Where There's Smoke (Mysteries of Blackberry Valley #1)

In this thrilling series, you’ll travel to charming Blackberry Valley—a small town tucked into the rolling hills of Kentucky, just a stone’s throw from lush green pastures and farmland. It’s a peaceful place where neighbors are friends and folks are always ready to lend a helping hand.

It’s also Hannah Prentiss’s hometown. Years ago, she couldn’t wait to move to Los Angeles and prove her culinary skills at high-end restaurants. But it didn’t take this country girl long to realize that life among the rich and famous wasn’t for her.

So, she left LA and returned home, where she bought an old fixer-upper firehouse and turned it into a restaurant called—what else?—The Hot Spot, with her living quarters upstairs. Now, she can be her own boss, create her own mouthwatering menus, and source her ingredients from folks right in her own community.

She loves the peaceful pace of life, living just a few blocks from her dad and her childhood friend, Lacy Minyard. But Hannah has scarcely opened the doors of her new restaurant when she discovers someone’s cooking up trouble, and now mysteries are on the menu!

Where There’s Smoke is the exciting first book in the series. As Hannah and her friend Lacy are working to help clean up an elderly friend’s house after a fire, they uncover a secret compartment under some charred floorboards that holds a wooden box. Although their friend has lived in the house for over 60 years, she’s never seen the box, nor did she know about the secret compartment. What’s even more puzzling is that although the box is old and dusty, the treasure it holds has been recently polished!

Who could have put it there? And why? Get a taste of the excitement right now by reading the first chapter free!