Buttercream and Betrayal: A Feline Chapter Mystery

Bestselling romance author Hazel Foster moved to the foggy, sea-salted town of Port Fable, Maine, to cure a crippling case of writer’s block. Inheriting The Feline Chapter, a historic bookstore-turned-café acting as a sanctuary for retired library cats, seemed like the perfect plot twist for a quiet, introverted life.

But Port Fable’s reigning busybody and councilwoman, Beatrice Vance, has other plans: bulldoze the café to build luxury condos.

When Beatrice is found poisoned in the back alley, clutching a smashed box of Hazel’s signature Earl Grey pastries—with a peculiar buttercream cat paw print stamped on her silk blouse the cozy sanctuary turns into a crime scene. Worse, the local police have their sights set on Hazel’s anxious, sweet-natured niece and pastry chef, Penelope, as the prime suspect.

With her niece facing prison and the bulldozers circling, Hazel must trade her romance tropes for real-life detective work. Aided by Julian, a ruggedly handsome local carpenter, and Poe, a twenty-five-pound Maine Coon with a nose for clues and a permanent scowl, Hazel must sift through a town full of suspects and secrets.

Can she sniff out the real killer before her new life reaches a tragic end? Or has she finally met a plot twist she can’t outwrite?