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Join Aggie as she flies with her best friend Betty to Palm Springs where a $200,000 fish is stolen, an actress is kidnapped, and a man is murdered. Naturally curious, Aggie can’t help getting involved. Despite numerous warnings from her daughter to mind her own business, Aggie takes matters into her own hands.

Millie Miller couldn't imagine life being more stressful than having to put herself and her dogs on a diet until she and Jess discover a body in the sauna at the gym. She couldn’t believe there was another murder in the short amount of time she’d been living in her condo. Again, Millie wondered if her condominium complex, Mermaid Cove, should be renamed Murder Cove. Not long after finding the body in the sauna, Jess announced that her mother was going to come out for a visit. Jess’s mother wasn't the easiest person to get along with, and Millie was dreading it.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and Aggie, Betty and Roger are celebrating at an Irish pub in Palm Springs when Betty’s leprechaun-love-interest drops dead. Could it be murder? Join Aggie and friends as they embark on a celebration they won’t soon forget.

Millie Miller has always dreamed of living by the ocean. Now that her children have flown the coop, as an empty nester, she’s decided to sell her house to buy a condo only a mile from the beach in Oceanside, California. While walking her two dogs, Rosie and Daisy, Millie stumbles into a mystery after her pups find a body in the bushes. Frightened by the possibility that one of her new neighbors might be a murderer, Millie ignores the handsome police detective’s advice to mind her own business and decides to do some well-needed snooping.

It’s Valentine’s Day and Aggie is looking forward to her yearly ritual of curling up on the couch in front of the television while eating ice cream. However, this year her friends Betty and Roger, have talked Aggie into spending an evening out on the town. And then, to her surprise, Officer Tom Wood had also asked her out. Wearing a very uncomfortable, slinky, red dress that Betty picked out for her, and a ruby red pocketbook to match, Aggie stumbles into a dangerous Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget.

Miranda never felt like she fit in and never knew why, until one stormy day, a rustling noise brought her to the attic. She stumbles across a family secret, her great aunt's journal exposing a new world. Being the reincarnated Ki, originally from the planet Niburu, Miranda discovers her lifelong purpose. She must restore Niburu to its peaceful Atlantean state from before the rein of her evil sister, Nammu. To do this, she must prevent Nammu’s daughter, Inanna, from turning to the dark arts. If Inanna learns her true identity and embraces her mother’s evil, all will be lost.

Join Rachel as she discovers her life before Earth. A journey where she learns of her past ties with her seductively beautiful yet evil sister, Nammu, the ruler of the planet Niburu and how she arrived on Earth 3,600 years ago along with many other Niburuins. This is also a journey where flames are reignited as Rachel is reunited with her love of her life.

Aggie and Betty move to Palm Springs, California from England to be near family. Aggie had purchased their condos sight unseen through Roger, who decorated their homes to match their inner personalities. Join Aggie and friends where a prominent plastic surgeon dies in a car crash, a maid bites the dust, and Aggie is a little too nosy for her own good and stumbles into a haunted disaster.

No one knew that Betty wore corrective lenses until she showed up for Sunday coffee wearing a very thick pair of warped-lensed dark brown plastic-framed glasses. She’d contracted an eye infection resulting in one of her eyes becoming a beady little eye. At coffe, her cousin, Roger, accidentally spilled the beans regarding him dating someone named Pat. Unable to squash their curiosity, wanting to learn more about this mysterious Pat person, Aggie and Betty followed Roger to a day spa in Palm Springs. That was when Aggie received a dreaded phone call from her archnemesis.

The Desert Living Retirement Community is located smack dab in the middle of the Southern California desert, surrounded by windmills. Within this retirement community is a quaint little coffee shop running on a budget. Join the retirees in this quirky and comical short story as they spend their day drinking coffee and gossiping.

Roger has generously opened his home to both Aggie and Betty while their condos are being repaired after a horrifying fire incident. Unfortunately, Roger has the uncanny knack of getting on Aggie’s last nerve and she’s having a difficult time not telling him where to shove his squeegee. Join Aggie, Roger, and Betty at the grand opening of a Palm Springs gluten-free bakery where the owners have a deep dark secret.

Trying to impress Betty and Roger with her decorating abilities, Aggie buys some antique furniture on consignment. Little did Aggie know that the family she’d purchased the furniture from had a deep dark secret. Will the secret ruin Aggie’s dinner party?

With Roger’s help, Betty has self-published her first book with Aggie as the protagonist in her short story mysteries. In the middle of Betty’s first book signing, an old lady drops dead in the romance aisle. Did the woman die of natural causes? Or was it murder? Join Aggie, Roger, and Betty at her first book signing to find out.

The body of a film star crashes upon the roof of a moving tramcar, a mystery author is discovered hard-boiled and bobbing in a hot tub, a home is ransacked, and two grandmothers are battling. With bleached blonde hair, an English accent, a brand-spanking-new, red-hot turbo machine, and an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit, Aggie’s sure to stick her nose into everyone’s business.

Vienna Rossi is going to the marine corps ball. The bad news is she will be on a blind date. The good news is the ball is being held in Las Vegas. Everything was going smoothly until Jack, her handsome spirit guide, suddenly shows up. The last time she’d seen Jack, her life had been in jeopardy. Vienna hopes that her date isn’t a psycho serial killer like her previous one. Or was this time different? Could Jack be jealous?

After seeing her ex-boyfriend with another woman, her gorgeous spirit guide whom she could never have a relationship with, and a date with a well known office Romeo on Valentine’s Day; Vienna’s best friend talks her into a weekend getaway to clear her head. Little did she know that she’d not only have to deal with her cheating heart, but a lost soul in need of help.

With bleached blonde hair piled on top, an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit and an insatiable appetite for snooping, the ever curious Ms. Aggie Underhill and her friends embark on an eight-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera...Come join Aggie in a fun-filled vacation where a kidnapping goes awry, several love affairs take place, jealousy rises, tempers flare, and a passenger goes overboard.

With bleached blonde hair piled on top, an oversized pocketbook to match every outfit, Aggie’s ready to have some Las Vegas fun. Desperate to escape her two unwanted house guests visiting from England, Aggie accepts a wedding invitation for a couple whom she’d met on a cruise. Selfishly, she pawns her guests off on her daughter and forgets that the Thanksgiving holiday is just days away.

Aggie and her friends have rented a beach house in Oceanside while anxiously awaiting the birth of her granddaughter. Little did she know that Roger's supposed near-death experience of practically choking to death on a golden ring baked into a gluten-free doughnut would land her in so much trouble. Now, it's up to Betty, Aggie's best friend, to put the clues together and play detective in order to dig Aggie out of a dangerous situation.

Aggie stumbles into a very prickly situation when determined to help her daughter with a personal problem. Not only is her daughter’s life in a state of upheaval, so is Aggie’s love life when she becomes a member of a worldwide popular online social site. With bleached blonde hair piled on top, Aggie’s ready to stumble into another desert adventure.