Kate Kingsbury Books

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Kate Kingsbury is an English author that writes cozy mystery novels some of which are historical in nature. She has produced fiction under the ‘Rebecca Kent’, ‘Doreen Roberts’, and ‘Allison Kingsley pen names.

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Order of Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries Series

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1 Room with a Clue (Short Story) 1993 Description / Buy
2 Do Not Disturb 1994 Description / Buy
3 Service for Two 1994 Description / Buy
4 Eat, Drink, and Be Buried 1994 Description / Buy
5 Check-Out Time 1995 Description / Buy
6 Grounds for Murder 1995 Description / Buy
7 Pay the Piper (Short Story) 1996 Description / Buy
8 Chivalry is Dead 1996 Description / Buy
9 Ring for Tomb Service 1997 Description / Buy
10 Death with Reservations 1998 Description / Buy
11 Dying Room Only 1998 Description / Buy
12 Maid to Murder 1999 Description / Buy
13 No Clue at the Inn 2003 Description / Buy
14 Slay Bells 2006 Description / Buy
15 Shrouds of Holly 2007 Description / Buy
16 Ringing in Murder 2008 Description / Buy
17 Decked with Folly 2009 Description / Buy
18 Mistletoe and Mayhem 2010 Description / Buy
19 Herald of Death 2011 Description / Buy
20 The Clue is in the Pudding 2012 Description / Buy
21 Mulled Murder 2013 Description / Buy
22 A Perilous Promise (Short Story) 2016 Description / Buy
23 A Merry Murder 2019 Description / Buy

Order of Try To Remember Series

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1 The Mercenary And The Marriage Vow 1998 Description / Buy
2 Trusting A Texan ( By: Leann Harris) 1998 Description / Buy
3 Owen's Touch ( By: Lee Magner) 1998 Description / Buy
4 A Season of Miracles ( By: Christine Michels) 1998 Description / Buy
5 Virgin Without A Memory ( By: Vickie Taylor) 1999 Description / Buy
6 I'll Remember You ( By: Barbara Ankrum) 1999 Description / Buy
7 Witness... And Wife? ( By: Kate Stevenson) 2001 Description / Buy
8 Safe In His Arms ( By: Christine Scott) 2001 Description / Buy
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Order of Rodeo Men Series as Doreen Roberts

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1 Home is Where the Cowboy Is 1998 Description / Buy
2 The Maverick's Bride 1999 Description / Buy
3 A Forever Kind of Cowboy 1999 Description / Buy

Order of He's My Hero Series as Doreen Roberts

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1 The Marriage Beat 1999 Description / Buy

Order of Manor House Mysteries Series

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1 A Bicycle Built for Murder 2001 Description / Buy
2 Death is in the Air 2001 Description / Buy
3 For Whom Death Tolls 2002 Description / Buy
4 Dig Deep for Murder 2002 Description / Buy
5 Paint by Murder 2003 Description / Buy
6 Berried Alive 2004 Description / Buy
7 Fire When Ready 2004 Description / Buy
8 Wedding Rows 2006 Description / Buy
9 An Unmentionable Murder 2006 Description / Buy

Order of Bellehaven House Mysteries Series as Rebecca Kent

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1 High Marks for Murder 2008 Description / Buy
2 Finished Off 2009 Description / Buy
3 Murder Has No Class 2009 Description / Buy

Order of Raven's Nest Series as Allison Kingsley

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1 Mind Over Murder 2011 Description / Buy
2 A Sinister Sense 2012 Description / Buy
3 Trouble Vision 2013 Description / Buy
4 Extra Sensory Deception 2014 Description / Buy

Order of The Portal Series as Rebecca Kent

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1 Fractured 2016 Description / Buy
2 Cracked 2018 Description / Buy

Order of Merry Ghost Inn Mysteries Series

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1 Dead and Breakfast 2017 Description / Buy
2 Doom with a View 2017 Description / Buy
3 Be Our Ghost 2018 Description / Buy

Order of Misty Bay Tearoom Series

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1 In Hot Water 2021 Description / Buy
2 In Too Steep 2022 Description / Buy

