Adventures of a New Year's Kiss: A Holiday Romantic Mystery (Funeral Crashing Young Adult Mystery Books)
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“Why are you even thinking? You’re young! Go out and have a good time!” Jeanette replied before Chloe could say anything and then she looked at Jake seriously, “Just not too good of a time.”
“Mom,” Jake replied, laughing uncomfortably.
“What? I worry. Especially, after your father died,” Jeanette’s smiling face crumpled for a moment, at the memory, but then regained it’s composure.
“I know,” Jake said, softly.
Chloe felt uncomfortable and glanced over at Kate, who was staring at the ground.
“A party sounds perfect!” Chloe said, breaking the uneasy silence. “Let me just change clothes and I’ll be ready.”
Although she had forced herself to sound more cheery and energetic than she felt, Chloe really did think the party sounded fun. She picked up her backpack and swung it onto her shoulder, her mind on what she might wear to make a good impression on her new classmates, when there was a crash. She had just knocked over a vase on the kitchen table with her backpack.
“I’m so sorry!” Chloe said, automatically dropping everything and stooping down to help clean up the broken vase and flowers.
“Oh, don’t worry about it!” Jeanette said, running into the kitchen for clean up supplies.
The white carnations that had looked so pretty on the kitchen table were now in a pool of water on the floor. Chloe couldn’t believe she had just been so clumsy. Two minutes in their house and she had already broken something. Jake stooped down to help her, as Kate stood awkwardly nearby.
“Be careful!” Jeanette said, walking back toward them with towels and a bag for the broken glass and flowers.
As she said it, Chloe felt a piece of the vase she was collecting slice into her finger. A drop of blood escaped and stained one of the white carnations on the floor. Chloe felt a strange sense of foreboding. She should have taken the warning.
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Milda Harris is a Chicago girl who ran off to Hollywood to pursue a screenwriting dream! She likes silly sports like dodgeball and kickball and loves John Hughes teen movies. Between working in production on television shows like Austin & Ally, That's So Raven, and Hannah Montana and playing with her super cute twin toddlers, she writes young adult and new adult novels.
Be sure to check out Milda's other Funeral Crashing books: Adventures in Funeral Crashing, Adventures of a Graveyard Girl, Adventures in Murder Chasing, and Adventures in Heartbreak and Homicide. Her other books include: Doppelganger, Doppelganger 2: On the Run, The New Girl Who Found A Dead Body, Connected (A Paranormal Romance), Crashing Prom, and more!
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