Adventures at Bell Buckle Inn Series

Peri is afraid no one will pick her as a friend in her new town of Bell Buckle, where she and her father move into a dilapidated house they are turning into an inn. To make matters worse, she's always losing or forgetting things. By caring for a litter of puppies, Peri hopes to earn back her father's trust; unfortunately all she gains is trouble when things she is responsible for start to disappear. With the help of Lynn Ann, the girl who lives across the street, and Squirt, an eight-week Labrador, Peri conducts her own investigation to track down the stolen items. Could there be a burglar among the residents of Bell Buckle? More important, why is he stealing her things? During her probing into the mystery, Peri finds more than just the stolen items. She discovers the love of the people in Bell Buckle, and she finds a renewed faith in God's ability to answer seemingly impossible prayers.

It’s autumn in Bell Buckle, and Winkie is learning more about her new surroundings as she’s making new friends, but in her heart Knoxville will always be home. She’s also discovered that Laurel, her five-month-old Labrador, is bringing high energy into her life, as well as chaos and adventure. On a midnight outing for Laurel to do her “business,” Winkie notices a mysterious light floating in the upstairs bedroom window in the empty house next door. According to some local people, this is Robert Thatcher’s ghost. On Halloween night in 1883, Robert Thatcher went to his blacksmith shop at the back of his property to get a birthday present he’d made for his wife Claire . . . he never returned and was never seen again. Did Winkie actually see the light or is it just her imagination playing tricks on her and trying to get her into trouble? She tells her friend Lynn Ann about her secret, and once more, in Book 2 of Adventures at Bell Buckle Inn, the girls use their detective skills to get to the heart of the mystery. Through solving the mystery and her daily prayers about missing Knoxville, God teaches Winkie the true meaning of home.

Spring is on the horizon as Winkie eagerly anticipates the purchase of a tablet with the hard-earned money she has saved. She is also thrilled about the new next-door neighbor, Robert Thatcher, moving in. All her plans are soon thwarted when she has to use her money to buy obedience lessons for her exuberant Labrador Laurel instead. However, when Mr. Thatcher asks Winkie and her friend Lynn Ann to investigate the disappearance of his great-grandfather, who disappeared on Halloween night 1883, her spirits soar. Book Three is the sequel to Home Is Where the Heart Is and solves the mystery of whatever happened to Robert Thatcher, who disappeared on Halloween night 1883. Through teaching Laurel to be a well-mannered dog and her investigation with Lynn Ann to solve the mystery of Robert Thatcher’s disappearance, God teaches Winkie the meaning of sacrifice, patience, and our human nature to invent stories about things we don’t understand.