Thursday, July 23, 2026

Five top romantic mysteries with "Happily Ever After" endings

Cara Tanamachi is the USA Today bestselling author of the Emma-Award Winning, The Takeover, and the Diverse Writers and Readers International romance book literary award winner, The Second You’re Single. She also writes under the name Cara Lockwood, and has written 38 books and counting, including I Do (But I Don’t), which became an original Lifetime Movie. She wrote the novelization of The Dater’s Handbook, a Hallmark movie starring Meghan Markle. She lives near Chicago with her spouse and blended family. Her new book is a rom-com murder mystery called Kiss, Marry, Kill.

[Q&A with Cara Tanamachi]

At CrimeReads the author tagged five romantic mysteries with "Happily Ever After" endings. One entry on the list:
Shay Kauwe, The Killing Spell

Hundreds of years in the future, a catastrophic flood destroys the Hawaiian Islands and unleashes magic in the world. Displaced to Los Angeles, a young Hawaiian woman named Kea must fight to clear her name when a Filipino activist is killed by a specific Hawaiian death spell. She needs to catch a killer, though she winds up catching feelings for Sora, whose ability to read minds comes in handy when investigating a murder.

This is the urban fantasy/mystery/paranormal romance steeped in Hawaiian lore that you never knew you needed until now.
Read about another title on the list.

Q&A with Shay Kauwe.

--Marshal Zeringue