No Good Tea Goes Unpunished

In Bree Baker's No Good Tea Goes Unpunished, the second installment in the Seaside Cafe Mystery series, this cozy started with a whopper about a wedding day gone wrong. For Everly Swan, she runs a seaside cafe on Charm Island, off the coast of the Outer Banks in the Carolinas. She's been catering her childhood Judy's wedding reception with fresh glasses of tea and some light refreshing snacks. But after she said "I Do", she discovers her husband's dead body off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.  Everly does the best she could do to console Judy and wait for Detective Grady Hays to come to their rescue. While Everly helps her two aunts out with a video about the colony collapse disorder among honeybees, she runs her cafe and be on the lookout for any suspicious people including a nosy reporter, an ex-girlfriend, and a former colleague. While she does all that, her feelings for Grady, a widower with a young son, grew a bit stronger, while her ex-boyfriend Wyatt arrives in town to win her advances. Everly didn't want any part of it, but someone wants to make sure Everly doesn't snoop around to get closer to the truth, while there's been an attack on her when she discovers the whodunit  and why. It's up to her to fend for herself on the island's maritime forest in a life and death matter.

This was a charming and sweet installment in this brand new cozy series.  I loved how it's set on Charm Island, a fictional island off the coast of the Carolinas with its own history of curses of the Swan women. I loved the island locale and the tropical flare for the mesmerizing scenic settings.  I do find Everly charming and delightful to make fresh ice tea recipes and accompanying snacks that you can make at home--the recipes are included at the back of the book. I also found Grady dashing and pretty sweet on Everly even if they're friends. I can see how he cares for her and for the residents there.  This would make you want to whip up a light snack with a tall glass of iced tea, dig into a new caper to enjoy, and root for Everly as she would save the day to stop the culprit in his or her tracks with non-stop drama, plenty of action,  lots of intrigue and sparks of mystery.

Will you stop by her cafe in No Good Tea Goes Unpunished today?