Aware that her parents' investment in a New England bed-and-breakfast is going to take a lot of work before any visitors can come to stay, Bella does her best to lend a hand where she can, but when little progress is made, Bella turns to the local librarian who gives her helpful advice as well as lends a helping hand with a hammer and some nails. Original.

Product Description: When a mysterious book is unearthed from the foundation of Jake s 1823 fixer-upper, she immediately sends it off to local book historian Horace Robotham. After all, there must be a logical explanation for why the long-buried volume has her name in it written in what looks suspiciously like blood...read more

While cleaning up their great-great-uncle's house in preparation for selling it, thirteen-year-old Roy and his eleven-year-old brother, Jason, find two strange little doors and learn that someone is trying to open them to get what lies between.

Product Description: In this new Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery, a killer with a screw loose sets his sights on Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree, whose latest renovation project becomes a dire matter of life and deck.   Driving to a cottage in the Maine woods with her best friend, Ellie White, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree has a challenging week ahead of her...read more

When Marty Francis got divorced, she vowed never to depend on anyone ever again. A successful real estate salesperson, she is content with her life. But Marty's settled existence is turned upside down by the appearance of a tall, dark - and soaking wet - man in coveralls. He's a handyman, making repairs at a house she is trying to sell, and his angry outburst ruins her deal. But she can't forget the house, and its attractive handyman. Each time she returns, another bit of repair is in progress - which would be great, except the constant turmoil is killing Marty's attempts to sell the house. Agreeing to meet with the owner's representative, Marty is startled and confused to find the handyman waiting for her. He is Will Hart, the man responsible for the work on the house. After a single lunch, he is also responsible for a lot of Marty's daydreams. But Will is a man with secrets of his own. Haunted by the death of his wife, he has buried himself in his work. Learning to live again, and love again, is a daunting task. When these two meet, sparks fly. But will they have the courage to fan the flames, and try to find the house and life of their dreams? Christina F. York lives on the rugged Oregon coast.

Escaping a terrible rail crash after missing the ill-fated train, three friends opt to move to a ramshackle Cornwall manor and uncover a dangerous and closely guarded secret that tests their friendships. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: When a storm tears a hole in Miss Eleanor Bannister's roof, the itinerant carpenter who volunteers to repair it is so capable and charming that he remodels Miss Eleanor's life. A retired schoolteacher in the town where she's always lived, Eleanor, at age sixty-nine, finds the sudden presence of Abel Brown in her life unnerving and unsettling -- and, after a time, irresistible...read more

Product Description: When Maura inherits the manor house in Picton near Salisbury, she is busy living in London and working as a model. However when she returns to Wiltshire to put the property on the market, Maura is overwhelmed by her memories and longs to keep the house...read more

San Francisco millionaire Andrew Stirling wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Stirlings that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original features of the house. But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears that someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch a killer.

Neighbors work together to repair and beautify an elderly woman's house, and have a wonderful time along the way.

Bella's parent's investment in a New England bed-and-breakfast literally stinks thanks to a newly resident skunk, and seven-year-old Bella decides to learn about repairs at the town library so she can help.

Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree is deep in her latest home improvement project—repainting the porch of her lovingly restored house in Eastport, Maine—when she notices the man repeatedly biking past her house. His face is unsettlingly familiar, but his chilling message seems inexplicable: Blood shows up again. Murder will out. Then there’s the anonymous email warning her to beware the Fourth of July—just two days away. Jake remembers some shady characters from her days as a hotshot financial manager, but she’s baffled as to the identity of her nemesis—until she receives a photo of a murdered man. From home invasion to kidnapping, this twisted killer is slowly but surely plotting a knockdown, not just for Jake but for the entire town of Eastport.

Product Description: When the new house needs fixing up, it's off to the hardware store to find the tools and materials needed to get the job done―a hammer, a screwdriver, a shiny tape measure, and even a stepladder.This family outing explores a familiar errand that fascinates plenty of young children: the hardware store...read more

A man tries to take shortcuts in making the badly needed repairs to his aging house but finds himself in a worse situation than before

A fierce storm brings together three very different people--Quinn Thompson, a widower seeking an escape from his feelings of guilt; his neighbor, Maggie Dartman, grieving over a loss; and Jack Adams, the carpenter brought in to repair both of their homes--in an extraordinary friendship that will transform all of their lives. Reprint.

Determined to remain independent for the rest of her life, Emily Wallace, the Dowager Viscountess Tuncliffe, widowed from a loveless marriage, finds her plans thwarted by the man she has hired to renovate her London townhouse - Duncan McAllister, a dashing Scottish architect who steals her heart. Original.

Invited to a housewarming party at her friends' recently acquired old lighthouse on the Alaskan Inside Passage, sled dog racer Jessie Arnold is delighted to spend the weekend with friends restoring the old building until a guest ends up dead and an unknown killer cuts off all radio and telephone communications. Reprint.

Invited to a housewarming party at her friends' recently acquired old lighthouse on the Alaskan Inside Passage, sled dog racer Jessie Arnold is delighted to spend the weekend with old friends helping restore the old building, until a guest ends up dead and an unknown killer cuts off all radio and telephone communications.

On the weekend Dad is a diligent but incompetent handyman around the house, to the vast entertainment of the children.