The Seashell Shop's Dangerous Bargain
A Cozy Mystery

About this book:

Maya Finch came home to Pelican Cove to save her grandmother's seashell shop, not to inherit a foreclosure notice and a condemnation order on the same salt-soaked morning. With the Atlantic gnawing through the foundation pilings and the bank demanding sixty thousand dollars in thirty days, The Nautilus Alcove is drowning—until Julian Ross walks through the door. He's slick, charming, and represents the Boston development firm buying up the waterfront. His offer: Silver Sands will erase the debt, rebuild the pilings, and preserve the shop's legacy. The price? A thirty-year leasehold and a partnership Maya's instincts scream is too perfect to be true.

Nora Finch didn't survive Hurricane Bob, the red tide, and seventy-two years of Maine winters by trusting men in cashmere coats. But with the town council circling like gulls and the tide rising higher each day, pride won't keep the lights on. As Maya digs into the fine print, she uncovers more than shady clauses—there are secrets buried in the harbor mud, a ledger her grandmother refuses to discuss, and a stranger's body washing up at the lighthouse. In a town where everyone knows your business but no one tells the truth, the most dangerous currents aren't in the ocean.

*The Seashell Shop's Dangerous Bargain* is a salty, suspenseful cozy mystery where the stakes are personal, the setting is a character, and the line between rescue and ruin is drawn in disappearing ink. Perfect for readers who love atmospheric coastal settings, feisty grandmothers, charming suspects with hidden agendas, and mysteries that rise with the tide.