Author: ceeceejames

Chelsea’s family life is pretty complicated. For starters, the family photo that she’s been carrying for her whole life has been a mystery in itself! Before she can dig into her past, the present has taken a shocking turn… Chelsea finds a dead body in the pond and sitting on the shore is a bucket of flowers. The more she learns about the dead man, the more she realizes he’s tied up in the … in the knotted web of her own past. As the clues start to surface, Chelsea wonders if she’s better off leaving this one to the…

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Trouble seems to follow Chelsea like baby ducks follow their mama. This time around, Chelsea’s best friend Tilly has been accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Adam. When Adam’s fiancé points the finger at Tilly, the police dig up a secret motivation that make things look really bad for Tilly.. and she has no alibi. There has to be a way to clear her friend, but Chelsea is running out of ideas. … of ideas. Meanwhile, Chelsea is chasing her own demons as a mystery surrounding her family comes to light. The more she learns about her past, the less sure…

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Chelsea Lawson is a ride-or-die friend. When her best friend Tilly asked her to stay at her place to watch her six-year-old daughter and pets for a while, Chelsea didn’t hesitate to say yes. What she didn’t realize was that “Tilly’s place” was a micro-farm and “a few pets” included a cow and two goats as well as a child who was too smart for her own good. Chelsea was already in over her head … her head before the dead body turned up. When the local community, instead of offering support, tries to run her out of town, Chelsea…

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Available for the first time in a boxed set! Cozy mysteries that focus on humor, family, and suspense.Booked for MurderWhen Maisie Swenson takes over as manager at Florida’s elite Oceanside hotel, she’s thrilled to move on site with her Momma and their basset hound, Bingo. She expected by the job description to cater to the crazy whims of some of the richest people in America. Make it snow in … Make it snow in Florida–check. Helicopter wedding–check. Deliver a baby–check.But what was never on her job resume was dealing with the murder of business mogul Norman Olsen. He’s a huge…

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“Those of you familiar with James’ wonderfully quirky Flamingo Realty mysteries will love the latest twists and turns.”“Suspenseful and funny!”Stella O’Neil has found a treasure of a house to list… a house possibly full of treasure, that is. Her new listing belonged to a man who died from a seemingly innocent accident. He also was embroiled in a bank investigation involving missing property and … property and many enemies. The rumors have gone wild and people will stop at nothing to search it out.If keeping treasure hunters out of her listing and avoiding being killed wasn’t enough drama, Stella has…

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Free recipes! A GREAT new series that you can’t put down from the first page to the last!A Cherry Pie, ghosts and a murder … what could go wrong?After a traumatic life event, Georgie Tanner returns to her hometown to start her life over… at 31 years old and a certified hot mess.Luckily, a new job opportunity as a historical tour guide opens up with Aunt Cecelia. Gainesville, Pennsylvania’s is … Cecelia. Gainesville, Pennsylvania’s is a place is as American as apple pie, steeped in rich Revolutionary history, Amish settlements, ghost stories, and colonial manors. Georgie knew it was a…

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One of my favorite series!”“Another home run by James.Stella’s mid-century modern listing was on track to be her easiest commission ever… until the buyers asked about the rumors of a girl who drowned nearby. As part of her due diligence, Stella starts searching for answers and finds a cold case that makes no sense. A teenage girl who was a State swim team champion… drowned. Something about the … about the case keeps tugging at the edges of her memory but Stella can’t quite put her finger on it. Meanwhile, Stella’s quest to find out exactly what happened with her…

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“Mystery with characters I could be friends with!”Stella’s newest client, Charlie Booker, wants to sell his half of a duplex but before he can sign the listing papers, he’s murdered.Even stranger, there are only one set of footprints leaving the house, with none showing up as entering the home.The police mark it as a robbery gone wrong and target a local group of petty thieves.Stella can’t shake … thieves.Stella can’t shake the feeling that it’s someone much closer. There’s his neighbor, the owner of the other half of the property, and a girlfriend who was overheard threatening the poor victim.…

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Dive in. If you enjoy cozy mysteries, you’ll love this one. I loved Stella immediately.Meet Stella O’Neil, retired FBI agent Oscar O’Neil’s granddaughter. She’s got a lot on her plate, trying to figure out her crazy, stubborn family, the hidden secrets that caused her grandfather’s estrangement from her dad, and starting out as a realtor. Throw in a dead body found in what used to be the town’s … town’s “royalty” family’s manor, and she’s neck deep in a mystery. She may be sweet, but she’s pretty stubborn herself. As Stella’s curiosity leads her from one town resident to the…

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“Love this new series!”“Fascinating!”Stella O’Neil finally has her first listing! A cute cabin with a gorgeous lake on eighty acres of breathtaking land. There’s just one tiny problem: the body floating in the water.If that weren’t unsettling enough, her phone rings off the hook with hundreds of potential buyers. In fact, the property is overrun with them! Stella digs out the truth that the lake … the truth that the lake is the obscure clue in an old legend that has been solved on the Internet.But if only her troubles stopped there. She runs into one buyer who won’t take…

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