She began a journey of self-discovery. She never expected to uncover an old boyfriend and a dead body… Stuart, Florida. With her parents deceased and her son away at college, Cara Mia Delgatto longs to reinvent herself. And a sentimental purchase of a fixer-upper in a small, coastal town seems...

Life in Paradise isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Cara Mia Delgatto feels like she is drowning in problems! Stuart, Florida. Her ex-husband is refusing to pay their son’s college tuition (as promised), her sister is pulling mean pranks, and her old boyfriend has broken her heart…again. And that’s...

Cara Mia thought she found a sculpture of a mermaid in the sand…and then it moved! Rescuing a half-drown immigrant was not what she wanted on her morning walk. Stuart, Florida. Was it the right thing to do? Will the woman survive? And if she does, will she be okay?...

Cast Away: Book #4 in the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series The fourth book in a clean, romantic, mystery series set in Florida that focuses on love and friendship with a touch of history, too. Stuart, Florida -- A priceless coral and gold artifact intended for a queen disappears from a...

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Joanna Campbell Slan has done it again! From the author of stories in five of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Bestsellers comes the continuing the saga of Cara Mia Delgatto, a single mom trying to grab a SECOND CHANCE at life! When a young...

A Cozy Mystery That's a Real Hit! First they warned Jocelyn Johnson. Then they ticketed Jocelyn Johnson. Then someone murdered Jocelyn Johnson. And Cara Mia Delgatto was looking for a lost ball when found Jocelyn “JJ” Johnson face down in a sand trap. Gave a whole new meaning to “take a...

Man plans and God laughs. – Anonymous Cara’s life is spinning out of control. A double-wedding is canceled at the last minute. A baby comes early. Her son decides he hates college. But none of that is as upsetting as the death of a young acquaintance, a delightful food service...

New York Times and USA TodayBestselling author Joanna Campbell Slan delivers with this spin-off series from her beloved Kiki Lowenstein books! From the author of stories in five of the Chicken Soup for the Soul Bestsellers comes the Complete Six book series in the continuing the saga of Cara Mia Delgatto, a...

Cara Mia Delgatto is doing historical research when she visits the House of Refuge, a way station for shipwrecked sailors, on Hutchinson’s Island, Florida. But Cara gets a dose of historical reality when another visitor is stabbed—and she’s called upon to administer first aid. The subsequent death of the victim...

It's raining outside, and it's raining inside. Hey, that's Florida. But as sassy entrepreneur Cara Mia Delgatto watches a van full of Highwayman paintings walk out the front door of The Treasure Chest--because the collection's owner is taking them back--she's crying on the inside all the way to the bank....