Welcome to Emerald Bay, a small town nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, where everyone knows their neighbors and visitors to the nearby lake are welcomed as friends... Alex Rivers never expected to return to her hometown. But twelve years after graduation, she finds herself back in Emerald Bay, running her Granny Lu's café. It's a far cry from head chef at an upscale restaurant, but life rarely goes according to plan. Instead, Alex finds herself immensely enjoying the work of serving the townsfolk delicious homemade cooking and listening to the local gossip each day from the kitchen at Lulu's. Perhaps this is where she's belonged all along...but a small town can be a double-edged sword, and when Alex stumbles onto a body at the Halloween Harvest Festival, rumors and accusations start to fly. It's particularly troubling when Alex discovers that the victim was a cantankerous customer, and that he was poisoned by a cup of her best friend's handmade artisan tea...which had been bought at Alex's own café. Despite the warning from Deacon Lane, her neighbor/nemesis/chief of police, to stay out of it, Alex can't help but follow the clues to clear the good names of both her best friend and Lulu's Café. But the deeper Alex digs, the more convoluted the mystery becomes, and soon suspects are popping up everywhere. Alex must unravel the tangled web in which she finds herself and identify the real killer, before it's too late and she becomes a victim herself. Join a sassy heroine with a glitchy sixth sense, her loyal canine companion, and an annoyingly charming police chief in this delectable cozy mystery romp full of humor and heart.