Cooking By The Book


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MOCHA BROWNIES  
Setting the Scene:  
Inept cook Jill Carey gets some help from the resident ghosts in Bliss House when  
she makes a disaster out of a simple brownie recipe she is trying to make for her lover,  
Kyle Randall. Here’s an excerpt of a lighter moment in Sara Jarrod’s novel, HEAVENLY  
BLISS, a Berkley Haunting Hearts romance described by bestselling author Susan Wiggs  
as “a dark and gritty tale of sexual obsession and the healing power of love.”  
Excerpt from Heavenly Bliss:  
“Look, I’ll show you. These brownies may not look perfect, but they taste just  
fine.” She used a knife to scrape out a hunk and shoved it into her mouth.  
“Ugh,” she sputtered, sprinting to the sink to spit out the scorched, bitter morsel  
before rinsing her mouth with water straight from the tap.  
Cyrus chuckled, and Jill silently seconded Kyle’s suggestion to keep this ghost on  
edge until the last hour of the last day before doing the deed that would set him and Laura  
free.  
Cyrus Bliss!” Laura appeared beside Jill and encouraged her to drink more  
water, this time from a glass. “Leave this poor young lady alone. If she feels she needs to  
learn to cook, I will teach her. Make yourself useful now. Take that pan outside and bury  
it. My grandson does not need to see it, or this.”  
Jill watched Laura float around the kitchen, gathering up the ingredients she had  
strewn all around and putting them away. “Don’t,” she protested. “At least I’m able to do  
that.”  
“Describe how you made those brownies,” Laura suggested while Jill scrubbed  
damp flour off the floor.  
When Jill obliged her, the ghost shook her head and chuckled. “I believe they  
meant you to use brewed coffee, not coffee grounds, my dear.”  
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