This story features characters from The Belinda & Bennett Mysteries. At the end of the day, Belinda knew she could trust Kyle. She could trust her twin brother with her deepest, darkest secrets. She could trust him to come in first place in the Portside Yacht Club’s sailing regatta. She could trust him to bring home tasty leftovers after a day at the marina. She could not, however, trust him to go out on a date with Colleen Maguire–TV reporter-slash-former-thorn-in-her-side–and not end up on the late night news. Belinda followed Kyle in her car, trying to keep a […]

This story features characters from The Belinda & Bennett Mysteries.   “What makes you think I’d eat all the leftover cupcakes?” Kyle said, sitting at the dining room table. Belinda stared down at her brother, hands on her hips, quirking one eyebrow. After several seconds of Belinda maintaining that pose, Kyle finally broke down. “Okay, so what if I would eat them all?” He splayed his hands out on the table. “Doesn’t mean I did.” Bennett sat at the other end of the table, flipping through his photography magazine and sniggering. He knew Kyle may as well just give it […]

  This story features characters from The Belinda & Bennett Mysteries.   There’s a heavy price to pay for loving cupcakes, Belinda thought, watching Victoria finish the remnants of the Cake Diva’s infamous coconut cream pie cupcake. Victoria reclined at her banquette off the kitchen, one hand on her baby bump, licking icing off her other fingers. Belinda watched in satisfaction, smiling as her friend relished every last morsel. “You have no idea how happy this has made me,” Victoria said, wiggling her peach-polished toes. “But you can have one too. You don’t have to keep your hands off just […]

This story features characters from The Belinda & Bennett Mysteries. The most fun Belinda ever had riding around in a car was when she and Kyle drove from Rhode Island to Florida, pausing only to eat and use the bathroom. Now that would be the longest three days or so of her life, but they were in college then and so hyped up on candy and soda and eardrum-blowing music that they barely slept until they got there. This was a close second, even though she and Bennett were stuck in traffic trying to get to the beach, which, mind […]