Rose Strickland by Terri L. Austin

Eggnog pancakes. Gingerbread waffles. Pumpkin spice sweet rolls. These are a few of the seasonal specials at Ma’s Diner. Just don’t ask for a latte or a peppermint mochaccino, or Ma, the owner, and my nearly eighty-year-old boss, will give you a lecture on how real...

Savannah Mills by Lena Gregory

If I’m being perfectly honest, I have to admit my life is not usually nearly as hectic and out of control as it is right at this moment. Not only am I trying to get ready for the holidays while working full-time as a waitress at my best friend Gia Morelli’s All-Day...

Flo and Maude by Sarah Osborne

Hi Everyone: This is Sarah. Sarah Osborne, author of the Flo and Maude Christmas Cozies. I thought about letting my characters speak for themselves. After all, they are the ones who do the work in the series, but then I realized I’d probably be the person to give the...

Marla Vail by Nancy J. Cohen

I’m Marla Vail, hairstylist and amateur sleuth. Since I got married and had a baby, I’d sworn off crime solving. But how could I resist when my mother called to say she’d found a dead body in her shower? Oy vey! She and my stepdad are in the midst of a bathroom...

Hazel Wickbury by Sarah E. Burr

Hi, everyone! Hazel Wickbury, here. Without fail, my day always begins with a beautiful view of Lake Glenmyre. Named after my ancestor, Jedidiah Glenmyre, one of the founders of my hometown Crucible, New York, the lake’s crystalline waters greet me outside my...

John Silver by Cathy Ace

Hello there, pleased to meet you. The name’s John Silver and. . .ha, ha, I haven’t heard that one before. I am, indeed, quite tall. . .so, yes, you might think of me as “Long John Silver”. Very amusing. Anyway, welcome to my home here in Pimlico, on the delightful...