


Books in series

#1
Bought The Farm
2016
Rainy Day is headed to greener pastures.
Divorced, and with kids out on their own, she uses a recent inheritance to make big changes to her life. She quits her job and, on a whim, buys a hobby farm in rural Virginia, a hundred miles from her long-time home near Washington, DC. Despite the fact that she has no idea what she's doing, she's buoyed by the prospect of living in a small town and adjusting to country life.
Until she finds a body in her bungalow.
A handsome neighbor, a charming pastor, a grumpy bartender, and a bumbling sheriff all manage to complicate the situation, especially when Rainy herself becomes a suspect in the crime.
When things take a turn for the worse, Rainy has to wonder – did she make a mistake buying the farm?

#2
When The Rooster Kills
2016
Small towns like big stories.
And Rainy Day is right in the middle of one.
Rainy is settling into her new life in the small town of Latney, but when a young woman goes missing, she finds herself thrown in the spotlight again. Because the townspeople turn to her for help.
Rainy reluctantly lets herself be drawn into searching for the woman. Soon enough, she is surrounded by people who are sneaking around and struggling with telling her the truth. As new suspects come to light, Rainy worries that the woman might never be found and that an innocent person will stand accused.
Can she find the missing woman before it’s too late?

#3
Crack Of Death
2016
Rainy is enjoying her first slice of summer in Latney.
Until a dead body disrupts her plans.
Tasked with doing a favor for Pastor Declan Murphy, Rainy stumbles upon the body of one of his elderly congregants. The inept Sheriff Lewis soon attempts to implicate Rainy in the person's death, even though she’s never met them before.
Rainy immediately begins looking into the victim's life in order to clear her own name, and soon finds more than a few folks who might have wanted the person dead. The more Rainy digs, the more potential culprits she discovers. With the sheriff breathing down her back, Rainy knows she needs to act fast if she wants to avoid being a suspect herself and salvage summer…and her innocence.
There’s just one problem. She knows someone is lying to her about their involvement in the death.
She just can’t figure out who.

#4
Planting Evidence
2017
Dead bodies, burned-down buildings, a kidnapping…Rainy thinks she’s seen it all in the small town of Latney. After six months in her new home and her new town, she’s ready to focus on something other than solving crimes…like her budding relationship with Gunnar Forsythe, her handsome next-door neighbor.
But then money goes missing from one of the town’s most revered organizations and the people of Latney turn to Rainy for help. Despite her wishes, she’s coerced into investigating the theft. The clock is ticking because the Fall Festival, one of the town’s most-loved annual events, won’t go on if the money isn’t found.
As Rainy dives into the clues left behind, she soon realizes that finding a suspect isn’t a problem.
It’s figuring out which one of her new friends is the culprit.

#5
One Bad Egg
2017
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and Rainy is looking forward to everything the holiday has to good food, great desserts, and the company of family.
But living in Latney has a way of complicating even the best-laid plans, especially when Rainy Day is involved.
Because before she knows it, the Thanksgiving holiday suddenly becomes anything but relaxing. Between relationship issues with Gunnar and unexpected dinner guests—who somehow keep multiplying—her idyllic holiday begins to disintegrate before her very eyes. And when a murder occurs in town, with someone she knows as the prime suspect, she quickly realizes that this will be a Thanksgiving unlike any she’s ever experienced before.
If she can survive the chaos.

#6
Bale Out
2017
Up in smoke.
It’s a month before Christmas, and Rainy Day feels like everything is going up in smoke. Literally. Because not only is her relationship with Gunnar looking like a pile of burnt ashes, but Declan’s church is, too.
After a winter storm badly damages the building, the town must come together to rebuild. But someone isn’t on board and sabotages the attempts being made to salvage the beloved church. When one of the townspeople accuses Declan of being the culprit, Rainy must decide who she believes...and just how far she’ll go to protect a friend.
But Rainy has other problems, too. As she seeks to unravel the mystery at St. Simon’s, she must also find a way to resolve the mixed feelings she has about the men she’s become close to since moving to her Virginia farm. Because tensions are running high, and if she’s not careful, her entire life might be set ablaze.

#7
Last Straw
2017
Christmas is right around the corner and bells are definitely ringing.
Alarm bells.
Rainy Day thinks she has the perfect holiday planned…until Sheriff Lewis shows up with a search warrant for her property. Determined to keep this latest skirmish from her visiting children, Rainy does her best to keep them in the dark. But she can’t hide it for long.
Because before she knows it, the sheriff accuses Gunnar of the very crime he suspected her of.
With all that has happened between Gunnar and Rainy, she must decide if she can set aside the past and step up to help her handsome next-door neighbor. Tensions are high, especially with Gunnar's ex-wife in town for the holidays, and Rainy’s own blossoming relationship with Declan.
But now more than ever, Rainy must decide who her friends are.
And just how far she’s willing to go to help them.

#8
Cut and Died
2017
A winter storm brings more than just snow to Rainy’s doorstep. It also brings Mack Mercy, her former boss at Capitol Cases, and a whole heap of trouble.
Coming home from a conference, Mack’s car skids off an icy road during the storm. He manages to make his way to Rainy’s, where he is soon introduced to the townsfolk in Latney. But as charming as the town appears to be, Mack soon discovers all is not as it seems in the tiny town Rainy relocated to…especially when his car disappears from the side of the road. And especially when Sheriff Lewis accuses him of a crime he didn’t commit.
With Mack stranded in Latney and holed up in her house, Rainy must put her own pressing personal issues on the backburner to help her former boss. Even if he doesn’t want it.
Because she knows what charges he’s up against and who’s leveling them. And she knows Sheriff Lewis will do whatever it takes to make those charges stick…especially if it means he can take down Rainy, too.

#9
Sour Grapes
2018
Rainy might own a farm, but she doesn’t know a thing about cows. Especially when one goes missing and she’s enlisted to help find it. Mikey, her favorite chef at the Wicked Wich, is striking out on his own, opening a restaurant in nearby Winslow. But when the world’s largest cow statue he’s erected for the front of the restaurant goes missing, it threatens to throw his entire venture into chaos. Rainy is determined to figure out who stole the cow and return it to its rightful owner before the big day. But it turns out there’s a long list of suspects who might want to sabotage Mikey’s new venture, suspects who might just do anything to ensure his restaurant is a failure. With time running out, Rainy dives in head first and soon realizes that finding the cow and the thief will be trickier than she anticipated. And far more dangerous.

#10
Tying the Knot
2018
Wedding bells are ringing...and people are dying. Rainy's daughter, Laura, is in panic mode. The wedding she thought she had months to plan has suddenly been moved up, all thanks to her fiancé's ailing grandmother. Desperate to help, Rainy steps in and offers her farmhouse in Latney as a venue and enlists all of her friends in town to help pull off the impromptu ceremony. But when someone turns up dead just a few days before the wedding, things immediately go off the rails...especially when Rainy realizes that nearly everyone involved in the celebration is a suspect. Rainy does her best to keep the wedding on track while she searches for the killer. Even when the sheriff sets his sights on her as a suspect, and even when the clues she unearths point to the people she's closest to. As the big day approaches, Rainy knows she has to act fast. Because if she doesn't, there might not be a happily ever after for anyone.
Author

Jeff Shelby
Author · 36 books
Jeff Shelby grew up around the beaches of Southern California and graduated from the University of California at Irvine. He is the author of the bestselling Noah Braddock series (Killer Swell, Wicked Break, Liquid Smoke), the stand alone thriller Thread of Hope, and the Deuce Winters series (Stay At Home Dead), written under the name Jeffrey Allen. He lives in Dallas, TX.