Bed and breakfast owner Maggie Gladstone has a problem. She suspects someone is trying to run her out of business, but she can't get any of the P.I. firms she's tried to hire to take her seriously. Beat up from a kidnapping/rescue gone wrong, P.I. Josh January needs a place to rest and relax and work on his book - Maggie's offer strikes him as a good deal. But there's more to the Inn's problems, and to Maggie, than meets the eye.

Supplemented by two marginal but not unreadable novellas, this is an okay, but not particularly riveting story. Sweet and predictable pretty much covers it. ( )