Ellery Page, aspiring screenwriter, Scrabble champion and guy-with-worst-luck-in-the-world-when-it-comes-to-dating, is ready to make a change. So when he learns he's inherited both a failing bookstore and a falling-down mansion in the quaint seaside village of Pirate's Cove on Buck Island, Rhode Island, it's full steam ahead! Sure enough, the village is charming, its residents amusingly eccentric, and widowed police chief Jack Carson is decidedly yummy. However, the bookstore is failing, the mansion is falling down, plus there's that little drawback of a murder rate to rival Cabot Cove!

Secrets and Scrabble

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Murder at Pirate's Cove: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 53,070. Language: English. Published: February 29, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Ellery Page, aspiring screenwriter, Scrabble champion and guy-with-worst-luck-in-the-world-when-it-comes-to-dating, inherits a failing bookstore, a falling-down mansion, and...murder in the quaint seaside village of Pirate's Cove on Buck Island, Rhode Island.
Secret at Skull House: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 2. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 53,120. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Unlike everyone else in Pirate's Cove, Ellery Page is anything but thrilled when famed horror author Brandon Abbott announces he's purchased legendary Skull House and plans to live there permanently. Ellery and Brandon have history, and after his former flame disappears following their loud and public argument, Ellery seems to be Police Chief Carson's first--and only--suspect.
Mystery at the Masquerade: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 53,860. Language: English. Published: February 28, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
Love is in the Salt Sea Air--and So is Murder! As his relationship with Police Chief Carson seems to be dead in the water, Ellery is grateful for a little flattering attention from the village’s most eligible bachelor, but any hopes of romance hit the shoals when Julian is accused of murdering his mother’s unlikable second husband during the Masquerade's annual ghost hunt.
Scandal at the Salty Dog: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 53,570. Language: English. Published: June 3, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
(4.00 from 1 review)
Who or what is haunting elderly recluse Juliet Blackwell, what does it have to do with mysterious goings-on at the Salty Dog Pub--and why is any of it mystery bookshop owner Ellery Page's problem? According to sometimes boyfriend Police Chief Jack Carson, it's not Ellery's problem, and Ellery should stop asking awkward questions--before it's too late.
Body at Buccaneer's Bay: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 5. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 54,210. Language: English. Published: December 18, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
(5.00 from 1 review)
Mystery Bookshop owner Ellery Page and Police Chief Jack Carson are diving for the legendary sunken pirate galleon Blood Red Rose when they discover an old fashioned diver's suit, water-damaged and encrusted with barnacles. Further examination reveals the 19th Century suit contains a 21st Century body.
Secrets and Scrabble Box Set by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 208,680. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Gay
(4.00 from 1 review)
Ellery Page inherits a failing bookshop and a falling-down mansion in the quaint seaside village of Pirate’s Cove where the homicide rate higher than the village of St. Mary Mead and Midsomer County put together!
Death at the Deep Dive: An M/M Cozy Mystery by
Series: Secrets and Scrabble, Book 7. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 47,680. Language: English. Published: August 12, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
When Pirate Cove’s favorite mystery bookstore owner and sometimes-amateur sleuth Ellery Page discovers a vintage diving collection bag full of antique gold coins tucked away for safe-keeping in the stockroom of the Crow’s Nest, it sets off a series of increasingly dangerous events, culminating in murder.