Known as "the Troll," Ben prefers to be in the basement, away from people. He's surprised that Poppy is in the basement but is immediately attracted. As she is to him. And when they're the only two people left in the library during a snowstorm, that attraction flares.
Elle Saunders just lost her grandfather. He was her only family member... almost. There are her four friends, the Wildflowers. And they are the ones to whom her grandfather left his campground. The five friends decide to band together and create a camp for adults -- let them relive their childhoods but with adult activities (some more adult than they were expecting.) But they need to make updates, as cheaply as possible. Which leads them to hiring the Costa brothers (though that isn't the name the brothers use). The men are there because the rumor is that Elle is the latest woman their father has been having an affair with., the latest whose business their father is sinking money into. Money that the board of the family company is asking an accounting for.
Charlotte Holmes is again solving mysteries, this time her mission is somewhat different though as she works to steal back some letters that are very important to a friend of Mrs. Watson's. The letters are, of course, indelicate and could lead to her losing her place of importance in Indian society. Well, it turns out that the woman is willing to turn down the services of Sherlock Holmes when he doesn't react the way she expects. But Charlotte decides to help the woman anyway. So she, Mrs. Watson, Olivia, Olivia's beau Stephen, and Lord Ingram are all off to a ball where the costumes abound.
Nancy Drew has just moved to a new school and some of the first people she meets are Frank and Joe Hardy. With a mixture of characters from the Hardy Boys and from Nancy Drew (though, why cut Bess? And why so many male characters?), this definitely isn't like either of the original series. For one thing, Nancy never actually says that she's a detective. Frank and Joe are depected as rather bumbling.
Sloan is up against murder again. This time, the victim is a man who was trying to make their town dry. Considering the fact that most of the town makes money off the tourism based around the local breweries. If the town went dry, there would be no money coming in. It's just too bad the man is found in April Amblin's office. The "official ambassador " to Leavenworth may have been annoyed by Kristopher but that doesn't mean she killed the man.
Philomena Amesbury, Lady Dunbridge helped solve the murder of her friend's husband and that makes her a somewhat more likely person for financier Luther Pratt to come to when a young man is murdered at his home. The night before, Phil had gone to a party at his house and met Perry Fauks, heir to the Copper, Coal and Steel fortune. This morning, he is dead.
Renee Grothen doesn't especially want to get married, even though she's a wedding coordinator. Instead, she's willing to indulge in some fun and then go her separate ways from the guy. At least that's what she's telling herself. And the guy she happens to have her eye on is Jasper Dembenski, local and author extraordinaire.