Veteran nurse Mercedes “Mercy” Mares didn’t ask for a change in plans, but after the hospital lays her off, she’s forced into it. Lucky for her, she has friends in high places. When her best friend offers her a job at her new traveling nurse agency, Mercy jumps at the chance to see the world and meet new people. Unfortunately, her first assignment is anything but something to write home about. The patient is an eccentric billionaire with about as much charisma as a fruit fly and a few too many quirks for her taste. Throw in his family, employees, and a cesspool of greedy associates, and this assignment is a disaster. When one of them is found facedown in the Olympic pool, a few hours after a not-so-friendly exchange with Mercy, her visions of living the high life and escaping to exotic locations are dashed. If she doesn’t find the killer quick, she just may earn an all-expense paid trip to the slammer. Find out how quickly Mercy’s life changes when she least expects it in the humorous cozy mystery prequel to the 12-book Mercy Mares Mystery Series!

Traveling nurse Mercy Mares needs three things in life: the unconditional love of her daughter, her best friend and mentor's constant wisdom, and a new engine for her twenty-year old car. A new job posting halfway across the country promises to satisfy one of those needs, but when her patient's spouse dies within minutes of meeting her, she will soon find out that she's going to need a lot more than car repairs. What was touted as the friendliest town in America soon turns on her and it will be up to her to connect the dots and find the true murderer, but doing so will be no easy feat. With memory impaired witnesses, a meddling medical staff, and a cast of characters dead set on keeping their community free of strangers, Mercy will need a little help from her loved ones and a lot of luck to get herself out of this jam or risk losing everything she's worked so hard to achieve. Find out what happens when mayhem becomes synonymous with Mercy in this humorous, slightly irreverent Cozy Medical Mystery novel! (This a previously-published edition of ASIN B010EJQT6K, which is located at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4....)

A girl's getaway is just what traveling nurse Mercy Mares needs to unwind. With her best friend Ruby and her daughter in tow, they set off for a Bed & Breakfast that promises nothing but rest and relaxation, but when one of the eccentric owners dies during their welcome dinner, Mercy finds herself mixed up in a tangled web of whodunit and a heaping spoonful of chaos ensues. There's no rest for the weary when Mercy comes to town. Can she and her over zealous companions solve this mystery before trouble comes knocking on their doors? This is Book Four in the A Mercy Mares Cozy Medical Series. Each novel is a standalone novel. For more wild adventures with Mercy and her band of hilarious cohorts, shop here: http://amzn.to/1UcxnuC You won't want to miss any of Ava Mallory's Cozy Mysteries With Heart Novels!

When traveling nurse Mercy accepts a job assignment in her hometown, she thinks it will be no trouble at all. Besides, the client is the ten-year-old grandson of a wealthy investor. A maid, cook, gardeners, and a pristine estate, what could possibly go wrong? Everything if your name is Mercy Mares. An accountant is found dead. Mercy's young charge has gone missing and her trusty canine, sidekick Barney is up to no good. This once private family soon becomes the center of attention worldwide and Mercy's left with a lot of explaining to do and a doozy of a mystery to solve. If she can find the boy and prevent her Pug from wreaking any more havoc, she just may be able to catch a killer and keep her job. Find out what happens when money, power, and spunky, amateur sleuth Mercy claw their way to the truth before the truth kills them. This is book three in the 'A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery Series'. Books in this series may be read as standalone novels.

Traveling nurse Mercy Mares accepts a new job posting at a psychiatric facility in a small California town that boasts rest and relaxation for Hollywood starlets and wealthy travelers, but Mother Nature and an elusive murderer have other plans in store for her month long assignment. Before she's had a chance to settle in, Mercy finds herself accused of a heinous crime and discovers that nearly everyone from members of local law enforcement to Hollywood moguls have every reason to have wanted the victim dead. Now, it will be up to her and an unlikely ally to solve the murder or end up behind bars. Without her trusty friends and beloved canine companion, Barney, by her side, can Mercy rely on one of her patients to help clear her name or will he make matters worse for her? Find out what happens in this humorous, slightly irreverent Cozy Medical Mystery! This is the second book in the "A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery" Series.

