Decaffeinated Scandal

It's Neewollah Festival (Halloween) time in Honey Springs, Kentucky, and everyone is busy decorating, baking or planning for the holiday. In Decaffeinated Scandal by Tonya Kappes, Roxy's prep is in full swing at her Bean Hive coffeehouse.

With her competitive mother and aggressive aunt nagging her to let them plan her wedding, she can't make any plans without offending one or the other. She decides to do nothing for the time being even though she wants desperately to marry Patrick Cane.

News spreads around town that someone wants to purchase the Bee Farm in Honey Springs and try to change the entire character of the town. Roxy, in full on Save the Town mode, ramps up her efforts after she meets the obnoxious businessman involved.

When she meets Ron Harvey and his wife and young grandson, her opinion of him doesn't change. He boasts about having money to invest and looking for a good place to do that. His wife confides in Roxy that Ron has had a volatile relationship with his a daughter and is trying to compensate for his lack of attention when she was growing up.

When Ron is murdered and someone looking like his daughter is seen running away from the crime, Roxy plunges in to save the farm and her town.

And oh by the way, she decides to marry Patrick in a clever, tricky way. Another entertaining mystery in this series.

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