New Releases by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Jess never told anyone about her first kiss, her crush on the too-old-for-her boy next door, or what his departing gift meant to her. But Jacob has been gone for six years, and a lot has changed. Jess is a high school senior with plans, popularity, and a football star boyfriend. Just as everything she's worked for falls apart, Jacob is back-assigned to the Army base near her home. Is this her second chance at love, or will Jacob only see the little girl he left behind?

Emerson Fox knows better than to trust reality TV. When an ambitious producer pitches Sharp Island as the perfect backdrop for his couples' retreat show, Emmy hesitates-events on the island have a nasty habit of ending in murder. But the publicity could boost the upcoming summer tourist season, and the producer promises everything will be fun, therapeutic, and squeaky clean. He's even hired renowned relationship guru Dr. Melinda Showell to keep things on track. Then the contestants arrive: a volatile mix of exes with unfinished business, including Emmy's jilted ex-fiancé. Dr. Showell's brutal "counseling sessions" drag painful secrets into the open-including what Emmy's boyfriend, Detective Pierce Hamilton, has been hiding from her. When the therapist pronounces their relationship dead on arrival, Emmy's humiliated. When Dr. Showell turns up actually dead, Emmy's investigating. With an island full of couples nursing grudges and keeping secrets, the suspect list is as tangled as the relationships themselves. Now Emmy must solve a murder, save the show, and figure out if her romance with Pierce can survive-all while dodging the man she left at the altar. But the killer is watching, and Emmy's getting close to a past that was meant to stay buried. Can she unravel the truth hidden in Dr. Showell's unorthodox therapy sessions before she becomes the next victim?

Long-distance love is hard enough. Long-distance love during wartime may be impossible. Jacob is in Iraq. Jess is at college, trying to build a new life. Between grainy video calls and messages that never quite capture what they need to say, their newly rekindled relationship feels like it's held together by hope and heartbreak. And then there's someone else-someone who isn't half a world away. When tragedy shatters everything, guilt, blame, and an unfathomable loss threaten to destroy what they've built. In the wreckage, Jacob and Jess face an impossible choice: Can their love survive what war has taken? Or is letting go the only way to save each other? A stunning sequel to The Second Kiss, this is a story about love, loss, and learning what's worth fighting for.

Emerson Fox is ready to enjoy a quiet Christmas on Sharp Island. All she has to do is get through one week of town festivities. Then her con artist dad is unexpectedly released from prison, a priceless family heirloom disappears during the town's annual tree lighting, and one of a pair of feuding ugly sweater ladies is found dead, impaled by her own knitting needle. Can Three Wise Guys, a bling-obsessed craftswoman, and a disappearing Santa Claus with secrets of his own help Emmy cut through chaos, find the star, and solve the murder in time to clear her dad's name and save Christmas? This holiday installment of the Emerson Fox mystery series is cozier than a cup of peppermint tea, with more twists and turns than a bowl of ribbon candy, and all the heartwarming fun of a family finally coming together amid the chaos of the holidays.

"Since inheriting Sharp Island, Emerson Fox has everything under control, except that the island's water system is failing, the only one who knows how to fix it was recently found floating in the water tank, and the ghost who historically foretells doom showed up at her first Town Hall Meeting--just before she was almost killed by a falling chandelier. To solve the mystery and save the island Emmy must team up with an old enemy turned event planner, an over-the-top ghost hunting podcaster, and convince her ultra-logical detective boyfriend to follow the trail of a ghost. The second book in the Emerson Fox series pits our intrepid heroine against the Sharp Island Phantom, a fall festival of epic proportions, and of course, murder. Seeing may not be believing in this twisted mystery full of ghostly sightings, deep dark secrets, and a masquerade ball to bring down the house (or maybe the Town Hall)."--Cover, page 4.

Can a trio of ghostly guides help a holiday crazed mom let go of perfection and embrace the true Spirit of Christmas? Melody has Christmas all wrapped up, from the perfect meal, to the perfect decorations, to the perfect church Christmas pageant, but when her best laid plans crumble like a day old grocery store sugar cookie, three spirits step in to help. Can visions of past, present, and future imperfect holidays help her let go of the ideal and rediscover what and who the Christmas season is really about, or will her pursuit of perfection leave her wearing chains of regret? Every mom who's tried to pull off the perfect holiday will see something of themselves in this delightful, poignant, and uplifting story by Jennifer Shaw Wolf. This inspirational novella is filled with family, friendship, and faith. It's the perfect holiday gift for someone striving to let go of perfection and learning to give away the chains that bind them.

Inheriting a bookshop and the island that comes with it could be the solution to all of Emmy's problems, or it could be the last thing she ever does. Emerson Fox's ADHD has left her with a do-nothing degree, a jilted ex-fiancé, mounds of student debt, and a knack for forgetting important things while focusing on obscure details. When a disastrous blind date leaves her stranded in a quaint bookshop on a tiny island in Washington's Puget Sound, the last thing she expects is to find the bookshop's owner has been murdered. Even more shocking, he's left a will that names her as his long-lost niece and sole heir to his bookshop and the entire island. Emmy can't claim her inheritance until she unearths a long-buried family secret, convinces the only police officer in town (and the other half of her disastrous date) that she's innocent, and finds the focus she needs to solve her uncle's murder. "The Body in the Bookshop" is the first book in the Emerson Fox mystery series. If you love stories with heart, humor, and unexpected twists and turns you love this new cozy mystery series by acclaimed author, Jennifer Shaw Wolf.

?Ever since her twin sister died at birth, Miranda has walked with the dead. The dead's greatest regrets become her own, and she's compelled to make things right. Living for the dead consumes Miranda's life, until she meets a little girl with a different view of life and death. Remy sees people on the brink of a violent end, people who were never meant to die. When Remy shares her visions with her, Miranda has to decide whether to team up with a fearless girl and a restless spirit to solve a string of decades-old murders. But can someone who's spent their life in fear find the courage to catch a killer, even if it means she might be the next to die?

Collection of short stories in various genres from a group of writers in the Pacific Northwest Writers group, Rainy Day Writers

Jennifer Shaw Wolf keeps readers on their toes in another dark, romantic story of murder and secrets. Jaycee and Rachel were best friends. But that was before. Before that terrible night at the old house. Before Rachel shut Jaycee out. Before Jaycee chose Skyler over Rachel. Then Rachel is found dead. The police blame a growing gang problem in their small town, but Jaycee is sure it has to do with that night at the old house. Rachel's text is the first clue--starting Jaycee on a search that leads to a shocking secret. Rachel's death was no random crime, and Jaycee must figure out who to trust before she can expose the truth.

A gripping murder mystery and satisfying romance drive this powerful debut