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  The bell chimes on the door and I glance that way, but Noah does a double take as an older man with reddish brown hair and a dimpled grin makes his way inside. He’s looking right at us and I can feel Noah growing rigid in my arms.

  Everett appears next to us with his chest as wide as a wall.

  Noah releases me slowly. “Lottie? I’m not dreaming, am I?”

  I groan and shake my head. “As much as I’d love for this entire month to have been a bad dream, the answer is no.”

  “Good.” He lunges for the older man and decks him, fist to cheek, in a powerful blow that sends the man to the ground and knocks him out cold.

  “Noah!” I scream as I make my way forward, only to find blood pooling around the poor man’s head. “Oh my goodness, what have you done?”

  Everett’s chest thumps. “He’s done me a favor.”

  Forest makes his way over and pushes Noah aside as he falls to his knees to help the man.

  Forest looks up at Noah. “What the heck did you do that for? Who is this man?” He pulls his phone out and is already dialing for help.

  Noah shakes his head at the body lying motionless on the ground. “This is a dead man—at least he should’ve been. This is my father.”

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  Thank YOU so much for spending time in Honey Hollow! I hope you enjoyed the adventur
e with Lottie and all of her Honey Hollow peeps as much as I did. The MURDER IN THE MIX mysteries are so very special to me, and I hope they are to you as well. If you’d like to be in the know on upcoming releases, please be sure to follow me at Bookbub and Amazon. Simply click the links on the next page. I am SUPER excited to share the next book with you! So much happens and so much changes. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking this wild roller coaster ride with me. I really do love you!

  A special thank you to Kaila Eileen Turingan-Ramos and Jodie Tarleton for lending me your eyes.

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  A gracious thank you to Paige Maroney Smith for everything you do. I’m so glad to know you.

  And last, but never least, thank you to Him who sits on the throne. Worthy is the Lamb! Glory and honor and power are yours. I owe you everything.

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  Addison Moore is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who writes mystery, psychological thrillers, and romance. Her work has been featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine. Previously she worked as a therapist on a locked psychiatric unit for nearly a decade. She resides on the West Coast with her husband, four wonderful children, and two dogs where she eats too much chocolate and stays up way too late. When she's not writing, she's reading. Addison’s Celestra Series has been optioned for film by 20th Century Fox.

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