Culinary Baking

Fresh pastries. Friendly faces. And far too many murders. When café owner Eden Morales inherits Honeyford Harbor Café and her grandmother’s sprawling old mansion, she expects a chance to rebuild her life—not become the town’s unofficial detective. But in Honeyford Harbor, trouble has a habit of arriving before breakfast. From a body discovered behind her café and a poisoned seafood supper to a deadly baking competition, a wedding gone horribly wrong, and an espresso-fueled mystery, Eden finds herself at the center of one baffling case after another. With her free-spirited best ...

FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED! INCLUDES ALL FIVE fun & intriguing whodunnits and ALL FIVE delicious dessert recipes from the popular culinary cozy mystery series PLUS a FREE BONUS Prequel to the series! All in one BIG BUNDLE! For MORE THAN 1,000 pages (KU) you'll be digging into suspicious secrets & tasty desserts alongside Paradise Point, Florida's favorite amateur sleuth, Faith Franklin! Investigating murder scenes never tasted so sweet! Written by bestselling author, Nancy McGovern, and talented newcomer, Cyra Bruce, this culinary cozy mystery extravaganza includes: Book 1: A Cherry ...

THE BAKEWELL BAKE‑OFF MURDER World‑Famous Tarts, Deadly Secrets, and a Killer Who Kneads to Win A Flour Power Mystery — Book One The charming Derbyshire village of Bakewell is famous for its world‑renowned tarts, its picture‑perfect streets… and its fiercely competitive annual Bakewell Bake‑Off. Bakers arrive with their best recipes. Tourists pack the square. Ovens blaze from dawn till dusk. But this year, the competition turns deadly. Moments after judging begins, a celebrity food critic collapses into the pastry table — and the Bake‑Off transforms from a celebration of ...

Hattie Leiper never imagined her baking could earn a handshake from a famous TV judge—especially one that’s followed by his sudden collapse! During a tented garden bake off at a Belle Meade estate, Hattie, along with her bestie and detective Bo Becket, must navigate competitive bakers, daily mishaps, and sugary secrets. Her furbabies are less than thrilled about the whole event, making their objections known at every turn, but Hattie can’t ignore the nagging feeling that something fishy is at play. Was it a careless ingredient mix-up or something more deliberate? Between a retired ...

She walked away from everything she knew… and straight into a murder. Eleni Papadakis had one rule: survive the kitchen. Fourteen years of relentless hours, impossible standards, and other people’s expectations had shaped her into one of Athens’ finest pastry chefs. But when one quiet Tuesday morning pushes her too far, Eleni does the unthinkable… She walks out. No plan. No safety net. Just a ferry ticket to somewhere—anywhere—that isn’t her old life. That “somewhere” is Kalós Nisi. A breathtaking Greek island with turquoise waters, sunlit streets, and a forgotten ...

Muffins and Murder. Fresh paint. Flaky pastries. And far too many suspects. Eden Morales comes to Honeyford Harbor for a clean slate and to run her inherited café —not a dead body. When a smooth-talking fixer turns up murdered behind Honeyford Harbor Café, Eden becomes the town’s easiest explanation. She’s the outsider with a disputed inheritance and a grandmother who left behind more secrets than recipes. But as gossip simmers hotter than her espresso machine, Eden realizes nearly everyone had a reason to want the victim gone: angry dockworkers feeling swindled and officials who ...

Spring is on the horizon, and the Weary Dragon Inn is getting its annual deep clean. But before Bev can even finish scrubbing the windows, Carpenter Earl's workshop goes up in flames. Earl's convinced the local kids are behind the mischief, but when more buildings come crashing down under mysterious circumstances, Bev's on the case once more. The cozy follow-up to Secrets and Snowflakes, Beasts and Baking is the fourth installment in the Weary Dragon Inn series, following amnesiac innkeeper Bev and the curiosities that occur in the quaint fantasy village of Pigsend.

Poppy Wilkinson is thrilled to be chosen as a contestant on The Great British Baking Contest. As an American with English roots, winning the crown as Britain’s Best Baker would open doors she’s dreamed of. In more ways than one. Appearing on the reality show is her chance to get into Broomewode Hall and uncover the secrets of her past. But strange things are happening on the show’s set: Accusations of sabotage, a black cat that shadows Poppy, suspiciously unsociable residents at Broomewode Hall - and the judges can be real witches.

At first glance, cupcakes, beaches, and pirates might seem like an unlikely combination, but in Sandy Harbor, Maine, it's a recipe for adventure, laughter, and... murder. Welcome to the latest installment of A Freshly Baked Cozy Mystery, where small-town charm, yummy cupcakes, and murder come together in the most unexpected ways. Allie and her best friend, Lucy, have volunteered to bake cupcakes for the town's annual Pirate Days celebration. With the beach filled with kids dressed as pirates, they couldn't have anticipated that the real danger would come from an unwelcome guest – the nosy...

