Tara Lush

Laid-off journalist Lana Lewis is thriving as the proprietor of Perkatory, a coffee shop on quirky Devil’s Beach Island, Florida. She’s juggling a relationship with police chief Noah Garcia, enjoying the company of her best friend, Erica, and her golden Shih Tzum, Stanley....

After being humiliated in front of her entire hometown of Moose Knuckle, New Hampshire, Hadley Mortimer heads south to lick her wounds—all the way to the island of Devil's Beach, Florida, where she's opened her first business, Give Me Chills, an artisan ice-cream truck....

Business is brisk at Perkatory, the hottest coffee shop in Devil's Beach, Florida. Much of the clientele pours in from the hot yoga studio next door. But the bright, sunny Gulf Coast days turn decidedly dark roast when the body of the studio's owner turns up in a nearby swamp....

When Lana Lewis' best - and most difficult - employee abruptly quits and goes to work for the competition days before the Sunshine State Barista Championship, her café's chances of winning the contest are creamed. Then he's found dead the next morning in the alley behind Lana's café....