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Ellery Page inherits a struggling bookshop and decrepit house from his great-great-great aunt in a seaside town in Rhode Island. He needs to clear his name when a business rival who wanted to buy him out is found dead in the bookshop.

Rather bland. The first two books in the series were freebies so I will read the second, but I wouldn't go so far as to pay out good money to continue.

The damp night air was bracingly cold and, as always, suffused with the distinct ocean smell.

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I enjoyed this as a cosy mystery. It was romance light which I appreciate and there was a decent amount of description which made me feel like I was learning about the characters and location as the mc did.

There were a few editorial issues in terms of typos and grammatical mistakes which were a bit annoying, overall it was a fun read.

I really liked this. I will have to say it‘s one of the cleanest books I‘ve ever read though. No bad language, no sex scenes — nothing but light flirting — and no graphically described violence. Ellery, our mc, who inherits a bookstore and a house from a great great aunt he‘s never met, is a fun character. I‘ll read more books in this series.

I can be oblivious. This is referred to as an M/M cozy. I thought “murder/mystery,” “murder/mayhem?” It finally occurred to me that it refers to the potential romance in the book, which is male/male. 🤦🏻‍♀️. If it was a romance, I would have understood, but I wasn‘t expecting that label in a cozy. So far, it‘s been fun. Our mc, Ellery, inherits a mystery bookstore in a small Rhode Island seaside town and becomes a murder suspect. #audiowalk

I don't know what regular Cozy readers will think, but I enjoyed it. It seemed to have all the required elements of the genre: a small town (bonus points for seasonal tourist town), amature sleuthing (including questionably legal shenanigans), a smoking hot love interest (bonus points for describing the color of his eyes a lot), a puppy, weird inheritance, a recovering broken heart, an old book store, and a gossipy older woman. #LGBTQ #Mystery

Shortly after a tough breakup with his boyfriend, Ellery learns he has inherited a bookstore and house in #RhodeIsland. He‘s wondering how to keep the store afloat and noticing how cute the police chief is when suddenly a body turns up in his store. This is a cute, fun cozy that I enjoyed a lot. I definitely didn‘t guess what the outcome would be. I would for sure read more from this author.

This was June‘s Barnes and Noble serial read. I really enjoyed this small town M/M murder mystery. The first in the Secrets and Scrabble series, I loved Ellery and his perseverance in trying to make the bookstore he inherited profitable. Pirate‘s Cove sounds like a quirky little town with a fun group of people, dressing as pirate‘s and having a pirate celebration. I will definitely continue the series. #BookspinBingo