title: Essential Beginnings: Surviving Ashes, Book One
author:  Kennedy Layne 
description: <b>Praise for the Red Starr Series:</b> <br> "Beautiful and eloquent, while still steaming off the page. Kennedy Layne is a winner." <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan<br><br> <b>Praise for the CSA Case Files Series:</b> <br> "Kennedy Layne's <i>Captured Innocence</i> is a deliciously scorching suspense topped off with one sinfully sexy Dom." <i>USA Today</i> bestselling author Cherise Sinclair
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  # Cryptic Blend
  
  
  A Paramour Bay Mystery  
  Book Seven
  
  
  KENNEDY LAYNE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **CRYPTIC BLEND**
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by Kennedy Layne
  
  
  Kindle Edition
  
  
  eBook ISBN: 978-1-943420-79-7
  
  
  Print ISBN: 978-1-943420-80-3
  
  
  Cover Designer: Sweet ’N Spicy Designs
  
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this
  copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement is investigated
  by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of
  $250,000.
  
  
  All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to
  actual persons living or dead is strictly coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Dedication
  
  
  Jeffrey—Nothing cryptic about it! I love you…
  
  
  Cole—Your freshman year of college is now complete, and you’re already
  beginning a career that you love. We are so proud of you!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html#i1)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0001.html#i2)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0002.html#i3)
  
  
  [About the Book](pa