Laura Bradford

Nunca é tarde para amar! A carta chegou-lhe por engano, por isso Phoebe Jennings decidiu atravessar a cidade de carro para a entregar ao seu legítimo destinatário, mas, será que alguém lhe poderia explicar como era possivel que Tate Williams, um atraente homem solteiro, fosse o destinatario de uma carta de amor escrita ha quarenta anos? No era todos os dias que se apresentava a porta de sua casa uma mulher to bela com uma menina ao colo. Uma pintora de coraço generoso que ja tinha cativado grande parte dos habitantes de Ohio. Alem disso, Phoebe tambem tinha muitos planos para reunir aquele arquiteto bem-sucedido com o seu pai, a quem na realidade era dirigida a carta, um homem que nunca conseguira esquecer o seu primeiro amor.

Cuando Mark conoció a Emily Todd, se quedó prendado de ella. Lo mismo le ocurrió a Seth, su hijo de cuatro años, y por eso Mark tuvo que cortar de raíz aquel sentimiento. Emily había sido sincera sobre su diagnostico y Mark no podia hacer pasar a su hijo por el sufrimiento de otra enfermedad.Mark era el principe azul con el que Emily soñaba cuando era niña, pero nunca se habia imaginado a si misma padeciendo una esclerosis multiple. No queria convertirse en una carga para nadie ni hacer daño al vulnerable hijo de Mark, asi que estaba decidida a olvidarse de ellos.¿Podrian dos adultos aprender una leccion de amor de un niño de cuatro años?

When Mark Reynolds first met gorgeous Emily Todd, he was smitten. So was Seth, his son which is why Mark has to nip this attraction in the bud. Emilys been honest about her diagnosis and Mark cant put Seth through the heartbreak of another illness. Because real life is not a fairy taleright?

¡Nunca es demasiado tarde para amar!La carta llegó a ella por error, de modo que Phoebe Jennings decidió cruzar la ciudad en coche para entregársela a su legítimo destinatario. Pero, ¿alguien podría explicarle como era posible que Tate Williams, un atractivo soltero, fuera el destinatario de una carta de amor escrita cuarenta años atras?No todos los dias se presentaba en la puerta de su casa una mujer tan bella con una niña en brazos. Una pintora de corazon generoso que ya habia cautivado a gran parte de los habitantes de Ohio. Ademas, Phoebe tambien tenia muchos planes para reunir a aquel exitoso arquitecto con su padre, a quien en realidad iba dirigida la carta, un hombre que nunca habia conseguido olvidar a su primer amor.

Entrepreneur Emma Westlake discovers that friendship can be murder in this exciting new mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Laura Bradford.Emma Westlake has always wanted to be her own boss. But after sinking all her cash into a business that went belly-up, Emma finds herself in a penniless pickle. Dottie Adler, Emmas elderly teatime companion, suggests she try to get paid for doing something shes really good atbeing a friend. Emma thinks its a crazy idea until requests start pouring in. Big Max, an eccentric local, wants her to act as his wingwoman at the local senior centers upcoming dance, nurse practitioner Stephanie needs a workout partner, and writer Brian Hill asks Emma to be his cheering section at an open mic night.Brian will be reading from his latest work and wants to know someone will clap for him when hes done. He tells Emma that the room will be filled with people hes invitedfour of whom would like to kill him. Emma is confident hes joking, but when Brian steps up to the mic and promptly drops dead, shes not so sure anymore. As one of the last people to see him alive, Emma finds herself on a handsome cops radar. Now shell have to cozy up to a killer to save her skin and her brand-new career.

Claire Weatherly found the simple life she always wanted when she opened a gift shop in Heavenly, Pennsylvaniaa small town in the heart of Amish country. But when murder disrupts her Heavenly home, its up to Claire and Detective Jakob Fisher to find the not-so-simple truth.The quiet town of Heavenly is buzzing with excitement over the latest guests at the local inn, Sleep Heavenly. Toy manufacturer Rob Karble is in town to meet the members of the Amish community who will soon be crafting a new toy line for his company. But when word gets out that Karble intends to use the Amish designs without employing the Amish to make them, someone sends the interloper to his final reward.No one wants to believe anyone from the Amish community could commit such an act, but as Claire and Detective Fisher have learned, no one is above sinor suspicion.

