In the charming mountain town of Timber Coulee, Idaho, music shop owner Amanda Parrish’s harmonious life strikes a discordant note when a beloved townsperson is murdered during the town’s annual summer music camp. As Amanda seeks for answers, she uncovers a web of long-buried secrets, including a mysterious violin and a charismatic newcomer with a hidden agenda. With the help of her spirited niece and a cast of colorful locals, Amanda must compose a solution to this deadly sonata before the killer’s next movement brings her own story to a premature finale.

As the Great Depression tests her faith and reshapes her world, Connie discovers that true friendship—and one mysterious formula—might hold the key to everything. A heartwarming tale of courage, faith, and the bonds that last even when everything else falls away.

When new neighbors disrupt her carefully ordered life in 1944 Chicago, grumpy but loveable nurse Clara Janacek must finally confront the tragic steamship disaster that changed her life forever nearly thirty years before.

A small-town woman’s orderly life grows complicated when she spots her presumed-dead high school sweetheart in Chicago and takes a job at a department store to investigate him, all while being drawn into the city’s Jazz Age allure and questioning her engagement to a successful doctor back home.

A vivacious jazz singer by night (and seller of hats by day) with dreams of singing stardom doubts her self-worth while a war-scarred businessman tries to win her heart despite their different lifestyles in booming 1920s Chicago.

A speakeasy singer longs for a better life than the one she’s always known. A department-store clerk finds that the robe of her dreams may cost more than she bargained for. A young girl wrestles with the pangs of growing up as she reunites with an old friend.In this book, you’ll find a delightful array of charming stories set in simpler times. From the grand department stores and smoky speakeasies of Prohibition-era Chicago to the pristine shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene, these winsome characters will capture your heart and sweep you back to the Jazz Age.