Emily James Books in Order

When Nicole inherits her uncle's maple syrup farm, she sees a chance to leave criminal defense behind for good. That plan lasts about half a day, until signs point to murder and Fair Haven starts showing its darker side.

Driving through a snowstorm, Nicole hits what she thinks is a deer, only to discover the local shelter manager. Once it becomes clear the death was murder, she joins the investigation while trying to settle into her new life at Sugarwood.

Nicole learns on the news that her boyfriend's wife is dead and he may be involved. She wants nothing to do with him, but uncovering the truth may be the only way to stop the killer from turning the case against her.

Nicole's first maple syrup season is already stressful when groom-mechanic Noah is found near death in a horse stall. Convinced it was no accident, she digs for answers before the attacker comes back to finish the job.

Nicole agrees to defend a museum curator accused of killing an employee, hoping the case will settle whether she still belongs in law. Strange evidence and deeper secrets make the answer harder to find than she expected.

A short trip back to Washington, D.C. should be a break for Nicole, but threatening messages aimed at her best friend say otherwise. This time the case is deeply personal, and the danger reaches straight into her old life.

Nicole's mother arrives for an unplanned visit just as a flu outbreak hits Fair Haven and blood turns up in a bed-and-breakfast room. There is no body, no clear motive, and plenty of reasons to fear the killer already knows them.

A photographer dies during Nicole's farm tour, and her friend Holly quickly becomes the prime suspect, then vanishes. The case looks impossible, but Nicole cannot walk away while an innocent woman may be headed for prison.

Wedding plans and farm work take a back seat when officer Elise Scott is suspended and a case involving her children pulls Nicole back toward defense work. The deeper Nicole digs, the less certain she is about who deserves her trust.

Days before her wedding, Nicole faces a missing police chief, a murdered officer, and evidence pointing at her fiancé Mark. Clearing his name means going after corruption and the most dangerous enemy she has met in Fair Haven.

A one hundredth birthday party should be a good job for cupcake truck owner Isabel Addington, until the guest of honor dies before tasting dessert. With her fingerprints on the murder weapon and her past closing in, she has to find the real killer.

Very pregnant Nicole is planning movies in the maple bush when a baffling case lands on her desk. The victim's death fits no easy explanation, and the people closest to her are hiding something of their own.

Nicole thinks married life and work have finally brought some peace, until her dog digs up a skeleton where new trees should go. A favor owed to her nemesis drags her into a buried crime with fresh consequences.

This holiday duet pairs two quick mysteries with very bad timing. Nicole's honeymoon turns into an ocean-liner puzzle, while Isabel investigates the death of a homeless man during the Christmas rush.

Isabel lands a coveted spot at a sandcastle competition and hopes business is finally looking up. Then a body is uncovered right in front of her truck, and she has to protect both her new friends and her fresh start.

At a hot air balloon festival, a man falls to his death and leaves Isabel in the middle of another investigation. When a threat reaches someone she loves, solving the case becomes painfully personal.

Nicole expects to stop taking cases until after the baby arrives, then a man covered in blood walks into her law firm. With her license still under probation, helping him could put far more than her schedule at risk.

Isabel and Claire finally find an affordable bakery space, only to have their landlord shot in the kitchen before they can settle in. Between vandalism, trial testimony, and her abusive ex looming nearby, Isabel has no choice but to investigate.

A Christmas party turns deadly, and Isabel Addington lands back in the middle of a murder case. With a trial, a divorce hearing, and someone who may be framing her, the season gets dangerous fast.

Veterinarian Zoe Stephenson returns home to help her injured sister, then gets blamed for her ex-fiancé's murder. Clearing her name means untangling secrets tied to the town's animals, her sister's crash, and a past she thought was finished.

When a friend is shot, veterinarian Zoe Stephenson knows the gunman may come back to finish the job. As threats spread to the people she loves, she has to piece together a case tied to pet owners and dangerous secrets.

A blizzard traps Zoe Stephenson overnight with hungry dogs, six murder suspects, and one dead body. Before the roads reopen, she has to solve the puzzle and face secrets she would rather keep buried.

Zoe's search for a newly discovered half-sister turns urgent when another girl turns up dead in a brutal Michigan winter. What begins as a family mystery soon looks like something far darker and far more dangerous.

Zoe is trying to be a steady parent to a teenage girl and stay out of more murder cases. Then one of her favorite clients is killed, and doing the right thing may mean getting dangerously close to the murderer.