Order of Kate Kingsbury Standalone Novels

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1 Gambler's Gold (As: Doreen Roberts) 1987 Description / Buy
2 Willing Accomplice (As: Doreen Roberts) 1988 Description / Buy
3 Forbidden Jade (As: Doreen Roberts) 1988 Description / Buy
4 Desert Heat (As: Doreen Roberts) 1989 Description / Buy
5 Threat of Exposure (As: Doreen Roberts) 1989 Description / Buy
6 Home for the Holidays (As: Doreen Roberts) 1990 Description / Buy
7 Broken Wings (As: Doreen Roberts) 1992 Description / Buy
8 The Road to Freedom (As: Doreen Roberts) 1992 Description / Buy
9 Only a Dream Away (As: Doreen Roberts) 1993 Description / Buy
10 Where There's Smoke (As: Doreen Roberts) 1994 Description / Buy
11 A Cowboy's Heart (As: Doreen Roberts) 1996 Description / Buy
12 A Mom For Christmas (As: Doreen Roberts) 1996 Description / Buy
13 Every Waking Moment (As: Doreen Roberts) 1997 Description / Buy
14 In Love with the Boss (As: Doreen Roberts) 1997 Description / Buy
15 One Bride: Baby Included (As: Doreen Roberts) 2003 Description / Buy
16 Official Duty (As: Doreen Roberts) 2004 Description / Buy
17 The English Wife (As: Doreen Roberts) 2006 Description / Buy
18 Spooks: The Diary of Jeanie Morris (As: Rebecca Kent) 2015 Description / Buy

Order of Make-Believe Matrimony Series

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1 It Happened One Night ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1990 Description / Buy
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Order of Dangerous to Love USA Series

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1 Devil's Gambit ( By: Lisa Jackson) 1985 Description / Buy
2 Twice Shy ( By: Evelyn A. Crowe) 1987 Description / Buy
3 Measure of Deceit ( By: Caroline Burnes) 1988 Description / Buy
4 Life Line ( By: Rebecca York) 1990 Description / Buy
5 Someone To Turn To ( By: Marilyn Cunningham) 1990 Description / Buy
6 Accompanying Alice ( By: Terese Ramin) 1991 Description / Buy
7 A Dangerous Loyalty ( By: Suzanne Ellison) 1991 Description / Buy
8 A Dangerous Game ( By: Candace Schuler) 1991 Description / Buy
9 The Perfect Frame ( By: Barbara Bretton, Betsy Page) 1991 Description / Buy
10 Deadly Currents ( By: Caroline Burnes) 1992 Description / Buy
11 Stage Whispers ( By: Barbara Bretton, Elise Title) 1992 Description / Buy
12 The Reluctant Bride ( By: Barbara Bretton) 1992 Description / Buy
13 Passion's Verdict ( By: Barbara Bretton, Frances Williams) 1993 Description / Buy
14 A Haven in His Arms ( By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1993 Description / Buy
15 Only a Dream Away ( As: Doreen Roberts) 1993 Description / Buy
16 Deadly Devotion ( By: Sheryl Lynn) 1993 Description / Buy
17 A Wanted Man ( By: Kathleen Creighton) 1994 Description / Buy
18 Surrogate Dad ( By: Marion Smith Collins) 1994 Description / Buy
19 Capture ( By: Emily French) 1994 Description / Buy
20 Night Prince ( By: Muriel Jensen) 1994 Description / Buy
21 Safekeeping ( By: Peg Sutherland) 1994 Description / Buy
22 The Gunslinger ( By: Mary McBride) 1995 Description / Buy
23 Heart of the Hunter ( By: B.J. James) 1995 Description / Buy
24 A Secret And A Bridal Pledge ( By: Barbara Bretton, Andrea Edwards) 1995 Description / Buy
25 An Innocent Man ( By: Margaret Watson) 1995 Description / Buy
26 True Lies ( By: Ingrid Weaver) 1995 Description / Buy
27 Behind The Mask ( By: Joanna Wayne) 1995 Description / Buy
28 Caitlin's Guardian Angel ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1995 Description / Buy
29 His Friend's Wife ( By: Janice Kay Johnson) 1995 Description / Buy
30 Time and Again ( By: Kathryn Jensen) 1995 Description / Buy
31 Badlands Bride ( By: Cheryl St. John) 1996 Description / Buy
32 A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard ( By: Kathryn Shay) 1996 Description / Buy
33 Stranger in Paradise ( By: Amanda Stevens) 1996 Description / Buy
34 Baby Romeo: P.I. ( By: Jule McBride) 1996 Description / Buy
35 When a Man Loves a Woman ( By: Bonnie K. Winn) 1996 Description / Buy
36 The Marrying Kind ( By: Beverly Bird) 1996 Description / Buy
37 The Only Child ( By: Carolyn McSparren) 1996 Description / Buy
38 Touch Me In The Dark ( By: Patricia Rosemoor) 1996 Description / Buy
39 Renegade's Redemption ( By: Lindsay Longford) 1997 Description / Buy
40 Sunset Promises ( By: Carla Cassidy) 1997 Description / Buy
41 The Twenty-Third Man ( By: Peggy Nicholson) 1997 Description / Buy
42 Wed To A Stranger? ( By: Jule McBride) 1997 Description / Buy
43 The Amnesiac Bride ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1997 Description / Buy
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Order of American Hero Series with Eileen Dreyer, with Kathleen Korbel, as Doreen Roberts

