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The Haunted Lost Rose by Clara Bauer
Publication Date: March 17, 2023
Language: English
Length: 252 pages
Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery/Romance
Some secrets should stay hidden. If they come to light, darkness could weaken even the strongest of families.
Real estate agent Charlotte O’Donohue never looks forward to Mondays. Usually, a couple cups of coffee will fix her mood, but today an unexpected voice directs her to a dead body. She’s going to need a bigger cup, and it better be caffeinated!
When the dead body happens to be your client, the scandal could jeopardize her brother’s business, but Charlotte is more worried about a mysterious stranger who decides she’s the number one suspect. He seems familiar and dangerous. He knows she has a secret, and Charlotte will do anything to keep the truth from him. How could he possibly understand that she can hear the dead?
Ghostly whispers from a spirit who haunts the large Kansas City mansion warns of more danger to come for Charlotte, her family, and for the stranger. But as Charlotte discovers a key to one mystery, another one appears…one that could reveal more than a murderer but a long-forbidden love.
The haunted and the living seem to be conspiring against the spunky real estate agent, throwing her into a love of her own that shakes her to the core.
When long hidden secrets expose lost loves, two intertwined families are placed in jeopardy in Charlotte’s Voices of Mystery.
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Book Excerpt
“Did he ever give you flowers?”
My father’s hand slammed down on the wood. “There wasn’t anything going on between them except for the sale of a house. Drop it.”
The detective placed a piece of paper in front of Dad. “Why do I have a receipt for flowers delivered to Ms. Charlotte O’Donohue from the victim?”
I was incensed. “He was thanking us for finding the house for his family.”
My father looked over the receipt and handed it back to the interrogator. “Come on. He was thanking her.”
“But he singled her out. He didn’t send the flowers to the office, or to Tom O’Donohue. He sent them to her, to her house. That seems pretty intimate.”
“It was the holidays. He knew the office was closed,” I admitted. “Besides, I was home sick with a stomach bug. He knew because Tom had to take the previous tour with him because I wasn’t feeling well.”
“Then why were you there with him that morning?” He was definitely laser-focused on pinning this on me.
“I told you. We were meeting one more time, and I was making sure that he understood the surrounding residents were fine with the structure being a single family home, but if he had any ideas about turning it into a club again, a gallery, or bed and breakfast it wasn’t zoned for that. You can check with Councilman Johnson,” I insisted.
The detective turned over a couple more of the papers in front of him. Finally, he pushed back from the desk. My father patted my hand and whispered that everything would be okay. But then it wasn’t.
“Ms. O’Donohue, when was your last relationship?”
“What?” My face was possibly as red as the mysterious rose.
My father stood up quickly and packed his old briefcase. “We are done now. Come on, Charlotte.”
“We think it’s relevant in this case.”
About the Author
Kansas City, Missouri native C.L. Bauer is the author of three series in mystery genres. Originally a reporter, Bauer worked through jobs in marketing and advertising, to eventually take over the reins of her family’s century old business, Clara’s Flowers. Many of the stories used in her books are based on true events from years in the wedding and event flower world.
You can reach C.L. Bauer on all social mediums, Goodreads, and through her website, www.clbauer.com. You can check out her flower designs at www.clarasflowers.com
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