Ellen Riggs Books in Order

Bridget Linsmore’s Thanksgiving rescue pageant is the highlight of Dog Town, matching shelter dogs with perfect homes. When sabotage threatens her new facility and her reputation, she must decide whether the charming developer next door is her enemy, her ally or something more.

Shy fundraiser Remi Malone leans on her beagle Leo to shine at hospital events, until her high school crush returns to Dorset Hills with a rival dog and a coveted project. As old prom secrets surface, Leo may be the key to healing past wounds.

Artist Flynn is still grieving her heart dog and wants nothing to do with another pet, even at Christmas. When friends push a new canine companion her way, a fraught search for the perfect furry gift tests her resolve and her relationship.

Mim Gardiner’s beloved mutt disappears just before Christmas, and prank calls suggest something more sinister than a simple escape. With help from the Rescue Mafia and one particularly suspicious suspect, she races to bring her dog home in time for the holidays.

Community advocate Marti Forrester is drafted to preside over Dog Court, where misbehaving pups get second chances instead of punishment. Hiding her own unruly Bernedoodle, she struggles to apply baffling rules while a stalker posts embarrassing videos that could wreck both her job and marriage.

Groomer Sasha Wildwood discovers her tiny dog Tuni is unexpectedly pregnant right as city officials start scrutinizing her new salon. With a mystery puppy father and a brooding neighbor in the mix, Tuni’s Valentine’s Day litter may bring both scandal and second chances.

Canine corrections officer Kinney Butterfield secretly rescues a traumatized dog and is punished by being paired with billionaire James Pemberton in a training program. When puppies start vanishing, their uneasy partnership turns into an urgent investigation that could topple Dog Town’s powerful mayor.

Heiress Hannah Pemberton buys rundown Runaway Farm expecting peace and a dream dog, not a battle with city hall. As the mayor targets her land for development, she fights to protect a motley collection of animals and discovers unexpected allies and romance.

Pet skeptical PR pro Evie Springdale moves to dog crazy Dorset Hills for a fresh start, only to find an injured cat trapped in her new home and evidence of a political scandal. A gentle vet, three dogs and one bold feline upend her plans.

Reporter Isla McInnis flies across the country convinced a rescue dog named Rio is meant to be hers, only to discover he has already been adopted. Given one day with trainer Bruce Duncan and his pack, she must prove fate and good sense can agree.

Big city HR executive Ivy thinks she knows how her life will go, until she meets an abused sheepdog in desperate need of rescue. Saving Keats drags her into real danger and shows her a possible future far from corporate cubicles.

A bridge club of elderly ladies should be an easy booking, but their visit ends in tragedy when one guest takes her final flight. As foxes prowl and someone stalks the farm, Ivy and Keats scramble to solve a case full of ruffled feathers.

Runaway Farm’s star attraction is Alvina, a dancing alpaca who loves waltzing with handsome men. When a ballroom troupe arrives in town and their famous instructor ends up dead, Alvina becomes the prime suspect and Ivy must tango with danger to clear her.

In this later Dog Town tale, a woman with history in Dorset Hills returns for one more chance at the life and love she almost had. With meddling friends and determined dogs, she must decide if Dog Town is truly home for good.

Trying to repair her inn’s reputation, Ivy hosts a corporate retreat for former colleagues, only to discover a guest dead in the cow barn. With the herd unfairly blamed, she and Keats must find the real killer hiding among familiar faces.

Eager to turn her new hobby farm into a country inn, Ivy is horrified when Keats finds a body in her rye field and her high school sweetheart, now police chief, pegs her as a suspect. Clearing her name means digging into deadly hometown secrets.

Wilma the escape artist sow has been voted most likely to kill among the farm’s animals, so when another body turns up, she takes the blame. As a reality show invades Clover Grove, Ivy and Keats wade through mud and media to find the truth.

Keats hates the idea of a feline partner, yet a pushy ginger cat insists on joining Ivy’s latest investigation. When a spiteful cat sitter targets Ivy and a client dies in the family’s new salon, every paw is needed to protect the Galloway name.

Right before Christmas, a grieving, loudmouthed donkey demands room at the inn and refuses to stop singing the blues. His arrival coincides with a holiday murder, forcing Ivy, Keats and friends to decode his message before someone else misses Christmas entirely.

Spring brings a trio of pregnant rescue goats to Runaway Farm and an unwelcome blast from Ivy’s past. When another murder shakes Clover Grove, an ornery pickpocket goat joins the crime solving crew as Ivy fights to stop a killer before the kids arrive.

Tiny but determined, Clippers the miniature horse is training as a service animal when a deathbed confession and a new murder collide. Ivy, Bocelli the singing donkey and Keats trot into trouble to honor an old promise and stop a ruthless killer.

On a much needed southern vacation, psychic Janelle Brighton is framed for a jewelry store heist and killing she did not commit. Her only real ally is Mr. Bixby, a cocky dachshund ghost who insists they are meant to take on bigger threats together.

