The Diva Sweetens the Pie
Nothing heats up Old Town quite like the annual Pie Festival, and this year is no exception, especially since Sophie’s professional rival, Natasha Smith, is barred from participating. Sophie, meanwhile, …
Category: Culinary
Books in which the main basis is about food, or in a food related setting such as a coffee shop, bakery or restaurant.
The Hidden Corpse
When Hope’s elderly neighbor perishes in a home fire, she can’t help but feel somewhat responsible. Only the day before, Peggy Olson had called her over, having burned a pot …
Leave No Scone Unturned
It’s the beginning of the university’s fall semester and Dani can’t wait for the college students to return to Normalton, Illinois. After all, without them, there is no one to …
No Good Tea Goes Unpunished
Catering her childhood friend’s beachfront wedding was a dream come true for Everly Swan. With hundreds of guests in attendance, it was great exposure for her new iced tea shop …
Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake
Chocolate and love, what could be better? This summer, Eastport’s favorite lovebirds, kindergarten teacher Sharon Sweetwater and Coast Guard Captain Andy Devine, are getting married. The gala reception is sure …
The Alchemist’s Illusion
Centuries-old alchemist Zoe Faust is tired of running from her past. She’s finally got her life on track in Portland, Oregon, gardening and cooking in her fixer-upper house with her …
Game of Scones
As co-owner of Sugar and Spice Cookbooks, Sugar Calloway has seen simple confections bring friends together and spark fiery feuds. Except this time, the recipe truly is to die for. …
Wreath Between the Lines
The holidays are Jenna Hart’s favorite time of year. As she’s decorating the Cookbook Nook for all the festive events, her imperious older sister makes a surprise visit, anxious that …
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas
When a body turns up in a larger-than-life candy bowl filled with peppermints on the town square just before Christmas, Holly White is horrified to learn that her best friend …
In Peppermint Peril
This Christmas, Callie Aspen returns to her childhood home in Heart’s Harbor, Maine, where her great-aunt runs Book Tea, a vintage tearoom where every sweet treat contains a bookish clue. …
Premeditated Peppermint
Christmas is Bailey King’s favorite time of year. For her first Yuletide in Harvest, Ohio, the former big-city chocolatier is recreating a cherished holiday treat: peppermint combined with molten white …
The Peppermint Mocha Murder
It’s beginning to look like Christmas for Hayden Mundy Moore. On vacation from providing her sought-after expertise in all things chocolate, Hayden heads to snowy New England with her friend …
As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles
All is merry and bright in Jewel Bay, Montana. At Murphy’s Mercantile, AKA the Merc, manager Erin Murphy is ringing in the holiday season with food, drink, a wedding, and …
Cake and Punishment
Bucolic Rumford, Kentucky has glowing fields of bluegrass, a fine selection of bourbons, and now a professional pastry chef. Broken-hearted Sophia Cummings has come home from New York City. She’s …
The Uninvited Corpse
Hope’s schedule is crazy with recipe testing and shameless plugs for her food blog. Unfortunately, she has to attend the spring garden tour in the charming town of Jefferson, Connecticut. …
Death al Fresco
It’s summer in Santa Cruz, and restaurateur Sally Solari decides an open-air painting class is a perfect way for her to learn more about Paul Gauguin, the inspiration for her …
Playing with Bonbon Fire
Charity Penn is finally settling into life in the quirky South Carolina seaside town of Camellia Beach and cooking up chocolate treats, sometimes. She has helped organize the town’s lively …
Scone Cold Killer
Gia Morelli’s marriage falls apart, and no one believes her when she tells them she had no idea her husband was a lying, cheating, scumbag. She knows it’s time to …
Class Reunions Are Murder
Widowed and stuck in a middle-aged funk, Poppy has been running on cookies, infomercials, and one-sided chats with her cat for months. The last thing she wants to do is …
Ginger Snapped
Piper Prescott and Police Chief Wyatt McBride don’t always see eye-to-eye. Over the past year, their communications have progressed into a friendship more or less. When the body of realtor …
The Quiche and The Dead
Valentine Harris thought life was going to be great. She would be a business owner and have a new life with her fiancé after moving to the town of San …
Potions and Pastries
It’s been two years since Katie, and her aunt and uncle opened the Honeybee Bakery. They create delicious treats with a special magical twist for the good people of Savannah. …
