Jillian Van Ess

Have I just produced the next great American novels? Oh, hell no.

I've worked in Corporate America my entire adult life, and started reading cozy mysteries to wind down and de-stress before bed.

Eventually, my hunger for them turned into original thoughts of magical meet-cutes, unique characters, and witty verbal sparring matches while I rinsed my hair out in the shower every evening.

When the pandemic hit, I found myself with a little more time on my hands. One summer evening I sat down with one of those little shower epiphanies...and wrote a book.

When I finally shared the finished product with someone else, she insisted her best-friend-for-eighteen-years unconditional love for me had nothing to do with her good review. So here I am today, a new author with multiple cozy mysteries coming to you soon. Lather, rinse, repeat.

If you like romcoms, sitcoms, small towns, big mouths, and happy endings, I think you'll enjoy my stories.

-JVE

Ashes to Asher

Romy Nicholson is a crime fiction novelist longing for a beach vacation with mojitos to help her break through her writer's block. Unfortunately for Romy, her literary agent sent her to chill at a ski resort instead.

When a murder at the resort invites the help of Eli Asher, a hedonistic private investigator who enlightens Romy on local police corruption, her writer’s block starts to dismantle brick by brick.

But as Romy rediscovers her writer's voice and helps Asher to expose a network of crime, others are trying to silence them both—for good.

Midnight at the Ferriman Bed & Breakfast

Eloise “Lou” Merrimac usually doesn’t push the boundaries of her comfort zone, but when a seemingly injured homicide detective shows up at her bed and breakfast with some ghostly peculiarities, she has no choice but to jump in and save the day.

Lou and the handsome detective can’t help but cross paths as she continues to challenge herself and attempts to solve a string of murders that seem to be tied to the same suspects who hurt the detective. Unfortunately for Lou, if she wants to protect her secret family business, he's the last person she should be spending precious time with.

Can Lou literally beat the clock and solve the mystery before she loses everything?

Storied

Neve Holloway is an emotionally unavailable empath. She takes every precaution to avoid using her energy-draining gift of reading the feelings found within people and objects; but sometimes it’s impossible to avoid.

When her upstairs neighbor is murdered, she’s consulted by police to appraise the endless amount of antiques in the apartment. Between the discovery of a painting worth a fortune, a cold case disappearance, and an intriguing detective whose emotions are flirty on the surface, but dark underneath, she has her work cut out for her.

As the investigation progresses, as well as her feelings for the confusing detective, she has a choice to make: open up and learn to control her gift, or let her gift continue to control her.