2.5 stars.
Jenny Boyd is mayor of her small town, and has done her best to avoid or divest herself of relationships, except for her one friend. She is the daughter of a wartime hero, and a woman who killed herself, and has mental health issues of her own.

The town will be commemorating her father's and his submarine crew's sacrifice prior to the attack on Pearl Harbour, and Jenny is looking forward to the celebrations with trepidation. Then, she gets wind that her father's last act was suspicious, and this sends her down a line of questioning anyone who might have some understanding the 40-year-old events.

Numerous secrets come to light about her father overturning Jenny Boyd’s understanding of him and his wartime actions, her family, and her past.

This short book had an interesting premise, but I never really felt anything for the protagonist or the event that defined her family and its presence in the town.

Also, though I don't normally comment on the editing, the numerous formatting and editing issues lowered my rating for this book, as they were distracting, and hence annoying, enough to affect my enjoyment of the book.

Thank you to Netgalley and to BooksGoSocial for this ARC in exchange for my review.

It was an interesting and intriguing story and I liked the humour. I've never read anything like this, and it was such a food read!

This book is full of spelling mistakes and grammatic errors, that even I, not native in the English language, had a hard time reading it. I recommend a few more rounds of editing before publishing this.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for this free e-ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

small-business, small-town, fishing-community, novella, Oregon, coastal, secrets, lies, mayor, sly-humor, hero-worship, revenge*****

It starts out as a simple sly humor tale about a woman who has a noisy family history. Then comes the plot twist from the pit that upends not only her life but impacts local history in more than just one small town. Well done but will be better once the spellings are cleared up. Kind of amazing.
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected proof copy from BooksGoSocial via NetGalley. Thank you!
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this has some really good ideas, i enjoyed the comedic elements and it has an intriguing premise

i really enjoyed the narrative voice and found the protagonists insights amusing but i did find myself starting to loose interest towards the end.

the writing definitely needs some editing as i noticed quite a lot of spelling and grammatical mistakes

the cover is stunning and i loved the little illustrations throught

With the short description I was hoping this would be like a cozy mystery, but tone was hard to be engaged by and there was too much language for my taste. I do like how unique the main character and her career are in this small town. It is a refreshing change to have someone in the fishing industry and reluctantly in public office.

Special thanks to the Publisher, BooksGoSocial, and Net Galley for a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.