2018 Best Paranormal Fiction by The Association of Texas Authors, 2018 RONE Award Nominee for Paranormal Long, Crowned Heart Recipient from InD'Tale Magazine. “Becki Willis blends bits of history with bits of fancy, and weaves a tantalizing tale you won’t soon forget.”Reporter Gera Stapleton has a difficult choice to make: write the story of a lifetime, or save the legacy of a town—and a man—she has come to love.Assigned to an impossible story in Jerome, Arizona about a “ghost” named Mac, Gera knows it’s a fluff piece, at best, until a local man is murdered in the middle of town. When the townspeople blame Mac, she knows the killer is getting away with… well, murder.Seeing the opportunity for a cover-worthy piece, Gera sets out to find the real killer. In a town filled with curiosities, she befriends a lonely old woman, butts heads with an ornery sheriff, falls for a sexy hotel owner, and uncovers an amazing tale about greed, deception, and family honor. And when the killer targets her as the next victim, an unlikely savior comes to her rescue.Will she write the story that launches her career? Or will she honor a family’s legacy from the past?Smart dialogue, plenty of action, and a touch of the supernatural make this a must-read novel. You'll find yourself wondering Is it possible?Are there truly such things as tangible spirits, after all?

Tangible Spirits

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Willis, Becki

Mystery

Becki Willis

Named sole heir to her aunt's estate, Charity Gannon arrives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, hoping to find a link to her past. She’s not looking for lost treasures; she is searching for a connection to the aunt she barely knew.What she finds is a thirty-something-year-old mystery and questions with no answers. A sad, secluded cottage, all but hidden amid the vines. A man's suit of clothes, tainted with dried blood and a bullet hole. Four forgotten boxes, stuffed into a large bag and buried in the far corners of the shed.These are not just any boxes. These are unopened, undelivered boxes, left behind by the now-defunct Kingdom Parcel. All four boxes are marked March 14, 1984... the very day her uncle, president and driver for the delivery service, was said to have committed suicide. Four forgotten boxes, whose owners might still be out there, waiting for a delivery that never arrived.The undelivered boxes haunt Charity, tugging on her conscience. Hadn’t someone noticed them missing? Hadn’t anyone wondered about the failed delivery? Thinking it might be fun to surprise the recipients after all these years, Charity sets out to deliver the packages to their rightful owners. Along the way, one of the love stories she discovers is her own. Fate throws her into the sturdy arms of Tarn Danbury, a burly sugarmaker with eyes as beautiful as the mountain pond from which he was named, and a voice as smooth and rich as the dark syrup he produces. The story behind one box is delightful. Another is heartbreaking.And one might very well be the death of her.

Forgotten Boxes

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Clear Creek Publishers

ER Nurse Laurel Bennett is fully dedicated to her job. She may be petite, but she'll take on any behemoth who threatens her patients' safety and well-being. Her feisty protectiveness creates problems when police detective Cade Resnick comes around, investigating a hit and run. There's no denying the sparks between these two professionals, but now is hardly the time to explore their attraction to one another. Laurel befriends a desperate mother and her teenage son, but soon finds herself drawing unwanted attention from a local loan shark. As Cade zeroes in on his suspect, Laurel won't make it easy for him, not while the suspect is under her care. More than once, the two clash when Cade's quest for justice collides with Laurel's concern for her patients.Come along on the start of a new series and meet the staff and professionals that give the hospital its heart. There's never a dull moment at Texas General Hospital, or in the lively college town of College Station, Texas. A fresh approach to quick cozy reads, some dedicated to mystery, some to romance. Welcome to Texas General Cozy Cases!

