The Konigsburg Books

Konigsburg is a typical (although mythical) Texas Hill Country town. Tourists are its principal industry, meaning it specializes in wonderful food, quaint bed and breakfasts, and a couple of local wineries.

This particular Hill Country town also specializes in tall, broad, good-looking guys, including the Toleffson boys and their friends. Transplants from Iowa, the Toleffson brothers--Cal, Pete, Lars, and Erik--are all looking for the good life, Texas style. And naturally that involves finding Ms. Right. And there's a complete cast of friends, relations, and associates that more than fills up the town!

Once they said goodbye forever. Now they want to walk it back.

Konigsburg, Texas, Book 6

Eighteen months ago, Kit Maldonado was so over Nando Avrogado, she left Konigsburg without a backward glance. With the family restaurant in San Antonio sold out from under her, though, she’s back to manage The Rose, an exclusive resort eatery outside town.

Dealing with a stingy boss, an amorous head chef, an understaffed dining room and planning her aunt’s wedding should have kept her hands full. But she realizes she might not be as over Nando as she thought.

As the town’s new assistant chief of police, Nando’s got enough trouble without sexy Kit fanning embers he thought had long ago turned to ashes. Every time he turns around, she’s there—and it doesn’t help that everyone in town wants to see them back together.

One incendiary kiss, and there’s no denying the force of their attraction. But there’s a mysterious and oddly familiar burglar who’s been lurking around Konigsburg, someone who isn’t above a little mayhem—maybe even violence—to cover his tracks.

Read an excerpt from chapter one.

If any man wants more than a dance with her, they’ll have to get past him...

Long and Short Reviews Best Book.

"Brand New Me’s hero is a pleasure to read about and is so richly detailed that he seems to jump off the page. Tom’s laidback, but determined, attitude will win the hearts of readers everywhere....the novel’s fast paced action and delightful secondary characters keep the story fresh. This return to Konigsburg will have fans old and new cheering." Romantic Times, 4 stars

"Fans of this series, there is no excuse why you have not picked this book up yet." Erotic Horizon, 4 stars.

Deirdre Brandenburg has an MBA and a dream to become the coffee supplier for Konigsburg’s growing restaurant industry. What she doesn’t have is money, courtesy of her billionaire father’s scheme to make her come home. All she needs is three months until her trust fund kicks in. Until then, she needs a job.

Hiring the new girl next door is a no-brainer for ex-gambler Tom Ames. He’s already succeeded in making his bar, The Faro, a growing tourist draw. Deirdre’s beauty will pull in the locals—particularly every red-blooded male in the Hill Country. As he watches her transform from tentative business wonk to confident, sassy barmaid, he realizes he wants first crack at her heart.

When Big John Brandenburg sends Deirdre’s ex-boyfriend to drag her home, the plan backfires, leaving Tom’s bar in shambles and Deirdre kidnapped by a band of loony Texas secessionists.

Things are looking pretty bleak—except the good people of Konigsburg have no intention of giving Deirdre up, either. Even if it takes every Faro employee, every last Toleffson, and one cranky iguana to give the honky-tonk lovebirds a chance at forever.

A future with the woman of his dreams is within his grasp...if the past will stay that way.

2011 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, Best Small Press Romance.
Romantic Times Top Pick for Contemporary, December 2010.

Erik Toleffson wasn’t looking to become Chief of Police. He’s got enough trouble trying to rebuild his relationship with his three brothers who, until just recently, ran the other way when he approached. He’s not the bully they grew up with, but bad memories are tough to overcome.

Morgan Barrett is as worn out as a vat full of crushed grape skins. She never planned to run Cedar Creek Winery, but there’s no one else to shoulder the load as her father recovers from an injury. All she needs is a little sleep. Just a five-minute nap in the booth at the Dew Drop Inn...if that guy across the bar would stop staring at her as if putting her head down on the table is a crime.

After Morgan yawns in Erik’s face, there’s nowhere to go but up. With time, though, their relationship warms like a perfectly blended Bordeaux. Until the shady mayor digs into Erik’s past and dredges up information that could drive a permanent wedge between him and his brothers—and sour any chance of a future with Morgan.

Read an excerpt from Chapter 1.

There’s no room in her life for love. Love has other ideas…

Winner 2011 EPIC Award, Best Contemporary Romance.

