From Bad to Wurst (25 page)

“Valerian? You want me to google it?”

“I think we know what it does, bella, and how effective it is.”

I gave him an anguished look. “So is it our responsibility to tell the guys that their nights of passion with Astrid were all a sham? Or do we tuck her journal into her suitcase and never mention it again?”

“It depends on whether we choose to preserve the gentlemen's fantasies…or shatter them.”

I flashed a sly smile. “You know what I'm going to say, right?”

“As an honorary Midwesterner, I'm proud to say
you bet
.”

Crossing the floor to the kitchenette, I turned Astrid's bottle upside down and poured the contents down the sink. The guys would never learn which one of them she liked best—at least, not from Etienne or me. And that was okay.

There were a few things in life that were just plain no-brainers.

Happily, this was one of them.

the end

about the author

After experiencing disastrous vacations on three continents, Maddy Hunter decided to combine her love of humor, travel, and storytelling to fictionalize her misadventures. Inspired by her feisty aunt and by memories of her Irish grandmother, she created the nationally bestselling, Agatha Award–nominated Passport to Peril mystery series, where quirky seniors from Iowa get to relive everything that went wrong on Maddy's holiday.
From Bad to Wurst
is the tenth book in the series. Maddy lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and a head full of imaginary characters who keep asking, “Are we there yet?”

Please visit her website at www.maddyhunter.com or become a follower on her Maddy Hunter Facebook Fan Page.