Arson and First Editions: Arson and First Editions: A Cozy Small-Town Mystery with Hurt/Comfort MM Romance (The Fog Harbor Mysteries #2)
Sebastian Hart
A burning bookstore. A missing masterpiece. And a detective who needs saving just as much as the books.
Elias Thorne thought the fire was the end. As he rebuilds The Curiosity Nook from the ashes, he wants nothing more than to return to his quiet life of stitching spines and cataloging history. But the fire that gutted the Town Hall wasn't an accident—it was a cover-up for a murder and a stolen forgery.
Chief Silas Kane is used to being the protector. But after rushing into the flames to save Elias, he’s left with a shattered leg and a bruised ego. Grounded, grumpy, and living in Elias's space, Silas is forced to do the one thing he hates most: ask for help.
Stop Digging. That was the warning in the first book. Now, the warning is written in smoke.
Forced into close proximity in Silas’s seaside cabin, the tension between them simmers hotter than ever. Elias is determined to prove the burnt Tamerlane was a fake; Silas is determined to keep Elias from becoming the next victim. But as they peel back the layers of Old Tom’s deception, the lines between suspicion and trust blur into something deeper, and far more dangerous.
Can they catch a killer who erases history with fire? And more importantly, can they survive sharing a roof without driving each other crazy—or finally admitting that the slow burn has caught fire?
Arson and First Editions is the second book in the Fog Harbor Mysteries series. It features a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, high-stakes bookbinding forensics, heavy hurt/comfort, and a guaranteed happy ending (HEA).
