August Cozy Mystery & Cozy Romance New Releases & Book Deals
- Larissa Reinhart
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
Bring on the Labor Day Weekend Reads! Check out these new releases and book deals from my writing friends in cozy mystery, romance, and humorous mysteries.
New Cozy Mystery and Romance Releases
STILL A #WANNABEDETECTIVE
A Maizie Albright Star Detective Omnibus 3
by Larissa Reinhart
Releases August 26
A three-book Maizie Albright box set including a KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE'S FAVORITE BOOK OF 2021, a 2025 SILVER FALCHION JUDGE'S PICK - BEST COZY MYSTERY, and 2025 GEORGIA AUTHOR OF THE YEAR - BEST ROMANCE nomination.
SHADOWS OF THE PAST
Seabrook Cozy Mystery Series
Dianne Harman
Released August 15
When art conservator Chloe Harper receives an anonymous donation at the Seabrook Museum—complete with a mysterious 1930s journal and a coded map—she uncovers a decades-old secret buried deep in the town’s past. The journal belonged to Margaret Wheeler, a pioneering lighthouse assistant who vanished during a storm in 1935. But her haunting final entry suggests she didn’t disappear by accident.
SECOND CHANCE WITH HIS CITY NURSE
A Medical Romance
by Susan Carlisle
Released July 1, 2025
Left at the altar the last place Lily expects to find Cade is a Yosemite National Park. Little did she know of the wilderness adventure that could leave to their happily
ever after.
NEVER BOARD
A Daily Mystery Serial Part Five
by Sam Cheever
Fractious boarders, broken appliances, leaky roofs, and a very distracting next-door neighbor who makes my engine rev. (Oops…did I say that last thing out loud?) The best thing I can do for myself is to stay away from Jack Walters. He has a tendency to cloud my thoughts and turn me into a babbling idiot. Forget I mentioned him. I mean, the real problem is the dead body my plucky little blonde dachshund, Iris, found in the flower beds.Also, did I mention that the sexy next-door neighbor used to be a cop before starting his own security company?
ECHOES OF BETRAYAL
A Maisie Dobbs Mystery 4
by Tonya Kappes
Released August 17th
Fifteen months undercover. A fentanyl sting that nearly broke her. Maisie Doss walks away with a clean slate—but nothing about her feels clean. When an old friend dies under suspicious circumstances, Maisie’s pulled back into a world she swore she’d left behind.
In Slate Creek Hollow, secrets don’t stay buried.
BLACK FOREST MYSTERY
Bakeshop at Holiday Bay
by Kathi Daley
Released July 29th
Piper manages to land a job planning an exclusive black-tie event to be held at a local estate only to find a body in the bedroom just hours before the first honored guests are due to arrive.
COZY MYSTERY BOOK DEALS
#WANNABEDETECTIVE Maizie Albright Star Detective Omnibus 1
Maizie Albright Star Detective books 1-3
by Larissa Reinhart
On sale for 99¢ August 25-29th
Former teen TV detective star Maizie Albright trades Hollywood for small-town Georgia PI work—with hilariously disastrous results! Can she solve real crimes while falling for her mentor? Award-winning romantic comedy mysteries from WSJ bestselling author. 3 complete books: 15 MINUTES, 16 MILLIMETERS, NC-17.
PINEAPPLE PUPPIES
A Pineapple Port Mystery 9
by Amy Vansant
On sale for 99¢ August 25-29th
Fans of classic cozy mysteries will adore this whodunnit packed with puppies, baking, horses, sneaky maids and a dead rich man!
THE TEMPTING TASTE OF DANGER
An Angel Lake Mystery
by CeeCee James
.99¢
Elise is suspected of both theft and murder, even as the killer taunts her with Alice in Wonderland clues. Can she find out who did it before she takes the fall for the crime?
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