Christy Barritt Books in Order

Novelist Morgan Blake's relaxing stay in Perfect changes when she hits a man who begs for help before disappearing. Searching for him draws her into the town's secrets, while a charming mayor and an unresolved romance complicate her judgment.

Christy Barritt and Ginny McCabe collect true accounts from celebrities and other listeners about encounters with God through Christian music. Their stories explore how songs affect personal faith and become part of changes in people's lives.

Crime-scene cleaner Gabby St. Claire discovers a murder weapon overlooked by the police and realizes someone innocent is jailed. With neighbor Riley Thomas helping her investigate, she risks attracting the killer's attention while trying to correct the mistake.

A mold-remediation job leads Gabby St. Claire to an Elvis impersonator's body in a crawlspace. At his widow's request, she investigates the killing, juggling personal complications while her questions begin drawing attention from the murderer.

Fearing an increasingly threatening stalker, Kylie Summers seeks protection with former military man Nate Richardson in Virginia. His promise to keep her safe brings them closer, but danger and his emotional reserve complicate their growing connection.

Gabby St. Claire's best friend Sierra disappears after becoming implicated in an apparent ecoterrorist attack. Evidence from other crime scenes deepens suspicion, leaving Gabby to find her friend and establish the truth while someone follows her.

Rachel Reynolds is the only surviving person on a list found with a terrorist. Security contractor Jack Sergeant must convince the single mother to accept protection, then safeguard her and her son as threats become unmistakably real.

Unhappy suburban newcomer Laura Berry discovers a neighbor dead in Boring, Indiana, apparently killed by poisoned pork rinds. Her investigation into the surrounding households becomes a struggle for survival when the killer decides she must stop asking questions.

Someone sabotages Christian Christmas displays around Gabby St. Claire's hometown, and body parts turn up at the vandalized sites. The crime-scene cleaner investigates the increasingly disturbing campaign, determined to identify whoever is targeting the community's celebrations.

Detective Brody Philips saves widowed mother Madison Jacobs from an attempt on her life. As a serial killer threatens their Virginia town, he must protect Madison and her son while confronting danger that appears to have followed him.

Molly Hamilton's return to summer camp begins with a body in the road and a missing director. Working with former sweetheart Nick White, now her boss, she investigates dangers that threaten the camp and reopen painful personal history.

Gabby St. Claire promises to avoid investigating during her fiancé Riley's law-school reunion at a resort. When his old friend disappears, a request from the woman's mother pulls Gabby into secrets that threaten relationships and lives.

Christopher Jordan agrees to help ex-fiancée Ashley find her kidnapped nephew, then learns the boy is his own son. A terrorist cell's interest in government files leaves the estranged parents racing to recover their child before Christmas.

Country singer Daleigh McDermott discovers her late father's journal hints that his death was no accident. Mechanic Ryan Shields helps investigate in her North Carolina hometown, but their growing attraction is accompanied by threats against both their lives.

After Elle Philips witnesses a bank robbery, her father hires security contractor and former Navy SEAL Mark Denton to protect her. His attraction to Elle complicates the assignment as the robbers' motives place her in continuing danger.

Julianne Grace fears her supposedly dead abusive ex-fiancé is responsible for killings and threatening messages. Security specialist Bradley Stone offers protection and a connection to the truth, but investigating together makes them targets of an increasingly angry pursuer.

Animal activist Sierra Nakamura finds a coworker dead while filming and receives threats against her cats unless she surrenders information. Searching for answers tests her relationship with Chad and turns her commitment to protecting animals into a personal fight.

After her life and reputation collapse, Tara Lancaster escapes across the country to dog-sit at her sister's house. Threatening messages, an ambitious friend and possible haunting unsettle her retreat, challenging the assumptions behind her carefully rule-following life.

A serial killer imprisoned by Gabby's fiancé Riley escapes, leaving photographs of her in his cell. Messages at crime scenes and unexplained intrusions make the threat personal, while a missing assistant adds urgency to Gabby's search for answers.

