The Peridale Cafe Cozy Box Set 3 by Agatha Frost

Author:Agatha Frost [Frost, Agatha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pink Tree Publishing LTD
Published: 2020-03-16T22:00:00+00:00

Much of the crowd made their way into the village when they tired of watching the digger scoop rubble into the skip. Luckily for Julia, a large number of those people found their way into her café. After what she was sure had been the busiest day of the year so far, she was happy when closing time neared and the café finally quietened down.

Julia let Jessie finish early, so she could spend some time with her boyfriend, Billy, leaving her alone in the café to bake a cake for the builders at Evelyn's B&B. She settled on a giant version of Barker's favourite double chocolate fudge cake, which she knew went down a treat with all who tried it.

With the cake boxed up and a tray of leftover lemon drizzle cupcakes from a cancelled order, Julia made her way through the village as the sun started to set. The days had slowly been growing longer, but she was sure today was the first day there had been light in the sky when she locked the café.

Evelyn's B&B sat on the corner next to The Plough pub, down the street from Julia's café. Its garden wrapped around the side of the house and was wildly overgrown, but it suited the look of the tall, stone building. For the first time in months, all of the guest room lights were on, and it warmed Julia to know that Evelyn had a full house again, something she knew she enjoyed. After pulling on the musical chain doorbell, Julia stepped back and waited.

Instead of Evelyn answering the door, her grandson, Mark, answered. Mark had only been in Evelyn's life since the storm that destroyed Barker's cottage had also uncovered a secret basement under Julia's café. The basement had turned out to be concealing the body of Evelyn's daughter, Astrid, who had been missing for two decades. In the event of uncovering the truth behind Astrid’s death, Julia had discovered that Astrid had had a son in secret who had been raised by someone else entirely. Knowing she had played a part in reuniting Evelyn with a twenty-year-old grandson she had never known about was one of Julia's proudest moments.

"Oh, hello, Julia," Mark said as he brushed his straightened black hair out of his eyes, which were circled in dark eyeliner. "Is that the cake Nan ordered? She's deep in meditation at the moment. Come in."

After wiping her feet on the doormat, Julia followed Mark into the dimly lit B&B. The scent of burning incense hung thickly in the air, and it was somehow strangely comforting. She enjoyed visiting the B&B. Evelyn was a well-travelled woman who frequently spent the winter months trotting around the globe gathering trinkets for her museum-style décor, but this year she had chosen to stay in Peridale to bond with Mark.

Mark showed Julia into the sitting room, where Evelyn was sitting crossed-legged on the large coffee table in a circle of tea light candles. A low humming came from her throat as she swayed back and forth, but she seemed on an entirely different planet.

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