Juniper Vale grew up between Austin and her grandmother's porch in the Hill Country, where every scandal arrived with sweet tea and a witness who swore they saw nothing. She writes cozy mysteries for readers who want charm, community, and a body in the garden—not on the page. Two Juniper Vale mysteries are on Kindle now, with more Hill Country whodunits in the release queue.
Before turning to fiction full-time, Juniper worked as a rural community journalist, which means she knows every diner regular by name and exactly who borrowed whose alibi. Her mysteries are rooted in place: county fairs, church potlucks, ranch gates left open, and amateur sleuths who ask the wrong questions loudly. Juniper lives on a small ranch outside Fredericksburg with two rescue horses, an opinionated barn cat, and a porch she uses for plotting at sunset. She believes the best whodunits leave you fond of every suspect—including the guilty one.
2 on Kindle · 8 coming soon. New Emberline titles release on Kindle about once a week—romance first, then mystery, thriller, women's fiction, and literary contemporary fiction.
A Cozy Mystery with a Southern Secret
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
Renovating a porch uncovers bones and a 1974 guest book. Cedar Bend's garden club has been keeping secrets in plain sight for decades.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
Tuesday breakfast club loses a member at a Marble Falls diner. The coffee pot wasn't the only thing bitter—and every regular has a tab open.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
The county fair's blue ribbon winner dies with a note in her pie tin. In Willow Hollow, Texas, gossip is faster than justice—and everyone's baking an alibi.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
Lightning kills the mayor on a storm night at a Bluebonnet Ridge B&B. Five stranded guests heard the argument—but none agree who swung first.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
A charity quilt auction hides names the sheriff forgot to investigate. Coded patterns, Lampasas County warmth, and a cold case stitched in plain sight.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
The pumpkin weigh-in ends when the scale operator doesn't get up. Dripping Springs family feuds, livestock ribbons, and a killer who knew the schedule.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
The traveling librarian finds a body and a first edition that shouldn't exist. Rare books, forgeries, and Hill Country roads with no witnesses.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
The bride's grandmother vanishes before vows at a creek-side inn. The groomsmen won't talk; the ring is missing; the town is listening.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
Room 7 at a historic Fredericksburg inn hasn't been rented in ten years—until someone dies inside it. An antique key and a sealed past.
A Juniper Vale Mystery
by Juniper Vale · Cozy Mystery
A prize rose bush is uprooted in Blanco; the roots come with a ledger and a wristwatch. Plant society politics and embezzlement in garden gloves.
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