When Harper Bellweather disappears after uncovering suspicious financial records connected to her family's famous vineyard, Jennifer and Sheriff Luke Moreno are pulled into a dangerous investigation involving hidden tunnels, stolen land, offshore accounts, and a powerful harbor organization known only as Blacktide.

But the deeper Jennifer digs, the clearer it becomes that the Bellweather family isn't the only one hiding secrets.

Someone is poisoning cakes.

Someone is setting fires.

And someone will kill to keep the truth buried beneath Pelican Cove forever.

As the summer festival fills the coastal town with blackberry wine tastings, vineyard galas, and oceanfront celebrations, Jennifer must navigate layered betrayals, long-buried corruption, and a growing romance with Luke before another victim ends up beneath the harbor.

Because in Pelican Cove…

some recipes were built on blood.