Mystery at the Masquerade: An M/M Cozy Mystery: Secrets and Scrabble 3

Love is in the Salt Sea Air--and So is Murder!Ellery Page aspiring screenwriter reigning Scrabble champion and occasionally clueless owner of the villages only mystery bookstore the Crows Nest is both flattered and bemused when hes invited to the annual Marauders Masquerade the biggest social event of the season in the quaint seaside village of Pirates Cove Rhode Island. The event is hosted by the wealthy Marguerite Bloodworth-Ainsley--a descendant of the famed pirate Tom Blood.Ellery doesnt even know Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsley--nor it turns out--does Mrs. Bloodworth-Ainsley know him. But Marguerites son Julian wants to know Ellery. Julian handsome rich and engaging is a huge mystery buff. In fact hes bought a few books at the Crows Nest bookstore but never quite worked up the nerve to ask Ellery out. As his relationship with Police Chief Carlisle seems to be dead in the water Ellery is grateful for a little flattering male attention from the villages most eligible bachelor but any hopes of romance hit the shoals when Julian is accused of murdering his mothers unlikable second husband during the annual ghost hunt in the old cemetery.