If you have never grown peppers before, you don't have to try and start them right from seed. Peppers can be a bit tricky to start and I think it might be easier and more successful as a new pepper grower to buy some nice healthy big seedlings from a good garden centre in your area.
Once comfortable and growing these to harvest, then have a go from seed if you want.
If seed starting peppers is what you want to master, for a Zone like yours there are lots That would do well, look especially at some European varieties maybe for your shorter cooler season than the long season Mexican and South American ones.
King of the north is a good green pepper, Tollies sweet Italian is a nice frying pepper, lots of paprikas, cayennes and wax peppers since you like some spice.
From my experience in a northern garden, European peppers did better for me in general. And there is a lot of variety.
Enjoy!
KarenO
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