Crafts and Life

Though it's not yet summer, things are heating up on Lotus Bay.

Swans Nest Inn is about to open, and Kathy Grant solicits her BFF, Tori Cannon, to help spruce up her property at the marshy end of Lotus Bay, only they didn’t count on finding a body. Who was he? What’s his connection to their friend Paul Darcy? Meanwhile, two entrepreneurs with vast business ties are interested in helping Tori reopen the Lotus Lodge, and their real motives are as murky as the bay after a storm. Will Swans Nest open on time? Will the Lotus Lodge reopen at all?

Lorraine Bartlett has crafted a fantastic tale of female friendship, entrepreneurship and tales from the past – I wasn't sure if With Baited Breath could be topped but this proved me wrong!

Kathy is nearly ready to open the Swan's Nest B&B, the run down house has been brought up to scratch thanks to hard work from Kathy herself, her best friend (and the friend that she is currently living rent free with whilst everything gets ready) Tori and their other great friend (and general female contractor extraordinaire) Annissa (oh and not forgetting Noreen who keeps them fed and watered …. err supplied with drinks at the local bar next to The Swan's Nest), whilst Annissa is finishing some bits inside Kathy and Tori decide to tackle some of the overgrown foliage, and in doing so find a dead body in the water! Now with trying to figure out what happened to the dead man (and why Noreen's husband Paul isn't happy), Tori being threatened by a developer (oh and one of her cousins has crawled out of the woodwork now there is money in the family), oh and Kathy's pre-dry run of the B&B going horribly wrong, the three friends really need to hold together to keep themselves safe and sane.