A Case of Murder by Monte Carlo: Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery, Book 1

"Good for what ails you," this quick, feel-good mystery is sure to chase away the gloom and doom of 2020 and challenge your 'whodunit' skills. ER Nurse Laurel Benson and Police Detective Cade Resnick have a sure cure for boredom. There's never a dull moment in the lively college town of College Station, Texas. Book 2 is no exception, especially with a bonus appearance by Granny Bert from The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series. On the last home Game Day of Aggie football, a patient is admitted to the ER, and he's not just any patient. Laurel recognizes the sixty-something-year-old in the Captain Courageous costume (no, it's not Halloween) as the CEO of Texas General Hospital's most vocal competitor, Brazos Valley Methodist. He's also married to Cade's superior, College Station Assistant Chief of Police Corinda-Addison Fisk. His first visit of the day is of a 'personal' nature; the second leaves him fighting for his life. One of Laurel's superpowers is that she interprets Mumbo-Jumbo, those indecipherable mutterings of patients' in the direst of situations. Before he's rushed to surgery, Dr. Fisk tells Laurel something that is sure to put her at odds with the handsome detective and make their elusive first date even less likely to happen. When the doctor dies, Cade has a murder on his hands and Laurel must tell him what she knows. Never mind that the cowboy detective makes her heart jingle as surely as his spurs; their careers seem determined to pull them apart, one patient and one murder at a time. From the best-selling author of The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series, Mirrors Don't Lie Series, and The Spirits of Texas Cozy Mysteries, enjoy this new line of quick, feel-good cozies. Book 2 of Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery

A Case of Death in Disguise : Texas General Cozy Mystery, Book 2 (Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery)

When an asthma patient under Laurel Benson’s care dies, the ER nurse quickly realizes it wasn’t of natural causes. Faint bruising around the neck indicates the woman was strangled, right there in the recovery room! Always a champion for her patients, the headstrong nurse is determined to find out who’s to blame and how they got past her watchful eye.\nThe hospital is keeping the cause of death under wraps lest the media gets wind of it, especially when evidence points to it being an inside job. Knowing a killer walks among them is stressful enough, but Laurel’s stress skyrockets when someone breaks into her home and ransacks the old Craftsman. Oddly enough, the only thing taken is her sense of peace and security.\nGiven their so-called ‘relationship,’ Detective Cade Resnick is barred from handling the case. Worse, he’s pre-occupied with another high-profile murder that pulls him away from her side. Laurel doesn’t bother telling him about the other odd occurrences around her house, or about the second break-in. And she’ll go to any lengths to avoid ‘the talk’ he insists is long overdue. Those, she knows, never go well.\nWith suspects around every gurney, danger in her own house, and twists she never sees coming, Laurel has her hands full with A Case of Strangulation by a Stranger, Book 3 of Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery. 
From the best-selling author of The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series and Forgotten Boxes.

A Case of Strangulation by a Stranger (Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery)

She thought her past was behind her. Then one day out of the blue, secrets long hidden come out to haunt Kenzie Reese. But this … this is the biggest secret of all. Bigger than finding out she has a long-lost twin. Bigger than finding out their father is a criminal. This secret has the power to destroy her hard-earned sense of peace. After years of trying to forget, this newest revelation has Kenzie desperate to remember even the smallest details of her past. As her life begins to unravel, Kenzie and her twin search for answers. This secret, after all, even rocks Makenna. Now the sisters are on a mission to uncover the final truth about their past, but will their new obsession cost them the men they love? Hardin cannot get past the fact that Makenna lies to him in her quest for answers. And Travis… when Travis takes a promotion in another town, it jeopardizes the fragile relationship he and Kenzie are building. Always a stickler for rules, the Lieutenant with the Texas Rangers won’t be pleased when he learns how far Kenzie bends the rules this time. The answers the sisters find are not what they expect. They bring changes into their lives, as well as fresh heartache. But the old cliché is true- the truth will set you free. This final truth offers closure on their past, and the power to move forward with their lives. Especially for Kenzie, this truth is empowering, offering her a key ingredient to happiness and the light of a bright future. Light she discovers from her mirror.