Ruby's annual Halloween festivities have begun and Mercy wants no part of it. After narrowly escaping a confrontation with a former hot-headed employer in front of a large crowd of eager Trick or Treaters, all traveling nurse Mercy Mares wants for her Halloween night is a night in front of the television, catching up on some of her best loved shows. Before the night ends, Ruby's haunted house becomes a crime scene and Mercy's former employer is found lying face down in a giant tub of apples. Would-be apple bobbers are convinced that Mercy is to blame. Can Mercy and her over-zealous best friend Ruby clear her name and catch a killer before he or she strikes again? Find out in this madcap Halloween mystery, featuring traveling nurse Mercy Mares and her band of misfits!

Traveling nurse Mercy Mares is up to her eyeballs in donations for the town's annual holiday celebration. Every nook and cranny of her house and all of her friend's and neighbor's houses are overflowing with gifts for ill children in her local hospital. It's all she can do to keep track of what is what and who is who. On the night that she and her merry band of helpers are to deliver these gifts, everything, including gifts she bought for her loved ones, simply disappear without a trace. Now, Mercy has to find the thief before those who appointed her this year's Mrs. Claus find out that they're missing and dozens of children are left disappointed. Enlisting the help of her reluctant loved ones, Mercy has a humdinger of a mystery to solve in a flash in order to save Christmas. This is Volume 7 of the A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery Series. Each book is a standalone.

A late-night phone call. An unexpected road trip. A pair of troubling coincidences, or a deliberate attempt to destroy two women? Almost two decades have passed since Mercy saw or heard from her high school friend, Pidge Carlson. When she receives a collect call from a jail, she’s forced to leave town and go in search of answers. What she discovers leaves her with more questions than answers, surprising revelations, and a large web of deceit to contend with. Will the convoluted clues lead her in the right direction or will she become another pawn in a deadly scheme?

This wedding is a complete disaster.Mercy is moments from marrying the love of her life. Now if only, she could keep the louder half of the other couple marrying today under control, this wedding may go off without a hitch. If not, she’s vowed to chuck it all and spend the rest of her life as a spinster.Her favorite curmudgeon, Nubbin, didn’t think he’d ever get married again, but his bride-to-be wouldn’t stand for any more excuses. The time is now, even if that means he has to wear an itchy suit and deal with the nonstop chatter from the tailor. Before the nuptials kick off, the tailor is dead, Nubbin is accused, and Mercy has yet another mystery to solve, and fast. Scroll up to buy your copy and see if the double wedding of the century becomes a reality!

Mercy can't handle change. For a traveling nurse, that's a bad problem to have. An even worse problem is waking up from a cat nap to find her homebound client, the country's #1 true crime podcaster, dead... and half the police force at the front door. As the only other person in the house, Mercy knows she's in a world of trouble.With stacks of investigative notes for an upcoming podcast, she doesn't have access to, a growing list of suspects, a mysterious neighbor, who may or may not be a stalker, the police breathing down her neck, and her worried husband desperate for her to return home, Mercy has a lot on her proverbial plate, and none of it is particularly appetizing. As she searches for answers, the body count grows at an alarming rate and all roads lead to her.Can she catch a killer and clear her name before the heinous crimes are pinned on her?Cardiac Arrest is the eleventh title in the Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery Series. Each can be read as a standalone. This action-packed novella is approximately 30,000 words of cozy mystery fun.

Trouble follows Mercy everywhere, but surely it won't hit the same location twice, or will it? The Nebraska farm is hers to do anything she wants with, but she has no clue what she wants and no idea how to run a working farm. Thankfully, the next-door neighbor and a friendly farmhand do and are more than willing to help her while she contemplates her next move. Problem solved... until she and her pal and original owner, Nubbin Schmeckpepper, step inside the house and find a pool of blood in the kitchen. Now they have a real mystery on their hands, but as they investigate one, other mysteries come to light—each more perplexing than the last. What begins as a nice vacation transforms into something no one sees coming. Can they find the answers they need before whoever is responsible for the strange events strikes again? Final Mercy is the twelfth book in the Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery Series. Each installment can be read as a standalone but will provide more enjoyment if read in order.