Candle With Care: A Magic Candle Shop Mystery by Valona Jones
About Candle With Care
Candle With Care: A Magic Candle Shop Mystery
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
4th in Series
Setting - Georgia
Publisher: Muddle House
(February 11, 2025)
Print length : 290 pages
Digital ASIN : B0DT2GB9BD
Amateur sleuth and candle maker Tabby Winslow and her twin sister, Sage, are finally making a go of The Book and Candle Shop. It seems like the only heat they’ll feel this June is from the strong sunshine in Savannah, Georgia. Then their acquaintance Detective Sharmila Belfor is gravely injured in a vehicular assault and is in a coma. Cops turn the city upside down searching for the offender, keying in on the detective’s boyfriend Herbert R Ellis, her felon cousin, and her case files. Fearing the police are looking at the wrong people, Herbert begs Tabby to investigate. He knows what most don’t, that Tabby has psychic abilities that allow her to home in on emotions and motives. Since he’s a lifelong friend of Dr. Quig Quigsly, Tabby’s fiancé, she agrees. But before she finds answers, Sage’s former coworker is murdered, and her twin pleads with Tabby to find the killer. With dead ends at every turn, Tabby fears the city’s troubles are paranormal in origin. By investigating the crimes, she risks exposure of the way her family manipulates energy and uses other psychic talents. Keeping a low profile is essential. Meanwhile, Quig’s parents are throwing them a black-tie engagement party in two weeks, and Tabby is burning the candle at both ends. Can Tabby end the crime wave and protect her loved ones before she is quenched?
Auntie O’s Spiced Pecans
My amateur
sleuth Tabby Winslow loves to eat spiced pecans year-round. She puts them in
salads and eats them right out of the storage container as a snack. They are
great for a quick pick-me-up. Tabby’s aunt, Oralee Colvin, in Candle with Care,
which is A Magic Candle Shop Mystery, developed this recipe, and it’s a surefire
winner among the Winslows. Auntie O is a fine cook!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon of cardamom
½ teaspoon of nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
Pinch of all spice
1 large egg white
1 pound large pecan halves
Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the sugar, spices, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, lightly beat egg white. Add pecans; stir until moistened. Sprinkle with sugar mixture; mix well.
Spread in a single layer on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake at 300° for 20-30 minutes, checking them frequently after 20 minutes so that they don’t burn. [Cook to the 30-minute side for crunchy pecans, closer to the 20-minute side for chewy pecans]. Lift or slide the parchment paper onto a cooling rack. Enjoy!
Tabby
recommends that you hide half of these to guarantee you’ll get your share.
Otherwise, people will help themselves and eat the whole batch when you’re not looking!
About Valona Jones
Valona Jones, aka Maggie Toussaint, writes paranormal cozies set in coastal Georgia. Her latest release, CANDLE WITH CARE, book 4 in the A Magic Candle Shop Mysteries, came out on February 11. 2025. Under the name of Maggie Toussaint, she also publishes cozy mysteries and romantic suspense. Her pen name for a three-book science fiction ecothriller is Rigel Carson. In total, she has published 29 works of fiction and won multiple awards. She lives in coastal Georgia, where time and tide wait for no one. Visit her sites: https://valonajones.com and https://maggietoussaint.com
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