by Diana Orgain | May 27, 2021 | Cooking up Murder, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss Chapter One? From Murder as Sweet as Honey Chapter Two Mona, we’re in the festival!” Vicki exclaimed when her best friend answered the phone. “What? Are you serious?” Mona shrieked. “Yes, it opens in a couple weeks. I can have a bunch of stuff ready by then. How about you?” Vicki buckled her seat belt and leaned back against the headrest, giddy. “I should be able to work on some new jams this weekend,” said Mona breathlessly. “How about we do a fall theme?” “You read my mind.” Vicki broke out into a dance in her seat. “I already have some cinnamon and pumpkin-spice honey sticks.” “I could make some muscadine jam and apple butter. And some strawberry and blueberry jam to fill out the table.” Vicki’s mouth watered. “That sounds delicious! I’ll have my body scrubs, some lip balm, and my honey straws. I might take along some honeycomb too. I’ll be harvesting tomorrow after Coupon Clippers.” “Mmm, I love your honeycomb. Did you know that beeswax is being sold at some festivals now?” “Beeswax, huh? Where’d you see that?” “At the county fair last weekend. The guy selling it had some candles, but also just the plain beeswax. He said people are using it to coat their tools, and cheesemakers use it to cover their cheese.” “Interesting,” she said slowly. “Beeswax is the main ingredient in most of my products, but I could bring along a few pieces of plain beeswax too.” “Cool,” said Mona. “Oh, could I buy one of your relaxing scrubs? I could sure use all the help I can...
