Marigolds, Merlot, and Murder
Patti Sherry-Crews
Laurel wants nothing more than a quiet life running the Three Sisters Flower Farm with her siblings. But when she and her sisters discover a dead man sprawled among their marigolds—stabbed in the back—their peaceful world turns upside down. Suddenly their farm is a crime scene, business comes to a halt, and the sheriff starts asking uncomfortable questions that make Laurel look far too suspicious for comfort.
Then J.D. Husted—Laurel’s ex-fiancé and the one heartbreak she never truly outran—returns to town to reopen the neighboring vineyard. Their reunion should have been simple. It isn’t. The spark between them is still there, but so are old wounds, new misunderstandings, and a growing tangle of secrets that seem to follow J.D. wherever he goes…including a menacing new vineyard hand, a boundary dispute, and the unsettling possibility that J.D. himself is a suspect in the murder.
Love isn’t the only thing that resurfaces in a small town—so do grudges, lies, and killers.
Desperate to clear their names, Laurel and J.D. form an uneasy alliance and begin digging into the victim’s past, the disputed land behind the farm, and the long list of townsfolk who had plenty of reasons to want the man dead. But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous the search becomes. Someone in Miltonville will do anything to keep their secrets buried…including striking again.
Laurel has only two solve the murder before the sheriff makes up his mind—or before the killer decides she’s next.
A charming blend of slow-burn romance, small-town humor, and page-turning mystery, Marigolds, Merlot, and Murder proves that in the Hill Country, hearts and secrets both have deep roots.
If you love contemporary mystery romance with warmth, wit, and a heroine worth rooting for, grab your copy of Marigolds, Merlot, and Murder today!
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