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the main street.
We spotted Francine standing outside of her café with a huge grin on her face, and a table full of banana pudding in front of her, and made our way over.
“I can’t thank you gals enough!” she came around the table and crushed each of us in a bear hug.
“A bowl of that pudding is thanks enough.” I said and grabbed a bowl before it was all gone.
“What’s going to happen to Cathy?” Ida Bell asked.
“Well,” Francine sighed. “After Carter picked her up he called me down to the station. I talked to Cathy and she told me the reason why she stole my recipe. I felt bad for the girl. I asked myself what I would’ve done in her position. Any one of us would sit right here and say that we wouldn’t have done what she did, but the truth is, we don’t really know what we’d do until we’re in that position.”
“So, you just let her go?” I asked around a spoon full of pudding.
“Not necessarily. Carter and I worked out a type of community service, and I’m going to see what I can do to help her come up with the money to stay in college.”
“I can’t say I’d be as forgiving. You’re a good person, Francine.” Fortune said. 
We turned away from Francine’s table.
“If only every situation that cropped up in Sinful was that easy to solve.” Ida Bell said.
I nodded. “We wouldn’t be so tired all the time.”
“Speak for yourself. I’m not tired all the time, and you wouldn’t be either if you’d get yourself in shape.”
“It looks like our good sheriff could use a swift rescue.” Fortune interrupted our bickering. 
We spotted the good sheriff trying to get away from an obviously complaining Celia, and I laughed.
“Well, let’s give the man a hand before another situation pops up, but by the way Celia’s complaining, it looks like it might already have.”
We were a rag tag team, Fortune, Ida Bell, and I, but I don’t know what I’d do without my partners in crime.

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    Anna Snow began writing as soon as she could hold a pen and hasn't stopped since.
    (Before writing as Anna Snow, she published several books as Chastity Bush)
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Enjoy a sneak peek at Anna’s upcoming contemporary romance Bubblegum Blonde.

Chapter One
It’s entirely possible to have both boobs and a brain.
I knew five years ago when I stepped into the role of private investigator that I would encounter a handful of the opposite sex who would disagree. I just never thought a handful would turn into ninety-nine percent.
They took one look at my ample chest, full lips, and blond hair and laughed. Apparently the ability to do ones job is now based on hair color.
I must have missed the memo.
But despite then occasional sexism and chuckles, I’ve done pretty well for myself. My P.I. firm is one of the most respected in the city and I have the client list to prove it. A list that included the wife of the cheating politician I was currently watching on surveillance tapes via my computer monitor.
“Barb, there’s someone here to see you.”
I glanced up from the screen I’d been staring at for what felt like a century and spotted Kelly closing the office door behind her. She was my assistant, a great girl, and my all time best friend. We’d met when I first opened the business and had been so close an industrial sized crowbar couldn’t pry us apart ever since. She didn’t take crap from anyone, but