A week before their wedding, Riley Thomas is shot and left critically injured. His fiancée Gabby St. Claire investigates, uncovering troubling secrets and facing an old enemy while fear and uncertainty put her faith under strain.

At an Oklahoma forensic conference, Gabby St. Claire learns her future stepbrother's girlfriend has disappeared. Investigating a possible fan's involvement brings competing obligations and danger, especially when Gabby considers that the missing woman may not want to be found.

Accused of killing her estranged husband, Samantha Rogers flees with her son to a Chesapeake Bay island. Work and lodging with John Wagner offer refuge, but the pursuing killer threatens to bring danger into her new employer's life.

Gabby St. Claire goes undercover at a community theater after its female lead is killed. Investigating while performing in the show forces her to confront old classmates, the production's financial troubles and decisions about her own future.

Newlywed Sierra returns to her parents' home for a vow-renewal celebration, only for a stray dog to arrive carrying a possible human bone. Family expectations, a nosy neighbor and an old flame complicate her investigation.

Recovering from trauma, Gabby St. Claire takes a temporary private-investigation job involving a wealthy family's decade-old mass murder. New clues, an unfamiliar city and a flirtatious client complicate her search while threatening both her safety and relationships.

Sierra spends Christmas with her husband's family and discovers their reindeer have vanished before a community light show. Concern for the animals pushes her past objections to the farm, while hidden family tensions threaten the holiday.

Given a year to live, Holly Anna Paladin devotes herself to acts of kindness until one implicates her in multiple murders. With an old crush investigating, she must identify the killer before losing the freedom she has left.

Seventh grader Gabby St. Claire investigates stolen bicycles while facing pressure from a classmate. Evidence inside an old time capsule suggests a decades-old murder, but persuading adults to take her seriously proves as difficult as following the clues.

Gabby St. Claire wins a part in her middle-school musical, but missing scripts, damaged props and a falling spotlight threaten the show. Investigating suspected sabotage forces her to juggle school conflicts, family problems and a secret of her own.

Dogs are disappearing around town, and two friends ask seventh grader Gabby St. Claire to find their pets. Her investigation competes with a job, bad weather and a new crush, making both the mystery and her commitments difficult to manage.

Former investigative reporter Savannah Harris tries to leave her past behind in a coastal town. Two missing migrant workers and disturbing incidents draw her back into inquiry, while a new boarder's secrets make deciding whom to trust increasingly difficult.

Gabby St. Claire joins ex-fiancé Riley to investigate a possible murder at a couples retreat on an isolated island. The lodge's history and a small group of suspects heighten danger, forcing them to confront their damaged trust.

A mysterious letter draws Charity White home to investigate her best friend's abduction ten years earlier. Police officer Joshua Haven helps follow the clues, but pursuing answers brings fresh danger alongside the guilt Charity has never escaped.

CIA agent Ed Carter suspects nurse Bailey Williams in his father's murder, despite his growing attraction to her. When threats extend to Bailey's family, they must overcome that distrust to identify the killer and stay alive.

An unidentified man orders Holly Anna Paladin to leave Chase Dexter or he will kill him. Home invasions, hidden cameras and bomb threats force her to search for the pursuer while family problems and city unrest add pressure.

Holly Anna Paladin investigates when detective boyfriend Chase's unexplained absence suggests dangerous activities. Following him into horseracing exposes her to a murder that casts suspicion on Chase, testing both her trust and her hopes for their future.

Recovering from a traumatic brain injury, Riley Thomas hopes to regain his career and former life. When he reports seeing his neighbor commit murder, disappearing evidence and others' disbelief leave him questioning both the crime and his own perception.

Radio host Bill McCormick becomes the obvious suspect when his ex-wife is killed, having publicly attacked her. Gabby Thomas investigates other enemies, uncovering political suspicions and personal secrets as the case puts her own life at risk.

Reporter Madelyn Sawyer investigates a coastal town's police chief, Zach Davis, despite threats demanding she leave. Suspecting him initially, she must reconsider when he repeatedly saves her life, while her own hidden motive complicates their developing trust.

