Karen Rose Smith Books in Order

Caprice and her sister Nikki visit rival caterer Drew Pierson hoping to settle differences, only to discover him murdered with a Tiffany lamp. His dubious business dealings and personal grudges give Caprice several paths to follow toward a killer.

Cowboy Hudson Jones agrees to oversee his brother's day-care center and finds capable manager Bella Stockton increasingly intriguing. She keeps him at a distance, leaving him to discover the truth behind her reserve as the holiday season draws them together.

Beth seeks surgeon Sam Benedict's help with a facial scar while adjusting to reunion with her birth family after childhood abduction. Their emotional connection grows, but searching for Beth's teenage friend with a psychic's assistance draws them into danger.

Dr. Jeremy Winters rescues a former lover during roadside labor and discovers that her newborn twins are his children. Offering a marriage of convenience gives him a place in their lives, while raising questions about the love he is prepared to offer.

Tea-shop owner Daisy Swanson fears her aunt Iris's relationship with wealthy Harvey Fitz will end badly, but never expects his murder in their garden. With Iris a suspect, Daisy seeks a former detective's help to clear her name.

Caprice's Christmas staging assignment turns sinister when client Chris Merriweather, a veteran who plays the town's Santa, is murdered. His recent strange behavior and unfinished business send her searching for secrets behind the holiday decorations before the killer strikes again.

A distressed horse brings veterinarian Hadley Strickland to Eli Dalton's ranch, where a snowstorm strands them together in an abandoned barn. Their growing attraction offers warmth, but Hadley's hidden past makes trusting the steady rancher a difficult next step.

Weeks before her wedding reception at Rambling Vines Winery, Caprice De Luca discovers mounting business problems and trouble around her friend's marriage. When Michelle's husband is found stabbed on a chaise lounge, Caprice investigates before her celebration becomes another casualty.

Innkeeper Cassie Calloway is attracted to helpful guest Nash Tremont, though her painful past makes trust difficult. Nash conceals his work as an undercover police officer and his Fortune family connection, complicating a relationship already burdened by secrets.

During a busy quilting weekend, gallery owner Reese Masemer is murdered near a covered bridge, putting Daisy Swanson's employee Tessa under suspicion. Daisy investigates his strained relationships and hidden history to protect her employee and identify the real killer.

The Farrier family cares for an unusual baby elephant whose enormous ears hide an astonishing ability to fly. His discovery attracts an ambitious entertainment entrepreneur, promising a struggling circus new hope while drawing its people into a world of unexpected dangers.

Two holiday romances follow a cowboy overseeing a day-care center and a rancher returning to a resentful community. Hudson faces manager Bella's guarded heart, while Andy's cattle drive brings him alongside a neighbor hurt by his earlier land sale.

Daisy notices her employee Karina taking extra food home and discovers she is helping a struggling single father. When a worker at the antiques shop where he earns money is murdered, Daisy investigates to keep Karina's friend from taking the blame.

A notorious restaurant critic visits Daisy's Tea Garden and later dies after taking food home, suggesting poisoning. Threats on his blog and scandal in his past leave Daisy sorting through suspects while the killing places her business under a cloud.

Attorney Daniel Sutton's daughters rescue a pregnant cat, bringing kittens and shelter volunteer Emma Alvarez into their household. Emma becomes their nanny, and her ease with children and animals challenges the single father's reluctance to trust another woman with his heart.

Daisy Swanson caters a theater group's afternoon tea at actress Margaret Vaughn's historic farmhouse, sensing tension among the guests. Finding Margaret dead in the pantry turns the assignment into another investigation, exposing troubles hidden behind the hostess's affluent homecoming.

Catering a high-school faculty gathering brings Daisy Swanson to the scene of teacher Althea Higgins's murder in the swimming pool. Her strict views made her unpopular with colleagues and students, giving Daisy a troubling range of motives to investigate.

A homeless-shelter fundraiser introduces Daisy to Piper, whose hopes of motherhood were ruined by a fertility clinic. When the clinic's lawyer is murdered with insulin, Daisy investigates links between the controversial shelter event, the lawsuit, and anger toward the victim.

Daisy Swanson shops for her boyfriend's birthday gift at Wilhelm Rumple's picturesque statuary business, then learns he has been murdered behind an animal shelter. A prior break-in and rumors of harsh dealings send her searching for the secrets behind his death.

Preparing for her wedding, Daisy Swanson appears on a crime podcast whose host receives a clue to a twenty-year-old murder. A new death in Willow Creek raises the possibility that someone is killing again to conceal the past.

Daisy Swanson’s plans for celebrations and a tea event are interrupted when she finds a friend dead on a hiking trail. Tire tracks suggest a deliberate killing, sending Daisy after the person who disguised murder as an accident.

Jazzi Swanson runs a tea bar and bookshop in a New York lakeside town. When a new friend seeking her biological family and a romantic partner is murdered, Jazzi investigates jealous relatives and the men the woman dated.

A local bake-off brings celebrity judges and potential customers to Jazzi Swanson’s bookshop. When the winning photographer is found bludgeoned beside his cake, Jazzi investigates whether rivalry or something captured by his camera led to murder.

A librarian confides in Jazzi Swanson about a difficult employee and valuable first editions. When the books disappear and the librarian is murdered, Jazzi investigates the victim’s concealed identity and whether the collection explains her death.