A very interesting audio collection about a little girl named Eloise who lives at the plaza on the top floor. She has a nanny who’s English and repeats her words 3 times and a weeny dog. She talks and trolls the plaza getting into lots of interesting situations.

Charlotte hosts a former colleague Laura and her book club as another booking fell through. This book club members were somewhat at odds with a member Stacy who was found murdered by cyanide in the garden. Charlotte and Ellen go on their sleuthing path again to figure out what happened. Great read!

As it the title, this book was mostly written for preachers. But anyone who wants to know the importance of prayer would be wise to read this book.

Second in the series… another good read. Charlotte was hosting an author and guests who had won an one on one time with Amanda for a week at her bed and breakfast in her quaint little town located by the harbor. However, one of the guest was killed the first night, so Charlotte and her aunts friend Ellen start sleuthing to figure out the mystery all the while Ellen has an unusual “family member” staying with her.

If you want more than just fire insurance. If you want to be a real and effective Christian, this is the book for you. I took a 13 week course on this book in the 99’s. I love this revised version even more. Read and grow.

Lilly worked with ex-boyfriend in New York and walked away from both work/him and moved by the sea to help run a bead and breakfast and tea-room. She lived in a cottage on the property and loved antiquing to find vintage cups/saucers to utilize in the tea room.. NO MUGS! She came across a Peter rabbit set in her quest of hunting for pieces for the tea room since stock had gotten low due to business being so busy. Such a beautiful set she couldn’t pass it up. It brought a death of the owner who wanted it back though. And the owner had married her ex-boyfriend of which they came for a little pre honeymoon. Lily would be woven into this mystery of figuring out who killed the owner of this tea set which had originally belonged to her family until the death of her mother. The half brother sold it for money because he was down on his luck as usual not knowing it had a third will hidden in it which cut her out of the inheritance but left him and his other sister the inheritance. So finding the will after she had been killed was daunting. Who done it… brother, sister, ex-boyfriend or because he was furious with Lily… pointed the finger at her??? Read to find out!

The setting is in the King William district of San Antonio where Ellen and her two friends embark in buying a house of which was an asylum of which is supposedly haunted. The “ghost” wants to know where her momma went. With Ellen and one of her friends losing their moms, Ellen really wants to help the “ghost” find her mom whom is really a girl named Amy that neighbors have been helping for many years without knowing the other neighbor is helping the girl. Learning about the history of the house has really given Ellen and her friends a passion for turning the house into a museum as these ladies are trying to redefine their lives.

This book was set back in 1784 outside London in the country. Tiffany’s brother was the Liberian for the dike in their town. She took care of her brother’s household because she was a spinster only because the gentelman she was engaged to died before they married. Her brother, she found out later after assuming his identity because he died was poisoned. Through her and the constables sleuthing they were determined to find out who murdered him along with the other servants in the dukes household. Her friend from younger years who became a Duchess of which was having an affair with the Duke snubbed her years later when she stepped into the role of a Duchess often pulled pranks like disguising Tiffany as her brother so she decided why not be him now. At times… it was very comical going in between her and his roles. A very good read!

Not your typical read. It’s about a 12 year old autistic girl who has a lot of questions about her identity as well as finding out that she has had a “dot” surgically implanted in her since around the age of 6 to monitor her for science. Finding out about this from her dads email, she sets out with her best friend to unravel how this happened to her and to get it out of her. However, when they discover that “Nucleus” the company who did this was selling out to “Homepage” which sells information for $$$$$$$ they find other autistic children that are in the program and make a plan to take the owner Preston down and get their lives back!

Another great read by Victoria Gilbert! Forced into retirement Jane whom worked as a university librarian finds herself needing to still bring in money and hires on with a wealthy 30 something man who keeps to himself at his mansion to inventory all his collections. Although he was dating a self indulgent girl as he had many in the past, never let get far. Jane’s first weekend to get settled in at her apartment, he was hosting a party of which he rarely engaged in… just holds up in his room but invites his friends to enjoy. When she comes in the next morning for work finds the girlfriend dead in the library! This embarks on investigating all the suspects from a request from her boss Cam to clear his name as he one of the top suspects along with those in her family who were next in line to inherit her money.