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    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder: A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, #8
    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder: A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, #8
    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder: A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, #8
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    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder: A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, #8

    By Ann S. Marie

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    Murder strikes again in the small town of Berry Cove. Dana Sweet, a part time mystery riddles blogger who has inherited the Cozy Cupcakes Café from her late grandmother, is once again drawn into a strange murder with a bizarre twist.

    When Dana’s new neighbor from hell, a snobby heiress who recently inherited the Victorian house next door, is found dead, all sticky fingers point to the shy housekeeper. But there’s more to the dead heiress than meets the eyes and Dana needs to find out who in her inner circle wanted her out of the picture, before it’s too late.

    A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery series:

    Strawberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 1)

    Blueberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 2)

    Chocolate Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 3)

    Strawberry Meringue Cupcake & Murder (Book 3.5) * Bonus Short Story

    Vanilla Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 4)

    Holiday Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 5)

    Valentine’s Cupcake & Murder (Book 6)

    Buttercream Cupcake & Murder (Book 7)

    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 8)

    Cherry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 9)

    Chocolate Chip Cupcake & Murder  (Book 10)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnn S. Marie
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781386935711
    Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder: A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, #8

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      Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder - Ann S. Marie

      Thanks to my Father above for every blessing.

      COCONUT CREAM CUPCAKE & MURDER

      (A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery, Book 8)

      Murder strikes again in the small town of Berry Cove. Dana Sweet, a part time mystery riddles blogger who has inherited the Cozy Cupcakes Café from her late grandmother, is once again drawn into a strange murder with a bizarre twist.

      When Dana’s new neighbor from hell, a snobby heiress who recently inherited the Victorian house next door, is found dead, all sticky fingers point to the shy housekeeper. But there’s more to the dead heiress than meets the eyes and Dana needs to find out who in her inner circle wanted her out of the picture, before it’s too late.

      ––––––––

      A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery series:

      Strawberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 1)

      Blueberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 2)

      Chocolate Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 3)

      Strawberry Meringue Cupcake & Murder (Book 3.5) * Bonus Short Story

      Vanilla Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 4)

      Holiday Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 5)

      Valentine’s Cupcake & Murder (Book 6)

      Buttercream Cupcake & Murder (Book 7)

      Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 8)

      Cherry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 9)

      Chocolate Chip Cupcake & Murder  (Book 10)

      Chapter 1

      You’re not here for a long time, you’re here for a good time. Enjoy your life.

      -  Dana Sweet

      Cozy Cupcakes Café’s Quote of the Day

      ––––––––

      Dana Sweet adjusted her apron as she prepared to make another batch of the delicious coconut cream cupcakes piled high with swirls of rich passion fruit icing.

      "Mmm, they smell so yummy, Katie said as she walked through the swinging doors into the kitchen at the Cozy Cupcakes Café. The customers are loving the special this week."

      Thanks, cuz. It was nine o’clock in the morning and the café had just finished the early morning rush. Dana, Inga and Katie were busy preparing another batch of cupcakes.

      The Cozy Cupcakes famous gourmet cupcakes were doing super well in the town. She was thankful to have her own business, thanks to Grandma Rae who left her the café in her will. There was nothing like being your own boss. It sure beat that toxic work environment in her office-politics-fueled job in the ad industry back in New York. No more office bullying or gossip.

      Life in the small town of Berry Cove was a sweet change of pace.

      She loved handling all aspects of the business. This week she debuted her grandmother’s coconut cream recipes and added a touch of her own ingredients so she wanted to make sure things went as smooth as the whipped icing on her creamy cakes.

      Dana had to admit, her mouth watered to taste another sample of her masterpiece.

      She was glad she dug out Grandma Rae’s old recipe. The passion fruit infused the icing with real tropical flavor.

      Dana garnished the icing on the cupcakes with more shredded coconuts.

      For each batch of cupcakes, the prep time was only twenty minutes, fifteen minutes to bake and there were ready in thirty-five minutes including prep time. Not too bad, considering.

      Cozy Cupcakes Café prided themselves on making gourmet scrumptious cupcakes just the way Grandma Rae used to make them even before she’d founded the café. Dana was glad she’d moved from New York to help save the café and to continue Grandma Rae’s legacy. Of course, she’d just been betrayed by her now ex-fiancé and her BFF. They’d ran off together and gotten married. So Dana was all too glad to leave the heartbreak behind and embark on a new chapter in her life. 

