Murder at the Moonlit Barrel Ball: An Orchard Wedding Cozy Murder Mystery

About Murder at the Moonlit Barrel Ball: An Orchard Wedding Cozy Murder Mystery

Tessa Hart finally has something Hart’s Run desperately needs: momentum. Hosting Sweetfern’s glamorous Moonlit Barrel Ball should put her ciderhouse on the map as the town’s newest luxury wedding venue. Instead, the night ends in murder.

When star wedding planner Piper Marlowe is found dead in the orchard maze before midnight, the fallout is immediate. The wrong kind of whispers start flying, elite clients panic, and the evidence seems to point straight at Tessa’s best friend, florist Gia Morales. Tessa knows Gia is no killer.

But proving it will mean digging into Sweetfern’s polished wedding world, where every smile hides a contract, every family has something to protect, and some marriages are worth far more than romance. As Tessa follows the trail, she uncovers a darker truth behind the town’s most exclusive weddings: old family clauses, buried land deals, and a system designed to keep property in the right hands no matter who gets hurt. With Hart’s Run’s future on the line and Gia’s freedom at risk, Tessa has to move fast before the killer turns one perfect night into the ruin of everything she has fought to save.

Because in Sweetfern, wedding season is not just about love.