First published 2024
Traci Eddings stands in the lobby of the St. Cecelia, watching her beloved Georgia coastal hotel crumble around her. Once an outsider who could only work at "the Saint" while rich families vacationed there, she married the owner's son and inherited the landmark property. Now widowed, she faces staff shortages, mounting debts, and a scheming brother-in-law who wants her to fail. Traci assembles a ragtag team of summer workers, including the daughter of her former best friend, to restore the hotel's reputation in one make-or-break season. But secrets from the past surface when details about an old drowning incident threaten to emerge. Then tragedy strikes again with another death, pushing Traci to her breaking point. With everything she values at stake, Traci must expose the truth, confront those working against her, and fight to save the St. Cecelia before it's too late.
Genres: mystery, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Georgia
Period: Contemporary
448 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press