Sweet Tea and Secrets

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Callie Aspen has finally decided to return to Heart's Harbor, Maine to work at her aunt's vintage shop, the Book Tea. In Sweet Tea and Secrets by Joy Avon, Callie is worried about her decision to leave her tour guide job for the small Maine town. (Sweet Tea and Secrets will be released by Crooked Lane Books on June 11.)

Before long she is thrown into planning for the huge Fourth of July extravaganza in Heart's Harbor. The plan is to recreate a key moment in the town's history and Callie stumbles on the disappearance of Hollywood actress Monica Walker, a 1980s star who vanished without a trace. Locals hope she eloped with the man of her dreams, but as Callie digs into the disappearance, she's not so sure.

In the meantime, Callie's relationship or lack of with Deputy Falk seems to have cooled. One of the reasons she moved back to Heart's Harbor was the connection she felt with Falk at Christmas. Now he seems aloof and not at all interested in her.

As Callie begins her search for information, she starts with the library files and then to the local newspaper. Newspaper editor Joe Jamison was a
reporter during the case and he always felt there was something not right about the theory of how Monica went missing. Callie decides to put out an appeal for information from the community and is deluged with 30-year-old memories.

When the pieces all start to fall together, Callie is as surprised as everyone how the case is resolved.


Disclosure: I received this book through NetGalley