Edna Curry

Detective Chance burned out on homicide duty in Minneapolis and now works for the Canton County sheriff's department, hoping for less stress. But he doesn't always find it, though he did find a sweetheart who often finds and shares clues.She's Cassie, a 24 hour locksmith, who is called to help when someone is locked out of their car or home. And sometimes, a PIA customer just likes attention and calls her or 9-1-1 way too often. Like the boy who cried wolf, her constant complaining is often ignored. Until she's right, but not believed, and one death follows another. Can they figure out who the killer is before he kills again?

A teenage runaway. A pregnant woman on the verge of divorce. A man killed by a rattlesnake. You will find these characters and more in this collection of original short stories brought to you by Northern Lights Writers (a chapter of RWA).This collection chronicles seven tales of either romance or mystery with touches of small-town Northwoods Minnesota, sightings of the Northern Lights and situations that will tug at your heart-strings. Whether you're only looking for a short-term escape in the midst of a hectic day or wanting to binge some quick, enjoyable romantic reads, then this book is for you. Download a copy today.

After the jewelry store where she works is robbed, a stalker makes Loni Jacobs life miserable and she's sure it's the robbers. She's followed, gets threatening phone calls and her apartment building burns. She retreats to her hometown of Canton, Minnesota, hoping to be safe where she's always been accepted and loved. She buys a gift shop and hopes for happiness, but will settle for security.In Canton she meets Matt Bennes, former Special Forces and closet psychic, who saw too much violence in service and doesn't want anyone to depend on him for safety. He's an outsider, resigned to being a loner because he thinks no woman would put up with his gift, but is very attracted to Loni and senses she's in danger. A protector, he can't resist helping her. She falls in love with Matt, but who does she dare to trust to stay alive?

Lacey's new client, Patti, comes to her in a panic because her Aunt Agnes is missing. Patti calls Sheriff Ben stupid for refusing to investigate. Is Patti lying? The case gets more weird when Agnes's body is found, her nasty nephew and brother and his girlfriend arrive, and Patti begins dating Agnes' lawyer.Though Ben and even her trucker fiance, Paul, want her to drop the case, Lacey continues searching for the truth. Someone else doesn't want her snooping, either. When threats and intimidation don't work, she's kidnapped. Will she survive to solve this case?

Weird and scary things always happen to locksmith Cassie Jennings. But a body in an antique trunk? And now the killer who put it there is targeting her. Fed up with the violence and corruption of the 'big city, ' Homicide Detective Chance Martin moved to the relative quiet of a small Minnesota town. Now he's in charge of a murder investigation and the woman he loves is the killer's next target. The killer has already made one attempt on Cassie's life. Will the next be successful? Not if Chance can help it. To keep Cassie safe, he'll risk his career--and his life--to capture or kill this madman

Rosie, to please her dying mother, agreed to marry Ken Latham, the handsome, rich boss she doesn't love, but who has been regularly proposing to her. She rationalizes that she'll have a good life with him and true love is only a fairy tale anyway. But that promise of a good life turns into a nightmare when Ken is mugged, has amnesia and breaks their engagement. Also, Rosie and Ken have to deal with their company's CEO, Lester, who sends Kirk, Ken's identical twin, to investigate possible embezzlement at their building supply store. And someone is trying to kill Ken and also harassing Rosie. Can they survive long enough to build their attraction into love?

Paul Menns's quiet life is shattered when he reads the local paper and discovers his picture on the front page as a murder suspect. He discovers further that the dead man's name is his own. Accused of killing a man with a description matching his own, he calls a private investigator, Lacey Summers, to help solve the mystery. However, he did not reckon on falling in love with the lovely PI.

Teacher Jan reluctantly gives up vacation time to accept the task of cleaning out her late uncle's farmhouse. There she meets Kyle, who sat behind her in grade school and pulled her pigtails. Now he's the hard hat man who will develop the farm into a mall, apartments and a pool. Her aunt's crying ghost warns her of danger.Developer Kyle wants only to complete his project to keep his business afloat. But someone is trying to stop his project. Why? The farmer next door, lawyer, real estate agent, and a historian are all suspects and complicate things. Dead bodies, sabotage, burglary and fires threaten their love and their very lives.They must work together and soon fall in love again. Can they solve the mystery?