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1 Simple Gifts ( By: Kathleen Korbel) 1994 Description / Buy
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Order of 36 Hours Series

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1 Strange Bedfellows ( By: Kasey Michaels) 1997 Description / Buy
2 Ooh Baby, Baby ( By: Diana K. Whitney) 1997 Description / Buy
3 For Her Eyes Only ( By: Sharon Sala) 1997 Description / Buy
4 Cinderella Story ( By: Elizabeth August) 1997 Description / Buy
5 Father And Child Reunion ( By: Christine Flynn) 1997 Description / Buy
6 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride ( By: Susan Mallery) 1997 Description / Buy
7 Partners In Crime ( By: Lisa Gardner) 1998 Description / Buy
8 Nine Months ( By: Beverly Barton) 1998 Description / Buy
9 Parent Plan ( By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 1998 Description / Buy
10 You Must Remember This ( By: Marilyn Pappano) 1998 Description / Buy
11 Marriage By Contract ( By: Sandra Steffen) 1998 Description / Buy
12 Cinderella for a Night ( By: Susan Mallery) 2000 Description / Buy
13 A Thanksgiving To Remember ( By: Margaret Watson) 2000 Description / Buy
14 The Christmas That Changed Everything ( By: Marilyn Pappano, Christine Flynn, Mary Lynn Baxter) 2000 Description / Buy
15 Very... Pregnant New Year's ( As: Doreen Roberts) 2000 Description / Buy
16 My Secret Valentine ( By: Marilyn Pappano) 2001 Description / Buy
17 Partners in Crime Part 1 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
18 Partners in Crime Part 2 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
19 Partners in Crime Part 3 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
20 Ooh Baby, Baby Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014 Description / Buy
21 Ooh Baby, Baby Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014 Description / Buy
22 Ooh Baby, Baby Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Diana K. Whitney) 2014 Description / Buy
23 For Her Eyes Only Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Sharon Sala) 2014 Description / Buy
24 For Her Eyes Only Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Sharon Sala) 2014 Description / Buy
25 For Her Eyes Only Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Sharon Sala) 2014 Description / Buy
26 Strange Bedfellows Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Kasey Michaels) 2014 Description / Buy
27 Strange Bedfellows Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Kasey Michaels) 2014 Description / Buy
28 Strange Bedfellows Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Kasey Michaels) 2014 Description / Buy
29 Lightning Strikes Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014 Description / Buy
30 Lightning Strikes Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014 Description / Buy
31 Lightning Strikes Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014 Description / Buy
32 Cinderella Story Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Elizabeth August) 2014 Description / Buy
33 Cinderella Story Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Elizabeth August) 2014 Description / Buy
34 Cinderella Story Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Elizabeth August) 2014 Description / Buy
35 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Susan Mallery) 2014 Description / Buy
36 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Susan Mallery) 2014 Description / Buy
37 The Rancher and the Runaway Bride Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Susan Mallery) 2014 Description / Buy
38 Marriage by Contract Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Sandra Steffen) 2014 Description / Buy
39 Marriage by Contract Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Sandra Steffen) 2014 Description / Buy
40 Marriage by Contract Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Sandra Steffen) 2014 Description / Buy
41 Father and Child Reunion Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Christine Flynn) 2014 Description / Buy
42 Father and Child Reunion Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Christine Flynn) 2014 Description / Buy
43 Father and Child Reunion Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Christine Flynn) 2014 Description / Buy
44 Nine Months Part 1 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
45 Nine Months Part 2 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
46 Nine Months Part 3 ( By: Alicia Scott) 2014 Description / Buy
47 The Parent Plan Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014 Description / Buy
48 The Parent Plan Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014 Description / Buy
49 The Parent Plan Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Paula Detmer Riggs) 2014 Description / Buy
50 You Must Remember This Part 1 (Short Story) ( By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014 Description / Buy
51 You Must Remember This Part 2 (Short Story) ( By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014 Description / Buy
52 You Must Remember This Part 3 (Short Story) ( By: Marilyn Pappano) 2014 Description / Buy
53 Lightning Strikes ( By: Mary Lynn Baxter) 2014 Description / Buy
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Order of Here Come the Grooms Series

