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I run a crafting colony, a small stack of unresolved grudges, and, apparently, this website. If you came here for a good story, welcome. If you came here for common sense, the bakery is two doors down (their scones ask fewer questions than I do).
Whiskey Pines looks quiet from the street. It is not. Pull up a chair, and I will tell you everything, in the order I am legally allowed to.
— Roxie Maxx, reluctant proprietor of nearly everything
They call me Kenzie. I run this town. Or I would, if anyone around here listened to a dog.
Roxie does the sleuthing. I do the thinking. You do the reading. It's cozier in here than it looks, and considerably more dangerous. Come in. Wipe your feet. And try not to touch anything that isn't yours. We've had trouble with that lately.
— Kenzie, Bichon Frise, reincarnated, and the only one in Whiskey Pines who knows where the bodies are. Figuratively. Mostly.
New Release
Now Available
A Pines & Needles Paranormal Crafting Mystery — Book Two
Roxie built twenty lakefront cottages for women who needed somewhere to belong. Now a skein of lies is unraveling inside the Pines & Needles colony—and someone wants her to stop pulling at the loose threads.
Roxie and her telepathic Bichon, Kenzie, are about to uncover a cold-case murder with roots in the past. Roxanne brings her time-traveling gifts to Whiskey Pines, along with Contessa, a magical cat with a talent for trying Kenzie’s patience. Ethan is close by as old secrets stir and a new romance begins.
The first book in this new series is in development. The Pines & Needles crafting mysteries remain a separate series set in the same town.
Paperback out nowA Pines & Needles Paranormal Crafting Mystery — Book One
Whiskey Pines, Michigan, 1987. A women's crafting colony on the Lake Michigan shore. A deceased member with something to say. Pages missing from the Founders binder. And a smiling attorney on the one day no one is supposed to be there. Meet the town. Stay for the trouble.
The paperback is available now for $14.95, sold only on Amazon.
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New release notices, dispatches from Roxie, seasonal recipes from the Crumb Cottage Bakery, and the occasional grievance from Contessa. Twice a month. No spam, just Whiskey Pines.
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