Kaitlyn Dunnett aka Kathy Lynn Emerson writes the Liss MacCrimmon Mystery Series which started in 2007 and is set in Maine. It features professional Scottish dancer Liss MacCrimmon. Liss suffers a career-ending knee injury and returns to her hometown, Moosetookalook, Maine, to recover and figure out what she's going to do next, and help her aunt run Moosetookalook Scottish Emporium. What she doesn't count on is murder.
She also writes the Deadly Edits Mystery series which is set in New Jersey.
As Kathy Lynn Emerson she writes historical and romantic novels. Two of Kathy's series include the Lady Susanna Appleton series. Lady Appleton is a 1600s herbalist. The Diana Spaulding series features Diana who is an 1800s reporter, and descendant of Lady Appleton.