Jilly’s long estranged grandmother calls from a retirement community, accused of a suspicious death that neighbors blame on a vicious swan. Ivy, Keats and Percy hit the road to help, only to find family drama, secrets and danger waiting by the lake.

Back in Wyldwood Springs, Janelle tries to launch a new life and shop, but an old family feud and a dead body behind her building put her in the crosshairs. With Mr. Bixby’s help, she must unmask the killer and confront ghosts of the past.

Settling into Wyldwood Springs, Janelle opens a haunted jewelry shop just as a tail-less ghost dog arrives and a neighbor dies on Main Street. With her best friend suspected, she and Mr. Bixby must crack a canine code tied to her family’s past.

Ivy finally meets Runaway Farm’s original owner, animal benefactor Hannah Pemberton, only to find trouble close behind. When a new visit to nearby Thistledown turns deadly, Ivy and Keats are caught between old loyalties and a fresh small town mystery.

A holiday theme park called Clausville invites Ivy to help with a reindeer in crisis, then Santa himself is accused of murder. With a beloved attraction at risk, Ivy, Keats and a troubled reindeer race to clear his name before Christmas is ruined.

Keats’s breeder tracks Ivy down with heartbreaking news, and the search for the dog’s missing sister pulls them into a dangerous dognapping case. To save the kidnapped collie, Ivy and her team must untangle a crime that links two towns.

Jilly’s orchard wedding is days away when a ravenous rabbit colony overruns the cemetery and a gardening expert ends up dead. With the mayor threatening to cancel the ceremony, Ivy and Keats must unmask a killer before the big day.

Janelle is finally feeling at home in Wyldwood Springs, running her shop and flirting with the police chief, when a new ghost dog and a fresh murder land on her doorstep. A dangerous family curse and a scheming enemy push her magic to the limit.

When a mysterious songbird keeps visiting Runaway Farm, Ivy and Jilly follow its trail to a stash of old love letters and a fresh crime. As Jilly’s wedding nears, long buried secrets in Clover Grove turn dangerously personal.

A Halloween fundraiser in nearby Thistledown promises harmless scares, until a real skeleton appears and a tiny stowaway mouse begs for rescue. Ivy’s newest pocket sized sidekick and Keats help her navigate haunted houses, corn mazes and a very real murderer.

A forestry crew thins the woods around Clover Grove, and the new sunlight exposes more than trees. When a dream home project turns deadly, Ivy, Keats and friends hunt a sly killer who knows how to use the forest for cover.

Nervous magical hiccups are the least of Janelle’s problems after she accidentally makes the mayor’s cat vanish and discovers a ghost puppy under his sofa. To save an important wedding, she and Mr. Bixby must wrangle wayward spells, missing pets and a hidden villain.

Dragged back into high school drama by a beekeeping scandal and a dreaded reunion, Ivy finds old rivalries alive and stinging. When criminal mischief hits the hives, she and Keats must uncover who is weaponizing sweet Clover Grove honey.

Janelle’s out of control magical hiccups draw official scrutiny and an unwelcome mentor, just as strange events plague the town library. When a new ghost dog and a fresh death point to buried secrets in the stacks, she and Mr. Bixby race to uncover the truth.

A long held wish for a wallaby becomes a full blown crisis when a runaway kangaroo bounds into Clover Grove and gets blamed for a suspicious death. Ivy joins the chase, determined to clear the marsupial and corner a human killer.

Ivy’s twin nephews launch an eco friendly lawn mowing business using sheep, and Runaway Farm signs on as their first client. When the flock spots more than weeds and a new crime surfaces, Ivy and Keats discover that these woolly workers never sleep on the job.

Wyldwood Springs’ townwide Secret Santa exchange delivers Janelle a cursed antique and a desperate ghost dog. With a murder tied to the gift and holiday chaos rising, she must untangle the haunting before Christmas ends in disaster instead of cozy cheer.

A mouthy duck lands in Ivy’s new pond just as a romance guru and her fans arrive at Runaway Farm. When the love expert ends up dead and Ivy’s sister is entangled in the fallout, Ivy, Keats and their feathery witness scramble to expose the truth.

Clover Grove’s Christmas tree lighting is overshadowed when Keats discovers a body behind the local museum and a priceless antique sleigh vanishes. With only a nervous Shetland pony as witness, Ivy races to solve the crime before holiday celebrations go up in smoke.

Wedding planning takes a back seat when escaped animals from a local zoo disrupt Ivy’s big day and a groom is found dead at the venue. Ivy and Kellan must investigate a maze of motives before their own walk down the aisle is ruined.

As Ivy juggles wedding plans and family chaos, old bones start turning up around Runaway Farm and a grave in the town cemetery is disturbed. Past scandals collide with present danger, forcing her to solve a generations old mystery to protect her future.

In this upcoming Mystic Mutt installment, Janelle Brighton and Mr. Bixby face another ghostly case in Wyldwood Springs that hits close to home. New hauntings, shifting alliances and small town secrets push her growing magic and courage into uncharted territory.