Murder in the Mix Boxed Set 28-30: Cozy Mystery Addison Moore (the reading strategies book .txt) 📖

The room breaks out into a flurry of whispers.

“No!” I call out as the deputies step forward. “There has got to be some mistake.” Even though I know darn well there isn’t.

“I’m sorry, Lottie.” Jack looks as if he would take it all back if he could. “But there’s no mistake.” He looks to both Noah and Everett as he leans in and whispers. “Now, I know you’re not flight risks, but I need to put on a bit of a show for the Canellis.” He leans back. “Cuff ’em!” he bellows, and the deputies get right to doing just that. I watch as the men I love are jostled with their hands behind their backs while a set of silver bracelets are latched onto both of them.

Everett glowers over at Noah, and Noah closes his eyes a good long while. I can see the heavy guilt he feels written on his face.

Ivy smirks my way. “Why do I get the feeling you’re in the middle of this mess, Lottie? Don’t bother answering that. I’m sure the more we dig, the more bodies we’ll discover—namely yours.”

The deputies quickly navigate Noah and Everett to the door.

“Dad, look this way!” Evie shouts as she snaps pictures like mad. “This is so freaking cool!”

“This is not cool,” I tell her. “Noah, Everett, tell them to stop.”

Everett shakes his head my way. “There’s no stopping what comes next.”

“I’ll take the fall,” Noah mutters his way.

“You don’t get to say a word,” Everett growls the words out, sharp as razors. “Don’t you dare so much as utter your name. You’re in my territory. I’m in charge. Lemon, call Fiona. Tell her to meet us down at the station.”

“I will,” I shout as I follow them to the front of the B&B where they’re shoved into the back of a patrol car with its lights flashing as if this were the scene of some horrific crime.

Everett looks my way and mouths I love you just as their car speeds away.

I love him, too, and look where my love has landed us, where my love always lands the three of us—in the deep end of trouble.

Recipe

From the kitchen of the Cutie Pie Bakery and Cakery

Lottie’s Infamous Waffles

Hello! Lottie here! It’s the start of a brand new year in Honey Hollow and what better way to kick it off than with a batch of homemade waffles? Now, I have to tell you right off the bat that Evie, Everett, and Noah have made these almost as much as I have, and believe me this is a tried and true recipe. There is no better indulgence than to kick off the day with these light, fluffy, yet perfectly crunchy waffles. I hope you and your family will enjoy them as much as mine does! Here’s to a great start to a brand new year for us all!

Ingredients

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 ¾ milk

½ vegetable oil

1 ½ tablespoon sugar

4 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat waffle iron. Beat eggs in a large bowl until fluffy. Mix in flour, milk, vegetable oil, sugar, baking powder, salt and vanilla, then stir until smooth.

*Spray preheated waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray (some models don’t allow for this. Spray non-stick cooking spray if you’re able). When your waffle iron is nice and hot, pour the batter onto it.

Cook until golden brown. Serve hot.

Enjoy and happy New Year!

Acknowledgments

Big thanks to YOU the reader! I hope you had a wonderful time. I can’t thank you enough for spending time in Honey Hollow with me. I hope you enjoyed this bumpy ride with Lottie and all of her Honey Hollow peeps as much as I did. The MURDER IN THE MIX mysteries are super special to me, and I hope they are to you as well. If you’d like to be in the know on upcoming releases, please be sure to follow me at Bookbub and Amazon. Simply click the links on the next page. I am SUPER excited to share the next book with you! So much happens and so much changes. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking this wild roller coaster ride with me. I really do love you!

A very big thank you to Kaila Eileen Turingan-Ramos, and Jodie Tarleton for being awesome.

A special thank you to my sweet betas, Lisa Markson, Ashley Marie Daniels, Amy Barber and Margaret Lapointe for looking after the book with their amazing beautiful eyes. And a shout out to Lou Harper for designing the world’s most beautiful cover.

A mighty BIG thank you to Paige Maroney Smith for being so amazing.

And last, but never least, thank you to Him who sits on the throne. Worthy is the Lamb! Glory and honor and power are yours. I owe you everything.

Copyright © 2021 by Addison Moore

Edited by Paige Maroney Smith

Cover by Lou Harper, Cover Affairs

This novel is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to peoples either living or deceased is purely coincidental. Names, places, and characters are figments of the author’s imagination. The author holds all rights to this work. It is illegal to reproduce this novel without written expressed consent from the author herself.

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Book Description

My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people. Mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, aka dead pets, who have come