Bloodline Blush in Briar Hollow
(2026)(The third book in the Quiet Discretion Mysteries series)
A Story by Petra Shaw
In Briar Hollow, grief is polite… and secrets are sacred.
Clara Whitlock runs Second Chances Antiques the way she runs her life—carefully, quietly, and with gloves on when it matters. But when a mysterious parcel appears on her shelf—addressed only FOR WHITLOCK—she makes one mistake:
She opens it.
Inside is a cracked cameo brooch that doesn’t just feel old… it feels alive. The moment Clara touches it, she’s hit with an echo of emotions that aren’t hers—pride, fear, and a fierce, suffocating kind of protection. The kind that says: mine.
Her only ally is Nimbus—her razor-tongued, too-smart (and occasionally infuriating) cat who notices what the town pretends not to see.
Then a ‘peaceful’ death becomes two. Then three.
And Briar Hollow does what it always does when truth threatens to get loud:
It chooses a convenient story… and a convenient scapegoat.
But Clara isn’t built for convenient. Not anymore.
Because the brooch is tied to something worse than murder—something that can destroy reputations, rewrite bloodlines, and turn inheritance into a weapon. And when Clara starts pulling the thread, she discovers the real danger isn’t the secret…
It’s who’s willing to kill to keep it quiet.
Bloodline Blush in Briar Hollow is a twisty, small-town paranormal cozy mystery packed with secrets, suspicion, and a heroine who refuses to bow to ‘polite’ silence.
Perfect for readers who love:
Clara Whitlock runs Second Chances Antiques the way she runs her life—carefully, quietly, and with gloves on when it matters. But when a mysterious parcel appears on her shelf—addressed only FOR WHITLOCK—she makes one mistake:
She opens it.
Inside is a cracked cameo brooch that doesn’t just feel old… it feels alive. The moment Clara touches it, she’s hit with an echo of emotions that aren’t hers—pride, fear, and a fierce, suffocating kind of protection. The kind that says: mine.
Her only ally is Nimbus—her razor-tongued, too-smart (and occasionally infuriating) cat who notices what the town pretends not to see.
Then a ‘peaceful’ death becomes two. Then three.
And Briar Hollow does what it always does when truth threatens to get loud:
It chooses a convenient story… and a convenient scapegoat.
But Clara isn’t built for convenient. Not anymore.
Because the brooch is tied to something worse than murder—something that can destroy reputations, rewrite bloodlines, and turn inheritance into a weapon. And when Clara starts pulling the thread, she discovers the real danger isn’t the secret…
It’s who’s willing to kill to keep it quiet.
Bloodline Blush in Briar Hollow is a twisty, small-town paranormal cozy mystery packed with secrets, suspicion, and a heroine who refuses to bow to ‘polite’ silence.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Small-town cozy mysteries with sharp-edged charm
A clever amateur sleuth with a ‘gift’ she can’t ignore
A snarky animal sidekick (Nimbus is not here to be cute)
Family secrets, inheritance pressure, and hidden identities
Clean, page-turning mystery with paranormal flavor
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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