MURDER IN THE COZY SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS
And heart-warming romance as well!
Heartbroken after her beloved husband’s loss of life, Claire Andersen—proud foster mother, canine mother, and culinary artisan—decides to attempt her hand at a brand new starting, renovating an previous B&B in idyllic Galway, Maryland on the fringe of the enchanted Appalachian Mountains. She knew her contemporary begin can be thrilling, however she by no means anticipated it to be tinged with enthralling journey, romance that’s candy as candy will be … and homicide!
Adorable and resilient, former NYC chef Claire Andersen is not any stranger to second possibilities. She and her inventory dealer husband George had determined way back to commerce of their lifetime of ambition for one among quaint & quiet journey—by opening up a comfortable neighborhood espresso shoppe on the floor flooring their Brooklyn brownstone. He was the coffee-connoisseur, she was the baker extraordinaire. Claire was so joyful, she might simply die. But destiny had different plans—it got here for her husband as a substitute.
After George’s passing, Claire decides (with a nudge from her doting foster daughter Al) to commerce in her lifetime of brews and baked items for breakfast—mattress and breakfast, that’s! And what higher setting by which to start out over than Galway, Maryland—a captivating, snowy mountain city (and favourite cross-county ski vacation spot of Claire’s youth).
All is nicely in Claire’s new B&B enterprise—and together with her new oven consistently in use, it’s mouth-watering, even—till her first visitor is murdered in-house. It’s not lengthy till one among the suspects Claire questions on the homicide winds up lifeless, too. Suddenly, Claire finds herself beginning over but once more—and buying and selling in her hostess hat (she’d simply dusted it off, too!) for a secret life as an novice sleuth.
But it’s not all B&B enterprise and our bodies: Claire additionally finds herself in the throes of not one, however two potential romances—every extra toe-curling and butterflies-in-the-stomach inducing than the different.
Alongside her trusty new pal Evelyn (who’s feisty sufficient to make anybody blush) and her devoted bloodhound Rupert, Claire races the clock to get to the subsequent sufferer—earlier than the killer does. And she is aware of she’d higher hurry. Because if the killer catches her first, she would possibly run out of second possibilities.
Author’s Note: This ebook accommodates a non-binary character whose most well-liked pronouns are they/them. If the notion of a non-binary character (and its resultant use of grammar) is offensive, then this ebook shouldn’t be for you!
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