Books by Dale Mayer

Helping Kerrick was one thing, getting tagged for a mission of his own quite another ...His heart ached to hear a young girl had been kidnapped while at a hotel in Thailand, waiting for her father to arrive. But nothing is ever as it seems, and this case isn't even close to simple.Lorelai spent the last seven years enjoying her young charge, Amelia Rose. Tutoring the daughter of a wealthy business owner added perks to the job, like holidays around the world. In all these years Lorelai had never once seen the downside to having big money-until the holiday in Thailand where Amelia Rose is targeted, and they were both kidnapped.Griffin managed to rescue the kidnapped victims, but tracing the kidnappers was a whole different story and brought the group a little too close to home ...

On the precipice of change ... Just not the way he'd expected ...Kerrick is tagged to join a new elite group, where he'd have more say and less rules on missions. Working mostly alone, he's to track down a kidnapped victim suspected of being in England, and likely she's not the only one. This is his kind of job; finding out a longtime friend is his backup makes this mission a go.Amanda is snatched at the end of her workday while walking to her vehicle. Days later she wakes to find she's imprisoned, alone in a small cement cell. One rotting meal a day is provided, and that is it. Once she realizes someone else is here-a young boy-she's even more determined to escape. And to take him with her. Running into Kerrick wasn't the plan ...Escaping is only one part of the puzzle as the truth drags them to Europe and beyond as they sort out how the two kidnappings are related, who's behind it all and why ... Before they are run aground and imprisoned all over again ...

Hathaway House: Iain (Book 9) Welcome to Hathaway House, a heartwarming military romance series from USA TODAY best-selling author Dale Mayer. Here you'll meet a whole new group of friends, along with a few favorite characters from Heroes for Hire. Instead of action, you'll find emotion. Instead of suspense, you'll find healing. Instead of romance, ... oh, wait. ... There is romance-of course!Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.Getting accepted to Hathaway House is the new start Iain MacLeod has been waiting for. His old VA center has put him on the road to recovery, but he's nowhere near where he wants to be. Much work remains to be done, and Iain is determined to do what's necessary to get back to full power. But he has hit the limit of his current professionals' abilities. He needs a new team. New eyes. New methods. He can only hope that Hathaway House has what he needs to keep moving forward.Robin Carruthers works in the veterinary clinic at Hathaway House. When she connects with Iain, she's his biggest cheerleader and enjoys watching him take steps toward greater recovery. Until she realizes that, while Iain is growing in major ways, ... she isn't. When traumas from her past intrude on the present, and Robin is forced to confront issues of her own, she's afraid she and Iain won't find their way back to each other again ...

A born protector, Asher signs up for jobs even the most trained men won't take ...But finding a set of female autistic twins in mainland China-after someone has gone to a great deal of effort to make sure they are never found-isn't easy. Finding those responsible behind the actual kidnapping is even harder ...Mickie, hired to look after the twins for the last six months, is still recovering from the trauma of being beaten and drugged, waking to find her adult charges gone. Beside herself already, then seeing Asher, her ex from ten years ago, is another sock to her gut. And to her heart. ... She's not the same person she was back then and, being with him again, shows her just how much she'd screwed up her relationship with him.Yet betrayal, deceit and bodies litter their pathway as they struggle to save the missing women before the kidnapper's assassins get close enough to take them out instead ...

Staying away was harder than he thought ...Recovering from an accident was hell on anyone, but, for a stubborn guy like Carter, it was worse. No way would he be a burden. So he stayed away from Montana, where his best friend lived ... and his best friend's sister.Until Geir and Cade ask Carter to check up on a dog delivered to a small town close by, but the dog never arrived. Considering this was one of the missing War Dogs that Titanium Corp was handling, Carter was happy to assist. Maybe even relieved as it gave him a reason to go where he'd been afraid to go before.Walking into her partner's office to find his dead body on the floor had sent Hailey down a nightmarish path that never seemed to end. Then it had started with Carter's arrival. What else should she expect from the man who she'd always loved and who had rejected her time and time again. She'd hoped the attraction to him would have lessened by now, but it was even worse.As the body count mounts, and the town takes sides, Hailey realizes that Carter was always the one to back her up, even when it meant he could die in this fight that's gone to hell. Particularly when Carter finds the missing K9 dog, and his current owner is on the wrong side of the war ...Only Carter doesn't care, knowing he'd always stand on the side of right, but maybe-if he was lucky this time-he wouldn't be standing alone ...

