Sarah Graves
Tool & Die

Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree's summer plans involve rebuilding her porch and fixing her shed. She's hired Bella Diamond to house-keep, and her teenage son Sam is also helping out. When Bella confides that she's been receiving death threats, Jake must either find out who is frightening Bella, or risk losing her. And with a marauding moose loose in town, a troublesome love triangle for Sam, her estranged relatives about to descend for the Fourth of July, and the upstairs bedroom still unpainted, Jake's summer is sure to be anything but peaceful.

Jill Churchill
Bell, Book, and Scandal

Suburban homemaker Jane Jeffry is practically an expert on murder and mayhem. Which is why she's at a mystery writers' convention, mingling with the brightest lights of literary crime, and hoping to drum up some interest in her own recently completed manuscript. But when a famous ego-squashing editor keels over at the speaker's podium, and a much-hated book-bashing journalist is himself bashed in the parking lot, it seems fairly certain that at least one real-life murderer is stalking the proceedings. Jane Jeffry is on the case, ready to snoop, eavesdrop, and gossip her way to a solution.

When Rose escapes from London, and from Hugh, her devastatingly handsome, intelligent, and charming ex-lover, she has no idea that her occupation as an aromatherapist will cause such a scandal in her new country village. Ensconced in her cottage at 5 Lavender Hill, all she wants is a bit of peace and quiet. But her weird and wonderful neighbours soon ensure that her life is more complicated and chaotic than it ever was before. Maybe that's because she's in love again...

A Scent of Scandal is a must for anyone who's ever fallen for the wrong man - or picked up the right scent.