When Hannah Prentiss's best friend, Lacy Minyard, receives a strange package allegedly from her mother, she finds a mysterious key wrapped in a monogrammed handkerchief inside. Lacy is even more baffled when her mother reports receiving a similar package, purporting to be from Lacy! Hers contains a puzzling poem and a key wrapped in an identical handkerchief. Neither woman knows anything about their gifts.

Can Hannah help her friend identify the sender and decipher the poem to find out what the keys open?

Meanwhile, Hannah's father and brother are determined that she start dating. Hannah appreciates their well-meaning intentions, but she's more interested in making a success of her restaurant right now.

Can Hannah find a way to tell her loveable but interfering family how she really feels?

Welcome to the Hot Spot…where the food is fresh and the mysteries are delicious!

After years away, Hannah Prentiss finally returns home to the charming village of Blackberry Valley. She transforms a former firehouse into the Hot Spot―a warm and welcoming place for townsfolk and travelers alike to enjoy meals made with fresh ingredients from local Kentucky farms. But running a new restaurant, reconnecting with loved ones, and forging new friendships around every corner aren’t the only things Hannah is doing these days. When mysteries start cropping up, she finds that solving them is just as satisfying as fulfilling her culinary dreams!

What you’ll love about Blackberry Valley Mysteries:

The cozy charm and heartfelt connections of small-town life
Faithful characters and the warmth of a close-knit community
Clean, wholesome stories
Intriguing mysteries that give you hours of reading pleasure

With warmth, humor, and a menu full of intrigue, Blackberry Valley Mysteries are the perfect way to let go of the stress and worries of the day and curl up in your favorite chair for hours of page-turning delight.

About the Author

Virginia Smith

Bestselling author Virginia Smith's first novel was published in 2006. Since then, she's written more than fifty books that have collected a satisfying number of accolades and awards including two Holt Medallion Awards of Merit and a Library Journal top pick. A Kentucky native, Ginny loves to introduce readers to the Bluegrass State in her books (where the grass is green, not blue!) She and her husband live in central Kentucky with a feisty Maltese watchdog named Max.

Beth Adams

Beth Adams lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and two daughters. When she's not writing, she's trying to find time to read good books.

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