Blackwood B&b Mysteries Series: A Small The Blackwood B&B Mysteries: VOL8:: Treason and Terracotta., Book 8, (Paperback)

<p><b><i>Some historical secrets are meant to stay buried-but a little mud never stopped Elara.</i></b></p><p>Elara and her ruggedly handsome contractor fiancé, Hayes, are trading plaster dust for garden mud! It's time for major exterior landscaping at Blackwood Manor, including digging trenches for a massive water feature and laying a sprawling terracotta tile patio. But while balancing shovels and wedding invitations, Hayes unearths a sealed cast-iron strongbox covered in strange rustic symbols and terracotta clay.</p><p>Hoping to decode the muddy relic, Elara consults a quirky local ceramics expert. But the next morning, the historian is found dead in his ransacked studio, struck by a heavy kiln shelf among hundreds of smashed terracotta replicas. Chief Higgins writes it off as a clumsy burglary, but Elara-with her sassy Maine Coon cat, Corbel, treating the crime scene like a personal playground-knows a killer is desperately hunting for the strongbox.</p><p>When Elara and Hayes finally crack the rusted seal, they uncover explosive colonial-era documents proving the town's heroic, beloved founder was actually a traitorous spy. Suddenly, the town's elite historical society is in an uproar, and the danger lands right in Elara's backyard. From smashed, expensive patio tiles to a sabotaged plumbing trench that creates a lethal sinkhole, someone is trying to bury the truth-and Elara right along with it.</p><p>Covered in clay and determined to protect their future, Elara and Hayes must lay a clever trap to catch a killer who will do anything to protect a pristine, fabricated family legacy. Can they wash away the town's dirty history before their B&amp;B is permanently washed out?</p><p><b><i>Fans of sweet romance, muddy DIY landscaping, wedding planning, and clever amateur sleuths will absolutely devour this thrilling eighth installment in the Blackwood B&amp;B Mysteries!</i></b></p>

• Blackwood B&b Mysteries Series: A Small The Blackwood B&B Mysteries: VOL8:: Treason and Terracotta., Book 8, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798196048623
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-08
• Page Count: 470