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1 Circumstantial Evidence ( By: Annette Broadrick) 1984 Description / Buy
2 McCade's Woman ( By: Rita Rainville) 1985 Description / Buy
3 Once Upon A Time ( By: Lucy Gordon) 1986 Description / Buy
4 To Choose A Wife ( By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1987 Description / Buy
5 Taking Savanah ( By: Pepper Adams) 1988 Description / Buy
6 Lazarus Rising ( By: Anne Stuart) 1990 Description / Buy
7 The Nesting Instinct ( By: Elizabeth August) 1990 Description / Buy
8 Make-Believe Marriage ( By: Carole Buck) 1990 Description / Buy
9 The Bridal Price ( By: Barbara Boswell) 1990 Description / Buy
10 Runaway Bride ( By: Karen Leabo) 1991 Description / Buy
11 In the Line of Duty ( As: Doreen Roberts) 1991 Description / Buy
12 Father of the Bride ( By: Cathy Gillen Thacker) 1991 Description / Buy
13 A Practical Marriage ( By: Dallas Schulze) 1991 Description / Buy
14 The Cowboy and the Chauffeur ( By: Elizabeth August) 1991 Description / Buy
15 Wedding Eve ( By: Betsy Johnson) 1992 Description / Buy
16 Not His Wedding! (Short Story) ( By: Suzanne Simms) 1992 Description / Buy
17 Best Man For The Job ( By: Dixie Browning) 1992 Description / Buy
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Order of Spellbound Series

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1 Somewhere in Time ( By: Merline Lovelace) 1994 Description / Buy
2 Turn Back the Night ( By: Jennifer Drew) 1994 Description / Buy
3 Sam's World ( By: Ann Williams) 1994 Description / Buy
4 His Accidental Angel (Short Story) ( By: Sandra Paul) 1995 Description / Buy
5 Bedazzled ( By: Rita Rainville) 1995 Description / Buy
6 Anything's Possible ( By: Judith McWilliams) 1995 Description / Buy
7 Errant Angel ( By: Justine Davis) 1995 Description / Buy
8 So Little Time ( As: Doreen Roberts) 1995 Description / Buy
9 Heaven Can't Wait ( By: Linda Turner) 1995 Description / Buy
10 A Twist in Time ( By: Lee Karr) 1995 Description / Buy
11 The Man from Forever ( By: Vella Munn) 1996 Description / Buy
12 A Wife In Time ( By: Cathie Linz) 1996 Description / Buy
13 Apache Dream Bride ( By: Joan Elliott Pickart) 1996 Description / Buy
14 His Chosen Bride ( By: Marcia Evanick) 1996 Description / Buy
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Order of American Heroes Series

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1 To Each His Own ( By: Kathleen Eagle) 1992 Description / Buy
2 Black Tree Moon ( By: Kathleen Eagle) 1992 Description / Buy
3 In a Stranger's Eyes ( As: Doreen Roberts) 1993 Description / Buy
4 Simple Gifts ( By: Kathleen Korbel) 1994 Description / Buy
5 Defender ( By: Kathleen Eagle) 1994 Description / Buy
6 Callaghan's Way ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1994 Description / Buy
7 Luke ( By: Jill Shalvis) 2003 Description / Buy
8 Rescue Me! ( By: Elda Minger) 2005 Description / Buy
9 Between Roc and a Hard Place ( By: Heather Graham Pozzessere) 2006 Description / Buy
10 Flashpoint ( By: Jill Shalvis) 2008 Description / Buy
11 Flashback ( By: Jill Shalvis) 2008 Description / Buy
12 The Eleventh Hour ( By: Wendy Etherington) 2014 Description / Buy
13 Free Fall ( By: Jill Shalvis) 2017 Description / Buy
14 A Soldier in Conard County ( By: Rachel Lee) 2018 Description / Buy
15 Soldier, Handyman, Family Man ( By: Lynne Marshall) 2018 Description / Buy
16 The Lieutenants' Online Love ( By: Caro Carson) 2018 Description / Buy
17 The Captain's Baby Bargain ( By: Merline Lovelace) 2018 Description / Buy
18 Show Me a Hero ( By: Allison Leigh) 2018 Description / Buy
19 Special Forces Father ( By: Victoria Pade) 2018 Description / Buy
20 A Walk on the Wild Side ( By: Eileen Dreyer) 2018 Description / Buy
21 The Captains' Vegas Vows ( By: Caro Carson) 2018 Description / Buy
22 The Majors' Holiday Hideaway ( By: Caro Carson) 2018 Description / Buy
23 The Colonels' Texas Promise ( By: Caro Carson) 2019 Description / Buy
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Kate Kingsbury Anthologies

