Polite Paradise

Not so much a book as an author...  but someone please tell me how Tamar Myers ever got a publishing contract?

I am a huge fan of mysteries and cozies especially, and one of her books had a fun, catchy name, so I picked it up. It was awful. I tried another one, and it was also bad. (Big dramatic climax was that they were in a car that was sinking into the mud or something, and then suddenly they were just able to drive away.  Huh?) 

I don't remember the titles as I've blocked them out of my brain, but...