      Between running things at the café with her cousin Katie and Inga, the baker, and running her mystery riddles blog, Dana didn’t have time to think about heartbreak. Though her mind often ran on hot and sexy Detective Troy Anders whom she’d bumped into a few times after being caught up in some bizarre murder accusations in the past few months. Now they were sort of dating. And he made her heart skip a beat whenever she saw him.

      Katie stifled a yawn.

      Still tired, cuz? Dana asked.

      How could I not be? You know I love music just like the next chick. Just not at three o’clock in the morning.

      Why didn’t you call the police and report that girl is disturbing the peace? Inga chimed in.

      "She’s our new neighbor," Dana added.

      I don’t know how you two could live like that in that old Victorian house and have noisy neighbors like that, Inga added as she shoved another batch of cupcakes into the oven.

      It’s not that easy Inga. You remember our neighbor, Ms Barinotta?

      Oh, that cantankerous old woman.

      Inga!

      Well, she wasn’t very nice at all. Always bickering. Always miserable.

      "She wasn’t that bad," Dana tried to defend her late old neighbor.

      Yes, she was, Inga said. I always tried to help her in the grocery store when she got her cart stuck and she would accuse me of trying to steal from her and then run her cart into my feet.

      Oh, she did that to you, too, huh? Katie grinned, then yawned again.

      I thought she passed away a few weeks ago? Inga said. Don’t tell me her spirit is making up noises at three in the morning.

      Absolutely not! Dana shot back quickly. The last thing she wanted to think about was spirits. Actually her niece moved from down South to take over the house.

      I didn’t know she had any relatives. She was always alone, wasn’t she?

      Yup. Seems that way, Dana said. Anyway, her niece isn’t very chatty but we figured she was just mourning her aunt’s death in her own way by celebrating her life.

      Every night for the past few weeks? Katie said, decorating the cupcakes.

      Okay, it is a little bit much.

      A bit much? The girl has all sorts of people there every day of the week. Doesn’t she work?

      She’s rich now. She just inherited her aunt’s Victorian house. Do you know how much those babies cost? Inga added. You know they say that in Canada, the majority of new millionaires are those who inherited homes from elders or parents—especially in this hot housing market. The wealth is in all that equity in the homes that was purchased in 1940 for $500 and now worth over $2 million. Imagine that! She got lucky.

      Well, I wouldn’t say lucky. I think she was living with some friends down South when she heard about her aunt’s passing. So she didn’t have a place of her own and you know the cost of housing these days. Even if she sells her aunt’s house, she still has to buy something else in the same hot market that’s going to be just as expensive.

      "True, maybe she can’t afford to buy something else, but it doesn’t mean she can’t afford to have some consideration for her neighbors," Inga added in her thick Russian accent.

      Well, she’s certainly not doing bad by keeping the staff there? Katie said.

      Which staff? Inga asked.

      Her aunt had a young dishy gardener working there every day. He’s still working there, Katie replied.

      And Katie can’t help but ogle him. Dana grinned.

      "Well, he is very cute. And then I think Ms Barinotta still has the maid coming there to clean the house twice a week."

      Oh, that’s right. Well, at least her niece doesn’t have to worry about housework. I guess that was all part of the will to keep the staff on.

      Katie shrugged and then took a bite of one of the cupcakes. Mmmm, these taste so good.

      Katie!

      Hey, I need to have some breakfast. I’ve been up since three. What did you put in these babies?

      You know the recipe, I just added a little something more... Dana winked.

      The recipes were a delight to make. Dana had used one and a quarter cups of cake flour, along with one and a quarter teaspoons of baking powder, a quarter teaspoon of salt, a third cup of unsalted butter, softened, a third cup of white sugar, one large brown egg, half teaspoon of vanilla extract, half cup of unsweetened coconut milk, half cup of sweetened shredded coconut. And for the icing, she used one cup of confectioners’ sugar, two tablespoons of passion fruit nectar and one teaspoon of heavy whipping cream.

      Dana had then sifted the flour, baking powder and salt together in a bowl while the oven was preheating at 350 degrees. She beat the butter, white sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a separate bowl with an electric mixer at

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