Light from Her Mirror (Mirrors Don't Lie)

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

When Madison Reynolds finds herself widowed and penniless before forty, she does the only thing she knows to do – she packs up her teenage twins and moves back home with her eighty-year-old grandmother. Life in The Sisters, Texas has not changed much since she’s been gone, but at least her best friend Genesis is there to soften the transition back into small-town life. To make ends meet, Madison opens In a Pinch Temporary Services. Her first real client is Ronny Gleason, but when she shows up for the first day of work at the Gleason Poultry Farm, Madison makes a gruesome discovery. The dead body she finds belongs to Mr. Gleason. When a local man is arrested for murder, his mother tries to hire Madison to exonerate him. Even though she explains she is no private investigator, Madison takes the job anyway. Both mothers are desperate, after all: Lucy Ngyen to clear her son’s name, and Madison to pay her bills. But as she begins asking questions around town, someone makes it clear they want her to stop. With a daughter determined to go back to Dallas, a son settling into small town life, a feisty grandmother who knows all the town gossip, bill collectors calling, and now someone trying to keep her silent, Madison has no time for re-kindling her high school crush with police Chief Brash deCordova. She has her hands full just trying to stay alive. If she survives her amateur investigation, Maddy has a decision to make. Will she go back to her life in Dallas, or will she build a new life here in The Sisters?

Chicken Scratch: The Sisters, Texas Series (The Sisters, TX)

Madison Reynolds is rebuilding her life, one obstacle at a time. But the building blocks aren’t standard issue: widowed at thirty-nine…betrayed by her late husband…mother of teenaged twins…finances in shambles…living with her eighty-year-old grandmother…still attracted to her teenage crush Brash deCordova, who just happens to be the Chief of Police in The Sisters…embroiled in yet another murder mystery… How will she ever get all the blocks assembled and stacked one upon another, in order to build a future for herself and her children? Madison’s newest client at In a Pinch Temp Service is a suspicious wife, up against a formidable foe—the lovely Caress Ellingsworth, former soap opera queen. When the star is murdered and Madison is eyewitness to the deed, she wonders if the shadowed person she saw commit the crime might really be her client. Now Madison is torn between uncovering the truth and keeping her customer’s name off the suspect list. Caress is not the only star in town these days. With a little help from Granny Bert and Madison’s best friend Genesis, the popular television show Home Again arrives, with some crazy notion about remodeling the Big House for Maddy and her twins. The problem is, Madison can’t afford to buy the house, much less pay to have it renovated. No matter how tempting the offer—or how tempting the show’s star, Nick Vilardi—Madison sees it as just another block that will not fit. Even if she manages to stack the blocks in a semblance of order, even if she climbs her way up and reaches for the sky, what happens when the stars fall? Book Two of The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series. Homegrown characters, mystery and romance.

When the Stars Fall: The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series (The Sisters, TX Mystery Series)

United States

Tantor Audio

Named sole heir to her aunt's estate, Charity Gannon arrives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, hoping to find a link to her past. She’s not looking for lost treasures; she is searching for a connection to the aunt she barely knew. What she finds is a thirty-something-year-old mystery and questions with no answers. A sad, secluded cottage, all but hidden amid the vines. A man's suit of clothes, tainted with dried blood and a bullet hole. Four forgotten boxes, stuffed into a large bag and buried in the far corners of the shed. These are not just any boxes. These are unopened, undelivered boxes, left behind by the now-defunct Kingdom Parcel. All four boxes are marked March 14, 1984... the very day her uncle, president and driver for the delivery service, was said to have committed suicide. Four forgotten boxes, whose owners might still be out there, waiting for a delivery that never arrived. The undelivered boxes haunt Charity, tugging on her conscience. Hadn’t someone noticed them missing? Hadn’t anyone wondered about the failed delivery? Thinking it might be fun to surprise the recipients after all these years, Charity sets out to deliver the packages to their rightful owners. Along the way, one of the love stories she discovers is her own. Fate throws her into the sturdy arms of Tarn Danbury, a burly sugarmaker with eyes as beautiful as the mountain pond from which he was named, and a voice as smooth and rich as the dark syrup he produces. The story behind one box is delightful. Another is heartbreaking. And one might very well be the death of her.

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Tangible Spirits

Forgotten Boxes

A Case of Murder by Monte Carlo: Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery, Book 1

A Case of Death in Disguise : Texas General Cozy Mystery, Book 2 (Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery)

A Case of Strangulation by a Stranger (Texas General Cozy Cases of Mystery)

Light from Her Mirror (Mirrors Don't Lie)

Chicken Scratch: The Sisters, Texas Series (The Sisters, TX)

When the Stars Fall: The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series (The Sisters, TX Mystery Series)

Forgotten Boxes

Forgotten Boxes