Sandra Balzo

"Coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen's dinner with fiancé Sheriff Jake Pavilk's parents takes an unfortunate turn when Jake's mother falls ill. Driving home alone at midnight, Maggy barely avoids a terrified Chihuahua crossing the highway ramp in front of her car. She rescues the pup, intending to return "Mocha" to her owners the next morning. But when Maggy arrives at the Satterwite house, she finds the Satterwite's dog-sitter, Arial -- her partner...

"The choice of an antique silver coffee urn as the final resting place for elderly Celeste Bouchard's ashes might seem a cruel joke. After all, the wealthy boutique owner was taken ill and died while daughter Hannah was off having lattes at Uncommon Grounds. But Maggy Thorsen, the coffeehouse's owner, has more pressing things on her mind: a jail break and subsequent shoot-out has forced her main squeeze, Sheriff Jake Pavlik, to take refuge with her....

Enjoying the success of her coffeehouse, Maggy is astonished when her partner, real estate maven Sarah Kingston, is investigated for irregularities at her job at the same time three rival real estate agents are found murdered.

Maggy Thorson believe a series of "accidents" are just a means to keep her coffee shop from reopening in a new location.

Life on Sutherton's Main Street has always been hazardous, but the day Daisy Griggs siphoned almost three pints of blood from Mrs. Bradenham during the town's annual blood drive brings Daisy's daughter, AnnaLise, back to Sutherton. When people begin dying in great-than-historical numbers, AnnaLise must figure out why, or her mother may be next.