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Melissa Bourbon is the national bestselling author of more than twenty-six mystery books, including the Book Magic mysteries, A Magical Dressmaking Mystery series, and the Bread Shop Mysteries, written as Winnie Archer. A former secondary English/Language Arts teacher and Creative Writing teacher with Southern Methodist University’s CAPE program and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institution with North Carolina State University, she has applied her love of teaching to the creation of WriterSpark Academy, an online school for aspiring and new writers seeking to hone their craft. Learn more about Melissa at her website, www.melissabourbon.com, on Facebook @MelissaBourbon/Winnie ArcherBooks, and on Instagram @bookishly_cozy, and learn about about ...more

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	Pleating for Mercy (Harlow Cassidy Mysteries, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fitting End (Harlow Cassidy Mysteries, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 1,169 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Patterns (Harlow Cassidy Mysteries, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 883 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Custom-Fit Crime (A Magical Dressmaking Mystery #4) 4.07 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Killing Notion (A Magical Dressmaking Mystery, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Seamless Murder (A Magical Dressmaking Mystery #6) 4.05 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living the Vida Lola (Lola Cruz Mystery, #1) by Melissa Bourbon (Goodreads Author), Misa Ramirez 3.79 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in Devil's Cove (A Book Magic Mystery, #1) 4.34 avg rating — 292 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at Sea Captain's Inn (Pippin Lane Hawthorne, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 186 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bare-Naked Lola (Lola Cruz Mystery, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Melissa Bourbon

Harlow Cassidy (Magical Dressmaking) Mysteries (6 books)
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Pippin Lane Hawthorne Mysteries (5 books)
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Deadly Legends (3 books)
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A Seamless Murder: A Magical Dressmaking Mystery (A Dressmaker's Mystery Book 6)

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A Pickle of a Murder

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“Unfortunately, emotions didn't respond to logic. She couldn't just press a button and make them go away. She was learning to live with them. To embrace them, even”
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“Hugh's veiled threat, circled in her mind. She shook her head as if she could erase the thought like shaking an Etch-a-Sketch dissolved whatever had been drawn there”
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“What the author put down on the page was just part of it. Characters, settings and plots from their creative minds were brought to life every time someone new read the words. Imaginary lives were created. Mythical worlds were explored. Fantastical creatures existed for new readers to experience.”
― Melissa Bourbon, Murder and an Irish Curse

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“For Pippin Lane Hawthorne, being in her father's secret study was akin to wrapping herself up in a cashmere blanket on a chilly afternoon. It had become her safe place. It was the room in the big, rambling house where she could forget everything and everyone. Where she could focus on the Lane family curse, picking up where her father, Leo, had left off”
― Melissa Bourbon, Murder at Sea Captain's Inn

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“A 'murder' of crows flew above them. A shiver wound through Pippin. Whatever poet had named a flock of the black birds a 'murder' was dark indeed”
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“All books had a history. All books told stories - those written on the pages, and those between the lines”
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“Squeaky clean before you get into office, that’s the golden rule. After you’re elected, you can do whatever you want. People are more reluctant to admit they were wrong once they’ve voted someone into office. They’re more willing to forgive, shall we say, indiscretions.” Mrs.”
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