Buying a house that was rumored to be haunted might not have been the brightest idea I had ever had, but you didn’t see how beautiful it was. Unfortunately, the dead body in the bathtub left a ring of suspicion around the entire house. Allie McSwain never intended to buy a new house, but when the beautiful mansion just outside of town goes up for sale, she has to take a look at it. It was a piece of Sandy Harbor history and was not to be missed. She brings her best friend Lucy Gray along, and the real estate agent takes them on a house tour they won’t soon forget. Mummy pies were ...

A socialite is dead, my lemon bars are taking the blame, and my love life is somehow in worse shape than the crime scene. A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. Murder in the Mix is a USA TODAY Bestselling Series! Humor with a side of homicide. From New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Addison Moore. Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" This book can be enjoyed on its own without reading the other books in the series so dive on in! Includes RECIPE! My name is Lottie ...

She went looking for his tax documents. She found the end of her nineteen-year marriage instead. Wendy Matney has spent two decades being the reliable wife. She runs a thriving artisanal bakery, quietly manages the household, and expertly smooths over her husband Adam’s endless string of failed mid-life career transitions. But when she discovers a neon pink, sequined, Size 2 cutout dress hidden behind his golf clubs, her patience finally burns out. Adam thinks he has pulled off the perfect lie. He believes Wendy is too comfortable—and too clueless—to realize he is spending her hard-...

A dead celebrity chef boss. A handsome and mysterious new next door neighbor. Lizzie’s in big trouble... Waitress Lizzie's horrible and much hated celebrity chef boss is dead; stabbed with a knife in his own restaurant kitchen. When the police discover she was officially the last person to see him alive, they put Lizzie right at the top of their suspect list. Now, panicked and fighting to clear her name, she’s forced to team up with her handsome and intriguing new neighbor, Jack Mathis. Okay, so Jack claims he’s a former special agent on suspension from his investigative duties for ...

The New York Times #1 bestseller (3 weeks running) is now available in paperback. Losing It is popular actress, Jenny Craig spokeswoman, and America’s sweetheart Valerie Bertinelli's headline-making account of her complicated past and how she took control of her own life to gain self-esteem...

An all-night bake, a world record, and a killer with a very short fuse. When the Sweet Springs Bakery crew joins forces with the Spring Grove Community Club to bake the world's largest monster cookie, Savannah Stanton expects flour, chaos, and a very long night. She gets all three—plus a body. Good thing she has a sheriff on speed dial, a cousin who asks the right questions, and a habit of noticing exactly the wrong things at exactly the right time.

Under the Great British Baking Contest tent, the competition's heating up to be crowned best baker in all of Britain. For amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson, there are mysteries, secrets, and lies, even murders to solve. As a fledgling witch, Poppy's having enough trouble controlling her sponge cake, never mind trying to control her powers. Besides solving crime, Poppy's also trying to uncover the mystery surrounding her own background. Will she discover who she really is before she gets sent home? Or worse?

Welcome back to Maple Glade, where every recipe tells a story—and some hide dangerous secrets. When baker Annabelle Hartwell inherited her aunt’s beloved shop and renamed it to Hartwell’s Sweet Delights, she expected a fresh start filled with sugar, community, and second chances. Instead, she found herself at the center of a mystery that revealed just how much can be concealed beneath the comforting charm of a small town. Now, as the Harvest Festival returns to Maple Glade, Annabelle hopes for a season of celebration and healing. But when a renowned judge collapses after tasting a ...

Ah, summertime, when the living is easy, the weather is warm, and the dead? They just keep popping up. The last thing I wanted to see while picking wild blueberries for my famous blueberry cheesecake was a dead woman, but the dead woman had other plans. Allie and her best friend Lucy may have had simple plans to go wild blueberry picking, but they soon discover that even the best-laid plans can often go awry. Who is the woman planted among the blueberry bushes, and who put her there? The two amateur sleuths are on the case to find out and catch the killer!

Kylie Berry is working hard to find a lessor for her storefront next door when she gets swamped by a murder-tourism group that has her as one of their featured stops. Kylie is horrified to be featured in such a terrible tour, but to make matters worse, someone on the tour gets killed. Fingers are pointed all around, and some of the tourists even think that Sage is a killer. Praise for A.R. Winters:"The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a serious page-turning mystery." - Jaycie D, Amazon.com "A fun cozy mystery with engaging and entertaining characters" - lq, Amazon.com "A ...

Food historian and chef Neil Buttery takes the listener on a journey exploring the creation, evolution and cultural importance of some of our most beloved baked foods, whether they be fit for a monarch's table, or served from the bakestone of a lowly farm labourer. This book charts innovations, happy accidents and some of the most downright bizarre baked foods ever created.