Sherry Lewis Books in Order

Abby Drake hides in Pine Cove with her niece and nephew, posing as married mother Abby Harris. Her carefully guarded new life becomes more complicated when she falls for single father Kurt Morgan.

Retired Cutler resident Fred Vickery discovers a body during his morning walk. Ignoring his doctor's restrictions and his daughter's worries, he uses his knowledge of the town's residents to investigate a newcomer's death.

Fred Vickery's late wife's niece is accused of murdering her husband amid rumors of infidelity. Determined to help Nancy, Fred investigates despite relatives and neighbors who would prefer that he stay out of trouble.

Fred Vickery hopes his divorced son Douglas will reconcile with Suzanna. When her new boyfriend is murdered and Douglas becomes a suspect, Fred follows the town's gossip to find evidence that could clear him.

Exhausted divorced father Clint Andrews takes his three children to a Montana ranch to recover. Neighbor Gail Wheeler has returned because of her father's illness, but becoming a stepmother again is the last thing she wants.

DJ Woodward discovers that the father her mother said was dead is alive. Bodyguard Adam McAllister must protect DJ and her young daughter while keeping his employer's dangerous secrets, complicating their growing attraction.

Fred Vickery opposes plans to bring gambling to Cutler, where Lenore Irvine's campaigning provokes fierce arguments. When murder strikes at the Copper Penny and his son-in-law becomes a suspect, Fred investigates the town's tensions.

Doc Huggins disapproves of the married musician dating his daughter. When the diabetic musician dies from an insulin overdose, suspicions fall on the doctor, and Fred Vickery investigates to help clear his friend.

Marti Johanssen faces pressure from her son and father to reunite with her ex-husband. Meanwhile, widowed neighbor Rick Dennehy plans to leave Colorado, giving Marti another reason to reconsider what she wants this Christmas.

Sharon Lawrence's daughters decide their mother needs a man and arrange unsuitable dates. Gabe Malone, her renovation company's co-owner, initially finds their matchmaking amusing until jealousy makes him reconsider his own feelings for Sharon.

Shelby Winters wants to save two historic houses in Hannibal, Missouri. Transported from 1999 to 1871 into the life of Zacharias Logan's estranged wife, she must navigate their marriage while pursuing her preservation mission.

Mark Taylor discovers he has a young son being raised by Dionne Black, the child's mother's cousin. Seeking custody, he encounters a bond he cannot ignore and proposes marriage as a possible solution.

Fred Vickery's high-school reunion brings an unwelcome encounter with longtime rival LeGrande Macafee and revelations about Fred's late wife. When LeGrande is murdered, Fred becomes a suspect and must investigate old memories and resentments.

Protecting Anasazi ruins from looters, Kurt Richards falls from a cliff and lands in 1890. Widowed rancher Olivia Hamilton needs help resisting a banker's designs on her property, drawing Kurt into her struggle.

Single mother Taylor O'Brien is a Montana sheriff facing reelection when nineteenth-century cowboy Sam Evans arrives in her time. As Sam adjusts to unfamiliar technology and customs, their growing attraction complicates Taylor's busy life.

Bounty hunter Max Gardner arrives in Serenity, Wyoming, and falls for Reagan McKenna, who is raising two teenage daughters. His pursuit becomes complicated when he discovers that the fugitive he wants is Reagan's younger brother.

After an accident ends his baseball career, Dean Sheffield starts over at a Montana dude ranch. Employee Annie Holladay is rebuilding her own life after divorce, and neither expects the attraction developing between them.

Courtney Moss puts on her late grandmother's antique gown and finds herself in 1864 Virginia City. Amid Montana's gold rush, she meets wounded Heath Sullivan while trying to understand how to return home.

Returning to Serenity for Homecoming Week, Molly Shepherd reconnects with Beau Julander, a single father she knew at school. Their attraction faces his determination to protect his children from another woman who might leave.

Abby Shaw leaves her legal career and cheating husband to run her aunt's Colorado candy shop. When local merchant Brandon Mills dies in a fire and Abby's brother becomes a suspect, she investigates.

Anthropologist Gabe King returns to Libby, Montana, after belatedly learning of his brother's death. Meeting his brother's widow Siddah and troubled son Bobby forces him to confront family estrangement, grief, and an unexpected attraction.

Abby Shaw's candy shop hosts a confectionery competition that turns deadly when unpopular returning resident Savannah Horne is poisoned with bonbons. Abby investigates the contestants and local tensions surrounding the victim's return to Paradise.

Detective Jolene Preston uncovers a decades-old cover-up involving her Cherokee heritage while facing prejudice at work. Mason Blackfox helps her trace her family history as questions from his own daughter bring them closer.

