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Eat, Pray, Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries) by Tara Lush

About Eat, Pray, Hex

Eat, Pray, Hex (Crescent Moon Mysteries)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Florida
Independently Published (October 13, 2023)
Number of Pages: 246
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CH5J8MTL

Step into the mysterious world of weird Florida, where surprises and spirits are as common as sun and sand…
Amelia Matthews never anticipated inheriting a hotel in in a small southern town, but life’s twists and turns have led her to the Sunshine State. Under the hotel’s quirky, rundown façade lie haunting secrets—an unsolved murder and a restless spirit who keeps turning off the air conditioner. In the summer. In Florida.
From the moment Amelia reluctantly walks through the door of the Crescent Moon Inn, she embarks on an unwelcome spectral adventure. Her companions on this eerie journey include the sassy feline Freddie Purrcury, the overly enthusiastic and hilarious Liz with her New Age bookstore, and the charmingly handsome local historian, Oliver.
Then Amelia discovers her hidden psychic abilities. As spooky happenings escalate, she can’t help but wish for a few minutes of peace. And maybe a margarita.
She faces a decision: sell the inn and run, or embrace her new destiny as a paranormal sleuth. In this spine-tingling cozy mystery, Amelia Matthews unravels the secrets ofREC the inn’s haunted past while navigating psychic powers, an ornery cat, and a quirky crew of new friends. If she doesn’t solve the mystery, she just might become the inn’s next ghostly inhabitant…
Join Amelia in a captivating, laugh-out-loud adventure as she embarks on a quest to uncover the truth, and you’ll find yourself immersed in a world where the line between the ordinary and the supernatural blurs.

RECIPE

The Enchanted Eternity Park is one of Cypress Grove’s biggest tourist attractions. People come from all over to gawk at the intricate granite and marble headstone carvings. They also come for something else: the recipes.

An entire wing of the cemetery is filled with people whose final wishes were to have their favorite recipe engraved on their tombstone. In Amelia Matthews’ short time here, she’d found some delightful recipes.

Here is a recipe that is featured in EAT, PRAY, HEX!

This is the recipe that Amelia found on Janice Dover’s gravestone in the Enchanted Eternity Park.

According to Liz, Janice had been a trailblazer in the culinary world long before toffee bits were available pre-packaged in the grocery store. In the early 1960s, when Cypress Grove was much smaller and sleepier, Janice had perfected the cookies with toffee bits.

Janice’s snickerdoodle cookies were renowned for their irresistible melt-in-your-mouth quality. They were a closely guarded secret until she crossed into the other realm, and the recipe was made available to all.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened

• 1 ½ cup sugar

• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• 2 eggs

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 3 cup all-purpose flour

• ¼ cup sugar

• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 cup toffee bits

Instructions

Butter Conjury: Preheat the oven to 350. In a cauldron — okay, a mixing bowl —blend the softened butter and 1 1/4 cups sugar until it becomes one harmonious mixture. This is your base spell, so make it enchanting.

Cream of Mysteries: Sprinkle in the cream of tartar, the baking soda, and just a dash of salt. Mix it until your concoction is as smooth as a witch’s brew.

Egg Alchemy: Add the eggs one by one, as if you’re hatching dragon eggs. Stir in the vanilla essence, which is basically the potion of dreams.

Flourish of Flour: Gently introduce the of all-purpose flour, a bit at a time. Watch as your dough transforms.

Toffee Treasure Hunt: Carefully fold in the toffee bits, like discovering hidden treasures in a mystical forest. Let the dough embrace these morsels.

Cinnamon Enchantment: In a separate bowl, mix the remaining sugar with the ground cinnamon. This is your enchanting dust.

Shape-shifting Time: Roll the dough into small orbs of delight. These orbs are your magical cookies in the making.

Cinnamon Sugar Sorcery: Roll your dough balls in the cinnamon-sugar mix until they shimmer like like a sparkly vampire.

Baking Magic: Place your sugary orbs onto a baking tray and let them bake in the enchanted oven at 350°F (175°C). They’ll transform into golden-brown wonders over 10-12 minutes.

Cooling Charm: Let your snickerdoodles cool on a wire rack. They’re gathering their magical strength.Summon the Taste Testers: As you bite into one of these mystical creations, you’ll realize you’ve just unleashed a toffee-infused snickerdo

About Tara Lush

Tara Lush is a Florida-based author and journalist. She’s an RWA Rita finalist, an Amtrak writing fellow, and the winner of the George C. Polk Award for environmental journalism.

She was a reporter with The Associated Press in Florida, covering crime, alligators, natural disasters, and politics. She also writes contemporary romance set in tropical locations under the name Tamara Lush.

Tara is a fan of vintage pulp fiction book covers, Sinatra-era jazz, 1980s fashion, tropical chill, kombucha, gin, tonic, seashells, iPhones, Art Deco, telenovelas, street art, coconut anything, strong coffee and newspapers. She lives on the Gulf Coast with her husband and two dogs.

Her debut mystery series is published by Crooked Lane Books.

Author Links –

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/tamlush
WEBSITE: https://taralush.com
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/the.book.lush/
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/20274256.Tara_Lush

Purchase Link – Amazon

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