Not the size to blend in anywhere ... Not that he cared ...Beau heads to Alaska to a cult that kidnaps women to flesh out its numbers. One woman in particular has gone missing. When her father calls in a favor, Beau is asked to fit into the cult community. Only his style is guns blazing, and he doesn't bother counting the dead ...Danica was late for her college class when a hood was thrown over her head, and then she was tossed into the back of a vehicle. Days later, she wakes up on a dirt floor of a cell with only a grate above her head. But she'll take it as she's nothing if not innovative. As soon as she escapes her prison, she runs into the brick wall that's Beau. He'd good at giving orders. She's not so good at following them ...With dozens of lives at stake in a sex-trafficking scheme, neither Beau nor Danica had expected it would be action all the way for them as they battle to free other women and to stay alive-together.

Riches to rags. ... Everything is under control, ... until it isn't. And Doreen's in the middle of it!The four boxes of files Doreen inherited from journalist Bridgeman Solomon have already helped her solve one crime, and Doreen hopes they'll continue to assist her as she sticks her nose into future cases. But, when she stumbles over a pair of pink satin handcuffs in her standoffish neighbor Richard de Genaro's heather patch, it's hard to believe that those reporter's files could have anything useful to offer regarding that.Doreen takes a look though, and soon she's headed down a merry trail of prostitution, embezzlement, and, of course, murder. But the minute the files suggest a connection to Doreen's specialty, a cold case, her beau and partner in crime, Corporal Mack Moreau, starts breathing down her neck.With her trusty animals leading the way, Doreen sets out to find the connection between the reputable banker who died in an unsolved hit-and-run and the prostitute who owned the pink satin handcuffs. As Doreen puts it all together, even she is surprised at the outcome of her latest investigation.

No time to rest. The world is a mess ...He'd barely made it home from helping Griffin only to find himself called to rescue a doctor on a cruise ship overtaken by pirates in their search for Abigail Dalton. The pirates had no trouble killing passengers until they found the right woman. With one man at his side, Jax sneaks onto the ship to rescue her.When she heard the gunfire, Abby hid in the venting on the ship. When a man susses out her hiding place, she's sure her world is about to end. Only Jax is on her side; yet he came with just one man to help. Stunned, she stays close as Jax frees the ship and keeps her safe-until they find out the real reason for this nightmare, when she's forced to England to face the two-legged monster of her nightmares ...The safest place is at Jax's side, but Abby knows all too well how slippery this monster really is and how easily he steps from the shadows to grab his victims ...

Drawing is her world...but when she's pushed into the In-Between and thought lost forever, it's his world too.Her... Storey Dalton wants her life back. Her home back. Her world back. The way they were before she messed with time. She does not want to become a living dead lost In-between. She thought she'd known the worst that could happen...but she wasn't even close.Him... Eric thought he'd seen the worst that his father could do...but he hadn't...unfortunately. Heartbroken and panicked, Eric tracks Storey to the misty dead space - and follows her in. There is a way out - but not a way that anyone would willingly choose.It... The stylus has no way to help with Storey's latest predicament. But survival is paramount. Only this time it can't do it alone. There might be help available...if they can save someone else...first.Them... Storey wants to save her world. Eric wants to save Storey. The stylus wants them to save someone else. But can anyone save them all?

Drawing is her world...but when she's banished to a deadly new world and needs help, it's his world too.Her...Storey Dalton wants to go home - but something goes terrifyingly wrong and she ends up in her worst nightmare. There's no escape...not without Eric or her stylus. Then she finds someone who needs rescuing even more than she does... Him...Eric Jordan races to save Storey, only to realize a close family member has betrayed them both. Now the enemy is closing in on him. When he meets up with Storey, he knows her plans are a bad idea, but she won't be dissuaded...and it could be their only way of staying alive.It...the stylus, now bonded to Storey's artistic soul, is determined to survive this new chaos - against all odds. But damaged from a prolonged separation, he can't help Story or Eric - without making things worse.Them...Storey is determined to make things right. Eric is determined to help her. Neither counts the personal cost, until their very lives are in danger.

