Candy Corruption (PAPERBACK)

It was a good day to be alive, and even the early morning start didn’t dampen Scarlett Finch’s happiness with her world.
Not even, George, a large tabby, which ran between her legs, almost tripping her several times.
“Earth to Scarlett.” Violet, her younger sister by two years, nudged Scarlett’s shoulder as they climbed the back stairs.
“Sorry I was miles away.” Laughing, Scarlett opened the door to the kitchen, shooing George out of the way. 
He came to the café every morning, then scampered off to the library to sit with their youngest sister, Ruby, the new librarian. He’d be there when it was time to go home but had a habit of patrolling the town. No one minded, and George was greeted just as if he were a person.
“Thinking about what we’ll do with all the money?” Violet pushed by, carrying a basket of fresh fruit and vegetables straight from their back yard several streets away.
“No…Maybe. Actually, it’s kind of hard not to. I keep telling myself that owning a rare ancient book doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll be rich, but then I think about what if.”
Before its theft, the sisters knew nothing about this family heirloom. It was only a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and the sisters’ determination that revealed the culprits and the book was returned to them.
Since it had belonged to their late father, they considered whether selling it was the right thing to do. In the end, the chance to pay their bills and hire staff proved too much to dismiss.
Violet laughed loudly. “Wow! I would have put money on you not dwelling on it.”
“Really? So you and Ruby haven’t been thinking about the outcome?” Scarlett scoffed as she set up the industrial mixer to make bread dough.
“Are you crazy?” Violet laughed. “Every single day and most of the twenty-four hours of each of those.”