There are 9 books in the Magical Dressmaking Mystery series. The newest book is Hem Fatale which came out in 2025.

1
Pleating for Mercy

Book cover of Pleating for Mercy
When her great-grandmother passes away, Harlow Jane Cassidy leaves her job as a Manhattan fashion designer and moves back to Bliss, Texas. But when she opens a dressmaking boutique in the turn-of-the-century farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable "presence". Is Meemaw really gone, or she now Harlow's ghostly roommate?

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2
A Fitting End

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Former Manhattan fashion designer Harlow Jane Cassidy has a gift for creating beautiful dresses. But when Harlow becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation, she’ll need more than her sewing skills to unravel the mystery…
 
Business is booming at Harlow’s custom dressmaking boutique, Buttons & Bows, even with…

3
Deadly Patterns

Book cover of Deadly Patterns

From the author of the Magical Dressmaking Series comes a Christmas story filled with merriment, mystery, and murder.

Bliss, Texas, is gearing up for its annual Winter Wonderland festival, but when a mysterious Scrooge ends the merriment with murder, it’ll take more than a ghost from Christmas past to set…

4
A Custom-Fit Crime

Book cover of A Custom-Fit Crime
After a year of hard work in her Texas hometown, Harlow Jane Cassidy's dreams are finally within reach—if she can just get it all done in time...


Harlow's designs will be featured in a big magazine spread, but she only has a few days to finalize her collection. Plus she's…

5
A Killing Notion

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Harlow Jane Cassidy is swamped with homecoming couture requests. If only she didn't have to help solve a murder, she might get the gowns off the dress forms....  
 
Harlow is doing everything she can to expand her dressmaking business, Buttons & Bows—without letting clients know about her secret charm.…

6
A Seamless Murder

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With a needle and thread, Harlow Jane Cassidy is capable of magic. Her neighbors in Bliss, Texas, on the other hand, are capable of murder....

Any garment Harlow stitches together has the power to grant the deepest desire of whomever wears it. So when she's asked to sew aprons for…

7
Bodice of Evidence

Book cover of Bodice of Evidence
Before escaping to Argentina, the legendary Butch Cassidy fell in love with Texana Harlow and left her pregnant. A wish in an Argentinian fountain bestowed charms on all of his female descendants.

Harlow Cassidy always thought her charm was sewing the hopes and dreams of a person into a custom…

8
Bobbin for Answers

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As the Halloween season approaches, Harlow Cassidy finds herself entangled in the spookiest of mysteries, racing against time to untangle the threads of deceit before they weave a chilling and inescapable knot...

It's autumn in Bliss, Texas, and Harlow Cassidy is creating the perfect costume for her friend Josie's Halloween…

9
Hem Fatale

Book cover of Hem Fatale

A holiday gala. A showstopping gown. A deadly secret...

Harlow Cassidy thought the biggest challenge this December would be finishing a custom dress for Bliss, Texas's most demanding socialite while managing the gala's scavenger hunt. But then a young assistant is found dead—wearing one of Harlow's vintage designs—and Harlow is…