Drawing is her world...but when her new pencil comes alive, it's his world too.Her...Storey Dalton is seventeen and now boyfriendless after being dumped via Facebook. Drawing is her escape. It's like as soon as she gets down one image, a dozen more are pressing in on her. Then she realizes her pictures are almost drawing themselves...or is it that her new pencil is alive? Him...Eric Jordan is a new Ranger and the only son of the Councilman to his world. He's crossed the veil between dimensions to retrieve a lost stylus. But Storey is already experimenting with her new pencil and what her drawings can do - like open portals.It ... The stylus is a soul-bound intelligence from Eric's dimension on Earth and uses Storey's unsuspecting mind to seek its way home, giving her an unbelievable power. She unwittingly opens a third dimension, one that held a dangerous predatory species banished from Eric's world centuries ago, releasing these animals into both dimensions. Them... Once in Eric's homeland, Storey is blamed for the calamity sentenced to death. When she escapes, Eric is ordered to bring her back or face that same death penalty. With nothing to lose, can they work together across dimensions to save both their worlds?This is book 1 in the series and ends on a hook, that is picked up in book 2.

This is ALL three books of the Design trilogy - an urban fantasy series of action, adventure, other dimensions and of course, with a little...love.Included in this set is:1. Dangerous Designs2. Deadly Designs3. Darkest Designs

A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery-and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot-as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.Riches to rags. ... Controlling to chaos. ... But murder ... not this time!One night 10 years ago, 8-year-old Crystal, vanished from her bed in her parents' house, the only clue a footprint in the flowerbed below the girl's window. Now that footprint's reappeared, this time at the scene of another crime, and Doreen is under strict orders not to stick her nose into Corporal Mack Moreau's new investigation.But while Mack is busy with the new case, Doreen figures it can't hurt if she just takes a quick look at the old one. Her house is empty, her antiques removed, and she has time on her hands. She's finished working on Penny's garden and needs a new project to keep her busy - and allow her to avoid the heavy work waiting in her own garden. And with the help of her assistants, Thaddeus the parrot, Goliath the Maine Coon, and Mugs the Basset, soon Doreen is busy navigating the world of pawn shops and blackmail as she looks for clues as to what happened to the girl stolen from her bedroom so many years ago. Surely, it's not her fault when her case butts up against the new one - is it?

Hathaway House: Cole (Book 3)Welcome to Hathaway House, a heartwarming military romance series from USA TODAY best-selling author Dale Mayer. Here you'll meet a whole new group of friends, along with a few favorite characters from Heroes for Hire. Instead of action, you'll find emotion. Instead of suspense, you'll find healing. Instead of romance, ... oh, wait. ... There is romance-of course!Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.When Navy SEAL Cole Muster entered Hathaway House weeks ago, he was doing well. His meds were under control; his recovery was progressing at a safe rate, and he was getting better every day. But, left to his own devices, Cole pushed himself too hard and took himself off his medication-and ended up causing himself harm and earned himself time in a hospital. Now he's returned, hoping that Hathaway House can get him back on track one more time.RN Sandra Denver feels responsible for what happened to Cole. She was his nurse and should have realized that he wasn't ready to leave Hathaway House. His setback was her fault, or at least she could have prevented it, if she'd made sure he was taking those meds she gave him daily. Now that he's back, she's finding it hard to trust not just him but herself. And she understands, when Cole has a hard time trusting himself too, it won't make his recovery any easier.For Cole's sake, Sandra must help him overcome his stumbling blocks as well as her own. With any luck, they'll find a second chance at recovery, for both of them, at Hathaway House.

Hathaway House: Brock (Book 2)Welcome to Hathaway House, a heartwarming military romance series from USA TODAY best-selling author Dale Mayer. Here you'll meet a whole new group of friends, along with a few favorite characters from Heroes for Hire. Instead of action, you'll find emotion. Instead of suspense, you'll find healing. Instead of romance ... oh, wait. ... There is romance-of course!Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.Former Navy SEAL Brock Gorman has been at Hathaway House for more than a month with minimal improvement to either his physical or mental health. An vehicle accident on base two months ago caused major hip, back, and shoulder injuries that and took away any chance he had of ever going on a mission again. Making it through BUD/S training and into the SEALs teams was the crowning glory of Brock's life. Now it's gone. Why try to get better when he has nothing left to live for?Physiotherapist Sidney Morning has been away from Hathaway House for nine months of specialized training. When she returns, there's Brock. And, while she loves the tough cases, he might be more than she can handle. He's big. He's strong. He's stubborn. He's gorgeous. And he's not making the efforts needed to get better. But, if Sidney can get under his skin and force him to jumping hurdles he's not interested in jumping, she can help him see that there are things which still make life worth living.Sparks fly as Sidney and Brock fight their own emotions and each other, pushing Brock where he needs to go. ... If they are lucky, he might find both healing and love at Hathaway House.

