A Bittersweet Murder
Everyone knows everyone in small town Airlie Falls, so where could the killer be hiding?
For one brief hour on a sunny Texas morning, amateur bakerย Rosie Hartย glimpses the life sheโs always dreamed aboutโthanks to a surprise inheritance from the late Miss Alice. But her benefactor is barely cold in the ground when Rosie is accused of her murder.
As the only stranger in the tight-knit Airlie Falls community, and the only person with an obvious motive, all eyes turn to Rosie. Especially when more bodies begin to pile up and mysterious letters from the grave start circulating faster than Rosie can pull a tray of cherry nut clusters out of the oven.
When Rosie begins to suspect the murders have links to a sixty-year-old suspicious death on the very property sheโs just inherited, town locals become uneasy. But how can Rosie prove the two are relatedโand prove her innocenceโbefore the killer strikes again?
More info โPreserving the Evidence
In this small town, not everyone is who they claim to beโฆ
When amateur baker, and now amateur sleuth,ย Rosie Hartย finds herself embroiled in another mystery in rural Airlie Falls, Texas, she canโt believe her bad luck. Soon the town is reeling from a murder, an unidentified body, a late mayoral challenge, missing town money, and a strange group of socialites gathered at a mansion out of town.
With so many of her new friends suspected of wrongdoing, Rosie canโt sit on the sidelines any longer. Sheโs convinced these strange occurrences are connected, but sheโs running out of time to prove how. Sheโll need to unmask a murderer before thereโs another body to add to the tally.
Snooping around undercover is harder than it looks, and Rosie will be lucky to get out of this one without more casualties than a batch of burned Buried Treasure Cookies.
More info โCandy-Coated Conspiracy
Every family has secrets, especially the sweet onesโฆ
When talented bakerย Rosie Hartย delivers cakes and cookies to her newest clients, The Sweet Treat candy store, she finds herself embroiled in yet another murder case. Will she ever catch a break?
Her elderly clients, The Percival sisters, are shocked when their long-lost great nephew appears with no warning. The sisters have never met nor heard of the man, but heโs family so they accept him with open arms. He immediately begins to tear up his auntsโ home, so when he turns up dead, Rosie feels only a sense of relief. Until she realizes the police suspect the sisters.
Rosie is as convinced of their innocence as she is of the deliciousness of her popular salted caramel cupcakes. But as the body count begins to rise and new secrets are unearthed, she begins to wonder if the sweet artisan candy makers are hiding more than their family recipes.
More info โMurder Below the Mistletoe
It was going to be a Christmas wedding to die forโฆ
What could go wrong when bakerย Rosie Hartย heads to a snowy Colorado mountain lodge for a week of elaborate pre-wedding festivities at her friendโs wedding? The better question would be: what could go right?
Rosieโs fears for the nervous bride are confirmed when one of the wedding guests turns up dead. All evidence points to the groom being the intended victim, but with the guests dressed in Christmas-themed attire, and a dead Santa on their hands, Rosieโs not so sure. What if the killer did hit the right target all along?
Stuck in a blizzard with the wedding party being picked off one by one, Rosieโs investigative instincts kick inโonly this time sheโs acting without the support of her friends back in Airlie Falls. Until her four irrepressible card-shark mentors from Riverbend Retirement Village unexpectedly turn up to rescue her.
The more the merrierโฆright?
More info โCupid, Cupcakes and Carnage
Itโll be a Valentineโs Day to celebrateโฆif she makes it out alive.
Brilliant bakerย Rosie Hartย is busier than ever as she prepares for Airlie Fallsโs famed Valentineโs Day Farmers and Craft Market. The last thing she needs as she races to frost her cashew nut cakes is the mysterious appearance of a dead body found on her new fiancรฉ, Jonahโs, property. To add icing to the cupcake, another long-dead body is found buried underneath it. For goodness bakes!
Rosie vows to leave the investigating to the sheriff this timeโshe has enough to juggle with her baking business and her nonagenarian friends who are entranced by a new seniors dating app. But when rumors begin affecting Jonahโs construction business, enough is enough. Getting answers will mean retracing the unexplained disappearance of a woman ten years earlierโa woman who had a dalliance with a now-famous actor and is supposedly speaking through a clairvoyant.
Can Rosie solve the case in time to ensure this Valentineโs Day is remembered for all the right reasons?
More info โDial M for Mud Cake
This wrong number is turning out to be deadlyโฆ
As summer settles over Airlie Falls, Texas, bakerย Rosie Hartย is gearing up for the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations. Orders are coming in fast, but when someone calls in an order for a mud cake, Rosie feels uneasy. After a series of confusing phone calls, she comes to the chilling conclusion that the term โmud cakeโ is in fact code for a โhitโโsomeone is ordering a murder!
As the dough for her Apple Custard Brioche Bread rises, so does Rosieโs anxiety. This isnโt like any of the cases sheโs solved before. This time she has to save someone, but first she has to discover exactly who sheโs supposed to be savingโand more importantly, who wants that person dead.
With her commitment to the townโs week-long festivities, trying to control her nonagenarian friends whoโve just discovered the home shopping network, determining if a long-lost child has indeed resurfaced, and not to mention an Elvis impersonator on every corner, Rosieโs wondering if she can really unmask the person with murderous intent before they take matters into their own hands.
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