J B Hawker: 11 books

A teenager's romantic fantasies lead to tragedy and her killer walks away. The young girl's bones, hidden for decades in the deep woods, cry out for justice. A life cut short, a cowardly killer and a middle-aged flower child are stirred together into a tasty stew of wild mushrooms, herbs, vanity and...

Remember the deliciously scary stories we shared around the campfire when we were kids? J.B. Hawker has written a collection of spooky tales with a cozy twist to share around your fireside today. Taking her cue from those creepy campground tales and horror film classics, she spins yarns...

In the happily hectic holidays, we like to slip away to a comfy corner with a hot beverage and a tasty treat, where we curl up in our favorite chair for a few moments with a cozy story.    The twelve short stories in this collection are in a variety of genres and are the perfect length to provide...

Whether she lives in a rectory, manse or parsonage, life as the wife of a small town minister calls for faith, hope, and charity; plus heaping helpings of tact and the skin of a rhinoceros. New to this life in the small coastal town of Bannoch, Oregon, Naidenne Davidson turns for support to her fellow...

Small town secrets can lead to big trouble. When Reverend Merrillanne Bishop accepts leadership of the First Baptist church in the picturesque seaside community of Bannoch, Oregon, she doesn’t know what to expect. Not everybody is pleased with the idea of a female pastor, but Merrill is determined...

At the ripe and ready age of 85, and always on the lookout for new experiences, adorable Tillie Thistlethwaite signs up for a senior citizens self-defense class, never imagining how soon she will be called upon to apply the techniques she learns.  When she encounters a battered young woman,...

Life's been rough for middle-aged Bunny Elder since her husband's murder. Where better to try to begin a new life than a small tourist town on the beautiful Oregon Coast? This former pastor's wife steps into uncharted waters attempting to become a freelance writer. She hopes the sun, sand and sea...

This second BRAG Medallion award winner in the Bunny Elder series finds Bunny flying off to romantic Italy as traveling companion to her newly widowed sister. It seems like the trip of a lifetime and a chance to recover from her pastor-husband's recent murder, as well.  Little does she suspect this...

This clean, romantic thriller asks, "What happens when childhood sweethearts reconnect in middle age? Can they overcome the chasm of years spent apart and find lasting happiness even when their long-awaited honeymoon cruise is disrupted by a band of cutthroat pirates?" Pastor's widow, Bunny...

Has old age finally caught up with Mrs. Thistlethwaite's remarkable memory? When Tillie finds a murder victim at the bus stop, she calls her friend, Detective Ransom, but when he arrives Tillie is unconscious and there is no body. Has she had a stroke? Is she imagining things? Or is a killer getting away with his crime?

This book, a BRAG Medallion award winner, the first in the series, introduces the intrepid Bunny Elder. Freed from a stifling marriage by her husband's sudden death and no longer a pastor's wife, Bunny Elder struggles to find a new identity in a maze of romance, moral dilemmas and murder. Bunny...