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Jennifer never expected her brilliant cousin Melissa to show up in Sweetgum Ridge looking over her shoulder and clutching a missing satchel of lab notes. When those notes—detailing a revolutionary organic preservative—are stolen from a locked car, Jennifer is pulled into a high-stakes scientific scandal that someone is willing to kill to protect.
With rival scientist Nathan Perez circling the Inn and asking pointed questions, Jennifer teams up with Sheriff Michael Brooks to trace the missing research. The trail leads from the bakery’s Wi-Fi to a shadowy warehouse in the old industrial park, where Nathan has set up a mobile lab and is preparing to sell the formula using forged credentials. A threatening beaker of blue liquid and a disorienting gas attack make it clear the danger is no longer theoretical.
As Jennifer and Michael break into the warehouse and recover the original satchel, they uncover Nathan’s plan to frame Melissa for fraud. A tense chase through town, a highway pursuit, and a desperate rescue on a crumbling ridge road finally expose the truth, restoring credit to the Carter family and forcing a corporate buyer to pay a heavy settlement.
Yet just as the stand settles back into its usual rhythm, a lead-lined package arrives containing strange lockets and a hand-drawn schematic. Jennifer realizes the scientific threats may have only just begun.
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