Denise Jaden
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Mallory Beck Cozy Culinary Caper volume Book 1
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A large print edition perfect for fans of Molly Fitz and Christy Barritt... An unlucky amateur sleuth, an adorable cop, and a cat with a hunch... If anyone had told Mallory Beck she would become Honeysuckle Grove's next unschooled detective, she would have thought they were ten noodles short of a lasagna. Her late husband had been the mystery novelist with a penchant for the suspicious. She was born for the Crock-Pot, not the magnifying glass,...
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The murder of a witch, a seaside town selling the supernatural, and a realtor-turned-sleuth rediscovering her purpose. When self-proclaimed realist and realtor Tabitha Chase takes a trip to small-town Crystal Cove to sell her late aunt's houseboat, nothing is what it seems on the surface, including a local witch's cause of death. Tabby's spreadsheets and staging skills won't solve the case, but her newly inherited psychic cat might! With the help...
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Writers flock to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) each November because it provides a procrastination-busting deadline. But only a fraction of the participants meet their goal. Denise Jaden was part of that fraction, writing first drafts of two subsequently published novels in that tight time frame. In Fast Fiction, she shows other writers how to do what she did, step-by-step, writer to writer. To ensure success, her program begins a month...
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Tabby is settling into Crystal Cove, Oregon, and her new home on a magic-infused houseboat when the summer fair comes to town. She and her newly inherited cat, Sherlock, operate the coffee truck while screams of excitement erupt from nearby rides. Soon the fun screams turn to shrieks of horror when a dead body is discovered on one of the rides, and Tabby may be the only one who can help her detective friends figure out how it got there. Apparently,...
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Tabby is thrilled that her sister Pepper will be able to stay a while in Crystal Cove. However, after Tabby finds her another houseboat to stay in, both sisters are awoken to a stabbing within the marina.On top of that, while continuing her medical studies at the local hospital, Pepper is privy to a strange object they find within the stabbed victim while trying to save him. The patient ultimately dies, but the questions raised cause Tabby and Pepper...
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Find rock-solid story ideas before you start writing. Anyone who has been hamster-wheeling a story idea for years or has hundreds of pages exploring various approaches on their hard drive knows that there must be a better way. There is. Young adult novelist Denise Jaden shows exactly how to create the captivating stories that prevent dispiriting wasted time. Busting the visitation from the muses, myth, she shows that inspiration is a skill writers...
7) Losing Faith
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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A terrible secret. A terrible fate.
When Brie's sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even liked, everything in her life seems to spiral farther and farther off course. Her parents are a mess, her friends don't know how to treat her, and her perfect boyfriend suddenly seems anything but.
As Brie settles into her new normal,...
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A short mystery novella, perfect to round out your Mallory Beck Cozy Culinary Collection... or an ideal way to get into the new series that one reader called "a page-turner with loveable characters and unexpected twists and turns."A secret social media account, a novelist with a hunch, and the sleuth who unravels the mystery…When newlywed Mallory Beck helps her bestselling-mystery-novelist husband get his sea legs on social media, she's surprised...
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It's springtime, and Tabby figures what better way to unite the town of Crystal Cove than creating a community garden! The problem is, she knows nothing about tending the earth. However, there are several folks in town who have strong beliefs in how to start a garden right-unfortunately, all of these strong beliefs seem to disagree with one another. Tabby thinks she has it handled when she comes up with a system that makes each group of gardeners...
10) Frightful Friday
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Tabby is finally ready to go on a casual fun date with Detective Jay Jameson at the local church's Harvest Festival, but her witch friends are holding their Fright Night fundraiser that same night. She feels caught in the middle of a long-standing quarrel between the two groups, especially when a dead body shows up at the center of it all. As blame-shifting grows, will Tabby be able to figure out who is responsible for the corpse while keeping all...
11) Morbid Monday
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Immerse yourself in the heart of Crystal Cove's mystery with me, Tabby, the daring sleuth, as I battle against familial expectations, political turmoil, and a relentless quest for truth.Will I solve the puzzle or become the next victim?Download your copy of the sixth standalone mystery in the Tabitha Chase Days of the Week Mysteries now!What to expect:✔️ Quaint seaside town!✔️ Magic and mystery!✔️ A talking cat!✔️ A psychic detective!"This...
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Tabby is excited for the winter solstice festival, where she plans to gently introduce her little sister to the magic of Crystal Cove. But when the local witches act evasive rather than friendly, and when one of them falls to her death from a high-wire act that appears to have been rigged, Tabby has no choice but to give her sister a crash course in magic-led sleuthing.All clues lead to a surprising suspect, but when it appears this death could be...
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Some ghosts are hunky.When cranky Kerril is forced into the lead role of her school's Christmas play, she has no idea of the haunted happenings that will follow. She wants to be left alone this Christmas, but a handsome ghost has other ideas.Now, for one crazy December, the past, present, and future will flirt with Kerril's plans.Maybe she's not the Scrooge she thinks she is.Maybe Santa's bringing romance this year.You'll love this Christmas fantasy...
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Mallory Beck Cozy Culinary Caper volume Book 2
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Denise Jaden
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2020
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Perfect for fans of Molly Fitz and Christy Barritt... Murder has such a sting! If anyone had told Mallory Beck she would become Honeysuckle Grove's next amateur sleuth, she would have thought they were ten walnuts short of a brownie. Her late husband had been the mystery novelist with a penchant for the suspicious. She was born for the muffin pan, not the binoculars, and yet here she was, having just solved her first murder case. It had all...
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When Rosa Reed-aka WPC Reed of the Metropolitan Police-and her cousin Gloria decide to spend a fun-filled afternoon in 1956 at the fair on the boardwalk in Santa Bonita, California, they're in for a shocking surprise. After a ride assistant's death by electrocution is determined to be murder, Rosa finds herself entangled once again with her high-school sweetheart, Detective Miguel Belmonte. Should she catch the next flight to London before she loses...
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Private Investigator Rosa Reed has finally accepted that her girlhood romance with Detective Miguel Belmonte has no hope of being rekindled, but when his actress girlfriend gets embroiled in a murder on her movie set, it's more than a movie schedule that's upsetting. Can Rosa put aside matters of the heart long enough to help Miguel solve the case? If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever whodunits, a charming cat, and an even more charming...