Whispers---read and a recipe

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

by Nancy Madison

In the wee hours of her wedding day, whispering wakes New York heiress Layne Hamilton. Investigating, Layne finds herself in the darkened hall outside her guest room. Through a closed door, she hears her fiance and maid-of-honor planning her death.

Realizing they are in bed together, Layne uses that as her excuse to cancel the wedding and flees south to Virginia. Freddy pursues his runaway bride, but when she rejects his attempts at reconciliation, Freddy loses his self-control and Max Carter, the county sheriff, comes to her rescue.

Max hopes Freddy will give up and go back to New York, but Freddy, desperate due to gambling debts, needs Layne's fortune too much.

Provisional Wedding Cake

If the bride takes off, as in the story above, you
can freeze this wedding cake and save it for later.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs
  
  

• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 3/4 cup flaked coconut

Directions

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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a bundt pan
2. In a large bowl, mix sugar, soda, and flour by hand. Mix in eggs, pineapple with juice. Stir in nuts, and coconut. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire racks.