Thursday, May 15, 2025

Review: Scones, Secrets & Sabotage (Jenna McGregor Cozy Mystery #2) by Willow Thorne

Scones, Secrets & Sabotage

Jenna McGregor Cozy Mystery #2

by Willow Thorne

Published: May 6, 2025

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Humor, Suspense


Blurb:


Jenna McGregor figured reopening her late Aunt Clara’s café in Maple Grove would be the start of something sweet. Instead, she got sabotage, missing equipment, a few suspicious frat boys, and—oh yeah—a murder.


Now, with the Harvest Festival in full swing (and half the town ready to riot over pie judging), Jenna’s just trying to keep her coffee shop afloat and her sanity intact. But when a festival volunteer turns up dead and the suspects seem to multiply faster than raffle tickets, Jenna’s cozy new life starts looking less "pumpkin spice" and more "crime scene tape."
Armed with her quirky best friend, a former military operative neighbor who treats stakeouts like a hobby, and a police chief who might just be flirting—or trying to save her from herself—Jenna dives headfirst into another mystery.
Because in Maple Grove, nothing is ever simple… and someone’s about to learn that crossing Jenna McGregor is a recipe for disaster.

Book Two in the Maple Grove Cozy Mystery Series—perfect for fans of caffeine-fueled chaos, small-town secrets, and murder served with a side of scones.


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My Review:

Jenna McGregor has returned to her hometown, Maple Grove, to open her late Aunt Clara’s café. Things start to go missing from stores around town. Rumor has it that the missing items could be the result of someone playing pranks. However, Jenna and her best friend are not so sure that it’s all just a prank, suspecting something worse.

Jenna is taking her floppy-eared golden retriever, Biscuit, for a walk before heading to bed when she spots a figure in the back alley just as it mysteriously disappears into the night. At the Harvest Festival, Jenna and her friends notice a mysterious figure lurking around the booths after nightfall.

After a man turns up dead at the festival, things take a deadly turn for Jenna as she becomes a murder suspect. Joe Carter, Chief of Police, warns Jenna to steer clear of the case and let him do his job. Jenna tells him that she will, all the while knowing that she won’t.

She knows she can not let it go. She has to conduct her own investigation. Jenna can’t help herself when there’s a mystery to solve; she must know the answers. Besides, she needs to prove that she never harmed anyone.

Scones, Secrets & Sabotage is an engaging ongoing story in Willow Thorne’s Jenna McGregor Cozy Mystery series. Scones, Secrets & Sabotage kept me in suspense from beginning to end as I tried to unravel what was happening and who was responsible for the missing items.

Scones, Secrets & Sabotage is a warm, cozy tale with characters you want to know better and become friends with. Maple Grove seems like a place you wouldn’t just want to visit, but a community you would want to live in. Willow Thorne crafts a narrative that makes you yearn to be a part of it and stay forever.

I recommend Scones, Secrets & Sabotage to all cozy mystery readers! Grab a copy of Scones, Secrets & Sabotage today and help solve a case of missing items and a murder!


Check out all the books in the Jenna McGregor Cozy Mystery

Series


Murder on The Menu #1

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Scones, Secrets & Sabotage #2

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