Next up on my new and notable author feature is Heather Day Gilbert. I kept seeing her books recommended in Christian fiction Facebook groups.
At some point I realized that I had the first book of one of her series on my Kindle - I had got it free at some point. So I decided to give her a try. And loved it. Now there is something weird about me liking this series so much. It is called The Barks and Beans Cafe Mystery Series, and is about two things I do not like: dogs and coffee.
The series is about siblings Tess and Bo Hatfield, both single. If I remember right, he is close to or around 40, and she is in her early 30's. He is former CIA or special forces, and his cover had revolved around coffee. Due to circumstances in their lives, they move back to their home town and open a Coffee Shop/Cafe where half of it is a coffee shop/cafe, and the other half is for people to pet and adopt shelter dogs. And there is always a mystery. I seriously love this series, and do not like dogs or coffee. At all 😎
The siblings are very cool and likable characters, and there is little romance til later in the series.
There are 7 books out so far, with an 8th coming in December. And right now thru September 30 (2023), you can get a free ebook of a standalone mystery that is part of the series. If that makes sense. Go to this link and download Houseblend by Heather Day Gilbert.
Description of the first book in the Bark and Beans Cafe Mystery Series, No Filter:
Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java...and where murder sometimes pays a visit.
Fed up with her go-nowhere job, newly single Macy Hatfield moves back to her small hometown in West Virginia. She joins forces with her brother Bo in his crazy new venture—the Barks & Beans Cafe, which caters to dog lovers and coffee drinkers alike.
When a golf instructor is murdered at the nearby spiritual center, Macy winds up adopting his Great Dane. Just after Macy finds a mysterious message sewn under the dog's collar, her Dane is dognapped. She launches into a relentless search for her newfound canine friend, but along the way, she digs up a cruel and confident killer.
Join siblings Macy and Bo Hatfield as they sniff out crimes in their hometown...with plenty of dogs along for the ride! The Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series features a small town, an amateur sleuth, and no swearing or graphic scenes.
I also read A Murder In the Mountains Series by her, which consists of 4 books. What is unusual about this series is the main character is already married with kids. It is also an excellent series I highly recommend.
Blurb about the first book, Miranda Warning:
Child of the Appalachian mountains, Tess Spencer has experienced more than her share of heartache. The Glock-wielding, knife-carrying housewife knows how to survive whatever life throws at her.
But when an anonymous warning note shows up in her best friend Miranda’s mailbox—a note written in a dead woman’s handwriting—Tess quickly discovers that ghosts are alive and well in Buckneck, West Virginia. Hot on a cold trail, she must use limited clues and her keen insight into human nature to unmask the killer...or the next victim might be Tess herself.
Tinged with the supernatural and overshadowed by the mountains' lush, protective presence, this twisting psychological mystery is the first in A Murder in the Mountains series.
Those are the two series I have read by her. I started the first book in her Exotic Pet Sitter Mysteries, but it was about a snake and it creeped me out, so I never finished it.
She also has a few other series I have not read yet: The Hemlock Suspense Series, Tavland Vikings, and a couple other series.
She is an excellent author, and is one I definitely recommend.
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