This is a new feature I developed where each month we will look at our favorite – the best – series in a genre or topic.
The topic here, by my definition, is a series with characters who are working in home improvement or house flipping. These are the ones which came to mind. I enjoyed some more than others. They seem to fall mostly into the cozy mystery or paranormal mystery genres, but I’ve got one romance series.
Since I haven’t read everything, it’s a subset of the possibilities. I’m sure I am forgetting some great authors. There are also plenty of authors I have yet to read. Please share your favorites with me in the comments, also.
My favorite HGTV style series are (in no particular order):
Fixer Upper Mystery Haunted Home Renovation Mystery Home Renovation Mystery
by Kate Carlisle by Juliet Blackwell by Callie Carpenter
House Flipper Mystery A Do-It-Yourself Mystery Hot & Hammered
by Diane Kelly by Jennie Bentley by Tessa Bailey
What are your favorite series?
Vote for your top 3 favorites! You can vote for my favorites or add favorites of your own.
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Tessa Bailey is the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Line of Duty Series. She lives in Long Island, New York with her husband and exuberant daughter. When she isn’t writing, eating cheese, listening to true crime podcasts or reading romance, Tessa enjoys a good argument and thirty-minute recipes.
I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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I’ve not red any of these but do have Hot & Hammered on my TBR.
That’s the romance in the bunch. The others have more house renovation. I particularly like the new series Death by Demo. The Juliet Blackwell series is narrated by Xe Sands so I may get to all of it eventually. The Kate Carlisle one has a romance sub plot but I’m more interested in her construction work.
Fun theme! One of my recent fall cozies was part of a HGTV-type of pair who remodel homes for their local cable show, but also solve mysteries: Haunted to Death.
yes I read the first of that series but it didn’t have enough actual home renovation and construction aspects for me. It was one of the first I tried. Or maybe I just prefer strong women, since all of these have that?
DO ALL OF THEM
yes I love home renovation!
I”ve read all of these except the Tessa Bailey and really enjoyed them! I love a home renovation book.
Thanks Katherine. I also love Home reno books and shows. The ones you’ve read are all cozy mysteries which doesn’t surprise me. The Tessa Bailey is a contemporary romance. I like having a couple genres if I can. I especially love the debut by Callie Carpenter and can’t wait for more. There were many I really enjoyed though.