Chesapeake Shores. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2009 book, The Inn at Eagle Point
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The Inn at Eagle Point
Sherryl Woods, 2009
TV series vs book
John Tinker, Nancey Silvers, 2016-2022

Abby O’Brien Winters returns from New York to her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland, after receiving a panicked phone call from her youngest sister Jess, who is renovating the Inn at Eagle Point. Abby’s demanding career, divorce, and young daughters have kept her too busy to even think about the town her father built. Saving her sister’s inn from foreclosure means dealing not only with her fractured family but also with Trace Riley, her first love whom she abruptly left sixteen years ago.


North to Home. Poster of the 2022 movie and cover of the 2018 book, The Christmas Sisters
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The Christmas Sisters
Sarah Morgan, 2018
movie vs book
Ali Liebert, 2022

Three sisters gather together to celebrate their mother’s birthday. The birthday celebrations didn’t go as per the plans. The family planned to reunite in Alaska so that it could be a memorable birthday. But all doesn’t go according to plans. The McBride sisters will have a hard time and are certainly not ready for their mother’s birthday party.


Cedar Cove. Poster of the 2013 TV series and cover of the 2001 book, 16 Lighthouse Road
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16 Lighthouse Road
Debbie Macomber, 2001
TV series vs book
Michael Scott, 2013-2015

Cedar Cove is a quaint, picturesque town on an island in the Puget Sound. Neighbors for the most part try to help each other, and people do not lock their doors in their trust in the community. The moral center and compass of the town is Olivia Lockhart, the bicycle-riding, scarf-wearing municipal court judge who grew up in the town.


Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Cream Puff Murder
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Cream Puff Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2008
movie vs book
Pat Williams, 2021

Hannah Swensen and Det. Mike Kingston have enough on their plates as they try to plan a wedding. Now, a body has turned up at Hannah’s 24-hour gym – with Hannah’s baked goods at the scene of the crime. They’ll need to put their heads together once more to solve this case. Meanwhile, Hannah struggles to find the perfect cream puff recipe to serve at her mother Delores’s Regency-themed book release gala.


Murder, She Baked: Just Desserts. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Strawberry Shortcake Murder
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Strawberry Shortcake Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2001
movie vs book
Kristoffer Tabori, 2017

Hannah Swensen, the cookie-baking heroine whose penchant for solving crime is definitely stirring things up, is thrilled when she is chosen as a guest for the first Eden Lake Dessert Bake-Off, but when fellow judge, Coach Boyd Watson is found murdered, Hannah once again takes it upon herself to find the killer.


Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Peach Cobbler Murder
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Peach Cobbler Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2005
movie vs book
Kristoffer Tabori, 2016

Hannah Swensen has a monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden. But when a rival store opens & one of the owners is found shot to death, Hannah is determined to prove that she wasn’t the only one with an axe to grind with the Quinn sisters.


A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2003 book, Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
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Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2003
movie vs book
Shannon Kolhi, 2023

Hannah Swensen is taken aback when her mother, Delores, stumbles upon the lifeless body of the homeowner, a regular customer of The Cookie Jar, while searching for a residence for her sister Michelle.


Christmas in Evergreen. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Christmas In Evergreen
Nancy Naigle, 2018
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Alex Zamm, 2017

In the week before Christmas, veterinarian Allie Shaw, who has lived her entire life in the Northern Vermont Christmas tourist town of Evergreen, is moving to Washington DC to be with Spencer, her boyfriend of two years, to see if the long distance is the issue in the stagnation of their relationship as they suspect.


Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
Nancy Naigle, 2019
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Sean McNamara, 2018

When Lisa takes a last-minute Christmas trip to her hometown of Evergreen, she finds that the historic general store has been closed. Using her skills as a professional retail designer, Lisa decides to keep local tradition alive and help the good people of Evergreen bring the store back to life. As Lisa charms a local contractor named Kevin into working with her, the pair find themselves facing one surprise after another as they restore the store to its former glory.


Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding Mystery. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2009 book, Plum Pudding Murder
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Plum Pudding Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2009
movie vs book
Kristoffer Tabori, 2015

This holiday season, Hannah Swensen is making plum pudding and trying to solve the murder of a man in his own office. It turns out the list of suspects is a long one. But Hannah is on the case & ready for a little Christmas romance too.


Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2004 book, Fudge Cupcake Murder
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Fudge Cupcake Murder
Joanne Fluke, 2004
movie vs book
Kristoffer Tabori, 2016

Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can’t keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, a deputy accused, and a killer on the loose. A Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie.


Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy
Nancy Naigle, 2020
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Sean McNamara, 2019

It’s the approach to the Christmas season, and visitors are starting to descend on the Northern Vermont Christmas tourist town of Evergreen. One of those is New Yorker Katie Connell, a writer with one published novel under her belt, she who is now doing freelance work as she contemplates novel number two whenever that will happen. This vacation is to experience a little more of life which she feels will make her a better writer.