by Kim M Watt
“Just dragons, Beaufort.”
He sighed. “Fine.”
DI Adams turned to go, and paused at the kitchen door. “When you say just dragons – you mean just dragons and not humans, right?”
Beaufort exposed his teeth in that alarming grin. “Not humans. Or gnomes, or dwarfs, or gargoyles, among others.”
The DI stared at him for a long moment before she said, “Vampires?”
“Don’t be silly. Vampires don’t exist.”
“Oh.” She relaxed a little. “So, no werewolves, then, either.”
“Plenty of those. Some of them are quite good sorts.”
Her headache was actually quite bad now.
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*** To be Continued … ***
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A festive tale of kidnapping, explosions, & stolen turkeys....
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One should never meddle in the affairs of dragons, but someone has been doing just that. They’ve been making imitation dragon scale baubles that are nothing short of lethal, and kidnapping delivery drivers all over the Yorkshire Dales. They’ve also been leaving behind some distinctly dragon-ish traces.
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Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly Dragons, is hot on the trail – or would be, if he wasn’t having certain political problems at home. That leaves Alice and Miriam to track down the real culprits, rescue the hostages, and salvage Mortimer’s bauble reputation, all while misleading the police regarding the of existence of dragons, and hopefully without being blown up by unexpectedly aggressive Christmas decorations in the process. Luckily they have the full resources of the Toot Hansell Women’s Institute at their disposal. They’ll need it.
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And then there’s the small question of who stole all the Christmas turkeys…
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Dragons, the Women's Institute, and one very suspicious cat. What could possibly go wrong?
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Yule Be Sorry is the perfect Christmas cozy mystery for anyone who likes their crime funny, dragonish, and full of cake and friendship.
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Beaufort Scales, High Lord of the Cloverly dragons, is rather tired of being a High Lord, and quite fancies a quiet retirement in front of a warm fire, with the odd rabbit for tea.
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Then came the barbecues.
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And the bauble market, because if one has barbecues one needs money to buy gas bottles.
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And then the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, some most wonderful cake, and some very new friendships.
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Beaufort Scales is crashing into the modern world, ready or not (the world, that is. He's very ready, and very, very interested...)
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A Toot Hansell short story collection, starting where it all began — with one very shiny barbecue ...
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Acknowledgments
To my lovely readers, including all you wonderful people who have been there right from the start, reading my short stories, pointing out my weird grammar habits, and giving me the most amazing feedback and (even more importantly) support, thank you. You’re amazing.
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To Lynda Dietz at Easy Reader Editing, thank you so much for being an amazing supporter, lovely friend, and truly excellent editor. It’s scary handing a book baby over, but you made it both painless and fun (and any errors left over are probably mine from tweaking after the fact). Plus, who knew the amount of amusement that could be found in the strange capitalisation habits of corporations?
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To all my wonderful writer friends, especially Anna, Alison, Audrey at the ATA, Debbie, Jon, and Jimmie, without whom my stories would be much less coherent and likely still living in a drawer somewhere. You’re all amazing, and I’m so lucky to know you.
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To Sylvie, Sophie, and my other non-writer friends, who indulged my increasingly eccentric and introverted tendencies, and have been known to feed me cake.
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And last, but about a million miles from least, to Mick (the SO) and the Little Furry Muse (Layla). Because everything.
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And, of course, to you, new reader who has just taken a gamble on a book about tea-drinking, mystery-solving dragons. You are entirely awesome.
About the Author
Hi. I’m Kim, and in addition to the Beaufort Scales stories I write other funny, magical books that offer a little escape from the serious stuff in the world and hopefully leave you a wee bit happier than you were when you started. Because happiness, like friendship, matters.
I write about baking-obsessed reapers setting up baby ghoul petting cafes, and ladies of a certain age joining the Apocalypse on their Vespas. I write about friendship, and loyalty, and lifting each other up, and the importance of tea and cake.
And mostly I write about how wonderful people (of all species) can really be.
You can find me doing bloggy things at www.kmwatt.com, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Also by Kim M. Watt
The Beaufort Scales Series (cozy mysteries with dragons):
Baking Bad (Book 1)
Yule Be Sorry (Book 2)
A Manor of Life & Death (Book 3)
Game of Scones (Book 4)
The Beaufort Scales Collection (Books 1 - 4, e-book only)
A Toot Hansell Christmas Cracker - a festive short story & recipe collection
Book 5 coming Summer 2021!
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The Gobbelino London, PI series:
A Scourge of Pleasantries (Book 1)
A Contagion of Zombies (Book 2)
A Complication of Unicorns (Book 3)
A Melee of Mages (Book 4)
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Head to kmwatt.com/my-books for details!