she the one who can help Kyle Madrigal finally make peace with his family's legacy? And could this be the key to unlocking her own lost dreams as well? Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After. The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order.

Download or read book The Whiskered Witness written by Barbara Cool Lee and published by Pajaro Bay Publishing. This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie's dog-training buddy drops off her German Shepherd for a play date–then disappears. Soon Maggie begins to wonder if her friend could be leading a deadly double life. Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies…. Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grownups who genuinely like each other, and a twisty little mystery with red herrings galore? Then this is for you. The Maggie & Jasper Capers are fun and flirty cozies, with no swearing or love scenes, and no gruesome violence to keep you up at night.

Download or read book The Future of the Corpse written by Karla Rothstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the spectrum of death, from when the living person turns to corpse until the person lives in the memory of mourners, and its impact on the ecology of the socio-cultural community and physical environment. This book demonstrates that American society today is in a pivotal period for re-imaging end-of-life care, funerary services, human disposition methods, memorializing, and mourning. The editors and contributors outline the past, present, and future of death care rituals, pointing to promising new practices and innovative projects that show how we can better integrate the dying and dead with the living and create positive change that supports sustainable stewardship of our environment. Individual chapters describe prevailing practices and issues in different settings where people die and in postmortem rituals; disposition and current ecologically and, in urban areas, spatially unsustainable methods; law of human remains; customs and trends among key stakeholders, such as cemeteries and funeral directors; and relevant technological advances. The book culminates in a presentation of emerging sustainable disposition technologies and innovative designs for proposed public memorial projects that respond to shifting values, beliefs, and priorities among an increasingly diverse population.