Sweet Fire and Stone (A Sweet Cove Cozy Mystery Book 7) by J A Whiting

Author:J A Whiting
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: J A Whiting
Published: 2016-02-05T07:00:00+00:00

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ANGIE BUSTLED in the cabinets pulling out a glass bowl, wooden spoons, and different ingredients while Jenna, Ellie, and Finch sat at the kitchen island watching. The two cats jumped up on the fridge to keep an eye on the proceedings.

“What’s cookin, Sis?” Courtney stood next to her sister trying to figure out what she was about to bake.

Angie pushed an apron over her head. “Chocolate pumpkin bread with spicy Aztec chocolate.”

“Genius. I love it.” Courtney rubbed her hands together in anticipation. “What can I get for you?”

Angie listed the other ingredients she needed and her youngest sister went to retrieve them. She carried the things back to the island and piled them next to the flour and sugar. “Remember to put intention into your baking, Sis. We need to clear away the heaviness and static so we can sense what’s going on in town.”

Mr. Finch made tea for everyone while Angie measured and mixed.

“I found a box of Mom’s stuff in the carriage house storage room the other day.” Ellie yawned. The girls’ mother had passed away several years ago in an accident in Boston. When Angie inherited the Victorian from one of her regular customers who turned out to be a relative of theirs, her sisters had moved up to Sweet Cove to join her and lots of unpacked boxes were still stored away.

“There’s room to move around in there now that the bake shop things have been moved out and put in place in the new store.” Angie poured some vanilla into a measuring spoon. When she’d lost the lease on her old café, she’d had to store her equipment in the carriage house until the renovations were completed to house her bakery in part of the Victorian.

Ellie said, “There are some of Mom’s clothes in the box, some of her scarves. There’s also a box with some of her jewelry. I looked through it.”

Jenna perked up. “Jewelry? I’d like to see that.”

“The box is in the sunroom. When Angie finishes, let’s all go take a look.” Ellie added some milk to her tea. “We can each pick the things we’d like to keep.”

When the bread went into the oven, they all filed into the sunroom and Ellie placed the box on the coffee table for her sisters so they could look through the items.

“Are there things you want?” Courtney asked Ellie.

“There’s a necklace I’d like if no one else is interested in it.” Ellie reached into the box and retrieved a smooth wooden jewelry case. She opened it and tipped the pieces of jewelry onto the table. “There’s nothing valuable, mostly just costume jewelry. They’re pretty things though.”

“Mom was always stylish.” Jenna fondly recalled how put-together their mother always looked.

Ellie lifted a small white leather box from the table. “Here’s the piece I like.” She opened the box and held up a simple silver chain with an oval cabochon containing a pearly white stone. “I don’t remember Mom ever wearing this, but I know she had it on when she died.

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