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Lethal Licorice

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This is a great series. Love the setting of Harvest, Ohio and the characters. Once again, Bailey is needing to help solve the mystery to clear her name. And that of the cousin she didn't know she had. I look forward to many more in this series.
I received an advanced copy from Netgalley for an honest review.

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LETHAL LICORICE by Amanda Flower. Amish Candy Store Mystery 3
Having read the other two in this series, was looking forward to another, enjoyable read. Can one imagine a confectionery competition without using electricity. One woman was strongly against her, Bailey, not dressing like the Amish, and bringing in chocolate items into her grandfather, and now her store. Plus missing one pot bellied pig, when he does, he has found murder. Recipe of licorice was the cause, allergic reaction, and why in the church. Bailey has her work, along with the sheriff, to find out the why’s. Since her entry was licorice. Delighful, from beginning to end. Readers will enjoy this series, can be read separately. Given ARC by Net Galley for my volentary review and my honest opinion.

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Lethal Licorice is the second book in the Amish Candy Shop mystery series. This book was a quick and enjoyable read for me. I really liked how the author gave the main character, Bailey, a good friend in the community who was closer to her age. We met Emily in the first book, but she was featured more prominently in this one so we were able to see the friendship between the two characters grow a bit more. As Bailey settles into her life in Harvest, it's important for her to have friends, and maybe even a future partner in her sleuthing, there in the community. I really liked the plot of this book and I was very surprised by the resolution of the murder mystery. I highly recommend this book and I'm already looking forward to the third book in the series.

Note: I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my fair and honest review.

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A lot of the Amish series don't hold my attention well, but this one with the addition of the sweets shop I have enjoyed the series so far. I found the story to be interesting and well written and enjoyed the relationships between the characters.

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Wonderful confectionery cozy set in Ohio Amish country.
Bailey comes across a body while competing in an Amish Candy competition. The Sheriff doesn't seem too eager to investigate as he has a re-election bid soon and doesn't want to step on any toes.
Between looking for a missing pig, any clue to the murderer, fighting her attraction to the deputy and staying in the competition ...her hands are more than full.
I requested and was granted an ARC of this fun tale from NetGalley.

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This is the second book in this great series.
I enjoyed the relationship between Bailey and her grandmother and the dynamic between the Amish and the English.
The whodunit was interesting and well written.
I look forward to reading the next in the series.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

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One of the great things about reading is that it introduces you to so many different worlds. In this enjoyable, fast paced mystery we get to learn about the Amish community and how the "Englischers" react with them. Bailey King has left her job as a chocolatier in New York to return to the small Amish community in Ohio where her Amish grandparents run a candy shop and where she learned her love of candy making. The shop has entered a famous Amish candy competition and since her grandfather's death Bailey has taken his place. One of the other contestants, an Amish woman named Josephine Weaver vehemently objects to Bailey's participation since she is not Amish. When Josephine is later found dead by Bailey's newly found cousin Charlotte with a piece of Bailey's licorice to which she was allergic in her pocket, and the two become suspects in the murder Bailey once again becomes involved in the investigation, much to the annoyance of Deputy Aiden. I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

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Lethal Licorice is the second book in the Amish candy series--and it keeps getting better! Bailey has relocated to Harvest, Ohio to help run her amish family's sweets shop, and is competing in the Amish candy competition when she runs across the dead body of a competitor. Of course she is a suspect, so she goes about trying to clear her name, all whilst competing and looking for the unofficial town mascot Jethro the pot bellied pig. This was a great mystery, with lots of character development from those we met in the first book, and some new ones introduced here. I cannot wait for the next in this series.

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