Welcome to Litsy!

When Kalina Greystone returns home to the small town of Ellesworth, MA in the wake of her father's passing to take over the family's comic book shop, she never expects to reconnect with her old flame, Detective Christian Harper. But as small town life takes on big city mystery, Kalina and Christian rekindle their relationship. At first Kalina's nosiness in a series of murders at the annual Solstice Festival ruffles Chris's feathers the wrong way. But her snooping proves invaluable in solving the case. And when Kalina's high school best friend is implicated in a gruesome murder, Kalina can't avoid digging into the case to find the truth.By Thanksgiving, Chris and Kalina have moved in together and are on the cusp of an engagement. The family holiday turns treacherous as her sister's college roommate appears on their doorstep, desperate to find her missing husband. But as Kalina and Chris team up, they find that there's more to the case than a simple missing person. Money can be a very powerful motivator. As can love. By the New Year, Kalina and Chris have tied the knot. But not everyone is happy about the couple's nuptials. Brides-to-be are under attack and Kalina places herself in harm's way to save the real victim at the center of the case.Soon, Kalina grapples with her last case as she awaits the birth of her first child. Ghosts of long dead acquaintances surface when a woman who was presumed dead as a girl is found stabbed in a cemetery. The killer looks an awful lot like the victim's dead brother. Kalina searches their past in the hopes of making sense of the present. But the more she digs, the darker the reality becomes. Systemic sibling abuse and parental neglect rise to the surface, making her wonder if the past isn't as buried as everyone was led to believe.