Pippa Marlowe
Pippa Marlowe writes romantic cozy mysteries where seaside shops, village celebrations, weddings, chocolates, flowers, and handwritten clues bring romance and mystery together.
Her Sweetheart Harbor stories unfold in a charming coastal community of independent shopkeepers, loyal friends, hopeful couples, and secrets that rarely stay hidden for long.
Readers can expect clean romance, fair-play clues, warm humor, emotional stakes, and satisfying endings in which both the mystery and the heart find their answer.
Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Mysteries
Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Mysteries is a warm romantic cozy mystery series set in a picturesque seaside town known for chocolate shops, florists, bakeries, weddings, harbor celebrations, and residents who know one another’s business almost as well as their own.
Each book combines a self-contained mystery with a heartfelt romance, recurring community connections, and the comforting pleasure of returning to familiar streets, shops, friendships, and harbor views.
The stories offer gentle suspense, fair-play clues, clean romantic development, warm humor, and satisfying conclusions without graphic violence.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
- Romantic cozy mysteries with happy endings
- Charming seaside towns and close-knit communities
- Chocolate shops, florists, bakeries, and weddings
- Gentle suspense and fair-play clues
- Clean romance, warm humor, and emotional comfort
Published Romantic Cozy Mysteries
Explore the first four books in the Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Mysteries series below.
Truffles and Trouble
A Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Cozy Mystery
A beautifully wrapped box of truffles arrives with a clue no one expected. As a local chocolatier follows a trail through Sweetheart Harbor, secrets hidden beneath polished counters and romantic gestures threaten both a budding relationship and the town's calm.
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The Valentine Threat
A Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Cozy Mystery
Valentine's week should be the sweetest time of year, but threatening notes and a carefully staged warning turn the harbor's celebrations into a mystery. Solving it means separating sincere affection from jealousy, fear, and someone determined to keep an old secret buried.
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A Bouquet Before Murder
A Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Cozy Mystery
A bridal bouquet carries more than flowers when a wedding-season mystery blossoms in the town florist's shop. Between coded blooms, romantic misunderstandings, and a suspect list rooted in old grievances, one carefully chosen flower may reveal the truth.
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Vows, Veils, and Villains
A Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Cozy Mystery
Wedding plans unravel when threats, rivalries, and hidden motives gather behind the veil. With the ceremony approaching and trust in short supply, the clues point toward someone who knows exactly how to turn a celebration of love into the perfect distraction.
View on AmazonWhy readers return to Pippa Marlowe
These stories combine the comfort of a close-knit harbor town with charming shops, romantic tension, clever clues, meaningful friendships, and mysteries that remain gentle without losing their intrigue.
If you enjoy books where love and mystery share the page, every celebration may conceal a secret, and even the smallest clue can lead to a hopeful new beginning, Pippa Marlowe’s stories belong on your shelf.
Available now: the first four books in Sweetheart Harbor Romantic Mysteries.
More Sweetheart Harbor Mysteries
The Wedding Cake Witness
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Love Letters and Last Words
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Macarons and Misdirection
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The Harbor Heartbreak Clue
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Secrets on the Marivelle Pass
The Wrong Garnish at the Marivelle Pass
Chef Sophie Delacourt returns to the Grand Marivelle, a Belle Époque luxury hotel above the coastal town of Merehaven, determined to renew L’Orangerie around local ingredients and the people who supply them.
When investor representative Martin Vale collapses after a private tasting, Sophie knows the plate that left her kitchen was safe. The plate that returns carries a garnish she never approved. To find out who altered it, she follows the evidence through kitchen production, service timing, hotel routes, equipment, ordering records, and supplier relationships.
For readers who enjoy: culinary cozy mysteries, elegant grand-hotel settings, capable women solving mysteries through professional expertise, fair-play clues, community relationships, and slow-burn romance without graphic violence.
View on AmazonBook 1 — The Wrong Garnish at the Marivelle Pass: available now.
Book 2 — The Marmalade Ledger at Marivelle: available now.
Book 3 — The Salt House Secret at Marivelle: preorder for October 12, 2026.
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Reader Bonus: The Marmalade Ledger at Marivelle
Two spoiler-light between-books stories from the Grand Marivelle, plus three original culinary bonus recipes inspired by the fictional setting.
