Welcome to the Coconut Cove Paradise Resort, where the mai tais are strong, the murder rate is surprisingly high, and apparently, my love life requires a body count to kickstart things.
I thought I was applying for a barista job at a cozy inn in Maine. Turns out there was a typo—or the universe has a twisted sense of humor—because now I’m managing a falling-apart resort on Kauai’s North Shore where the pools look like primordial soup and the electrical system was apparently installed by someone who learned wiring from a cereal box.
My name is Jinx Julep, and yes, the nickname fits. I’ve got auburn hair that defies humidity, a talent for stumbling into trouble, and a recently divorced status that led me to this slice of paradise held together by duct tape and optimism.
Everything is going surprisingly well until I find a body floating face-down in our infamous green pool. Now I’m conducting amateur murder investigations with my two senior citizen sidekicks, dodging the advances of a grumpy but devastatingly attractive detective, and trying to keep our ramshackle resort from collapsing into the ocean while figuring out which of our colorful guests decided murder was an acceptable vacation activity. Okay, fine, I’m not dodging a thing when it comes to Mr. Hot Stuff, who happens to be packing heat.
Everyone is a suspect. And if I don’t figure out who’s killing our guests, the only thing deader than our victim will be my new career in paradise.
Addison Moore is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who writes contemporary and paranormal romance. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast with her husband, four wonderful children, and two dogs where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading. Addison’s Celestra Series has been optioned for film by 20th Century Fox.