Bye Bye Bertie
By Rick Dewhurst (B&H Fiction)
Release date: January 15, 2005
Private detective Joe LaFlam is desperately searching for a mate as he attempts to solve two kidnapping cases, save the day, and get the girl, although not necessarily in that order–will the ending be better than he ever dreamed. or worse? Original.
Bye Bye Bertie: Ivy Towers Mystery Series #2
By Nancy Mehl (Barbour Publishing, Inc)
Release date: April 11, 2008
Ivy Towers is working hard to get Miss Bitty’s Bygone Bookstore on its feet in Winter Break, Kansas, when she discovers a map hidden inside an old music box. Could the map lead her to the Lost Gambler’s Gold? The legend of the ill-fated 1860s gambler had circulated among residents for as long as Ivy can remember. But when Ivy follows the directions to where ?X” marks the spot, what she digs up uncovers a mystery that leads to more than she ever imagined. Lives will be changed, old secrets revealed, and Ivy will learn that lost treasure can sometimes turn out to be much more valuable than a chest full of gold.
Bygones: Sommerfeld Trilogy #1 (Truly Yours Romance Club #10)
By Kim Vogel Sawyer (Barbour Publishing, Inc)
Release date: April 1, 2007
Widower Marie Koeppler and her grown daughter Beth reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned twenty-three years ago. Soon after their arrival in Sommerfeld, a series of mysterious thefts raises the community’s suspicions against the “outsiders. ” Can Marie prove their innocence, or will she be forced to flee once more? Henry Braun thought he’d gotten his love for Marie out of his system, but soon begins to wonder if she’s stolen more than his heart. When it’s all said and done, can Henry and Marie let bygones be bygones, or has their love been doomed from the start? Bygones is book 1 in the Sommerfeld Trilogy. Other books in the trilogy include Beginnings: Book 2 and Blessings: Book 3.