title: Laced with Poison (Sweet Nothings)
author:  Meg London 
description: "Readers who like their cozies with a Southern flavor will enjoy getting to know Emma and her aunt, Arabella.Lila Dare, author of the Southern Beauty Shop Mysteries<br /><br />"Meg London captures the essence of a small Southern towns quirkiness.<i>Genre Go Round Reviews</i>
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  **TWAS THE NIGHT**
  
  
  **BEFORE NO-POISON DAY**
  
  
  AN ICEHOME HOLIDAY SHORT
  
  
  RUBY DIXON
  
  
  
  
  
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  **TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE**
  
  
  **NO-POISON DAY**
  
  
  **LAUREN**
  
  
  Christmas fever has hit the Icehome camp, hard.
  
  
  It all started when Raven - darn Raven - made a musical
  
  
  instrument of shells and broken bits of metal that sounded a bit
  
  
  like sleigh bells. It immediately made her launch into ‘Jingle
  
  
  Bell Rock’ and she sang it all day long. Normally I don’t mind
  
  
  Raven’s singing, but this particular song caught the attention of
  
  
  the kids.
  
  
  “Is it No-Poison time, Mommy?” Ever-quiet Rukhar had
  
  
  asked his mother by the fire that night.
  
  
  Both Aayla and Raashel lit up. “No-Poison! No-Poison!!”
  
  
  “I would enjoy a few games of foots-and-ball,” Sessah
  
  
  added, his expression boyish and hopeful.
  
  
  Liz shrugged and looked at Harlow, who also shrugged. “It
  
  
  IS the brutal season. Might not be a bad idea.”
  
  
  “What is No-Poison?” O’jek asked, curious. “I have not
  
  
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