Contemporary

A Limited Partnership
Elisabeth StewertTempers flare, bullets fly and passion soars as reluctant partners tackle crime. Add a deliberately concealed (and inadvertently discovered) pregnancy to the mix and the result is explosive... Feisty, impetuous Kate Sullivan’s success in... More

Bears With Us
Marilyn MeredithTempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. In Bears With... More

Blaize of Trouble
Louise CrawfordTwelve-step counselor and recovering food addict Andrea "Blaize" McCue and Homicide Detective Stephanos Zoloski are one month away from tying the knot, his first step in his let's have a child campaign. Uncertain about marriage and... More

Bleeding Heart Yard
Noah ChinnThe first half of the worst week of Peter's life happened when he was a young boy. Being cursed by a witch was bad enough, but what do you do when you don't even know what the curse is, or when it is supposed to go off? Twenty years later, in a... More

Calafia
Murdoch HughesRick Sage rides into war against a murderous Tijuana narcotics cartel after they behead his friend and kidnap his friend's wife and two young daughters. Determined to rescue them, Rick encounters unusual allies in a sword-wielding cult of women... More

Calling the Dead
Marilyn MeredithTempe Crabtree is the resident deputy of Bear Creek, a small mountain community in the southern Sierra. Her continuing interest in the spiritual side of her heritage often causes unrest in her marriage to her minister husband. In Calling... More

Deadly Omen
Marilyn MeredithA candidate for Princess is murdered at a Native American Pow Wow while Tempe Crabtree is working there in her capacity as deputy. Tempe's investigation takes her onto the Bear Creek Indian Reservation. Her search for the killer puts her... More

Deadly Trail
Marilyn MeredithThe tranquility of the village of Bear Creek in the Southern Sierra is disrupted by the suspicious death of the owner of the local Inn. Investigating a murder case isn't Deputy Tempe Crabtree's job, but when the detectives don't look any... More

Dispel the Mist
Marilyn MeredithA Tulare County Supervisor, with both Native American and Mexican roots, dies under suspicious circumstances. Because of Deputy Tempe Crabtree’s own ties to the Bear Creek Indian Reservation, she’s asked to help with the investigation. To... More