Hathaway House: Aaron (Book 1)Welcome to Hathaway House, a heartwarming military romance series from USA TODAY best-selling author Dale Mayer. Here you'll meet a whole new group of friends, along with a few favorite characters from Heroes for Hire. Instead of action, you'll find emotion. Instead of suspense, you'll find healing. Instead of romance, ... oh, wait. ... There is romance-of course!Welcome to Hathaway House. Rehab Center. Safe Haven. Second chance at life and love.Former Navy SEAL Aaron Hammond has no idea how he wound up at Hathaway House, Texas. Nor does he particularly care. All he can see is his anger. Anger at the betrayal that destroyed his physical body and at the loss of the future he wanted but that he'll never have now. He's a cripple, less than half a man, and all he can look forward to is a half life, alone with himself and his pain.Dani Hathaway runs Hathaway House with her father, an ex-military man nicknamed the Major, and she knew Aaron and his brother SEAL Levi in another life. Levi was a good friend to her through her difficult teen years, but it was Aaron who caught her eye more than a decade ago. When she heard what happened to him, she moved heaven and earth to get him to Hathaway House, where she could help him regain his health and return him to the man he used to be.Old feelings resurface as Dani continues to push Aaron to acknowledge that his life is not over, and that, if he chooses, he can find both love and a future at Hathaway House.

Nothing is what it seems ... ever ...Nelson's early morning meeting at the docks with Elizabeth Etchings offers only bad news. Her brother-and Nelson's old friend-has gone missing on his days off while his ship was docked in Ensenada. A trip to where he'd last been seen shows the local color ... and reveals Nelson's friend has gotten into bigger trouble than anyone could imagine.Elizabeth might have had a hand in now sending two men to Baja to look for her brother, but she will not stay behind. Her brother is in danger ... and he's the only family she has left.It doesn't take long for Nelson to realize that Elizabeth has caught the eye of someone who rules that corner of the world. She's now in jeopardy too-possibly more than her brother. Keeping her safe moves up Nelson's priority list.Until both issues merge, and everything goes south ...

Blaze had planned to go home to Rockfield, Kentucky, some day. He just hadn't expected it to be this soon ...Until Badger offers a reason to head in that direction. As a longtime animal-rescue volunteer, hearing about the plight of Solo, a shepherd with severe dissociative issues from her military days, Blaze knows he has to see this through.Camilla, on her way to an event she's planning, tries to avoid hitting a dog as it runs across the road. Blaze witnesses the accident and stops to help, realizing this could be the shepherd he's looking for. Even better, Camilla is a hoot, and it's been so long since Blaze has had anything to smile about.But memories run long and insults cut deep, and someone isn't happy about their blossoming friendship. Or maybe even several someones ... How far will they go to stop it? And who will still be standing when this all ends?

Going home wasn't part of his plan ...Agreeing to travel home to Maine to hunt down Ketch, a K9 dog the system had lost track of, wasn't an easy decision for Zane. It meant facing his drunk of a father, his cold older brother and, worst of all, Holly, his kid brother's widow-who used to be his girlfriend.Finding Ketch looked to be the easiest part of this dysfunctional homecoming. Only he wasn't the only one hunting Ketch.Holly has been through a whirlwind of emotions in the last few years. But the good thing in all of this was the hope that Zane would finally come home again. They had a history to clear up and a future to forge ... she hoped.A call for help brings the injured shepherd to Holly's doorstep, plus a hunter looking to finish what he started. All thoughts of a future with Zane are threatened now and forever as the hunter decides two-legged prey are just as good as four-legged ones.

Riches to rags. ... Controlling to chaos. ... But murder ... well maybe ...Doreen's success at solving murders has hit the newswires across the country, but all Doreen wants is to be left alone. She has antiques to get to the auction house and a relationship with Corporal Mack Moreau to work out, not to mention a new friendship to nurture with Penny, Doreen's first friend in Kelowna, and Doreen doesn't want to ruin things.But when a surprise accusation won't leave Doreen alone-about Penny's late husband George's death and made by one of the men Doreen helped put away-she thinks that maybe it can't hurt to just take a quick look into her new friend's past.Before Doreen knows it, she's juggling a cold case, a closed case, and a possible mercy killing ... along with cultivating her relationships with Penny, Mack, and Doreen's pets: Mugs, the basset hound; Goliath, the Maine coon cat, and Thaddeus, the far-too-talkative African gray parrot. And while Mack should be used to Doreen's antics by now, when she dives into yet another of his cases it's becoming increasingly hard to take ...

