The audiobook for FRONDS AND ENEMIES is here! :-) Enjoy Poppy and Oren's latest adventure as they weed out more murder suspects - brought to life by the wonderful vocal talents of Pearl Hewitt Audiobook Narrator!
AUDIBLE US: https://www.audible.com/pd/B091QBH539/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-252123&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_252123_rh_us
AUDIBLE UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B091Q9CXG2/?source_code=AUKFrDlWS02231890H6-BK-ACX0-252123&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_252123_rh_uk
AUDIBLE DE: https://www.audible.de/pd/B091QBN7GT/?source_code=EKAORWS0223189009-BK-ACX0-252123&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_252123_rh_de
APPLE: https://books.apple.com/au/audiobook/fronds-enemies-english-cottage-garden-mysteries-book/id1561807285

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Am currently writing SALTED CARAMEL SORCERY, the next Bewitched by Chocolate mystery, and I spent part of Easter weekend making home-made chewy salted caramels - all in the name of "book research", of course!! (And eating lots of caramels is an important part of research too! ;-) )
I found a video recipe on Youtube by British baker "Cupcake Jemma" and it was a lot easier than I thought (we even managed without a candy thermometer! We had to use the "cold water method" to guess the soft ball stage) They were really delicious - SO much nicer than store-brought candies! Have you made home-made caramels?

NEW RELEASE! "Fronds and Enemies" - Book 5 in my English Cottage Garden mysteries is out now in Kindle & paperback! (Audiobook on the way) 🌷 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dosxuI | Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31ITbcu | Amazon DE: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B088DDW5NB
~ Spring has come at last with cheerful daffodils and plump crocus blooms, and Poppy is hoping that the new season will magically resurrect the cottage garden nursery she's inherited. But with her stock failing to grow and a mysterious "peeping Tom" stalking the village, she's got her gardening gloves full... and that's even before her visit to the local doctor ends with her stumbling on a dead body! Then her friend and neighbour - crime author Nick Forrest - suddenly finds himself the top suspect, and a missing garden gnome is the only lead in the case. Determined to find the real killer, Poppy sets out to do some horticultural sleuthing - helped by eccentric old inventor Bertie and a posse of nosy villagers. All she finds, however, are more questions. Was the murder simply a "crime of passion" or was it something more sinister? Is there a link to the recent spate of creepy lingerie thefts in the village? And could the naughty ginger tomcat Oren be the key to solving the mystery?
As she grapples with spindly seedlings and cryptic clues, Poppy discovers that even a sleepy English village can be a hotbed of deceit and death...

Cat among the roses... and bougainvillea!
(*This was taken back in spring a couple of months ago - the garden isn't looking so good now, after the ravages of summer! :P )