Large man is angry to learn Jolie is back. He should have killed her twenty years ago.Graphics designer, Jolie meets Bart at work and they begin dating. He discovers her sleeping on the job and learns she has insomnia. Nightmares she'd had during childhood returned after she came to Minneapolis. On one date, a psychic lady stops and spouts poetry, warning her to guard her little girl from danger. The only little girls in Jolie's life are her nieces, so she panics and drives her sister wild calling to ask if they are okay and telling her to protect them. Then the psychic tells the police where to find a dead woman and claims there's a connection to Jolie. Complications and attempts on their lives continue as they fight the problems and fall in love. Can they solve the mystery, prove Jolie's innocence before someone succeeds in killing them?

A baby on her doorstep? What's going on?Mystery novelist Candi finds herself in trouble way over her head when her sister, Jolene, drops off her baby asking Candi to keep it safe from its father and disappears. She needs to meet her deadline and doesn't have time to bail Jolene out of trouble for the umpteenth time. She's sick of responsibility. Then FBI agent Luke shows up, saying Jolene is part of a jewelry thief gang. Worse, Luke suspects Candi of being one of the thieves herself. Assigned to watch her, he finds himself falling for her and the cute baby, wanting her, but never gets involved with a suspect. Then they find that secrets from the past threaten Candi's whole family.

Businesswoman Clara Carter knows her husband is cheating on her and is also sure someone is embezzling from her company. Is it her own husband, Sam? She hires a Minneapolis PI to investigate. Then she's found dead in her bed.PI Lacey Summers is struggling to make a go of her business. Most of her clients want her to find proof of their spouses' infidelity. Now she's asked to solve a murder case. New client Sam Carter says, "Sheriff Ben thinks I killed my wife. I didn't, but he's not looking for any other suspects, so I'm in big trouble. I need you to find out who really did kill her." Will this case help her save her business or cost her her life?

Cassie Jenning's job as a small-town locksmith often puts her in odd and scary situations. In this story, she was behind the Lilliput Bar when the owner was shot. Now Sheriff Ben would like nothing better than to solve the case quickly by arresting her.Homicide Detective Chance Martin burned out on violence in Minneapolis, so took a small town job thinking he'd find peace. Instead, he's in charge of solving this murder. He meets Cassie and can't believe she's involved. But can he prove it?

Rosie, to please her dying mother, agreed to marry Ken Latham, the handsome, rich boss she doesn't love, but who has been regularly proposing to her. She rationalizes that she'll have a good life with him and true love is only a fairy tale anyway. But that promise of a good life turns into a nightmare. Unbeknown to Rosie, Ken disappears.Also, Rosie and Ken have to deal with their company's CEO, Lester, who sends Kirk, Ken's identical twin, to investigate possible embezzlement at their building supply store. When Kirk is mugged and has amnesia, he is identified as Ken and breaks their engagement. And someone is trying to kill him and also harassing Rosie. Can they survive long enough to build their attraction into love?

After secretly donating sperm so his sterile identical twin brother, Don, can pretend to father a child, Dave Langer finds himself in a legal quandary. Don and his wife Jenny have died, and Jenny asked her sister to adopt the baby boy, Cory. Dave has no proof Cory is his. Cathy Kassig, illustrator, loves the baby but has money problems that Dave could solve if only she'd let him. Dave convinces her to come live near him and allow him to help her. Thus, he gets a second chance to at least be near and get to know his son. Only his son's new mother is wildly attractive-and falling in love was not on his agenda. When she learns he's the baby's father, she's afraid he and his rich family will take the baby away. Can they learn to trust each other and get along?

Why would anyone want to kill someone as lovely as Jane Doe? She comes to in a cold, raging river, instinctively fighting for her life, with no idea how she got there or who she is. She needs to stay alive until she can get her memory and former life back, but has no idea who to trust. She falls in love with her rescuer, but is she free to commit?Mel Jonner's special forces training doesn't prepare him for the dangers he faces after rescuing Jane, the woman he saw pushed into the bear trap beside the dam on the river outside his office. And nothing prepares him for falling in love with her, even though he was determined never to be responsible for anyone again. What will her past reveal? Will he lose her when she regains her memory and wants to return to her former life?