Karelia Stetz Waters Books in Order

College president Helen Ivers is grieving her sister’s suicide when a gruesome murder unsettles her New England campus. A relationship with professor Adair Wilson brings comfort and suspicion as Helen investigates and begins questioning her own perceptions.

Helen Ivers discovers severed legs near a railway, uncovering a killer whose crimes authorities would rather conceal. As she investigates, doubts about her mental health and the loyalties of professor Adair Wilson make trust increasingly difficult.

Queer teenager Triinu Hoffman navigates high school, first love, and coming out in rural Oregon. The growing campaign for an antigay ballot measure makes her search for belonging part of a broader struggle over identity and acceptance.

Professor Adair Wilson unknowingly helps abduct two students and discovers that few people will acknowledge their disappearance. With Helen Ivers, she confronts a trafficking network, corrupt authorities, and the mysterious woman known as the Purveyor.

Portland barista Tate Grafton falls for a mysterious visitor while trying to save the coffee shop that once sheltered her. Laura Enfield’s business plans and conservative family ties threaten both the shop and their unexpected connection.

New district attorney Kristen Brock falls for former rodeo queen Marydale Rae in a town dominated by a powerful family. Marydale’s hidden prison history and the Holten clan’s hostility threaten a romance neither woman expected.

Home-renovation television star Avery Crown reconnects with former best friend Merritt Lessing at their high school reunion. Long-suppressed attraction resurfaces, but overlapping careers and an old abandonment force them to reconsider whether love can come first.

Career-focused Cade Elgin inherits a struggling sex toy shop with impulsive Selena Mathis as her co-owner. Saving the business requires cooperation, while their growing attraction challenges Cade’s reserve and Selena’s determination to avoid another romantic mistake.

Business consultant Rose Josten helps filmmaker Ash Stewart prepare a pitch that could revive her career. Their professional connection becomes romantic, inviting both women to face old heartbreak, uncertainty, and the possibility of a new beginning.

Ballerina Lillian and burlesque dancer Izzy share a night together before discovering they are rivals in a reality competition. Both need its million-dollar prize to save their companies, but their growing feelings complicate the contest and the futures riding on it.

Two former culinary-school rivals enter a marriage of convenience to secure a land deal. Working to make their relationship appear real revives an attraction they once resisted, forcing the chefs to decide whether their practical bargain can become a lasting partnership.