Just because helping out is the right thing to do doesn't make it easy ...Pierce is on the hunt for Salem, a K9 military dog that belonged to Pete, a veteran, who can no longer look after himself or the dog. So the dog has been handed from owner to owner-until she's become too much to handle-and now the law is involved. No one has Salem's best interests in mind ... and they definitely don't have Pete's either. Pierce is about to change all that ... whether they like it or not.Hedi, a young deputy, has lived in Arrowhead, Colorado, all her life and knows Pete and Salem but was helpless to do much when greed overtook his friends and family. She recognizes in Pierce the same qualities that Pete has, and, by Pierce's actions alone, she knows a corner has been turned. She also understands the locals won't take it lying down, and this means war ...Pierce served his country overseas for many years, and seeing another veteran in trouble makes him realize the fight isn't over, even after life in the navy ends. In fact, this battle has just begun. But ... this one ... Pierce will finish. And he plans to win.

Riches to rags. ... Chaos quiets. ... Crime is circling. ... And cold cases never cease ...After almost a month in picturesque Kelowna, Doreen Montgomery still can't keep her notoriety to a minimum or her nose out of other people's business. Now those suffering from the loss of a loved one seek her out, wanting her help. While the last thing Doreen wants is to have the media discover she's involved in another cold case, she is already hooked on the details ...But even more is going on. News has gotten out that Nan's old house is brimming over with valuable antiques, antiques Nan collected and left for Doreen, and the seedier elements of their lovely town are circling like vultures. With her animals in full assistant mode, Doreen must investigate the cold case, right the wrongs of the past, and keep her home safe, all while evading the media-and Corporal Mack Moreau.

A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery-and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot-as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.Riches to rags. ... Chaos calms. ... Crime quiets. ... But does it really?After getting involved in two murder cases in the short time she's lived in picturesque Kelowna, divorcee and gardener Doreen Montgomery has developed a reputation almost as notorious as her Nan's. The only way to stop people from speculating, is to live a life of unrelieved boredom until the media and the neighbors forget about her. And Doreen aims to do just that with a tour of Kelowna's famed Carnation Gardens. Plants, more plants, and nothing whatsoever that anyone could object to. But when she sees a fight between a beautiful young woman and her boyfriend, she can't help but be concerned. Concerned enough that she follows the couple out of the parking lot and through town. And when gunshots interrupt the placid afternoon, it's too late to worry about how her nemesis, Corporal Mack Moreau, will feel about her getting involved in yet another of his cases. With bodies turning up in the carnations, and a connection to a cold case of a missing child from long ago, Doreen has her hands full, not least with trying to keep her involvement in the investigations a secret from her Nan, Mack Moreau, and especially the media. But someone's keeping up with Doreen's doings... and that someone can't afford for her to find the answers to the questions she's asking.

When one door closes ... second chances open another ...Ethan was lost after a major accident abruptly shifted him from a military life to a civilian one, from working with dogs to odd jobs ... In that time, he'd spent months healing from his physical injuries. When he connects with Badger and the rest of his Titanium Corp. group of former SEALs, Badger offers Ethan an opportunity he can't refuse. A chance to do the work he used to do ... with a twist.Cinnamon works from home as a project manager plus is heavily involved in global dog rescues-dogs of all kinds. When Ethan walks into the next door's vet's office with an injured shepherd in his arms, she sees another lost soul-just like the canine ones she helps.Ethan knows he's about to take a dangerous step, but he's on the job, and no one-on the job or not-hurts animals while he's around. This poor shepherd has taken enough abuse, and Ethan fears she is only the tip of a nightmare he's determined to uncover. But he knows she's going to lead him in the right direction. He has his sights set on saving one dog in particular, Sentry: K9 File 01.

When opposites attract... anything can happen...Dezi was a plain-and-simple type of guy. He loved working for Levi's company and had enjoyed the jobs he'd been given so far. When a businesswoman contacted Ice over, well, ice, ... things got interesting.Diamond was an exclusive jewelry designer, born and raised in the industry, working within her father's diamond company. When a custom-designed item was checked before shipment, she realized the piece wasn't her workmanship. Somehow someone had forged her work and had slipped it in the shipment as a replacement.However, the theft and forgery quickly escalate to kidnapping and armed robbery. Dezi and Diamond need to figure this out fast, before something else gets added to the list: murder.

