Paradise has excellent branding
The Isle of Venara
They traded a fortune for a leaking boat, two jobs, and the worst deal anyone has ever called a good deal. On Venara, every beach is perfect, every smile is constant, and Nyx does not trust a single thing.
New to the party? Begin with Book 1: The Succubus of the Singing Stone.
Description
The Order of the Rusty Tankard—or whatever they are calling themselves this week—has a ship. It leaks. It came with a crew who tolerate Rolan’s navigational commands by ignoring them entirely, and a hold full of cargo bound for the most beautiful island in the known world.
Job one: deliver the cargo.
Job two: find Lady Courtney Whitmore.
She sailed to the Isle of Venara on a summer holiday and stopped writing home. Her father wants her retrieved. Not rescued. Not found. Retrieved. Like a parcel that has been misdelivered.
Venara has a reputation. The beaches are white. The water is the precise blue that exists only in travel paintings and lies. The people are flawless. The smiles are constant. Everything on this island looks exactly the way it should.
Nyx does not trust a single thing about it.
Rolan is already workshopping the crew’s new name. Fizzle is sparking. Bash is writing. Gerald is eating the navigational charts. And somewhere on this island, a girl who was supposed to come home has decided she would rather not—and she has her reasons.
What waits on Venara
- A self-contained cozy fantasy mystery with a tropical twist
- Found-family chaos aboard a boat they probably should not own
- Beauty, vanity, and paradise used as social engineering
- Nyx following the clues while everyone else follows the snacks
- Gerald delivering the island’s first honest review
Book four of Commonly Known as the Rusty Tankard. The mystery stands alone; the arguments, grudges, and goat-related votes reward reading from the beginning.