Felicity Asbury's control of the local arts festival earns her enemies among its artists. When Abby Shaw finds Felicity dead in her candy shop's parking lot, she must investigate to clear herself of suspicion.

Abby Shaw witnesses a highway shooting, but police find no body when they arrive. A later discovery and conflicting witness accounts draw her into an investigation while she manages her candy shop and family demands.

Candy-shop owner Abby Shaw helps a friend audition for a play and discovers the production's star dead onstage. With her friend under suspicion, Abby investigates the theater's competing personalities while dating detective Pine Jawarski.

New Orleans pastry chef Rita Lucero finds her estranged husband murdered with a chef's knife and becomes the leading suspect. To protect herself, she must investigate the people surrounding him and his bakery.

Molly Shepherd returns to Serenity and reconnects with former school acquaintance Beau Julander. Their attraction offers the possibility of a new family, but Beau fears exposing his two children to another mother figure who might leave.

Sharon Lawrence's daughters launch a campaign to find her a new partner. Their awkward matchmaking draws amused interest from her business partner Gabe Malone, whose reaction changes when other men begin competing for Sharon's attention.

Protecting her niece and nephew, Abby Drake adopts a new identity in Pine Cove and pretends to be married. Falling for single father Kurt Morgan threatens to expose the truth behind her carefully constructed family.

Rita Lucero helps elderly musician Old Dog Leg Magee investigate a man claiming to be his long-missing brother. Posing as a married couple at a bed-and-breakfast, Rita and Gabriel encounter a murder that complicates their search.

Rita Lucero's bakery caters a Mardi Gras celebration where a guest is murdered after a public argument with her uncle. Determined to clear her relative, Rita investigates the tensions behind the party's festive appearance.

Preparing for a major Halloween catering job, Rita Lucero becomes involved in her neighbor Bernice's family mystery. Questions about a moonshining uncle's disappearance lead into the swamp and grow urgent when another relative goes missing.

Sherry Lewis explains how to turn a novel’s first draft into a finished manuscript. Her revision methods move between overall structure and individual scenes, examining character motivation, believable conflict, emotional depth, and sensory detail to strengthen the complete story.

Rita Lucero attends a small-business meeting where Moose Hazen is injured while protecting her van. When his wife is found dead beside stolen painkillers, Rita becomes a suspect and investigates trouble surrounding the couple.

This writing guide explores how to develop characters through their emotions, desires, values, and individual voices. It covers character interviews, perspective, and point of view, with techniques for bringing both major and supporting characters to life.

This writing guide examines author intrusion and its effects on pacing and emotional engagement. It helps writers recognize moments when their own explanations interrupt the story and consider how to handle intrusion when it is unavoidable.

This writing guide focuses on building believable character motivations that sustain a novel. It examines how to avoid contrived motives, develop characters who actively drive events, and address author intrusion as part of that process.

This writing guide explores internal and external conflict and the core beliefs that shape characters' struggles. It explains how to create conflict strong enough to sustain a novel and connect the two strands throughout a story.

This writing guide addresses novels that lose momentum between their opening and climax. Sherry Lewis explains how character goals, motivation, conflict, pacing, and timing can sustain interest, with exercises for applying the techniques to a draft.

Sherry Lewis examines how writers can convey characters’ thoughts and feelings convincingly. The guide discusses emotional mistakes, expressive body language, and reader expectations, helping novelists connect interior experience with the responses their stories aim to evoke.

This guide explains scene-and-sequel structure as a tool for fiction writers. Sherry Lewis connects tension, motivation, conflict, and characterization while discussing narrative hooks and ways to use structural techniques without abandoning an individual creative approach.

Sherry Lewis explores the elements of mystery fiction, including protagonists, victims, suspects, clues, and misleading evidence. The guide discusses plotting and suspense, with attention to concealing information fairly and planting red herrings that remain convincing.

This writing guide combines a flexible story blueprint with room for discovery during drafting. Sherry Lewis addresses plot, subplots, pacing, and turning points, explaining how to coordinate narrative strands without requiring a rigidly detailed outline.

Cake artist Rita Lucero discovers a supposedly cursed ruby necklace while preparing desserts for a New Orleans ball. An appraiser’s sudden death and a threatening stranger turn its history into an urgent investigation alongside her catering commitments.

Scarlett O’Malley learns that her estranged mother has died nearby, then encounters her amnesiac ghost. Reluctantly investigating a suspicious car accident, Scarlett hopes to send the unwelcome spirit onward while unraveling secrets that unsettle her own history.