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I love to tell a story, and mysteries are my favorite. Add in a dash of paranormal, a bit of romance, and a pet or two, and I'm ready to write. My mysteries are set in Florida and offer a taste of the tropics: Cozy Mysteries with a Tropical Twist.

I can often be found writing from our Florida home, looking into the garden, watching the birds and squirrels fight over their next meal, while I write. Our two cats, Miss Marple, and Fletch, often join me at the desk and each has their assigned spot. I'm not sure they are there to supervise my writing or watch the birds.

Along with my husband over 40 years, we share a love of gardening and together have written a gardening handbook for Florida gardeners. We are now empty-nesters, giving me plenty of time to dream up the next story.

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In Citrus Beach, some people get pampered. Others get even.

Emma Cassidy is riding high — her design business is booming, Dixie is stealing hearts all over town, and the new Doggy Day Spa is the most exciting opening Citrus Beach has seen in years. Then the spa owner turns up dead in her own dog pool, and the party becomes a crime scene.

A jeweled collar left behind. A suspicious employee gone missing. A guest list hiding more secrets than a small-town gossip column. Emma has her work cut out for her — but in Citrus Beach, she’s never working alone.

When the investigation heats up, so does the danger. And this time, payback isn’t just the title.

The Citrus Beach Mystery series continues — sunshine, secrets, and one very determined sleuth with an adorable sidekick.

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Dive into the sun-soaked, sometimes silly, always surprising world of Citrus Beach, Florida, where graphic designer and part-time detective Emma Cassidy finds herself unraveling a mystery that's as tangled as a leash at a dog park.

The grand opening of the latest and greatest doggy day spa, ends not with a bark, but a bang, when the beloved owner is found murdered. Known for her eye for design and her nose for clues, Emma can't resist sniffing out the truth, especially when her mischievous pocket beagle, Dixie, digs up the first puzzling piece of evidence.

From a spa rival who's more cutthroat than a pair of grooming shears to a fired employee with a bone to pick, the suspects are as plentiful as sand on a Florida beach. With the help of her friends, the feisty reporter Kim Hart and crime-solving whiz Jake, Emma wades through a swamp of red herrings and comic mishaps. And amidst all the sleuthing, there's a whiff of romance in the air with the dashing Travis Anderson, making things a tad more complicated, but a lot more fun.

As Emma untangles this hairy case, she discovers Citrus Beach is bursting with secrets, some as hidden as a lost ball in tall grass. Will she collar the culprit before they scamper away? Or is this mystery too ruff for even Emma to handle?

"Puppies and Paybacks" is a rollicking jaunt through the quirks and quibbles of Florida life, where humor, romance, and a good old-fashioned whodunit blend together like a tropical smoothie. Grab your sunhat and join Emma and her crew in this delightfully zany cozy mystery, where the laughs are abundant, and the paybacks are as satisfying as a belly rub.

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Someone crashed the Christmas party. And they didn’t come for the cookies.

Emma Cassidy didn’t plan on spending her first holiday back in Citrus Beach solving a murder. She had a design business to launch, a puppy named Dixie to train, and five years of missed Florida sunshine to soak up. But when a body appears beneath her client’s Christmas tree — and a fortune in heirloom ornaments disappears with it — Emma finds herself chasing a killer with help from the most unexpected corners of Citrus Beach.

Turns out the Cassidy instinct for solving murders skips no generations.

Good thing. Because in Citrus Beach, the holidays just got deadly.

Start the Citrus Beach Mystery series today — where the sun shines warm, the friends show up when it counts, and the secrets run deep.

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Sunshine, Secrets, & a Dash of Southern Sleuthing: A Cozy Dog Mystery

Welcome to Citrus Beach, where the sea breeze carries secrets and murder is always on the menu...

When Emma Cassidy's pocket beagle Dixie unearths more than seashells in The Preserve—namely, a very human bone—this graphic designer turned amateur sleuth knows her peaceful morning walk just became a rendezvous with murder.

In a town where everyone knows your business before you do, Emma must navigate a maze of buried secrets with the help of her unlikely crew: Kim Heart, the razor-sharp reporter who can sniff out a story faster than Dixie can find a treat; Jake Miller, the by-the-book criminal investigator whose return to town is as mysterious as the case itself; and Lynn, whose connections run as deep as the coastal waters.

But someone doesn't want the past disturbed. Enter "Maverick Max," the eccentric historian whose pranks and booby traps turn deadly serious when a second body surfaces. Now Emma's racing against time and tides to catch a killer who's been playing a very long game.

As the body count rises with the Florida humidity, Emma discovers that in Citrus Beach, some secrets are worth more than buried treasure—they're worth killing for. And when the killer sets their sights on Emma's inner circle, she'll need more than Dixie's keen nose to keep them all alive.

"Buried Bones and Broken Promises" serves up a delicious cocktail of small-town charm, quirky characters, and edge-of-your-beach-chair suspense. Pour yourself a glass of sweet tea and prepare to be swept away by a mystery that proves even paradise has a dark side.

Because in Citrus Beach, the only thing deeper than the ocean... is the trouble Emma Cassidy finds herself in.

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Sunshine, Secrets, & a Dash of Southern Sleuthing: A Cozy Dog Mystery

Welcome to Citrus Beach, where the sea breeze carries secrets and murder is always on the menu...

Because in Citrus Beach, the only thing deeper than the ocean... is the trouble Emma Cassidy finds herself in.

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Welcome back to Citrus Beach, Florida, where the sunshine is real and so are the secrets.

Graphic designer Emma Cassidy came home to slow down. Instead, she inherited her mother's knack for stumbling into murder — with a scrappy pocket beagle named Dixie leading the way, nose first, straight into trouble. From a body under the Christmas tree to a killer hiding behind a doggy spa's grand opening, Emma and her fellow sleuths keep proving that in Citrus Beach, danger comes with a side of sunscreen. Cozy, clean, and packed with small-town charm, the Citrus Beach Mystery series is perfect for readers who like their murder with a side of humor, heart, and a very good dog.

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