Entrepreneur Emma Westlakes new business is booming until her latest client is arrested for murder in this new Friend for Hire Mystery by USA Today bestselling author Laura Bradford.Emma Westlake, proprietor of A Friend for Hire, finds a heart-wrenching email from a prospective client in her inbox. The email is from Kim Felder, a woman struggling with empty-nest syndrome and an out of left field divorce. Determined to help get Kim in a better headspace, Emma suggests she draft a bucket list of things she has always wanted to do in life but has put off in favor of taking care of everyone else. Together, they fill that list with fun baking classes, traveling, and dancing in the middle of the street for no reason. Kim also adds in some hilarious items about getting even with her ex. But all laughter ends when Kims ex winds up dead via one of the ideas Kim proposed. Now, Kim is Deputy Jack Riordans lone suspect in a murder Emma knows she did not commit. Emma will have to put her budding relationship with the deputy on the line to corner a cunning killer.

Visit the Amish community of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, where shop owner Claire Weatherly has come to appreciate a simpler, more peaceful way of life. But dark secrets are about to complicate things in this novel in the Amish Mystery series. After the Stoltzfus barn catches fire, Claire is awed by the response of the community. Hundreds of Amish men gather together to raise a new barn for the family in a matter of days. But in the midst of the work, a human skeleton is unearthed. Found with the remains is half of a friendship bracelet last seen on Sadie Lehman, an Amish teen long believed to have left her strict upbringing for the allure of English ways. Now Detective Jakob Fisheronce a member of the Amish community himselfis determined to solve the young womans murder. With Claires help, he must dig into the past and bring to light long-buried secretssecrets that someone is willing to kill to protect...

The simple life gets complicated when death comes calling in the first novel in the national bestselling Amish Mystery series.Claire Weatherly has fled a high-stress lifestyle for a slower pacein Amish country: Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She only planned a short visit but instead found herself opening an Amish specialty shop, Heavenly Treasures, and settling in.Claire loves her new home, and shes slowly making friends among the locals, including Esther, a young Amish woman who works in the shop. So when the stores former owner,the unlikable Walter Snow, is murdered, and the man Esther is sweet on becomes a suspect, Claire cant help but get involved.Newly returned Detective Jakob Fisher, who left Heavenlyand his Amish upbringingas a teenager, is on the case. But his investigation is stalled by the fact that none of his former community will speak with him. Claires connections make her the perfect go-between.As Claire investigates, she uncovers more than she wanted to know about her neighbors. And suddenly, everything she had hoped to find in this peaceful refuge is at risk...

Living in the small town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Claire Weatherly has come to admire the Amish for their wholesome, honest way of life. But she also knows that nothing is as simple as it seemsespecially when murder disturbs the peace. Claire has always been game for a good puzzle, so when she hears that Mose Fisher has made one of his famous corn mazes, she cant wait to walk the paths and test her skill. But shell have a much more serious puzzle to solve when, deep inside the maze, she discovers the body of Amish dairy farmer Harley Zook. It wont be easy for Detective Jakob Fisher to investigate a murder on his own fathers farmnot after being shunned by the man for leaving the Amish community and becoming a cop. With Mose himself as a suspect, and old family secrets cropping up, its up to Claire to help catch the killer before she finds herself at a dead end.

The national bestselling author of Suspendered Sentence returns to Heavenly, Pennsylvania, where shop owner Claire Weatherly and Detective Jakob Fisher must put on their thinking kapps to solve a string of robberies and a murder in the Amish community...When an Amish farmer is found dead in his barn, his family accepts his death as Gods will. But Detective Jakob Fisher knows the farmer didnt hit himself in the head with the shovel lying beside his body. And when it comes to light that a stranger appeared at the farmers home and now money is missing from their milk can, Fisher suspects robbery as the motiveespecially when another Amish family is victimized. Getting to the truth proves difficult, however, since Fisher has two strikes against him in the eyes of the Amishhis chosen career, and the Amish roots he left behind. Desperate to stop a murderous thief, Fisher turns to Heavenly Treasures shop owner Claire Weatherly for help. The trust shes earned from the Amish community enables her to go where the detective cannotstraight into the path of a killer...

