The Almond Bark Christmas Candy Caper

<p>Natalie Almond is a smart cookie with a big problem-she just can't tell her friends no even when their half-baked ideas involve the words sneak and don't tell. She couldn't back in 1994 and she still can't today. And that folks leads up to some fully baked trouble.</p><p> </p><p>Welcome to the Almond Inn Cozy Mysteries. The prequel ( a short Christmas novella) takes us back thirty years when Natty and her friends are eleven and turn the Baptist Church upside down and inside out.</p><p> </p><p>Book one in the series Getting Toasted in Almond is coming in 2024 and is set in the present day when Natty and her friends have grown-up mysteries to solve!</p><p> </p><p><em>Definitely the best writing this author has ever done. Far superior to her earlier books there's just no comparison. 'Cause this is the work of a storyteller not just a writer</em>. ~ Gail Roughton author of Raising Cain The Witch Wars and more</p><p> </p><p><em>I enjoyed reading the prequel very much! The author's characterizations are excellent as she created unique personalities in Natty Vivian CeCe and all the additional characters involved with the story. a delightful prelude that gives the reader a foretaste of the three main characters as 11-year-olds. Having done so adds sparkle to their personalities and should nicely tie into The Almond Inn Cozy Mysteries as the stories unfold.</em>~ Sydell Voeller author of Merry Christmas Marcie Daisies are Forever and more</p>