Kate Carlisle

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....

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....

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

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

Brooklyn has always been a little obsessed with food, but it was her sister, Savannah, who became a chef, graduating from the prestigious Cordon Bleu school in Paris....

Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be appearing on the hit TV show, This Old Attic as a rare-book expert....

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

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....

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.....

After Wanda Frawley’s tragic suicide, rare-book expert Brooklyn Wainwright makes an intriguing discovery in one of Wanda’s old books: a copy of Pride and Prejudice contains a very interesting letter addressed to the deceased’s spouse....

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....

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

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

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....

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....

In the fourth novel in the New York Times best-selling Fixer-Upper Mystery series, contractor Shannon Hammer must restore the Christmas spirit by clearing her father's name....

Nothing can stop Ellie Sterling’s baby-making attempt at the fertility clinic....

Where did Brandon Duke’s secretary go? Because this sultry woman is not the Kelly Meredith who left on vacation....