Tinsel on the Tides

🎄 A fake relationship. A family Christmas. A body no one expected. 🎄

Christmas has come to Cherry Blossom Bay, and Piper Rose is determined to make it festive—tinsel, lights, and all. But when her impeccably critical mother invites her to a holiday weekend at a secluded coastal cabin, Piper makes a snap decision that changes everything.

She brings her grumpy investigative partner, Kitsune… as her boyfriend.

What starts as a harmless fake-dating arrangement quickly turns complicated when the holiday gathering takes a deadly turn. Trapped by winter storms and rising tensions, Piper and Kitsune must uncover the truth before the killer strikes again—or before the season ends in tragedy.

With secrets hidden beneath holiday cheer and feelings growing far less pretend than planned, Piper must juggle family drama, a dangerous investigation, and the question she never meant to ask: what if the fake relationship is the most real thing she's ever had?

Tinsel on the Tides is a cozy holiday mystery filled with sharp banter, forced proximity, fake dating, small-town secrets, and a slow-burn partnership that just might melt the winter chill.