A Haunting at Mercer Bookshop: A Haunted Bookshop Cozy Paranormal Mystery, (Paperback)

<p><b>A fresh start. A seaside bookshop. A bell that rings when no one touches the door.</b></p><p>At forty-eight, Claire Mercer is done being everyone's solution. After a midlife divorce and twenty years running other people's chaos, she takes a wild leap: move to a foggy coastal town in Maine and reopen the crumbling bookstore her godmother left behind. <i>Mercer Bookshop and Rare Books.</i></p><p>The place has issues. Salt-clouded windows. Water stains creeping down the clapboard like veins. A cracked front step that looks like it's been struck by lightning.</p><p><b>And then the bell rings.</b></p><p>Not when someone walks in. Not when the wind blows. Just... whenever it feels like it. When the first storm rolls over town, Claire learns why: the bookshop sits on a <i>thin place</i>, and every gale loosens something old. A ghost from 1929 begins making herself known. Books rearrange themselves like they're voting. And Claire starts getting sharp, impossible flashes from objects she touches. Memories that don't belong to her.</p><p>When sabotage follows the haunting, it's clear this isn't just a quirky old building settling. Someone wants what's hidden in the shop, something tied to storms, secrets, and a power the town pretends doesn't exist. To protect her new home, Claire must become an amateur sleuth, unravel a small-town mystery with supernatural motives, and learn to trust a found family she never expected. Including Cal, the steady pub owner whose quiet warmth makes her reconsider swearing off romance.</p><p><i>A Haunting at Mercer Bookshop</i> is a cozy paranormal mystery with gothic seaside atmosphere, a witty midlife heroine, slow-burn romance, and spooky-but-safe chills.</p><p>Perfect for readers who love haunted bookshop mysteries, coastal town cozies, and women over 40 getting a fresh start-without giving up the chance at love.</p><p>Tropes &amp; Themes: </p><ul><li>Cozy paranormal mystery / paranormal cozy mystery</li><li>Haunted seaside bookshop in a coastal town</li><li>Ghost / haunted</li><li>Midlife heroine / women over 40 / fresh start</li><li>Amateur sleuth + small town mystery</li><li>Found family</li><li>Slow-burn romance</li><li>Storms + gothic atmosphere</li></ul>

• A Haunting at Mercer Bookshop: A Haunted Bookshop Cozy Paranormal Mystery, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798245287171
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-01-23
• Page Count: 226