Diaries, Damsels, and Dastardly Deeds

Annabelle—Annie, thank you very much—Jordan’s got a new lease on life. She’s starting A New Chapter. Literally. Her great-aunt—one she’d never head of, has left her a bookstore—A New Chapter—to run. Sure it means leaving Jersey behind and going to the Carolinas, where everything is slow and meandering, but what else’s a new divorcee to do?

A break-in at the bookstore not long after Annie arrives in town is just one of the mysterious events that follows. Finding out about a father she knew nothing about, a family history that belongs in fiction, and a hunky private detective are just the start of her problems. Did she say problems? Maybe not all of those are problems.

One thing’s a problem for sure. The person who decided to break into her house after breaking into the bookstore. It has to be the same person, right? But what does he—or she?—want? What could a newcomer to this old tobacco town in the south have that a thief would desire?