From Beer to Eternity

The first Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon Mystery, From Beer to Eternity, was such a page turner I started it at breakfast, read straight through, and finished just after lunch! Chloe Jackson of Chicago is temporarily residing in sunny Emerald Cove, Florida after the death of her best friend, Boone, as he requested she take care of his grandmother if anything ever happened to him. Unfortunately for Chloe, Vivi, Boone's grandmother, is fiercely independent and doesn't want her help - that is until a man is found murdered behind the bar and Vivi seems to be the chief suspect. A fantastic cozy with wonderful characters, beautiful scenery, and a great mystery - I loved it! A+++

As a fan of Sherry Harris, I was excited to see she had a new series. From Beer to Eternity is the first book in what seems to be an exciting series!
Chloe is devastated by her best friends death, Boone was deployed in Afghanistan when he was killed.
Chloe made a promise to him, that if anything ever happened, she would keep her eye on his grandmother, Vivi.
Vivi is a spunky gal, who isn’t very happy to have Chloe watching over her.
I felt an immediate connection with all the characters, but I am finding I really love Vivi. I have a feeling Chloe and Vivi are going to become great friends, with a lot of crazy adventures in their future.
There were so many laugh out loud moments, but my favorite one is when Michael is asked who owns Two Bobs.
I’m really looking forward to reading more in this series.

This is a great start to anew series. What can possibly go wrong when a librarian from Chicago becomes a bar employer in Florida?! I loved the characters and the setting and I can't wait to read more in this series.

I loved this debut book in a new series by Sherry Harris. It was witty, fun, and entertaining. The plot had twists and turns that left me reading way past my bedtime - so much so that I was nodding off to sleep but didn't want to put it down! I loved all the characters and found several intriguing. I hope to see more of those characters and hopefully some of their backstory in the future. I can't wait to go back for a visit!

I could practically taste the tang of salt air and feel a cool ocean breeze flowing off the coast of Florida as I sipped a frozen daiquiri served to me by waitress Chloe Jackson at the Sea Glass beach bar. Quirky bar patrons, each absorbed with their own problems—some leaders, some followers—have recently become a part of Chloe’s daily routine. Happening across the corpse of a regular customer is a shock! Vivi Jo Slidell, owner of the Sea Glass Saloon and part of the local Heritage business group, is hard to get to know and doesn’t know the real reason Courtney is there and why she sought work at her bar. So....the Mystery-solving begins.

This new cozy series is my favorite of 2020! The tiki bar workers are great! The detailed scenes are refreshing, and the plot is original. Beach settings are always a favorite of mine. As truths are revealed, emotions thaw, and the author sets up a grand ending. A fabulous new series to add to my auto-buy list!

I honestly reviewed a digital arc provided by NetGalley and Kensington. Thank you.

Loved reading this book. Can't wait for the 2nd in the series. I would give it 10 stars if I could. Chloe goes to help her friends aunt with a bar. When someone is murdered she sets out to find the killer.

First in a new series. Chloe Jackson has gone down to the Emerald Coast in i as a promise to her best friend Boone who died in Afghanistan. Boone requested Chloe to look after his Grandmother if anything happened to him, she expected a little old lady not a spunky Vivi. Chloe is telling everyone she is sticking around as she needs a part for her vintage VW bug but has no place to stay and has been sleeping in her car or sleeping on Boone’s boat. She is working at Vivi’s bar the Sea Glass Saloon and one morning as she is found by someone on Boone’s boat. His name is Rhett and he says he will keep her secret but as she is walking back to the Sea Glass she finds the dead body of Elwell a local developer and regular at the Sea Glass. As he was killed with a bar knife from the Sea Glass Vivi is the prime suspect. Chloe feels she must find the killer and clear Vivi as part of her promise to Boone before she can head back to Chicago. Chloe and Vivi do not exactly get along and when Boone leaves his house, boat and portion of the Sea Glass things get even more tense. Chloe is determined and her character really begins to grow as the story continues. She is determined to help Vivi out of her love for Boone and her promise. It was a good mystery and you really could not figure out who did it until the end. Great secondary characters. I look forward to the next installment.

I adore Sherry Harris's Garage Sale series so I was super excited to find out she had a new series coming out. This one is just as great. Chloe is younger and not as together as Sarah but just as likeable. She takes a leave of absence from her job as a librarian in Chicago to spend what's supposed to be a few weeks in the Florida Panhandle after her childhood best friend dies working at his family bar. Before he passed, he asked her that if anything happened to him, to make sure his grandmother is okay.

And when his grandmother, who isn't the stereotypical sweet gram who spends all day baking cookies, is a suspect in a murder outside her bar, Chloe takes her promise seriously.

There's a great love interest, a layered backstory, interesting reveals and some hysterical laugh out loud lines.

Definitely check it out if you love cozies and want a beach read...set on a beach.