When celebrity gardening judge Sebastian Vale drops dead beside the prize roses at Lilac Harbor’s Bloom Week festival, florist Rowan Finch becomes the town’s most convenient suspect. Unfortunately, the detective assigned to the case is Cal Hart—the ex-boyfriend Rowan never truly got over, and the man who once left him behind. In postcard-pretty Lilac Harbor, reputation is everything. Rowan has spent years rebuilding his life, growing Pansy & Proper into the floral heart of Lavender Lane, and making sure no one ever sees how badly Cal’s departure once broke him. But one very public argument with the victim, a flood of vicious gossip, and a whisper campaign aimed straight at his shop threaten to ruin everything before tourist season even begins. Cal knows Rowan didn’t kill anyone. He also knows that proving it will mean stepping back into Rowan’s orbit, where every late-night clue chase, every loaded coffee conversation, and every too-close moment in a flower cooler reminds them both that their chemistry never actually died. As the investigation digs into donor scandals, hidden property deals, and a glamorous local hostess with too much to lose, Rowan and Cal find themselves tangled in something far more dangerous than a festival grudge. Because Sebastian wasn’t just making enemies—he was blackmailing the wrong people. And whoever poisoned him is still close enough to shape the town’s story, frame Rowan for murder, and strike again to protect the truth. Filled with seaside charm, sharp banter, cozy spring atmosphere, sexy unresolved tension, and a second-chance romance that refuses to stay buried, PANSIES AND ALIBIS is the first book in the Lavender Lane Mysteries series—where the flowers are gorgeous, the gossip is lethal, and falling back in love may be the most dangerous clue of all. Escape to Lilac Harbor and start this addictive MM cozy mystery romance series today. You’ll love this if you like… second-chance MM romance with real emotional history cozy murder mysteries with sharp banter and high chemistry small-town gossip, flower shops, and seaside charm exes forced to work together while solving a murder romantic suspense with a warm, polished, feel-good finish