A Winter Worth Keeping

Sweetbrook Harbor's first Winter Lantern Festival is supposed to be a celebration one bright evening for a town that's spent weeks tearing itself apart over a controversial harbor front development. Clara Winslow just wants to sell hot cocoa and cinnamon rolls until the vote is finally over. Instead, the lantern-lighting ceremony ends with a body at the base of the old lighthouse.The victim is the project manager behind the marina expansion that's divided the town for a month. The suspects are nearly everyone who stood to lose if his project succeeded including the people Clara loves most. Dottie told him off in front of half the town. Ben's own uncle stands to lose the shed that's been in his family for generations. And the beloved innkeeper leading the fight to save the harbor is hiding something that runs a great deal deeper than anyone suspects. As old grudges, fresh lies, and a secret quietly compounding for six years all collide, Clara has to separate who's guilty from who's just afraid before an entire town casts a vote built on something that was never true to begin with. Featuring small-town charm, a slow-burn romance, and a mystery layered in frost and secrets, A Winter Worth Keeping is Book Two in The Rolling Pin Mysteries perfect for readers who like their cozy mysteries with real emotional stakes.