Books

Some truths are buried by time. Others by the people we love most.

Attorney Anna Kate Mercer has built her life around careful words, old deeds, and the quiet conviction that truth matters before healing can begin. When the estate of Evelyn Whitcomb lands on her desk, it appears to be a simple probate file tied to an old coastal cottage in...

When elderly Clara Meeks walks into Anna Kate Mercer’s law office with a sealed envelope, an antique key, and a dying woman’s final request, Anna Kate knows the Bellhaven estate is no ordinary probate file.

The key belongs to Room Seven at Blue Heron Inn.

The problem is, no such room exists.

As Anna Kate begins tracing the history of the...

Real estate agent Callie Brooks expects peeling paint, pricing questions, and maybe a few stubborn family opinions when she arrives at the old Bellamy cottage for a routine listing appointment. What she does not expect is a frightened seller, a locked room, and a mysterious knock from the other side.

Thirty-seven years ago, seventeen-year-old...

THE LISTING ON PELICAN LANE

A Front Porch Coastal Mystery

Some listings come with hidden history. Some come with secrets worth killing for.

When real estate agent Callie Brooks agrees to list a weathered cottage on Pelican Lane, she expects a routine sale. Instead, she discovers an old music box, a hidden compartment, and a decades-old mystery...

A hidden locket. An old coastal cottage. A love story the tide never carried away.

When Maggie Bell arrives at Sandpiper Cottage to help prepare the aging home for sale, she expects faded paint, family memories, and a few stubborn repairs. What she does not expect is a silver locket hidden behind an upstairs wall, tucked away with a faded...

A long lost postcard. A weathered coastal house. A secret the tide never quite carried away.

When watercolor artist Nora Vale finds a vintage postcard tucked inside her late mother’s sketchbook, she is pulled toward Driftwood House, a once-beloved coastal boardinghouse in Seabright Cove, North Carolina. The message on the back asks one haunting...