Lily Bloom Series by Lyndsey Cole
Lily Bloom #1
Lyndsey Cole - Lily Bloom 01 - Begonia Means Beware
Lyndsey Cole
Misty Valley has a new flower shop in town, and as soon as Lily Bloom hangs the open sign, she lands the biggest wedding in town. Plus, a handsome new guy moves in right next door to Lily. She’s well on her way to a successful and exciting season.Then the groom is found dead in her kitchen just days before he’s supposed to be walking down the aisle, and Lily has to arrange the trail of flowers to try to solve the mystery. With the help of her scooter-riding, pot-smoking mother, Iris, her sister, Daisy, and her dog, Rosie, Lily races from one disaster to another, all the while keeping herself out of the killer’s sight.Will she solve the cascade of events in time or get caught by the criminals running illegal gambling and selling drugs in Misty Valley? Will romance blossom between Lily and her new neighbor?
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Lily Bloom #2
Lyndsey Cole - Lily Bloom 02 - Queen of Poison
Lyndsey Cole
Business at Lily’s Beautiful Blooms Flower Shop is growing like weeds after a rainstorm. And she was asked to do the main flower interpretation for the Arts in Bloom opening at the Misty Valley Museum. Everything seems to be coming up rosy until she sees a sleek red convertible drive into the driveway of her neighbor, Ryan Steele, the man of her dreams—and an even sleeker red head climbs out of the car.She thought that was all she had to deal with until the founder of the museum drops dead in her arms and another body turns up dead with all the flowers pointing right toward Lily.With help from her mom, Iris, her sister, Daisy and their friends Marigold and Tamara, Lily lays out the flowers and tries to rearrange them to point to the real killer. Can she sort it out in time before a third body—maybe hers—ends up in the perennial garden? Can she get her romance growing again with the handsome police chief of Misty Valley?
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Lily Bloom #3
Lyndsey Cole - Lily Bloom 03 - Roses are Dead
Lyndsey Cole
Business is popping for Lily as wedding season is in full swing. The brides are all over the place from easy-to-please to last-minute-panics. But one in particular stands out—a leggy brunette who is looking for plenty of red roses for her wedding to Police Chief Ryan Steele.Lily is beside herself with betrayal that Ryan would lead her on like that, all the while engaged to this beauty. It’s almost too much to take until the bride is found dead, surrounded by none other than the very roses she’d been admiring.Lily shoots to the top of the suspect list, a place she’s been all too often lately. And as she starts to uncover more about the woman’s past, she’s thrown into another game of cat and mouse. Only she’s not sure if she’s the cat or the mouse. Will she be able to follow the clues to the real killer in time? Or is everyone connected to Ryan Steele in danger and Lily could be next?
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Lily Bloom #5
Lyndsey Cole - Lily Bloom 05 - Hidden by the Hydrangeas
Lyndsey Cole
Lily Bloom can’t seem to keep her thoughts away from marriage. Maybe it’s just because her mom tied the knot with her childhood sweetheart, Walter Nash, but it’s gotten Lily thinking about her own relationship with Ryan Steele and if it’s going anywhere.But those thoughts are quickly replaced with who is carrying a dead body and who that dead body might be. The only thing Lily knows is that she’s been spotted by the killer, so she has to hope this mystery is solved before she’s the next one in a body bag.When Walter’s best friend turns up as the likeliest suspect, Lily’s mom is beside herself with worry and convinces Lily that she’s the best person to solve this case. But suspects keep piling up with not quite enough evidence to prove anything. Will Lily be able to put all the pieces together before the killer sniffs out her trail?
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