Ritzy Business: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel: (Spook Society) (Haven Hollow Book 22) by J.R. Rain & H.P. Mallory

Author:J.R. Rain & H.P. Mallory [Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2022-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

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The Half-Moon was kind of the supernatural hang out in Haven Hollow.

It was a combination pub and restaurant, with big comfy leather booths, a lot of gleaming wood, and enough potted plants to make it feel fresh and inviting but not like you were eating in a forest. The grub was always delicious, too, so that was a bonus.

Roy was usually behind the bar, serving up drinks and making sure no one got outta line. Even monsters didn’t wanna tangle with an angry Big Foot protecting his territory, so all in all, the bar was a pretty safe place for everyone to let their hair down a little. Within reason, of course. It was a clear and definitely spoken and repeated rule that no one was to do anything that might draw the attention of the non-spooky denizens of the Hollow.

The giant cup o’ joe someone had slid into my hands was doing a lot to melt that last little kernel of ice tucked up behind my ticker. There was nothing quite as human and grounding as a good cup of joe. Even the half a spoonful of sugar someone had slipped in there couldn’t bother me. I usually took it just with cream, but the hint of sweetness was working for me. Maybe the hotel had gotten me more rattled than I thought. Ha, the hotel—I was more than aware it wasn’t the hotel—I was rattled because Damon had rattled me.

Everyone was kinda perched around the booth I was seated at. Poppy and Finn were across from me, with Henner tucked up against my side. Wanda surprised me by sitting down beside Poppy, real close like. I think Poppy was just as taken aback, because she gave Wanda a little eyebrow raise. But Poppy also didn’t slide over right away and for a second, I thought Wanda might actually sit on her.

With an imperious toss of her hair, Wanda’s eyes narrowed. “Someone bring me an iced tea. Half sweetened, half unsweetened, with a twist of lemon. And you,” She turned that gaze on me as the crowd shuffled, and someone presumably went to make the drink she’d indicated. “Talk.”

I took one last bracing sip, enjoying the way the hot coffee slid down my throat and sent warmth radiating through my body. “I don’t even really know where to start.”

“Try the beginning,” Wanda muttered.

In the end, it was easier to just keep my eyes on Wanda when I went over everything that had happened. Normally, talking in front of a crowd didn’t bother me none, but I didn’t wanna get distracted by people’s reactions. I just wanted to lay all the facts out there, as straight as I could, and not influence anyone with my opinions.

It was possible that Cain had been a bigger influence on me than I realized.

There were gasps, and murmurs from the audience as I relayed my story, but I just stared at Wanda. She didn’t react, other than to drum her nails against the heavy oak table.

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