博客來A Reckoning at Gullhaven Harbor
Some promises take ninety-seven years to keep. Some enemies wait even longer.Five months of peace have finally come to Gullhaven. Claire Mercer has built a life worth protecting: Mercer Bookshop, a ghost who has become family, and Cal Rowe, steady and patient, making her believe a fresh start at forty-eight can be real. And Maddie, her sharp, book-loving teenage apprentice, the one who brings laughter back into the shop on the hardest days. Maddie has been digging into something dangerous. Printouts from old forum threads. Messages that read like gossip, until they start naming anchor points, ward placements, and the founding families’ long-buried secrets. Secrets nearly a century old. Then Maddie goes missing during Founders’ Week. At first, it looks like small-town chaos and festival confusion. Until Claire realizes Maddie was closer to the truth than anyone in Gullhaven wants to admit. The Warden has not stopped. He has only waited. And this time, he does not come for Claire first.He comes for Cal.A decade ago, a storm rescue ended in tragedy. Cal has carried that guilt in silence ever since. Now someone is dragging his worst memory into the light and Cal is trying to carry it alone. Claire knows where that road leads. She has lived it. With a rare spring storm building, one that could strengthen the binding for good or leave the thin place exposed, Claire must find Maddie, protect the people she loves, and complete a ceremony not performed in nearly a century. The bookshop was never the only anchor. The lighthouse was never the only ward. And the ghost who has watched over Gullhaven since 1929 has been waiting for someone to finally understand why she stayed. The reckoning is not just about stopping an enemy. It is about choosing, fully and fiercely, the extraordinary life you have built. A Reckoning at Gullhaven Harbor is Book 3 in the Mercer Bookshop Haunted Mysteries series, a cozy paranormal mystery with gothic spring-storm atmosphere, a sweet slow-burn romance that deepens into commitment, and a midlife heroine learning that partnership means sharing burdens, not carrying them alone. Perfect for readers who love haunted bookshop mysteries, coastal small-town secrets, found family, an amateur sleuth with a psychic edge, and spooky-but-safe chills with a warm romance built on trust. Tropes and Themes:
- Cozy paranormal mystery
- Haunted bookshop in a coastal town
- Missing person mystery
- Midlife heroine, women over 40, fresh start
- Amateur sleuth and small-town secrets
- Found family
- Sweet slow-burn romance, commitment arc
- Ghost secrets revealed
- Spring storm and gothic atmosphere
- Partnership, trust, and choosing each other
