Petal Morgan finds herself, at twenty-eight, not only without any sort of compass leading her to her lifelong dream (she has as yet to identify), not to mention the student loans stacking up against her (how much education is too much?), now perched on the edge of bankruptcy while accepting, with the shame that comes from failure, taking over the unfinished apartment over her parent's garage. But when an unexpected encounter with an old friend leads her to the kind of job she never expected, she not only uncovers her talents, but a dead body to boot. Deception has never been so lucrative... Welcome to Masquerade Inc. Cozy Mysteries!

Petal’s digging into another mystery, this time hired by the police department to investigate a program aimed to assist ex-convicts to gain new skills. But when one of the staff at the greenhouse project ends up murdered, a giant cache of drugs uncovered with the body, she’s once again on the front line, uncovering secrets, following trouble and making enemies while doing her best to find out who did the deed without ending her career early…

When Petal is hired to discover who is sabotaging a stage production, she uncovers an old mystery about the theater, the man it was named after and his final manuscript, all tied not only to the person responsible for threatening the show's success but ending, for one of those involved, in murder. Can she uncover the saboteur before her boss fires her or the guilty party adds her body to their death count?

Petal was only hired to uncover a mole in GrandCorp’s new facility, a traitor to the company handing secrets to the protestors trying to shut down the chemical plant. And while she suspects the CEO may be breaking the law and that the activists are telling the truth, when someone turns up dead on the grounds, her client asks her to go above and beyond and solve the murder before the authorities can ask uncomfortable questions that might reveal truths she’s not sure she can live with.

When Detective Elle Gordon’s favorite auntie needs a deception expert, Petal offers to do the job pro bono. Finding out who’s been blackmailing clients at The Medium House might be the easy part, however, when one of the practitioners ends up dead and the lead suspect is none other than her ex-husband’s new girlfriend.

When Petal is hired to play bodyguard at a private party, she brings her best friend Reggie Nolan along for the ride. The death of one of the guests means Petal is once again investigating a murder, only this time with help from her ex-husband, Raphael Van Dorn. Can she see past her regret at not telling him how she really feels and uncover the murderer before the guests depart or will she let the past interfere with finding the truth?

Petal’s attempt at closure ends in murder when she attends an auction for her mother’s favorite possession, her convertible, Lucille. But when she’s framed for the killing, Petal’s sent into a deep dive into her past while trying to save herself in the present, uncovering secrets that will alter her future in ways she never expected and putting her life in a spiral she’s not sure she’ll survive.