Upcoming nineteenth book in Ravenwood Cove
Dean notes that the Ravenwood Cove mystery series spans nineteen stories, with the nineteenth installment scheduled to be released soon.
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Carolyn L. Dean
Carolyn L. Dean is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her cozy mystery fiction. She has been writing stories since childhood and is the creator of the Ravenwood Cove cozy mystery series, whose first book launched in July 2016 and reached #1 among free books on Amazon. Her stated goal is to create worlds and characters that inspire, challenge, and entertain readers.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed Bed, Breakfast, and Bones.
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Author Carolyn L. Dean shares the real-life inspirations behind the animals in her stories and reads an excerpt from Bed, Breakfast, and Bones.
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Preserving past memories in Ravenwood Cove
Dean explains that she incorporates loved ones, pets, and sentimental items that have passed out of her life into the fictional world of Ravenwood Cove so they are preserved forever.
Oscar's real-life inspiration
Dean shares that Oscar was inspired by her late cat Magellan, a large orange cat with curly fur who acted like he was in charge.
The real-life inspiration for Dumb Cluck
Dean explains that the rooster Dumb Cluck was modeled after an abandoned real-life rooster on her grandmother's farm, and reveals that in the books he ends up saving Amanda's life.
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Ask LuvemBooks about Carolyn L. Dean
Carolyn L. Dean is a USA Today bestselling cozy mystery author whose Ravenwood Cove series launched in 2016 and hit #1 among free books on Amazon. We have reviewed 1 of her books: Bed, Breakfast, and Bones pairs an inherited, rundown Oregon bed and breakfast with a body buried in the garden — a light, character-driven whodunit that leans on small-town warmth rather than suspense. That debut holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from over 14,500 Amazon ratings.
- Where should I start?
- Start with Bed, Breakfast, and Bones — it's the first book in the Ravenwood Cove series and the natural entry point. It introduces Amanda Graham as she inherits a rundown Oregon B&B, only to find a body in the garden and her uncle named the prime suspect. It also holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from 14,575 Amazon ratings, so new readers can see it found a sizeable audience quickly.
- What's their writing style?
- Based on the book we've reviewed, Dean writes light, character-driven cozy mysteries with small-town warmth. Bed, Breakfast, and Bones centers on an amateur-sleuth setup — an inherited bed and breakfast, a body in the garden, a family member under suspicion — rather than gritty procedural detail. Dean's own stated goal is to build worlds and characters that inspire, challenge, and entertain.
- Books we've reviewed
- We have reviewed 1 book by Carolyn L. Dean. Bed, Breakfast, and Bones (reader rating 4.4/5 from 14,575 Amazon ratings) launches the Ravenwood Cove series with Amanda Graham inheriting a rundown Oregon B&B, discovering a body in the garden, and facing her uncle being named the prime suspect — a light, character-driven cozy mystery.
- What genre do they write?
- Carolyn L. Dean writes cozy mysteries. Her Ravenwood Cove series opener, Bed, Breakfast, and Bones, is a textbook example of the genre: an amateur investigator, a small-town Oregon setting, an inherited bed and breakfast, and a murder treated as a puzzle rather than graphic violence.
- Why did her debut find so many readers?
- Bed, Breakfast, and Bones launched in July 2016 and reached #1 among free books on Amazon, which put it in front of a large audience quickly. It has since accumulated 14,575 Amazon ratings with a 4.4/5 reader average. The premise — an inherited B&B, a body in the garden, and a beloved uncle under suspicion — is an immediately graspable cozy hook.
Who is Carolyn L. Dean?
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What's their writing style?
Books we've reviewed
What genre do they write?
Why did her debut find so many readers?
Who is Carolyn L. Dean?
Carolyn L. Dean is a USA Today bestselling author best known for cozy mystery fiction. She has been writing stories since childhood and created the Ravenwood Cove cozy mystery series, whose first book launched in July 2016 and reached #1 among free books on Amazon. Her stated goal is to create worlds and characters that inspire, challenge, and entertain readers.
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