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1 Murder, They Wrote 1997 Description / Buy
2 Cast of Characters 2012 Description / Buy
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Kate’s childhood began disastrously. She was born early enough to witness the London Blitz of the Second World War. The author remembers huddling on long wooden benches out in the cold with other children.

They would listen as enemy planes flew overhead, waiting for the inevitable blast of the bombs hitting their targets. Those days were harrowing but also joyful. Kate Kingsbury learned early on that she could tell stories.

She made it her business to transport the imaginations of the children around her to magical settings that were free of the horror that was assaulting London. And her young audience loved every word that came out of her mouth.

By the time she was 8, the author had already taken her first steps towards a publishing career. She wrote a letter that a National Paper published. However, as much pride as that accomplishment gave her, it would take Kate several more decades to write and publish her first novel.

The next several years of her life were quite busy. She did some accounting work, managed an office, even working as a receptionist and an executive secretary at one point.

Her decision to move to the United States was life-altering. Of course, she had plenty of noteworthy memories from England. After all, she had once received the pleasure of testing her skills on the first prototype computer.

Though, Kate Kingsbury wouldn’t have called it a pleasure. She couldn’t get any work done because of how loud the massive machine tended to be. Her time on stage was far more interesting.

She would have loved to pursue her act even further. But the move to the US altered her plans. Kate never bemoaned the change, not when it was ultimately responsible for igniting her writing career.

It all began in 1968. That was the year her son was born, a development that kept Kate at home for several months. During that time, she wrote a few stories, making submissions along the way, slowly growing her confidence and eventually landing her first sale.

Kate is thankful for the invention of the computer. Her first book was written on a typewriter but she had a much easier time putting her manuscripts together once she got a computer.

It was also through the computer that the author found love. She wasn’t quite sure what she was expected to do when her marriage of three decades came apart. But then her computer introduced the novelist to the concept of chat rooms through which she made new friends and found a new partner.

The fact that Kate was already five decades old when she published her first novel did not keep her from finding quick success. In fact, she went on to churn out several dozen mystery and romance novels over a relatively short period of time.

Best Kate Kingsbury Books

Kate has received a lot of praise from readers who love the fact that her cozy mysteries have more mystery than romance which is rarely the case with the genre, with some of the best books in her bibliography including:

Room with a Clue: Cecily owns Pennyfoot, a seaside hotel in Edwardian England that attracts the rich and the wealthy. People come to Cecily’s establishment for privacy, and Cecily is more than happy to let them have their discreet fun.

When Lady Eleanor, a vindictive woman, falls to her death before she can make trouble, all eyes turn to her husband, a man who was poor before he married Eleanor.

But Cecily isn’t convinced of the man’s guilt. More importantly, she needs to get to the bottom of the murder before the scandal ruins the reputation of her hotel.

Dead and Breakfast: Melanie and her grandmother Liza are looking to open a B&B. Melanie is determined to put her messy divorce behind her, so she is grateful for the distraction.

When the pair acquires a supposedly haunted mansion, they are shocked to find a skeleton in a closet. The police think the remains might belong to the woman who previously owned the establishment.

But no one in town wants to talk about her. This becomes a problem for Melanie and Liza who have drawn the attention of a friendly ghost.

When Does The Next Kate Kingsbury book come out?

Kate Kingsbury doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is In Too Steep and was released on August, 9th 2022. It is the newest book in the Misty Bay Tearoom Series.

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