Discover Live And Let Chai (Seaside Café Mystery, #1) Designed By Bree Baker File Readable Copy

love the book covers for this series, I bought the first two books based on the covers alone actually bought one of them at a cute bookshop in the Outer Banks where these stories supposedly take place although, to me, the author's description sounds more like a cross between Maine and maybe South Carolina than the NC Outer Banks.
Overall, I like the premise and the characters, BUT I'm finding way too many things that are distracting and annoying and ridiculous to me, Seems very much like a first book attempt for the author and she's just trying too hard and throwing every cozy mystery book idea she ever jotted down all into this first book.
I'm going to put this one aside for a bit and come back to it later when perhaps my mood will be different and I'll enjoy it as much as some of my friends have.
The first book in a delightful new beachside cozy mystery series!

Trouble is brewing in Everly's new café.
Can she bag the culprit

Life hasn't been so sweet for Everly Swan over the past couple of years, but now that she is back in her seaside hometown and the proud owner of a little iced tea shop and café right on the beach, things are finally starting to look upuntil a curmudgeonly customer turns up dead on the boardwalk.
With one of her hallmark glass tea jars lying right next to him and an autopsy that reports poison in his system, it doesn't look good for Everly or her brand new business.


As the townspeople of Charm, formerly so welcoming and homey, turn their back on Everly, she fights to dig up clues about who could have had it in for the former town councilman.
With a maddeningly handsome detective discouraging her from uncovering leads and a series of anonymous attacks on Everly and her business, it will take everything she's got to keep this mystery from boiling over.
What a fun little cozy mystery with all the southern charm, tea, cafe and beach vibes you could want! I really enjoyed this one and look forward to reading the next in the series.
This is set in the town of Charm, North Carolina on the Outer Banks, Everly Swan has returned home and has a beautiful little home on the beach, She has opened a tea shop called Sun, Sand, and Tea cafe that sells a variety of teas and foods! We love to see it! All of a sudden, Everly stumbled upon the body of the town councilman she has been arguing with for a long time, dead from what appears to be poision from her teas! She becomes the number one suspect and Detective Grady Hays starts trying to solve the case.
but he won't be able to solve it without the sluething of Everly to clear her own name.


This was a lot of fun, I need to try the recipes out in the back of the book! Some great tea recipes! Liked we had a little romance going on toward the end too.
Really engaging story and really appreciate no language or explicit content, A fun clean cozy mystery! Fantastic book, it has everything I love about a cozy mystery, This will be a favorite series of mine for sure, I'm glad the next one comes out soon! This one left me hanging! Not the mystery, that was tied up but the personal part with the hunky detective lol.
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Loved loved loved this book! The setting, whimsical, The characters had so much depth and you fell in love, or hated them, with a passion, Everly was so sweet and sincere, I just wanted everything to work out for her and I wanted her to just shut up and kiss and certain Detective swoon
Who the Murderer was caught me by surprise.
Well done Ms. Baker
Decided to start this cozy on Hoopla audio because Therese Plummer is narrator gold, I can already tell this will be another favorite cozy series! I'm a big fan of the beach setting, the elderly aunts, and the budding romance between the main characters.
I haven't had a good cozy mystery read yet this year so I'm glad I listened to Nicolesitelink goodreads. com/user/show/ and got the audiobook for this one,

Everly runs a tea shop in North Carolina and after an argument with a patron he ends up dead.
She's immediately accused of killing him and becomes the center of local gossip, Everly must clear her name because all her savings were poured into this business so she can't have it fail.


I was ready to just get lost in this seaside town and listen to great descriptions about food.
So seaside cafe was the perfect setting because I love tea! I love tea cups, tea sandwiches and all the different flavors.
So the descriptions in this story satisfied that nerdy part of me, Gosh, I want some lemon cake after listening to this, Though I did have a iced chai at one point while listening,

Everly was quirky but not in an overly annoying way, She was messy and clearly trying to figure her life out after a bad breakup and moving back to town.
I enjoyed her relationships with her superstitious aunts, Normally in cozies I also don't care for the detective love interest, But Grady was funny. I liked his snarky personality, And he and Everly had good chemistry, I was rooting for them,

The narration for this story was really good as well and I feel like a flew through this.
This story had a lot of genuinely funny jokes that made me smile and laugh, A quick, easy read. Great setting. A solid.for this first in the series, Fast read and a well written first in the series! I really enjoyed reading about the town and the aunts.
Everly was a nice lead and her "crew" works with her perfectly, My only negative comment is that I wanted more tea recipes in the back! I love sweet iced tea and am always willing to try new flavors! I hope the next book has some good ones in it.
Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker is the first book in the Seaside Cafe Mystery series, Everly Swan recently returned to her hometown to open a sweet tea shop and cafe when a councilman is found poisoned with one of her teas.
A delightful mystery where I enjoyed getting to know the seaside town of Charm and it's characters, Everly is smart and likeable and passionate about her teas, I enjoyed the various mouth watering descriptions of her recipes, A charming and captivating, typically cozy mystery, Live and Let Chai is the first book in the Seaside Cafe Mysteries written by Bree Baker, and author whose books I've previously read.
After finishing another of her series penned under a pseudonym, I decided to check out this one, especially when I was approved for the latest installment from NetGalley.
It's been awhile since I began reading a new series, and what a joy it is to get to know a new setting and characters.


