Author Linda Lovely
Welcome!
I hope you have half as much fun reading my mysteries and suspense novels as I have researching and writing them. Amazing how much better I sleep after finding a cool way to disappear villains who should never get away.
I try to deliver thrills while ensuring justice is served & laughter's plentiful. My smart heroines & heroes are imperfect, but well-intentioned--just like the folks who inspire me.
I love reading, a passion I hope you share.
HOA Series Complete
With the 2025 publication of Beyond the Gates, my 4th HOA Mystery, this Lowcountry South Carolina mystery series is now complete! If your favorite brick-and-mortar bookstore doesn't have all of the paperbacks in stock, they can order them for you. Of course, online booksellers offer both digital and paperback options. My local bookstore, First Chapter Bookshop, in Seneca, SC, can offer signed copies of all four books.
The Heroine
Having recently entered her fifties, heroine Kylee Kane is as fit and feisty as ever. Recently retired from the U.S. Coast Guard, she's solving mysteries on land, working for an HOA management company owned by an old family friend. The company has more than a dozen HOA (homeowner association) clients in Beaufort County, SC. Hilton Head is just one of the county's many islands.
Carla Damron —"unforgettable characters"
"With a cast of unforgettable characters and a plot that keeps you guessing (not to mention the most EVIL HOA ever imagined!), Beyond the Gates is the perfect cozy mystery for readers who crave Southern charm, suspense, and more than a little danger."
—Carla Damron, award-winning author of The Orchid Tattoo, The Stone Necklace, and Justice be Done
Lynn Chandler Willis—"a trifecta of intertwining plots..."
"What do stolen jewels, a murder, and a wedding have in common? Retired Coast Guard Captain Kylee Kane, of course! In the 4th installment of Linda Lovely's HOA Mystery Series: Beyond the Gates, the author treats the reader to a trifecta of intertwining plots that will keep readers hooked until that last satisfying page."
—Lynn Chandler Willis, award-winning author of best-selling crime, mystery & suspense
