Book Spotlight: Smugglers & Scones

Book Blurb:

Pippa Winterbourne runs Moorehaven, the Oregon Coast’s quirkiest bed-and-breakfast and former home of world-famous mystery writer A. Raymond Moore. Guests come there to write their own crime novels. When a real-life murder takes a local’s life and washes a handsome boat pilot into her arms, Pippa is yanked into a deadly plot of her own. A tangle of secrets crashes past into present, and Pippa must uncover clues dating back to Seacrest’s Prohibition days, including a secret Moore himself hid from the world.

Juggling her book-writing guests, small-town intrigues, secret club agendas, and a possibly fatal attraction, Pippa must sort fact from fiction to know who to trust before a desperate killer claims a final revenge nearly a century in the making.

Excerpt:

Lake came down the hallway through the arch that led to the formal dining room, and his face lit up when he saw me.

“You like scones?” I asked him.

“Whatever you’re having. But yeah, scones actually sound delicious. I trust scones.”

“You trust them?”

He stopped right in front of me and met my eyes. “Scones are the edible version of a lifelong friend. They’re full of amazing things. They can adapt to any circumstance. And they’ll never let you down with some weird kind of cream-filling surprise.”

“Not a filled doughnut sort of guy?” I hoped he wouldn’t find any of my surprises to be such letdowns.

“God, no. Gooey lies.”

I offered him a chipper smile. “Then you’ll really enjoy these scones. Maple, oats, and hazelnuts. Perfect for an early spring morning on the coast.”

“You’re my savior. Again.”

“Hurry, grab one before they’re all gone.”

Author bio:

Morgan is an outdoorsy girl with a deep and abiding love for the natural sciences. Her degrees involve English and jujitsu. She enjoys hiking, camping, and wandering in the woods looking for the trail to the car, but there isn't enough chocolate on the planet to bribe her into rock climbing. When she's not writing, she can be found making puzzles, getting lost on the way to geocaches, reading stories to her children, or taking far too many pictures of the same tree or rock. She lives in Eastern Washington with her family.

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