Lani Longshore: 3 books

Susan thought she was safe when the space aliens left Earth, but her mother Edna went with them and managed to get herself chosen as queen. Now Susan has to travel across the galaxy to stop a civil war. The ghost of Susan's great-grandmother is only one of the unexpected allies who join the battle,...

Susan saved the world from aliens disguised as bolts of fabric, but that was last year. Now there's an assassin from space looking to even the score. Susan, her daughter Cecily and mother Edna must once again save humanity - and themselves - from creatures from another planet who have an inordinate fondness for quilt shops and lavender.

Susan didn't invite the space aliens to use her quilt shop as a staging ground for their invasion of Earth, but they came anyway. Now she needs to find a way to save the planet without making too much of a mess. The aliens' biggest mistake is disguising themselves as bolts of beige quilting...