Charlie immediately visits Courtney, wondering if she followed through with her idea of murdering her husband. Several weeks later, Courtney's husband dies, and the murder weapon is a bottle of poisoned brandy. Distraught, Courtney makes a comment about killing her husband, but Charlie quickly passes it off as a weak joke produced by stress. When Courtney, a beautiful young pregnant wife, asks her to make her a love potion, Charlie refuses her request.

At times, Charlie mixes infusions and teas for her clients' specific purposes or ailments. Charlie creates her own tea blends and herbal tinctures and sells them from her home.

When someone poisons a man's Christmas gift, a local businesswoman searches for the killer in the delightful sleuth mystery, The Murder Before Christmas by Michele Pariza Wacek. Reviewed by Susan Sewell for Readers' Favorite When she's not writing, she's usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she's an awesome cook. Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie. If that wasn't enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes and more, at. They're clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix.

It took some time (and some detours) but now she does spend much of her time writing stories. A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly.

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