Nikki Wright seeks to protect her brother after terrorist captivity leaves him accused of betraying fellow sailors. An abduction attempt sends them into hiding with former SEAL Kade Wheaton, whose history with Nikki makes trusting him difficult.

Tessa Jones retreats to the mountains after collecting evidence against her criminal ex-boyfriend. When private investigator Trent McCabe finds her, gunfire turns their encounter into a fight for survival, forcing Tessa to decide whether she can trust him.

A baby appears on Holly Anna Paladin's doorstep with blood on his carrier and a warning to trust no one. Holly searches for his mother, following connections to her youth center work as danger closes around them.

New mother Sierra Nakamura Davis struggles to balance family life with her animal work when a thirteen-foot python disappears. The discovery of an intern's body turns the search into a murder investigation that threatens her already complicated life.

Gabby and Riley hope their honeymoon in a quiet coastal community will offer a break from crime. But a neighbor's abduction interrupts their arrival, drawing the newlyweds into another mystery before their holiday can really begin.

Gabby's work restoring the Mythical Falls amusement park takes a dangerous turn when a body appears on her first day. With strange sightings and opposition to reopening the park, the former crime scene cleaner investigates what lies behind the trouble.

During a winter storm, Felicity French rescues an injured Coast Guard officer near her grandmother's plantation. Brody Joyner cannot remember what happened, but a bullet wound and an old key suggest someone wants their secrets to stay buried.

Actress Joey Darling encounters a murder victim connected to someone she knows, and a friend becomes a suspect. As she and Jackson investigate, clues from an unexpected fan pull Joey deeper into a case with personal consequences.

Gabby's cold case team investigates the unsolved murders of Ron and Margie Simmons, hoping to give their daughter answers after ten years. A looming deadline and interference threaten the group's efforts to uncover what happened that anniversary night.

Two years after escaping human trafficking, Mallory Baldwin finds herself stalked again. Former Navy SEAL Tennyson Walker becomes her bodyguard, but the danger surrounding her forces them to confront secrets that make protection much more complicated.

Joey Darling searches for her missing father while a stalker manipulates her through her fan club. As threats influence her choices and people with answers conceal secrets, the actress must work out whom she can trust.

Sabotage at a charity film premiere leaves Joey Darling's stunt double injured and suggests Joey herself is the target. With Jackson and Zane trying to protect her, an ex's proposed tell-all adds another complication to the investigation.

Nine months pregnant and fleeing danger, Hope Solomon takes shelter in an apparently abandoned house decorated for Christmas. Its grieving owner, Dr. Luke Griffin, offers help, but Hope's pursuer threatens the fragile safety she has found.

Holly Anna Paladin reluctantly tries online dating, only to find her missing date dead in a classic Mustang. She wants to leave the investigation to Chase Dexter, but someone keeps pulling her back into the murder.

When Christmas donations meant to save a local family's home disappear, Holly Anna Paladin joins her detective boyfriend Chase Dexter to find the thief. They must recover the money before overdue bills undo the community's efforts.

Actress Joey Darling moves to the Outer Banks after her marriage and finances collapse, hoping to find her missing father. A woman mistakes her for her television detective character and asks her to investigate a boyfriend's disappearance.

After a body turns up during a Polar Plunge, Joey Darling discovers her photograph in the victim's wallet. Being one of the last people seen with him makes her a suspect and draws her into another dangerous investigation.

Former CIA operative Raven Remington takes on the protection of a senator facing an assassination threat. His possible connection to her sister's death complicates the assignment, forcing Raven to balance her search for answers with keeping him alive.

A bloodstained mermaid tail in a remote nature preserve draws Joey Darling into the disappearance of a woman. Working with Zane and Jackson, she investigates a mystery where ambitions for fame may conceal something far more dangerous.

Computer professional Laney Ryan is accused of abducting her teenage neighbor, leaving her desperate to clear her name. Detective Mark James believes she may be innocent, but finding the missing girl means confronting whoever framed Laney.

Widowed mother Willa fears mysterious threats are aimed at her sister-in-law, unaware she is the real target. When FBI agent Declan Donovan returns next door, she must rely on the man who once broke her heart.