2011 Beanpot Award, New England Chapter, Romance Writers of America, Romantic Suspense
2010 Golden Rose Award winner.
"Book three in the Konigsburg series has a proven formula for success: love, humor, suspense and cute kids." - Romantic Times, 4.5 stars.
"Tight writing and a fantastic narrative make this story not only enjoyable, but something I’d recommend to others who love a good, solid romance." Long and Short Reviews, 4.5 stars.
"Be My Baby is a thriller of a book. The Toleffson family is an exciting cast of characters that make the reader want to hear more of their stories. Meg Benjamin created a world anyone would love to visit." Coffeetime Romance, 4 cups.

If Jessamyn Carroll had only herself to consider, staying in Pennsylvania after her husband’s death would have been a no-brainer. Her vindictive in-laws’ efforts to get their hooks into her infant son, however, force her to flee to a new home. Konigsburg, Texas.

Peace…at least for now. She’s even found a way to make some extra money, looking after sexy accountant Lars Toleffson’s precocious two-year-old daughter. She finds it easy—too easy—to let his protective presence lull her into thinking she and her son are safe at last.

Lars, still wounded from enduring a nasty divorce from his cheating ex-wife, tries to fight his attraction to the mysterious, beautiful widow. But when an intruder breaks into her place, and Jess comes clean about her past, all bets are off. Someone wants her baby—and wants Jess out of the picture. Permanently. Now Jess has a live-in bodyguard, whether she wants him or not. Except she does want him—and he wants her. Yet negotiating a future together will have to overcome a lot of roadblocks: babies, puppies, the entire, meddling Toleffson family—and a kidnapper.

Read Chapter One.

Excerpt 2 - Jess and Lars get together.

Who knew you could find the love of your life at the wedding from hell?

"Readers will be hooked from the very first paragraph. The characters from every generation that descend upon the bride and groom are a pure delight. The family dramas going on around the wedding will keep readers laughing and engaged through every page." - Romantic Times, 4 stars
"When I read the blurb for the book, I imagined a cutesy, fluff book. You gave me more. I got a book filled with characters who were more than standard stereotypes. Instead of making Pete and Janie all wholesome goodness, you made them well rounded. I wasn’t always happy with them – namely Pete and his reactions to his mother – but this added to the realism. And I ended up liking this book much more than I have had it been just another piece of cotton candy." - Dear Author
"There is magic in a good read and a great fictional world, and Meg Benjamin is a wizard at story-telling. Wedding Bell Blues is not about retribution, even if the story does come to a most satisfying conclusion. Even more so as Meg takes the principle of the happily-ever-after ending and its hopeful message and elevates it to a philosophy. Every single person can hope for a happy ending. Some day. Whoever they are. And not just the hero and heroine." - Long and Short Reviews 4.5 Stars

Janie Dupree will do anything to make sure her best friend has the wedding of her dreams, even if it means relinquishing what every bridesmaid covets and never gets—the perfect maid-of-honor dress. Problem is, family drama as tangled as a clump of Texas prickly pear cactus threatens to send the skittish bride hopping aboard the elopement express.

Janie could use a hand, but the best man’s “help” is only making things worse. Pete Toleffson just wants to get through his brother’s wedding and get back to his county attorney job in Des Moines. He never expected to be the engineer on a wedding train that’s derailing straight toward hell. Janie’s the kind of girl he’d like to get close to—but her self-induced role as “Miss Fix-It” is as infuriating as it is adorable.

If they can just fend off meddling parents, vindictive in-laws, spiteful ex-boyfriends, and a greyhound named Olive long enough to achieve matrimonial lift-off, maybe they can admit they’re head-over-heels in love.

Read an excerpt from Chapter 1 at Samhain.

Read about Pete and Janie's first kiss.

Coming off a broken engagement to a lying charmer, all bookstore-owner Docia Kent wants is a fling, not a long-term romance. And for her fabulously wealthy and fabulously nosy parents to butt out of her life for a while. The Texas Hill Country town of Konigsburg looks like the perfect place to get both. Especially when she gets a look at long, tall country-vet Cal Toleffson.

Cal has other plans for Docia. One glance at the six-foot version of Botticelli’s Venus, and he knows he’s looking at the woman of his dreams. Now if he can just fend off the "eccentric" characters of Konigsburg long enough to convince her romance isn’t such a bad idea.

One night of mind-blowing sex isn’t the only thing that leaves them both stunned. Someone’s up to no good, and Docia is caught in cross-hairs. Once again she finds her trust tested—leaving her wondering if she was ever meant to have a happily ever, after all.

Read Chapter One!