Kate Carlisle

Contractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans in a brand-new installment of the USA Today best-selling Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.

Contractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in Lighthouse Cove, California....

The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way....

In the seaside town of Lighthouse Cove in northern California, everyone knows the best man for the job is actually a woman - contractor Shannon Hammer....

Brooklyn has been happily settling into married life with her hunky husband, security expert Derek Stone, when a little black book arrives in the mail on a quiet Saturday afternoon....

Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is attending the world-renowned Book Fair when her ex Kyle shows up with a bombshell....

Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright returns home to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class....

When Mac Sullivan - famous thriller writer and Shannon's new beau - first moved to Lighthouse Cove, California, he bought the historic lighthouse mansion....

When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates both recreating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life....

At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly....

Brooklyn and her hunky new husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma’s first annual book festival. Then a greedy local businessman who seems intent on destroying Dharma starts harassing Brooklyn's mom....

Chloe is the cohost of a popular home-repair show on the Home Builders Network. When she returns to her hometown to film several shows featuring her sister, Shannon, it's apparent things are not exactly blissful in TV land. Bree, the executive producer of the show, is soon found dead....

Brooklyn is touched when her college frenemies gift her rare copies of two books at her bridal shower. When one frenemy is found murdered and one of the rare books is deemed a forgery, Brooklyn wonders if the victim played a part in this fraud or if a murderer is still out there....

Rare-books expert Brooklyn Wainwright is invited to the 50th birthday party of her neighbor Suzie's aunt Grace....

Newlyweds Brooklyn and Derek are enjoying the final days of their honeymoon in Paris. They bump into Ned, an old friend from Derek’s spy days. Soon after returning home, Derek is dismayed when he receives a mysterious letter announcing Ned’s death....

Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire Raphael Nash is loving his new retired life, but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation, which helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world....

Shannon could not be happier that her hunky thriller-writing boyfriend, Mac, has moved in, and it is a good thing they are living together because they are both busier than ever. Mac is hosting writing retreats at his now vacant lighthouse mansion....

Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum. Jane plans to turn her section into a small luxury hotel....

Brooklyn's future in-laws are traveling from England to meet her, which is enough to set her on edge, but now rumors are flying that the shops across the street may be replaced by apartments....

Brooklyn's chance to restore a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast seems a fairytale come true - until she realizes the book last belonged to an old friend.....