Tensions are running high in Mount Angus as the entire town plans for the annual Be Mount Valentine Heartstival and all residents keep an eye out for the latest relationship drama. Kiko and Dom just want to enjoy life together, a task made difficult by nosy residents demanding to know when they're going to tie the knot. And when Dom discovers Kiko actually hates this holiday, he decides it would be perfect to create a fake proposal.<br><br>But before anyone's matchmaking schemes can get too far, Kiko's employee Chad finds a body rolled in a rug.<br><br>It's obvious there's more than just love in the air, and if Kiko and Dom can't figure out how to work around their emotions, the Heartstival might just end in tragedy.

Eggs and Kisses

“I didn’t say that,” said Amy, eyeing him. “Well, I can’t stay and chat. Be gentle with everything, and pop in and tell me when you’re done. Good luck.”


Dom spent a good five minutes being irritated with himself that he’d been the one to bring up getting engaged, then focused and shuffled through the papers, searching. He found the appropriate articles, as well as a few from the Observerdiscussing the murder, but there really wasn’t anything they didn’t already know. Days after the murder, Grace disappeared. He took photos with his phone of the various articles, and skimmed the opinion sections, but soon he was packing everything up and indicating to Amy he was on the way out.


She smiled largely at him and he cursed himself again for mentioning proposals. Hopefully that wouldn’t be getting around Mount Angus, not while everyone was still talking about Sarah’s death.


Chapter 27