Four books one for each season.Panic in the PansiesIt's springtime in Nova Scotia- house selling, bulb planting, transplant buying time. Stay at home mom and canning aficionado Krista Willett is happy to be out of the house and working at a garden center. However, she knows nothing about gardening, her boss is AWOL, and her best customers are dead or crooked, or both. Can she keep this job? Does she want to? Her children, a stray cat, and her brother-in-law the failed inventor, all believe in her. Who can let a team like that down?Inspection DeceptionWhat do a Nova Scotia building inspector, a Tupperware lady, and a Valley bulldog have in common? A family scandal, a long-lost relative, and a thirty-year-old crime. When a summer construction project unearths old secrets, Kenny, Annette, and Max find that no matter how close the connection, the one thing that no one can bury is the truth.Potions and NotionsColleen's mother and the tea party ladies at Seaview Manor in Gasper's Cove have secrets to keep. When the ladies start talking witches, right before Halloween, she begins to worry. But when there is an explosive death in the community, and a black cat called Maybelline reappears, Colleen it's time to use the tea party's potions and notions to restore order. The pressure's on, the moon is rising, and all Colleen has to work with is a jar full of buttons and memories.Last Stitch EffortThe year is almost over and the citizens of Gasper's Cove, Nova Scotia are looking forward to the holiday concert. But before they can do this a dark force none of them understands arrives to break hearts, ruin reputations, and put lives at risk. Suddenly the season has only one question. Are ordinary people from a small coastal community any match for a criminal network even the Royal Canadian Mounted Police can't handle? Not all of them think so. Barbara Emodi lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband, and near her daughter and three of her grandchildren, She also has sons and their families in Berkeley, California and Austin, Texas and is just at home in those cities too.
Barbara has worked as a journalist, a public relations prof., a political communicator, and a commentator on radio. She makes all her own clothes and has published two books on sewing.
These days Barbara writes cozy mysteries for people who make things. She writes about what she knows and a few things she has suspected. To keep in touch with her upcoming releases, and for more stories of Barbara's life and world, sign up for her reader newsletter
