Small Town Mysteries

Grant Evans returned to Rosewood Harbor to fix things, not to solve murders. But when Leo Hartman, the town's beloved florist and Grant's father-figure, is found dead in his shop, Grant refuses to believe the official ruling of "natural causes." Not when Leo was found clutching a single yellow carnation-a Victorian symbol for disdain-in a shop full of dead stock.Philip Mak just wants to do his job. As the town's head librarian, he prefers the order of the Dewey Decimal System to the chaos of real life. But when a brick flies through his archive window and a 1955 journal is stolen, Philip realizes his quiet sanctuary is at the center of a deadly cover-up.Thrown together by grief and danger, Grant and Philip make an unlikely pair: the impulsive handyman ready to burn it all down for justice, and the meticulous librarian armed with research and logic.As they dig into the town's history, they uncover a chilling parallel to a tragedy from seventy years ago. The "Cupid's Curse" isn't a ghost story; it's a blueprint for murder. With a corrupt Councilman pulling the strings and a volatile killer watching their every move, Grant and Philip must race to decode the messages Leo left behind before the town's Valentine's Gala.But as the investigation strips away their defenses, the friction between them sparks into something neither expected. Now, they must choose: play it safe and let a killer walk free, or risk everything-their lives, their careers, and their hearts-to rewrite the ending of a tragedy.Cupid's Curse is a cozy MM romantic mystery about finding home, fixing what's broken, and the courage it takes to speak the language of the heart.