Library of Congress Control Number: 2024934890
KENSINGTON and the KENSINGTON COZIES teapot logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off.
ISBN: 978-1-4967-4535-4
First Kensington Hardcover Edition: August 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4967-4537-8 (ebook)
Who’s Who
At the Golden Motel
Dee Stern: sitcom writer turned budding motelier
Jeff Cornetta: data analyst turned budding motelier
Ma’am: handywoman who lives off the grid in the backwoods with her husband
Mister Ma’am: Ma’am’s mate
Michael Adam Baker: a motel guest
Nugget: Dee’s hound, adopted from the estate of the Golden’s late owner, Jasper Gormley
In Foundgold
Elmira Williker: owner of Williker’s All-in-One General Store, which has been in her family since the Gold Rush
Serena Finlay-Katz: ethereal charcuterie artist married to a big Hollywood agent
Callan Katz: Serena’s husband, who’s basically up in Foundgold on the weekends
Marisa Young: Callan’s ambitious assistant
Emmy: Serena and Callan’s infant daughter
Oscar: Serena’s tiny dog
Huck, aka Hunk: drop-dead gorgeous firefighter on the Cal Fire inmate crew
In Goldsgone
Verity Donner Gillespie: proprietor of Goldsgone Mercantile and Emporium, who runs the town
Jonas Jones: real estate agent
Liza Chen: restauranteur
Shawn Radinsky: personal trainer
Brian Oakhurst: a contractor
Millie Oakhurst: Brian’s mother, who works part-time at the mercantile
Owen Mudd Jr.: local jeweler
Law Enforcement
Raul Aguilar: deputy sheriff at the Goldsgone substation of the county sheriff agency
Tom O’Bryant: chief district ranger, Majestic National Park
