Pleading the Fish

Everly might be running out of island time in her most dangerous case yet! Cafe owner and amateur sleuth Everly Swan, like every Swan woman before her, is cursed in love. The only problem? She’s head over heels for Detective Grady Hays, who doesn’t believe in magic of any kind. Grady wants to build a life with Everly, but before she can say “I do,” she needs to take care of this curse once and for all. And luckily, the quirky inhabitants of Charm, North Carolina, are up to the task! But it feels like a sign when a historian researching the Swan family is murdered, and Everly fears the curse is spreading. She and Grady take the case—curserelated or not, there’s a killer loose on the island. Big change is coming for Everly and her friends, but between running her cafe, choosing a wedding dress, investigating mysterious strangers, and dodging increasingly threatening messages from the killer, Everly’s not sure she’ll get her happy ever after! The seventh thrilling addition to Bree Baker’s acclaimed Seaside Cafe Mystery series, Pleading the Fish is a sun-believably heartwarming mystery!