Deputy Mattie Cobb by Margaret Mizushima

What a week this has been! It all started when my sister, Julia, and I drove to Mexico to visit our mother. The trip was stressful since the last time I’d been there she’d told me never to return. She was still afraid of the men who’d killed my father decades earlier....

Theodosia Browning by Laura Childs

Occupation: Tea Shop Maven When life hands me lemons, I try to make lemonade. Except when I’m hosting a fanciful Limón Tea Party. Let me introduce myself. I’m Theodosia Browning – yes, that Theodosia, the one who owns the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston, South Carolina...

Olivia Lively by Shelley Burbank

Does private investigator Olivia Lively throw back the covers and jump out of bed the instant her alarm clock goes off at 7 a.m. on a weekday? No, she does not. She reaches her hand to slap at her iPhone. Running a hand through her ruffled pixie haircut, she...

Dr. Myaisha Douglas by Michelle Corbier

Another call from the hospital. This has been an especially busy fall. Influenza season has started early. Why did I think I could finish this story tonight? As a pediatrician internist, I get calls day and night from the hospital, patients, insurance providers—but...

Cleo Cooper by DK Coutant *plus giveaway*

Hi, I’m Cleo Cooper, a cross cultural psychology professor. I live and work in Hilo, Hawaii. My life is so good right now, it’s an embarrassment of riches. Don’t believe me? Well, let me tell you what a typical day is like. I wake up snuggling with my live-in...

Ann Kinnear by Matty Dalrymple

Intercepted text messages between Mike Kinnear, business manager of Ann Kinnear Sensing, and his sister Ann, on whose spirit-sensing abilities the business is based. Mike: Have you started working on your talk for GothamCon yet? Ann: Groan Mike: I’ll take that to mean...