He once picked the wrong woman... he won't make that mistake again.Reyes Drere came from a long line of gardeners. He'd known since he was little which way his life was going to go and it had nothing to do with planting seasons. When he joined Legendary Securities after eight years as a Navy SEAL he'd been avoiding going home and joining the family business.The family business included an ex-fiancé he had no wish to see again. Her sister was a good friend but there was nothing more dead than a dead love - unless it was a dead ex-fiancé...Raina is reeling from the shock of seeing the only man she's ever loved showing up at work one day, his new boss in tow. Ice is all about plants on a grand scale, whereas Reyes appears to be all about denial. Only the shocks continue as her twin and Reyes ex-fiancé show up dead... and he's the one with a motive...

A bullet takes out his rig, but a mechanic captures his heart...When Jackson is forced to pull his rig to the side of the road as the radiator overheats, he's not impressed, but when a bouncy mechanic in camo drives back to help him, he's even less enthralled - with himself. She's smart, capable, single and knows a whole lot more about mechanical things than he does.But when he hears that it's a bullet that's brought his rig to a stop, he knows exactly what to do - save the woman at his side and find the men who did this.Deli was sent to assist Jackson and his sidelined rig. Only to find they are caught up in a double cross that has bullets flying and bodies dropping... some of them very close to her. If only it was that simple... as the bodies start to fall, and their passion starts to heat up... who will be the final casualties in take the last shot in the final act?

A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery-and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot-as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.Riches to rags. ... Chaos continues. ... Murders abound. ... Honestly?Doreen Montgomery's new life in Kelowna was supposed to be a fresh start after a nasty split from her husband of fourteen years, plus a chance to get her bearings and her life back on track. Instead her first week in her new hometown was spent digging up dead bodies, chasing clues, and getting in Corporal Mack Moreau's way.But now that the old cold case has been solved, and the murderer brought to justice, Doreen believes things might go her way this week. When Mack hires her to whip his mother's garden into shape, it seems like a second chance, both for Doreen's new beginning in Kelowna and for her budding relationship with Mack.But, instead of digging up Mrs. Moreau's struggling begonias and planting them in a better location, Doreen discovers another set of bones ... and another mystery to solve. As the clues pile up, Mack makes it abundantly clear that he doesn't want or need her help, but Doreen can't resist the lure of another whodunit. As she and Mack butt heads and chase red herrings, Doreen's grandmother, Nan, sets odds and places bets on who solves the crime first.All while a murderer is watching ...

A new cozy mystery series from USA Today best-selling author Dale Mayer. Follow gardener and amateur sleuth Doreen Montgomery-and her amusing and mostly lovable cat, dog, and parrot-as they catch murderers and solve crimes in lovely Kelowna, British Columbia.Riches to rags. ... Controlling to chaos. ... But murder ... seriously?After her ex-husband leaves her high and dry, former socialite Doreen Montgomery's chance at a new life comes in the form of her grandmother, Nan's, dilapidated old house in picturesque Kelowna ... and the added job of caring for the animals Nan couldn't take into assisted living with her: Thaddeus, the loquacious African gray parrot with a ripe vocabulary, and his buddy, Goliath, a monster-size cat with an equally monstrous attitude.It's the new start Doreen and her beloved basset hound, Mugs, desperately need. But, just as things start to look up for Doreen, Goliath the cat and Mugs the dog find a human finger in Nan's overrun garden.And not just a finger. Once the police start digging, the rest of the body turns up and turns out to be connected to an old unsolved crime.With her grandmother as the prime suspect, Doreen soon finds herself stumbling over clues and getting on Corporal Mack Moreau's last nerve, as she does her best to prove her beloved Nan innocent of murder.

He's all about second chances... Anders loves winter and the wilderness, so a trip to the Swiss Alps to retrieve a glaciologist is right up his alley. When he realizes who he's picking up, he can't help but smile at fate.He'd walked away last time he'd seen her because staying was so damn wrong... Now he can't wait for a chance to reconnect - especially now that she's no longer engaged... An expert in an otherwise male-dominated field, Angela has spent her life studying snow and ice in order to cope with the never-ending heartaches associated with her parents' divorce and her own ex-fiancé's betrayal. When Anders comes barreling back into her life, to take her home on her father's orders, she's not amused... and she has absolutely no intention of obeying.Particularly not when she understands why her father demands her return. Anders can feel the undercurrents, but she won't explain what's going on... Can they bury their differences before danger overtakes them both and his dream of a future together dies before it's ever had a chance to start?