Truffles and Trouble: A Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Cozy Mystery

Welcome to Sweetheart Harbor, where the sea breeze smells of buttercream, roses, and secrets.

Clara Hartwell has come home to the little coastal town she once fled, hoping to start over as co-owner of Buttercup & Briar, a charming bakery-florist shop specializing in weddings, romantic gifts, and handmade Sweetheart Parcels. With her practical cousin Bea arranging flowers and Clara crafting pastries, their first big town event could put the shop back on the map.

Then a respected local wedding historian is found dead after receiving one of Clara’s chocolate truffle boxes.

The death is quiet. The scandal is not.

Soon Clara discovers that the parcel delivered to the victim was not the one she prepared. The ribbon is wrong. The flowers carry a hidden meaning. And the love letter tucked beside the truffles may be connected to a decades-old betrayal that several prominent townspeople would rather keep buried.

Detective Jonah Reed is calm, careful, and far too good at noticing when Clara is holding back. He wants evidence. Clara has instincts, awkward conversations, and an unfortunate habit of hearing the truth behind what people do not say.

As wedding season looms, Clara must untangle a suspect list full of old flames, jealous rivals, family grudges, and romantic reputations worth protecting. If she cannot discover who turned a sweet gift into a deadly message, Buttercup & Briar may be ruined before it truly begins.

Truffles and Trouble is the first book in the Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Mysteries, a clean, character-driven cozy mystery series filled with seaside charm, bakery treats, floral clues, slow-burn romance, small-town gossip, and a fair-play mystery solved by heart as much as by evidence.

Perfect for readers who enjoy charming amateur sleuths, romantic tension, coastal towns, wedding scandals, and cozy mysteries with no graphic violence or explicit content.