Characters from Christy Barritt's novels contribute their favorite recipes in this companion cookbook, alongside dishes from the author herself. It gives readers a way to explore the food associated with familiar fictional people in their own kitchens.

Gabby's investigative team looks into the disappearance of Brooke, the wife of Riley's friend, who has been missing for four months. Questions about her work and private life suggest the people closest to her may not know everything.

Cassidy Livingston has built a new life while hiding from a gang she must testify against. When someone from her past reaches Lantern Beach, she faces the choice of fleeing again or endangering the people she loves.

A visitor from Cassidy's past brings a warning that threatens her life in Lantern Beach. With the criminal organization hunting her still a danger, she must decide who deserves her trust and whether she can remain on the island.

Journalist Harper Jennings investigates murders in the Smoky Mountains and recognizes a connection to the man who attacked her three years earlier. Sheriff Luke Wilder helps her pursue answers as a killer known as the Watcher threatens them.

A missing island resident draws Cassidy into an investigation that threatens to expose her concealed identity. With a friend's safety at stake and Ty's parents visiting, she must navigate growing danger without revealing the past she is hiding.

Joey Darling's move into a new home is disrupted by a body upstairs, just as filming on her new series begins. With production deadlines and her relationship with Jackson demanding attention, she must discover why a killer targeted her home.

Detective Cady Matthews becomes Cassidy Livingston to hide from a gang offering a bounty for her death. A body in her new island community tempts her to investigate, but using her police skills could expose her identity.

Cassidy finds a journal belonging to Elsa, an ice cream truck driver whose death was ruled accidental. Its final entry suggests murder, and pursuing the clues despite Ty's concerns uncovers dangers the island would rather leave buried.

Holly Anna Paladin's fourteen-year-old foster daughter disappears, and a life-threatening illness makes finding her urgent. Holly turns to her former fiancé, detective Chase Dexter, knowing that every delay could leave Sarah without the medication she needs.

Lisa Garth's Lantern Beach restaurant brings her into contact with former Special Forces operative Braden Dillinger, who is recovering from trauma. Their growing connection becomes dangerous when a killer threatens Lisa and forces Braden to confront his past.

Pastor Jack Wilson is still grieving his wife when romance writer Juliette Grace enters his life after her husband leaves. A stalker's attacks bring them together, but protecting Juliette means facing danger alongside their complicated emotional histories.

A boat and bloodstained clothing wash ashore near Cassidy's island refuge, drawing her toward another investigation. As her relationship with Ty deepens, the mystery threatens the hidden identity she depends on to stay safe from her enemies.

FBI agent Tanner Wilson finds a baby girl on his doorstep with a note pointing him toward child psychologist Macy Mills. Neither knows who is threatening the child, but an abduction attempt makes uncovering her origins urgent.

Austin Brooks hopes for a future with Skye Lavinia, but secrets from her past complicate their relationship. After a chance encounter leads to alarming accidents, they must determine whether someone is deliberately threatening their lives.

Grayson and Rachel Stewart's honeymoon becomes a test of trust when his new wife falls under suspicion for her former fiancé's death. Grayson must decide what to believe as questions about Rachel's past threaten their marriage.

An armed robbery draws Cassidy and her friends into the search for a woman who escaped Gilead's Cove. Her brother's request for help leads them toward a secretive group whose activities make locating his sister increasingly dangerous.

After surviving a near-death experience, Ansley Wilder seeks excitement, but a series of accidents suggests someone is targeting her. Fire chief Ryan Philips tries to protect her while a killer disguising murders as accidents threatens the area.

When foster mother Evie Manson disappears during a trip to Pennsylvania, Gabby's team follows her trail to Shady Valley. The town's hostility and a body in a park make their search for Evie increasingly troubling.

Police chief Cassidy Chambers faces an island election disrupted by food poisoning among voters. Mayoral candidate Anthony's connection to Gilead's Cove draws her toward the group's inner circle, where investigating political trouble could expose a wider threat.

