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Candy Apple Dead

Sammi Carter · 240 pages

Abby Shaw has returned to her hometown of Paradise, Coloradoleaving behind a career in corporate law and a cheating husbandto take over her aunt's candy shop, Divinity. But her sweet new life quickly turns sour when a fellow merchant dies in a fire. With all clues pointing to arsonand Abby's brother as the number one suspectshe must sink her teeth into finding the killer.

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Lost and Fondue

Avery Aames · 311 pages

When a body is found in a long-abandoned winery, Providence, Ohio cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette trades in her fondue fork for a flashlight to clear a friend's niece of suspicion. But as Charlotte starts to turn up the truth, the killer starts turning up the heat.

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Pancakes and Corpses

Agatha Frost · 210 pages

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Eggs in Purgatory

Laura Childs · 289 pages

Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lose their husbands but find independence when they open the Cackleberry Club. Then their cozy cafe becomes the scene of a crime when a lawyer dies with a secret on his lips and egg on his face. What this all has to do with a religious cult and Suzanne's past could put her own life on the line.

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One Dead Cookie

Virginia Lowell · 339 pages

Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie and her best friend Maddie is her sidekick baking up scrumptious treats for their cookie themed parties. But a dead body on their front porch might put their bake shop in a truly sticky situation. Olivia is busy baking up special cookies for Maddies upcoming engagement party when soap st

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A Spoonful of Murder

Connie Archer

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The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle

JoAnna Carl · 276 pages

The lakeside town of Warner Pier, Michigan, is tickled pinker than a strawberry truffle. Flashy Aubrey Andrews Armstrong has just swept into town, dropping celebrity names and claiming he's an independent Hollywood producer. For his next project, he says, he'll make a movie based on a local author's romance novel--right here on location, as they say in Tinsel Town... Armstrong makes older ladie

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A Taste for Murder

Claudia Bishop · 240 pages

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Peach Pies and Alibis

Ellery Adams

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The Christmas Cookie Killer

Livia J. Washburn

Christmas comes to Weatherford, Texas, in this delicious new entry in the national bestselling series.Yuletide is here—and retired teacher cum amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom looks forward to finishing up this unlucky year. But she won’t be hanging up her apron just yet—because this year’s Christmas bake-off is going to be cutthroat.Phyllis would like to think she’s entering the Christmas cookie con

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Murder Takes the Cake

Gayle Trent

A routine cake delivery becomes a culinary nightmare when a small-town baker discovers her first client's dead body. It'll take more than a little sugar to convince folks Daphne Martin's freshly baked spice cake was not to blame for the mysterious death of town gossip Yodel Watson. Getting her new cake decorating business, Daphne's Delectable Cakes, off the ground is hard enough now that Daphne's

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Red Delicious Death

Sheila Connolly · 304 pages

A bunch of baby-faced chefs who are fresh out of cooking school are looking to open a restaurant in Granford. They plan on using locally-grown foods, which is great news for city-girl banker turned newbie orchard-owner Meg Corey. She can contribute apples from the orchard she inherited -- while continuing to harvest her romance with Seth, the local plumber. Yet when one of the chefs is found de

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StrawBuried in Chocolate

Lyndsey Cole · 206 pages

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Caught Bread Handed: A Bakeshop Mystery

Ellie Alexander · 314 pages

"Jules Capshaw is still chewing over her husband Carlos's return to Ashland, Oregon. Could there be too many cooks in the kitchen? Whatever is stirring between those two will have to wait. Despite the Oregon Shakespeare Festival being dark for the winter, the bakeshop is bustling, the dough is rolling, and there's no rest for the weary, especially when murder is thrown into the mix. When Mindy Nol

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Carrot Cake Murder

Joanne Fluke · 324 pages

Between baking up a storm for The Cookie Jar and unraveling the mystery of her cat Moishe’s recent strange behavior, Hannah Swensen has a lot on her plate. But she’ll always make time for her business partner, Lisa, who’s in the midst of preparing for a big family reunion. Everyone is delighted when Lisa’s long-lost uncle makes a surprise appearance. No one has heard from Gus in twenty-five years.

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Drop Dead Chocolate

Jessica Beck

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Catering to Nobody

Diane Mott Davidson · 266 pages

Catering a wake is not Goldy’s idea of fun. Yet the Colorado caterer throws herself into preparing a savory feast including Poached Salmon and Strawberry Shortcake Buffet designed to soothe forty mourners. And her culinary efforts seem to be exactly what the doctor ordered...until her ex-father-in-law gynecologist Fritz Korman is struck down and Goldy is accused of adding poison to the menu. Now,

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Latte Trouble

Cleo Coyle · 321 pages

As manager of the historic Village Blend coffeehouse, Clare Cosi can steam a fantastically foamy cappuccino and press a perfect pot of Jamaica Blue Mountain. But suddenly she finds herself dealing with a mystery that's just too hot to handle... The Barista and the Fashionista To Clare Cosi's surprise, this fall's hottest fashion trend is anything caffeinated -- because designer Lottie Harmon

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English Trifle

Josi S. Kilpack

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A Scone to Die for

H.Y. Hanna · 326 pages

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Red Velvet Revenge

Jenn McKinlay

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A Catered Halloween

Isis Crawford · 309 pages

With the promise of a hefty commission and some valuable word-of-mouth for their catering business, A Little Taste of Heaven, sisters Bernadette and Libby Simmons agree to cater the charity haunted house being staged at the old Peabody School. But when wealthy socialite Amethyst Applegate is found dead in the haunted house, Bernie and Libby wonder if a murderer might also be lurking about Peabody'

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