When Joanie Chandler comes back to her hometown, Hemlock Ridge, she never dreamed her life would be in such turmoil. First, she finds her best friend from high school, Jason, whom she’s always been secretly in love with, is dating their former high school nemesis. If that wasn’t bad enough, she finds a body in the dumpster behind her brand new coffee shop.

This tale of romance and mystery finds Joanie trying to deal with her feelings for Jason and her suspicions of who committed the only murder that’s ever happened in this small town. Will she get over Jason…or get him back? Will she figure out who the killer is, or will she be accused of the murder? Find out in this first novella in the Hemlock Ridge Mysteries series.