The Idyllwild Mystery Series

Loveda Brown thinks she's running from her hot-tempered husband, but a hidden killer in the tiny town of Idyllwild has other plans for her.   When Loveda Brown arrives in the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, she is running from her husband. But when a body turns up the next day, she realizes she might have worse things following her… that cold, clenched fist holds something that forces Loveda to stay in Idyllwild and use all of her wits to stop another murder from happening. Probably her own.

A train robbery gone awry catapults a gang of outlaws into Idyllwild where they settle on a new target.   In the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, Loveda Brown's guests stir up a perfect storm. One has a secret, one has a plan, and one has a grudge worth killing over. As she unravels the truth, Loveda must betray the people she loves in order to protect them, and nothing less than a local legend can light her way to redemption.

Loveda Brown inherits more than a tiny hotel in Idyllwild, she inherits the guests that come with it and the killer walking among them.   Loveda Brown has inherited more than a tiny hotel in Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, she's inherited trouble. A pretentious lawyer, a Boy Scout troop invasion, insufferable suffragettes, and a pair of pompous honeymooners are about to interrupt her best laid plans. Between murder and a kidnapping, the pressure is on for Loveda to clean up the town she longs to call home.

Loveda Brown must save an opera singer from his lethal pursuer, but a tangle of masculine admiration has her singing the blues.   When opera singer André Bernardi arrives in the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, mysterious accidents follow him. Can Loveda Brown prevent his murder while fending off the advances of a passionate artist, and will a zealous paleontologist dig up more than he bargained for? A shocking package on the stagecoach could hold all the answers.

An Idyllwild wedding is threatened when visions of the future are clouded by secrets of the past.   Loveda Brown is a bridesmaid in the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, but with the wedding only three days away, a guest drops face first into the chicken salad. Is it misdiagnosis or murder? Between a fortune teller, a nosy reporter, four physicians, and an overbearing aunty, Loveda wanders a maze of deceit to uncover the killer before the bride pays the ultimate price for a secret in the groom's past.

Can Loveda Brown catch a killer before her framed fiancé hangs for it?   Who killed Bill Tennyson? The sheriff wants to know. The reporters want to know. But if her fiancé is framed for the murder, Loveda Brown doesn't want to know. She wants justice. The tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, turns upside down when the arrival of Wyatt Earp sets off a chain of events that only a killer could appreciate.

Three women conceal secrets beneath their widow's weeds, but Loveda's might be the biggest of them all.   Loveda Brown discovers a dead man on the banks of Logan Creek, near the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912. Then it disappears without a trace. Unexpected guests sweep in with devastating secrets in their wake, forcing Loveda to confront a secret of two of her own. Will she find the killer before becoming a pawn in a sinister game of death and resurrection?

Loveda Brown finds herself on the run as a killer counts down, people go missing… and not even home base is safe.   No one heard the girl scream. The tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, is struggling with a runaway boy, an unflappable sorority, a crippled woman, a pack of mules, and now a murder. When the Hemet police step in to assist, Loveda Brown is left to pursue her own suspicions. Is it sabotage, subterfuge, or something more sinister?

Loveda Brown's death was greatly exaggerated. But that doesn't stop the skeletons in her closet from celebrating.   With Loveda Brown's wedding only three weeks away, the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, is shocked when her uncle arrives for her funeral instead. A guest is found murdered and her hopes of happiness dwindle. Can Loveda connect a string of threatening letters, a one-legged madman, a dead pocket watch, and a motorbike crash before her time runs out? Will she be married—or buried?

Loveda Brown's wedding vows instantly unravel with a single shot through the minister's heart. Who was the bullet for and why?   It's finally September in the tiny mountainside town of Idyllwild, California, as yet the Wild West of 1912, and everyone is present for Loveda Brown's wedding. But, with a single bullet, the celebration is ruined. With the law out of town, Loveda needs all the help she can get to bring the killer to justice. Loveda Brown is getting married—if it's the last thing she does.