Police chief Cassidy Chambers prepares Lantern Beach for tourist season while unidentified bodies appear in shallow graves. With her wedding approaching, she must determine whether the deaths connect to Gilead's Cove and threats against her.

Faith Winters returns to Chestnut Grove after her Broadway dreams fail, determined to honor a friend's Christmas wish. Sheriff Jake Whitmire must confront their heartbreak as they investigate sabotage threatening the struggling town's holiday concert.

Actress Joey Darling expects familiar work when filming resumes on Lantern Beach. But mysterious script changes begin echoing real deaths, forcing her and Detective Jackson Sullivan to investigate whether someone on the production is orchestrating murder.

Brynlee Parker hikes to Dead Man's Bluff to fulfill her father's last wishes and witnesses two murders. Camp store owner Boone Wilder helps her escape a pursuing killer, despite painful memories tied to the same mountain.

New police chief Cassidy Chambers investigates a suspicious John Doe death on Lantern Beach. With husband Ty helping, she follows connections to a secretive compound while worrying that the case could expose the identity she has concealed.

Cassidy Chambers finds her husband's truck abandoned in a ditch, with blood inside and Ty missing. As trouble surrounding Gilead's Cove escalates, she must untangle an obsessive threat and locate him before the danger grows.

Pregnant Rebecca Jarvis faces a home invasion after her estranged husband's suspicious death. Neighbor Levi Stoneman offers protection, but his hidden past complicates her trust as danger closes in and her baby's arrival draws nearer.

Holly Anna Paladin escapes an abductor who forced her to play a 1950s housewife, but the Doll Man remains free. Her former fiance, Detective Chase Dexter, helps her identify him before his twisted game resumes.

When a toddler's mother fails to collect him, babysitter Sienna Thompson faces an attempted kidnapping. FBI agent Devin Matthews offers protection, but uncovering the mother's false identity draws them deeper into danger surrounding the child.

Serial killer survivor Samantha White has struggled to rebuild her life while the Grim Wrecker remains inactive. When he resumes killing and asks for her help, she must revisit buried memories to assist the FBI.

Police dispatcher Paige Henderson arrives on Lantern Beach carrying guilt from a failed relationship. Wes O'Neill offers a chance at love, but secrets on both sides threaten their growing trust and complicate the fresh start she wants.

Joey Darling joins a television Christmas special about holiday lights, only to encounter a body in a chimney. While her fiance investigates the death, Joey's curiosity draws her into trouble threatening the production and its celebration.

Serena Lavinia hopes the red stains on her ice cream truck are strawberry sauce, but police identify blood. With Lantern Beach crowded by tourists, she and her dog Scoops investigate a murder with many possible suspects.

An explosion interrupts Serena Lavinia's ice cream route, and a friend's abrupt departure raises questions about the pipe bomb. With Lantern Beach's Fourth of July celebrations approaching, Serena and Scoops investigate despite conflicting loyalties.

Lizzie McCreary flees to Cape Corral with her young son, hoping to evade a dangerous pursuer. Dash Fulton rescues them and offers protection, but secrets both adults carry threaten their chance to trust each other.

Fire chief Dillon McGrath rescues runaway bride Gracie Loveland from drowning on Cape Corral. A marriage agreement could protect her and help preserve the island's wild horses, but her dangerous former fiance is closing in.

Crime scene cleaner Gabby St. Claire Thomas notices new murders recreating cases from her past. Realizing someone is sending a personal message, she races to identify the killer before the pattern reaches those she loves.

Former Navy SEAL Colton Locke starts a security firm on Lantern Beach after a disastrous mission. When his friend's widow discovers hidden possessions and questions her husband's death, their search for answers makes her a target.

Ice cream vendor and reporter Serena Lavinia finds a stray terrier carrying a bloody shoe, then discovers a body in a pool. Investigating the dog's connection to murder brings her into conflict with a new newspaper editor.

Abigail Ferguson is abducted by someone targeting her wealthy family and calls officer Grant Matthews for help. Protecting her challenges his loyalty to Cape Corral's residents as they search for a captor threatening further harm.