Jenna Hart is about to get married! But so, too, are the flocks of women who’ve descended on her small town of Crystal Cove, California, for the Bride’s Dream Expo. As proprietor of the Cookbook Nook, this is the perfect opportunity for her to feature plenty of wedding-themed wares in hopes of cashing in on…
Mia Malone is thinking of ways to expand her catering and cooking school business when an unexpected opportunity falls into her lap. Her young assistant, Christina Adams, has been roped into being a bridesmaid for a woman she barely knows. Serendipitously or otherwise, the father of the bride has also recently fired the wedding planner…
Buckle up, fans of the Death by Chocolate series, it’s going to be a bumpy night! Jake Tiptree and Ellie White are dazzled when movie star Ingrid Merryfield steps into their Chocolate Moose Bakery one evening, interrupting their discussion over whether to keep their somewhat out-of-the-way store open for the winter. Ingrid has just bought…
I am only sorry that I’m coming into this series just as it’s ending! This seventh book in the Seaside Cafe Mystery series neatly wraps up all the overarching storylines in such a way that even I, a newcomer to the books, felt completely satisfied and heart-warmed even as it made me want to go…
Sherry Oliveri is feeling pretty down about a hand injury forcing her to withdraw from the Kitchen Royalty Cook-Off being held in her own hometown of Augustin, Connecticut. At least this gives her the opportunity to root on her good friend Amber Sherwin in the same competition. Despite the two having met as competitors in…
Country store and B&B owner Robbie Jordan is savoring newlywed life with Abe O’Neill, her husband of six weeks, despite the sultry summer weather. The heat is almost but not quite enough to mar their latest visit to Jupiter Park to watch the weekly fireworks display put on by their patriotic South Lick, Indiana, town.…
The eighth book of the Knit & Nibble Mystery series finds our heroine, Pamela Paterson, looking forward to enjoying the fruits of her labor at nearby Wendelstaff College’s fiber arts conference. She’s successfully convinced the magazine she works for to sponsor a knitting bee to be held all weekend at Sufficiency House, a historic home…
Casey Feldstein is looking forward to hosting her latest yarn retreat at the Vista Del Mar resort across the street from her Cadbury, California, home. Several members of her latest group have specifically requested the secluded resort for her low-key, fiber-arts-focused getaway, and she’s happy to be able to accommodate them. Unfortunately, resort manager Kevin…
Life is certainly seeming far more profitable nowadays for Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck after getting their property-flipping business up and running, with several successful projects under their tool belts. Their latest project presents an interesting new challenge though. The abandoned church and parsonage they’ve just purchased have good bones but seem pretty far…
One thing I really appreciate about the heroine of the Odessa Jones Mystery series is how different she is from so many other culinary cozy protagonists. While food is her passion, the process of actually catering it—especially as a second job—takes a lot out of her. This isn’t the only realistic thing about our heroine;…