Everly Swan lives on an Island in North Carolina, Her family has some prestige, at least all the Swan women do, Her parents died when she was quite young, and Everly was raised by a grandmother, Now, she only has two great aunts left on her mother's side, and they guide her into opening a tea shop on the beach.
The local realtor has issues with her, a town board member doesn't want the cafe to open, and a construction deal seems to be progressing too quickly.
Soon, one of these people ends up dead, and the new detective in town, while a hottie, suggests Everly off'd the guy to keep her restaurant from failing.


This was the perfect light read to

remind me of fun at the beach, I'm intrigued by the possibilities of the family curse, and I can't wait to find out what really happened to her parents and other relatives.
Plus, there is discovery of her father's side of the family and the potential for a romance with the new detective.
All the right setups, and I plan to read one a month until I'm current in December, An exciting new but old series to catch up on! It always fun to discover a new author with a new series.
Everly has returned to her hometown and opened a tea shop in the first floor of her new "old" house.
When a grumpy neighbor who opposed the shop ends up dead Everly is the main suspect since he died drinking a glass of her tea.
Set in small town North Carolina the town's population looks good for many additional stories, Some good tea flavored drink recipes, I received an advanced reading copy of this book for an honest review, Dollycass Thoughts

Welcome to Charm, Everly Swan has just opened her iced tea shop and café in a historic home on the beach, but not everyone is happy about it.
Benedict Paine is being a royal pain, He is using his position as councilman to try to close Everly down, When he is found dead on the boardwalk with one of the canning jars she serves her tea in close by, she quickly becomes the prime suspect.
Why would she do that Sabotage her new business over a grumpy old man Unfortunately, the town of Charm is no longer charming.
Thanks to a certain detective Everly has lost all her customers and the formerly charming residents believe she actually killed Paine.
Everly is teed off and knows the only way to save her business is to find the killer herself, no matter how much trouble she gets into with that certain detective.
But that also puts her in the killers crosshairs,

This new series is off to a delightful start!

Bree Baker has created realistic and engaging characters.
Everly has come home to Charm and opened Sand, Sun, and Tea, Her aunts own the Blessed Bee honey shop not far from Everlys, There is a superstition that the woman in the family are cursed when it comes to love, Enter one hunky detective, who is new in town and seems to set Everlys heart aflutter, that is when he is NOT announcing to everyone she is a murderer or lecturing her NOT to get involved in his case.
Our amateur sleuth does get in a little over her head and enough to make the real killer nervous.
I really enjoyed her relationship with her aunts, They are an amazing support system, They are there to help her in any way she needs and their confidence in her success shines through.


There are a couple of mysteries to solve, Of course, the murder of the councilman, but there was also someone vandalizing the cute little box libraries along the beach.
It gets me pretty upset when people destroy books, Okay, back to the main mystery, the murder, Knowing Everly didnt do it I zeroed in on two suspects right away, There were many clues telling me I was correct in my thinking and it wasnt long before I narrowed down the suspects to one.
I love it when I am right!

The setting, a beach, sand, sun, iced tea, a bookstore, little libraries, was a wonderful escape.
I would give almost anything for a beach vacation, And this book is a wonderful book to read while lounging on the beach or by the pool.
Ms. Bakers words will take you there too if you are sitting on your deck with no water around or in your comfy chair inside your house like I was.


This was a very entertaining read, My interest has been piqued, I want to get to know these characters better and am very interested in where the author is going to take them.
Everly Swan is back in the seaside town of Charm, North Carolina, where she grew up, Despite some objections from those on council especially Benedict Paine, she opens a sweet tea shop and café in her historic home.
After suffering heartbreak during her time away from Charm, Everly is glad to be back doing what she loves doing.
That is until one of her opponents ends up dead and she is almost publicly accused of his murder, thanks to the words of the new Detective, Grady Hays and the evidence of one of Everlys glass tea jars right next to dead man.
As Everly struggles to win back the fickle townsfolk of Charm who have turned against her, her great aunts Clara and Fran do their best to encourage her.
Meanwhile Everly is determined to try and find the real murderer, Along the way she finds more trouble than she bargained for,
This is a fun cosy mystery by an author previously unknown to me, Im not often a fan of cosy mysteries but the title of this appealed, It is light and entertaining read, As well as the plot uncover the murderer, there is also another mystery, Everly is equally as determined to help her friend, Amelia, find out who is destroying books by filling her Little Libraries with sand.
Everly is naïve and impetuous but extremely likeable, although her detecting skills leave a bit to be desired.

The first in a new series, the ending of this book leaves the reader with the knowledge that there is a lot more to come about Detective Hays and his five year old son Denver.
Im definitely interested enough to read another in this series, For those convinced by the joys of sweet iced teas, which I am not, there are a couple of recipes at the end of the book to try.
A fun read to start the new year, .