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  Place in a lined cupcake tray.

  Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

  Remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack.

  Storing: Keep any leftovers in the refrigerator for no longer than 1 week. You can freeze them for up to 1 month.

  Acknowledgements

  Although writing is a solitary process, we are blessed to not only have each other to navigate this crazy journey, but an amazing support group and loved ones to cheer us on.

  We’d like to thank the hardworking team at Bell Bridge Books. Your support and marketing expertise means the world to us. To our extraordinary editor, Deborah Smith, we’re so grateful that you continue to share your talents with us, making us better writers.

  To Christine Witthohn, our agent at Book Cents Literary Agency, thank you for your mama bear fierceness and keeping us on track to achieve our career goals.

  We can’t fully express our gratitude to our wonderful readers. You are the reason we write. Your tireless enthusiasm for more Mel and Caro is what keeps us going. Thank you. Keep those emails, Facebook posts, and Tweets coming. We love to hear from you! If you haven’t already done so, please visit our website and sign up to get updates:

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  About the Authors

  Sparkle Abbey is the pseudonym of two mystery authors (Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter). They are friends and neighbors as well as co-writers of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series. The pen name was created by combining the names of their rescue pets—Sparkle (Mary Lee’s cat) and Abbey (Anita’s dog). They reside in central Iowa, but if they could write anywhere, you would find them on the beach with their laptops and, depending on the time of day, with either an iced tea or a margarita.

  Mary Lee

  Mary Lee Salsbury Woods is the “Sparkle” half of Sparkle Abbey. She is past-president of Sisters in Crime-Iowa, and a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Kiss of Death, the RWA Mystery Suspense Chapter, Sisters in Crime National, and the SinC Internet group Guppies.

  Prior to publishing the Pampered Pets Mystery Series with Bell Bridge Books, Mary Lee won first place in the Daphne du Maurier contest, sponsored by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA, and was a finalist in Murder in the Grove’s mystery contest, as well as Killer Nashville’s Claymore Dagger contest.

  Mary Lee is an avid reader and supporter of public libraries. She lives in Central Iowa with her husband, Tim, and Sparkle, the rescue cat namesake of Sparkle Abbey. In her day job, she is the non-techie in the IT Department. Any spare time she spends reading, and enjoying her sons, daughters-in-law and five grandchildren.

  Anita

  Anita Carter is the “Abbey” half of Sparkle Abbey. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Kiss of Death, the RWA Mystery Suspense chapter, and Sisters in Crime.

  She grew up reading Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and the Margo Mystery series by Jerry B. Jenkins (years before his popular Left Behind series). Her family is grateful all the years of “fending for yourself” dinners of spaghetti and frozen pizza have finally paid off, even though they haven’t exactly stopped.

  In Anita’s day job, she works for a staffing company. She also lives in Central Iowa with her husband and four children, son-in-law, grandchild, and two rescue dogs, Chewy and Sophie.