Heavenly, PA has been transformed into a Christmas wonderland, and Claire is delighted to celebrate the season...but a fiendish killer has other plans in this all-new installment in the national bestselling series.As the owner of Heavenly Treasures, the local gift shop, Claire is busier than ever helping her English customers (and even a few of her Amish friends, like Esther and Ben) find the perfect gift for the special people on their shopping list. Claire makes sure she has time for her boyfriend, Detective Jakob Fisher. But the man, who was raised and then shunned by the Amish over his choice of career, has been unusually secretive lately. She tries not to worry, to trust their relationship, but trying and doing arent exactly matching up.Before she can figure out whats going on with Jakob, word comes that Ruth and Samuel Yoder are being questioned in the death of an elderly Amish couple, found murdered not long after the newlyweds were seen leaving the victims farm. Ruth, in turn, seeks Claires help in convincing the police that she and Samuel had nothing to do with what happened. But when Claire comes across a cryptic note tucked inside the wedding gift the victims had given the newlyweds no more than an hour before their murder, she finds herself in dire need of a little convincing as well.Can Claire get to the bottom of things in time to ensure a merry Christmas for all?

Claire Weatherly and her beau, police detective Jakob Fisher, learn that when it comes to murder, evil can hide in plain sight in this all-new addition to the national bestselling Amish Mysteries.Jakob and Claire have been enjoying more time together in lovely Heavenly, PA. With Claires help, the detective is making slow progress reconnecting with the members of his Amish family who shunned him when he left to pursue a career in law enforcement. Jakobs mentor, Russ Granger, the long-retired police chief who inspired him to become a cop, is back in town. Claire has always wanted to meet the man who changed the course of Jakobs life. But not long after he arrives in Heavenly, Russ is murdered. Jakob can only imagine that his old friend must have been killed by someone outside of the Amish community. He and Claire soon find that things are not as they seem--and that Russ may have stumbled into something sinister before he was killed. The answers they uncover are closer to home and more shocking than they ever expected.

The second delectable Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery from the national bestselling author of Éclair and Present Danger. Baker Winnie Johnson does her best work when the heat is on. As owner of the Emergency Dessert Squad, she has a deft touch in the kitchen and a soft spot for lost causes. So when her business professor beau, Jay Morgan, expresses misgivings over having to fail one of his fourth-year students, Winnie cooks up a sweet solution. Shell offer an extra credit opportunity in exchange for a little help with her growing business. But when her proteges first dessert delivery poisons a student journalist, the publicity threatens to burn Winnies business to a crisp. Now the entrepreneur-turned-detective must uncover the ingredients behind a recipe for murder before she crumbles under pressure...RECIPES INCLUDED

The first book in the delicious new Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery series from national bestselling author Laura Bradford.With her rent rising faster than her pie crust, bakery owner Winnie Johnson had hoped to be rescued by an inheritance from her wealthy friend and neighbor Gertrude Redenbacher. Instead all she inherits is the widows hostile hissing tabby, Lovey, and a vintage ambulance, restored by Gertrudes late husband. As her dream crumbles, Winnie makes her final deliverya peach pie to an elderly widower. But she finds Bart Wagner lying on his kitchen floor, smothered by a pillow. To comfort her frightened and grieving neighbors, Winnie comes to the rescue with her baked goodsand an idea is born: dessert delivery via her ambulance and a new business called the Emergency Dessert Squad. When shes not speeding to the scenes of dessert emergencies, Winnie is also racing to track down Barts killerbefore she needs to call a real ambulance for the next victim...

Murder takes the cake in an irresistible Emergency Dessert Squad mystery from the national bestselling author of The Silence of the Flans. The Emergency Dessert Squad business is booming, with owner and baker Winnie Johnson working overtime to satisfy the emergency cravings of Silver Lake, Ohio. Her latest order, a plate of motivational desserts for an artists retreat, is just what she needs to keep her mind off her own relationship woes. But Winnies problems seem like trifles when she discovers the body of retreat owner Sally Dearfield mere inches away from five oh-so-eccentric and viable suspects. Now, this baking detective must uncover the inspiration behind Sallys murder before another creative genius is iced.RECIPES INCLUDED