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The email sat in her inbox, a simple subject line: "Congratulations, Your Blueberry Muffins are a Hit!" Sarah's brow furrowed. She scrolled through the body, the language effusive, the praise overwhelming. The sender, a food blogger she followed, declared her muffins, the ones she sold at the local farmer's market, as the "Best Blueberry Muffins in the City".

Except, she hadn't given the blogger her recipe. Her fingers tightened around the mouse. They were her muffins, not some anonymous online creation. A shiver ran down her spine. The blogger even used the same unusual ingredient, a touch of lemon zest for a bit of zing, that gave her muffins their signature taste.