Tea House, Tights, and Toffee

By Kailin Gow

If you like the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries and Chronicles Mysteries, you'll love the cozy mysteries from Kailin Gow like this one. Sadie Silver and her friends embark on another adventure with mystery, a bit of romance, and lots of fun!This time, it involves her favorite tea house, tights, and lots of toffee!

**The Sadie Silver Mysteries is a cozy mystery series with light mystery and romance for age 14 and up!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sparklesoup Inc.
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781597481458

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Tea House, Tights, and Toffee

Sadie Silver Mystery #11

KAILIN GOW

Table of Contents

Title Page

Tea House, Tights, and Toffee (Sadie Silver Mysteries, #11)

Summary

Chapter 1 | Sadie

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

About the Author Kailin Gow

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Thank you for picking up Tea House, Tights, and Toffee

(Sadie Silver Mystery #11)

This series is a cozy mystery with clean romance and some pet paranormal elements recommended for age 13 and up.

Summary

Fashionable Celebrity Pastry Chef Sadie Silver loves mixing travel, food, romance, and crime solving wherever she goes or stays...along with the help of her intelligent cat Orchid and sensitive-smelling-nose dog Biscuit, handsome forensic scientist Palmer, and the mysterious gorgeous man who always places an order directly from her for a dozen red velvet cupcakes.

Chapter 1

Sadie

SADIE SAT STARING AT her laptop, her finger simply lying over the keys.  Hoping to get some work done on her latest cookbook, she’d gone down to Fortune Falls’ most popular little shop; the Twin Sisters’ Tea Shop.

With every recipe, she wanted to include a little back story, but as she worked on her upside-down, strawberry cream tart recipe, the background story just wasn’t coming together.

She sat back and looked around at the other patrons around her.  Seated in her favorite little corner that was slightly set apart from the others, she had a perfect view of the entire shop.

Elle and Emma Grandy, twins in their late twenties that Sadie had known for ages, had done a great job decorating the place.  There was something a little traditional, but also a little eclectic about the tea shop.  Sadie particularly liked the folk art on the walls and the tiny flower pots set all around the small shop.

Writer’s block? Emma said as she came around with a kettle of hot water.  She gestured to the kettle.

I’m good, Sadie said for the hot water.  Although, maybe a few more sips of tea would help unblock me.

Emma poured some steaming hot water into Sadie’s teapot and added a spoonful of her favorite loose-leaf tea.

Thanks.

How’s the cookbook coming? Emma said.

The first half was easy.  I gathered up my favorite old-time recipes, modernized them a bit, added a touch of this and a little less of that.  But there’s a bit of history to each of these recipes and I’m having trouble getting this one down in a way that makes sense.

Well, good luck, Emma offered.  I’d love to help you out, but I can barely write a birthday card, much less a book.

Sadie smiled at the cute redhead with the big green eyes, that adorable splash of freckles and a smile that could light up a room.  Didn’t you get high grades back in English class in high school?  If I remember correctly, you got better grades than I did.

Emma shook her head.  Your memory fails you, dear Sadie.  I was way too busy cheerleading to get good grades in just about any class.  I mean, I got by, but high grades?  I don’t think so.

Maybe I’m confusing you with your sister.

Emma glanced to the ceiling and smiled.  Elle did manage to do a little better than I did, although with all the cheerleading that she did, I don’t know how she pulled it off.

Well, you pulled this place off pretty well, Sadie said, taking another look around at the customers who were all happily sipping their tea while they read, chatted with friends or, like her, worked on their laptop.

Emma followed her gaze.  Yeah.  Elle and I really put a lot of work into this place.  She smiled.  Shopping around for all those fanciful teapots was really a lot of fun.  Looking for and tasting all of these different teas from all around the world... that was interesting.  Definitely an eye opener.  And decorating this place.  Well... you know that Elle has always had a knack for imaginative decorating.  It was her idea to have the place almost all with rich woods brightened up with vivid colors.

Well, it has certainly become one of my favorite places to go.

Happy to hear it.  Emma turned to leave.

Hey, Sadie called out as she noticed a shiny new bling on Emma’s finger.  What’s that all about?

Beaming, Emma set her kettle down on the table and sat down.  I thought you’d never ask.  I just got back from a Caribbean vacation with Adam.

Oh.  That’s right.  Elle told me about that.

Well, there we were, sitting on the beach enjoying a nice little drink when he suddenly rolled over on his beach towel with this gorgeous ring on his little finger.

How cute, Sadie said.  And romantic.

I’m so happy, Sadie.  I can’t tell you how excited I am.  I mean, Adam and I have talked about marriage before, but only in a very vague and sort of faraway manner.  I never expected him to propose.

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