Books with author Eileen Goudge

Four years sober after flambéing her real estate career in an alcohol-fueled blowout, property manager Tish Ballard thought she’d put the past behind her until a gruesome discovery plunges her into solving a decades-old murder. Butting heads with lead detective, Spence Breedlove, a former one-night stand gone horribly wrong, she finds herself in jeopardy in more ways than one. Can she find the murderer before the man who broke her heart and trashed her reputation puts her behind bars?

Kiki knows who did it—but will she live to tell? Kiki De Santis has fallen hard for Spoke Navarrone, and she’s convinced that the police who arrested him have got the wrong man. The best way to prove Spoke’s innocence is to find out who really killed April Lovewell, so with Hope Hubbard’s help, Kiki sets a trap to nab April’s murderer. Hope and Kiki find a killer—but not the one they were counting on. The real killer has set a trap, too, and Kiki and Hope walk right into it. Will Kiki save Spike, or will she be the killer’s next victim? Find out who really killed the Peach Blossom Queen in Jailbird, book four of the riveting series, Who Killed Peggy Sue?

Does everybody in Paradiso have something to hide? Hope Hubbard is desperate to find her cousin April’s murderer. But as she gets closer to the truth, Hope discovers too many secrets and too many suspects.The day she died, April was named Miss Peach Blossom. Could her killer be one of the three “lucky” runners-up, who are putting on sympathy acts too good to be true? Is it school beauty Lacey Pinkerton, whose schemes have finally gone too far; Raven Cruz, who’s out to conquer the world; or Kiki De Santis, desperate for a turn in the spotlight? Or is it April’s boyfriend, Spike Navarrone, the hot-blooded biker with a chip on his shoulder? Worst of all: could April’s killer be swimming champ Jess Gardner—whose fatal charm may make Hope his next victim? Will Hope’s questions get her killed? Find out in Cross Your Heart, Hope to Die, book two of the riveting series, Who Killed Peggy Sue?

Things are never what they seem to be in Paradiso . . . Hope Hubbard is glad when her boyfriend, Jess Gardner, is cleared of April Lovewell’s murder. But if Jess didn’t kill April, who did? When Lacey Pinkerton comes to school with a black eye, everyone whispers about her ex-boyfriend Vaughn Cutter’s violent temper—and how fast he found a new girlfriend, Lacey’s rival Raven Cruz. The whispers get louder when the police show up to take Vaughn in. Is the school’s most popular jock really a cold-hearted killer—or is someone just setting him up for a fall? Find out in If Looks Could Kill, book three of the riveting series, Who Killed Peggy Sue?

When the two grown daughters of Elizabeth Marshall discover an old diary of their mother’s in her attic, it comes as a shock to learn that the true love of Elizabeth’s life was not their father. This is the mystery the two daughters must unravel as they stay up late reading the words penned by Elizabeth so long ago. Their mother can’t give them the answers: After a massive stroke, she lies mute and near death in a nursing home. Only the pages of her diary can provide clues to what really happened.In a richly detailed journey into the past, we see Elizabeth lose her heart to one man while remaining devoted to another. Finally, she must choose between the stable, loyal Bob...and the electrifying and unpredictable A.J., who spent time in juvenile detention as a teen. When a suspicious fire in the neighborhood is linked to A.J., Elizabeth is faced with another dilemma: She’s the only one who can clear A.J.’s name, but to do so would ruin her reputation. Surprisingly, it’s Bob who comes to the rescue, forcing Elizabeth to make perhaps the most painful decision of her life....The Diary is a love story. It’s also the story of the unshakable bond between a mother and her daughters.