Main Street Mysteries

Dorie Hudson comes to Daelin, in northeast Georgia, to be the Lifestyles Editor of the Daelin Gazette.
Ross MacAvoy is the local nursery owner who has, until this year, been contracted by the city to kill the kudzu outside of town and sends Dorie into the kudzu to find out why. She becomes an investigative journalist when she discovers a body in the kudzu .
Dorie and Ross fall in love while searching the town folks, many of whom are like the kudzu, beautiful on the outside, but dead and full of secrets on the inside.

Book 2, Gemini Conspiracy

Dorie Hudson, reporter for the Daelin Beacon, is investigating a series of break-ins and burglaries across Daelin, GA. One witness identifies the culprit of an arson as chief of police Riley McDonough, escaping in a stolen purple car. Who is this look-a-like criminal who shares Riley’s DNA? He is targeting all the people Riley cares about, even his dog.
Dorie’s fiancé Ross MacAvoy is in California working for the National Forestry Service, hoping to earn a spot in Georgia’s Chattahoochee Forest come spring. Riley’s boyhood best friend, Ross is also targeted when he comes home for a couple weeks during California’s fire emergency.
What other secrets does Daelin have to offer about Riley’s Mama Mary and Ross’s childhood?
What secrets is Dorie hiding from herself as well as Ross?
Is anyone safe in Daelin with Riley’s ‘evil twin’ on the loose?

Book 3, Attic Visitations

Ross and Dorie are planning a Christmas Eve wedding.
Someone wants Dorie out of the way, permanently.
Ross really thought Dorie was imagining things while he was in California, but now that he’s home, though sleeping on Riley’s couch until the wedding, she continues to see things being moved and lights on in the attic. When someone steals his credit card and sends Dorie flowers from him with it, he has to find out what’s going on. Dorie finds out the secret about what happened with Ross’s mother at his fifth birthday party that Riley, Emmie, Jared, Bobby, and Joe attended. Planning a Christmas Eve wedding after their trip to St. Louis at Thanksgiving makes the timetable tight while someone works to remove Dorie from the picture, permanently.

Beta Read Blurbs
Blurb for Attic Visitations:
“A series of mean-spirited shenanigans are trying Dorie’s patience. She and Ross are determined they won’t cancel the wedding because of them! The suspense keeps you from putting the book down.”
Kay Walker Cook
“Remember All His Benefits”

I think you need to continue the series. … There are some other twists and turns that would make a good story. I enjoyed the story very much. It touched on some areas which a lot of
writers may shy away from. The holding off of sex until marriage is a hot topic.
You wrote romance without crossing the line into steamy trash. So much good stuff in the book. 🙂
God bless,
Donna McHugh

Book 4, DNA Secrets

When Dorie and Ross MacAvoy return from their honeymoon in Scotland, much has changed. Police Captain Riley McDonough is dating Jenny Schaefer, the waitress at the Corner Café and server at the Doll House B&B for Dorie and Ross’s wedding. Dorie starts her new job at Daelin Police Department as a Liaison officer and researcher with Detectives Mavers and Akers. Ross starts a new job at the Chattahoochee Ranger Station with his new partner Felicity Johnson.
When a series of church burglaries begin in Daelin, Dorie is confounded by the lab results saying the burglary suspect is a pregnant familial relative. The only female relative she knows is her mom, who has no reason to burglarize churches in Georgia when she lives in St. Louis. What is going on? To complicate matters further, a red hatchback is seen fleeing one of the scenes and strikes and kills a young boy. The driver has a brown pony-tail, like Jenny’s.
What is the burglar looking for? Who drove the red hatchback? Is Jenny involved? How are they related to each other?

Book 5, The Disappearing Diaspora

Daelin High School alumni are returning to Daelin for a mega-reunion involving five graduating classes. Those grads who left Daelin for better opportunities than were available in their small Georgia town are often called the diaspora, the scattered ones. The first alum taken is Captain Riley McDonough’s high school crush, Lucy Hendrickson. Riley and Daelin PD’s finest are on the case, including Dorie MacAvoy, former reporter turned Liaison Officer. However, Dorie and Ross’s pregnancy teeters precariously on viability.

Will Dorie and Ross’s child survive?
Which alum will be abducted next?
Why are they being taken?
How will the police find the disappearing diaspora?