Culinary Baking

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Forty-something Maggie Sharpe is returning to her quaint childhood town of Dogwood Mountain, Missouri, nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains, Maggie recently inherited Dogwood Bakery, along with a cute little cottage, from her aunt Marjorie. With a son in the Navy, deployed six months at a time, and an ex in Kansas, Maggie decided that it was time for a change, but she soon learns that life back home is not all sprinkles and jelly-filled donuts.

A Pinch of Poison — A Tasty Culinary Cozy Mystery Book 1 in The Sugar & Sage Mysteries Welcome to Willowbrook, where the ovens are warm, the gossip is sweeter than buttercream, and one poisoned pie turns a beloved bakery into ground zero for a small-town scandal. After trading her hectic city chef life for her grandmother’s quaint bakery, Maya Shepherd is determined to put Sugar & Sage back on the map—one flaky crust at a time. But during the town’s Pie & Pastry Contest, a celebrated judge collapses after sampling a pie linked to Maya’s kitchen. With whispers rising faster than ...

Someone contaminated the lemon extract. Now there's a body—and Eden Morales is holding the bottle. When Honeyford Harbor's cutthroat bake-off queen drops dead mid-judging from a violent allergic reaction, café owner Eden Morales finds herself at the top of Sheriff Whitaker's suspect list. She was closest to the victim. The tampered extract came from her station. And her habit of noticing things other people miss? Not exactly helping her look innocent. With her chaos-magnet best friend Tessa working every angle and contractor Cal untangling the suspicious access points he flagged from the...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Welcome to The Berry Home: where the food is to-die-for! When Kylie’s tenant next door offers meals to-go, sales at The Berry Home grind to a near-standstill. Unfortunately, the terms of the lease mean that Kylie can’t do anything about the competition… until the tenant is found dead – and once again, fingers begin to point at Kylie. With the help of her friends, Kylie attempts to unravel the threads of mystery surrounding the murder, all while keeping The Berry Home afloat, and befriending a mysterious local who’s come back to town. Meanwhile, Zoey creates a “murder-solving” ...

One Dark Lord. One Holy Baker. And a sourdough starter with a serious attitude problem. Malakor the "Lord of Despair" is finally finding his rhythm. The Grave-to-Table Bistro is a local hit, his skeletal staff is (mostly) staying in one piece, and the local Paladin is more interested in grilled cheese than exorcisms. But the peace of the cemetery is about to be shattered. The Annual Oakhaven Culinary Festival is around the corner, and the village’s favorite golden boy, Brother Benedict Yeast, has a bone to pick with the Necro-Chef. Yeast believes that bread should be blessed, not brewed ...

The bonbons were picture perfect. So was the murder. When assistant principal Geraldine Whitaker dies at her retirement party after eating Sweet Springs Bakery's signature bonbons, cousins Savannah and Holly go from caterers to prime suspects. But someone tampered with their desserts—and Savannah won't rest until she finds out who. The problem? In Spring Grove, almost everyone had a reason to want Geraldine gone.

A poisoned fish dish, a meddling cat, and a café owner with more than recipes to protect. Eden Morales runs Honeyford Harbor Café on comfort food, careful routines, and the firm belief that order solves most problems—until a smug lawyer threatens her inheritance and keels over dead after sampling her signature fish special at a community event. Now Eden’s café is ground zero for gossip, suspicion, and one very cranky investigator. With her enthusiastic best friend Tessa treating sleuthing like a competitive sport, her steady handyman Cal quietly keeping her out of trouble, and her ...

Welcome to The Berry Home: where the food is to-die-for! Kylie is thrilled when the space next door is finally leased out to a bookshop owner. Unfortunately, opening day doesn’t go as planned. Instead, the bookshop becomes the scene of a murder. Who could’ve killed Charlie Mccoy, a man of many secrets and just as many enemies? With a murder to investigate and a friend’s wedding to plan, Kylie must call on all her friends to help keep the Berry Home afloat as she scrambles to uncover the truth before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Brad is left to fend for himself as a newly minted ...

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?

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...