Dead Men Tell No Shells
(2026)(The first book in the Hartwell Cove series)
A novel by Leona Windwalker
A Killer Catch...
Maxwell Cooper has spent years getting over his first love. Or so he thought, but when Josiah Mercer returns to Hartwell Cove as the new sheriff, Maxwell's carefully settled life is turned upside down. Especially when one look at Josiah makes it painfully clear that neither of them is as over the other as they'd like to pretend.
Max would rather be home in his grandmother's bayfront house, writing his paranormal cozies about Willow Moon, the witch who runs a magical coffee shop. But festival week has arrived, and when bank manager Harvey Sinclair is found dead behind the music stage, Maxwell can't resist the mystery, especially when his sheriff ex-boyfriend is determined to keep him out of it.
Josiah left Hartwell Cove years ago to pursue a career in Baltimore—and never stopped regretting that he left Maxwell without asking him to come along.Now he's home, ready for the quiet small-town life he always missed. He just hadn't counted on Maxwell still being the one man who can make his heart race. With a killer hiding among the festival crowds, Maxwell asking questions he shouldn't, and an old love refusing to stay buried, Josiah has two mysteries to solve.- who killed Harvey Sinclair and can he convince Maxwell that this time, he's home to stay?
They never stopped loving each other. Now they're getting a second chance—and a killer wants to take it away.
Genre: Gay Romance