Before the first mystery in New Hope… there was Boston.

Julianna Butler has it all: a promising career, a whirlwind romance, and the keys to Boston’s elite art scene. When her boyfriend and gallery owner David VonHoffster promotes her to director and sweeps her away on a glamorous business trip, she believes her future is finally falling into place.

When the news of her mother’s passing finally reaches her, a guilt-ridden Juli returns home ready to make amends with her past. Turning her mother’s antique store into an organic café for people and their pets seems to be the fresh start she needs. Only she doesn’t count on her old friend, Chase Hargrave, being the town Sheriff or that she’d be his number one suspect when a man turns up dead in her mother’s rose garden.

It’s time for the Lewis County Fair and Juli’s organic human and pet café is the talk of New Hope. But amidst the excitement, her ex-boyfriend’s appearance and revelations about his murky past have thrown a wrench in her plans with the Sheriff.

In the quaint town of New Hope, the Fall Festival finds Juli Butler torn between her favorite lawman and his faithful deputy while tensions rise as Misty Shepard’s showcase event at the Sunflower Inn is threatened by her old rival, Liza Blake. Amidst the pumpkin spice and festivities, a sinister plot unfolds when Liza is found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Small town. Big secrets. Deadly cold.

It’s bake sale season in New Hope, and Juli Butler’s got her hands full whipping up cookies for the church fundraiser. But when a fire at Oliver’s new restaurant reveals a frozen corpse, her plans—and her peace of mind—go up in smoke.