Cozy Cooking

Some secrets are buried deeper than bodies. Some ingredients should never be mixed. Clara Cook only wanted a blue ribbon for her pastry skills at the Atlasville State Fair. Instead, she got a corpse, a murder investigation, and an unexpected canine sidekick. When Clara literally trips over a body while setting up her baking station, her competitive dreams crumble faster than an overbaked pie crust. Sheriff Tom Morrison—frustratingly handsome and perpetually grumpy— immediately suspects Clara. But something isn't adding up, especially when Eleanor Whitmore's nephew goes missing and ...

A cosy mystery perfect for fans of Sally Smith, Steve Higgs, LJ Ross, Robert Thorogood, and Richard Osman. The celebrations for The National Day of Spain are the biggest event in the calendar for the Club Britannia complex on Spain’s Costa del Sol. As part of the organising committee, Karen McLaren has been overseeing the evening’s food, drink, music, and dancing. She has big plans… …finding herself making inquiries about a murdered partygoer isn’t one of them. Neither Karen nor the local police can understand how the death has happened. Though everything they see suggests it’s ...

A haunted mansion in a beautiful town… A chilling ghost awaiting for his next prey… Throw in a newbie witch realtor! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Fio Valentine is starting to settle into her sometimes vexing job in the Haunted and Hexed Properties Management Department of Quest Realty, but when her friend Suze invites her on a weekend trip to Santa Barbara, she’s less than excited about visiting yet another haunted house. Rumored to be hosting the ghost of a wealthy businessman, the mansion could hold a clue to the disappearance of Chris Adams, the older brother of her foxy boss Jack, ...

While Phaedra Brighton might not have a Mr. Darcy (yet), she's quite content with her loving family and loyal cat. Phaedra's sister Hannah is the Jane to her Elizabeth, and Phaedra is ecstatic that Hannah has decided to move home for her next adventure—opening a business. All of Laurel Springs is out in full force to celebrate the grand unveiling of Hannah's new patisserie, Tout de Sweet, including local celebrity Rachel Brandon. Hannah is a master of her craft, with confections so divine, one bite will make you think you've died and gone to heaven.

This set features two audiobooks from the Chloe Cook Cozy Mystery series: Deadly Resentment and Killer Finale.

This collection features two books from the Chloe Cook Cozy Mystery series including Death, Divorce, and Dessert and Murder and Salt Water Taffy. Chloe is on the hunt for two killers. Is she up to the challenge? Find out by buying a copy of this set right now....

Greed, Guilt and Gatherings = The perfect scenario for payback and murder. Take… A celebrity chef who brings his popular television competition to Sunrise Harbor, Maine. Seven upcoming culinary school graduates looking for their big break and a taste of fame. Scorned lovers who have waited years to right past wrongs. Mix in… Smoldering resentment for lost chances and missed opportunities. Feuding families, jealous sisters, and millions of missing dollars. Pam and Paul Bigelow, mall walking amateur sleuths, and Aunt Tabitha. (Clive) And you’ve got… A murder served up on a silver ...

Jenny promises her eccentric aunt she will run the antique shop and live in the hundred-year-old house in Cook’s Cove when her aunt dies. But is she prepared to give up her career, lifestyle, and fiancé in California or a life in a small Northwestern coastal town to fulfill that promise? Then a mysterious stranger at the funeral tells Jenny that someday she might learn the “truth” about her aunt.

Serial murder with a sick ritual... The most unusual way to use Eggs Benedict... The mismatched duo's race against time... FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Former London socialite Kelly Kinki doesn’t always see eye to eye with her sexy-as-hell boss Michael Archangel, but she’ll follow the brilliant, cross-dressing detective anywhere to help solve their latest case. Kelly was happy to lay her rep as the Dragon Lady to rest when she moved across the pond, but to catch an eyeball snatching serial killer she’ll have to put her skills at fire breathing to the test once again. A gruesome autopsy...

A murdered food critic… a missing lion… and chocolate covered strawberries… all in a day’s work for detective chef Guy Vanduex! Valentine’s Day is a day away and Sylvia Parker is excited to receive a box of chocolates with a note from a secret admirer. The note tells her to go to the bar at the Red Lyon Inn with a red rose – her secret date will bring a white one. But when Parker discovers everyone at the bar has a red rose, she is supremely disappointed. Especially since many chefs and former cooks received the same note, even Guy Vanduex. Vanduex and Parker were partners in ...

It's a race against the oven timer as a culinary detective grapples with a genuine murder at a staged murder mystery party. In the charming town of Tempest, the Murder Mystery Dinner Party is more than just a social gathering. It's an event that stirs the town's imagination, a game of pretend where guests get a chance to play detective. But when Michael Sloss, the overdramatic host, fears his role may turn from make-believe to all too real, he calls upon a quirky detective—Guy Vanduex, a former chef turned private investigator. Vanduex is no ordinary sleuth. With his culinary background, ...

The accidental witch, a job interview to die for—or rather, a test that could get you killed. FREE on Kindle Unlimited! In book one of an exciting new paranormal series, author Lotta Smith introduces accidental witch Fiorentina “Fio” Valentine. The Napa Valley native is desperately seeking work after yet another job goes up in smoke. Her third employer in a row has gone out of business, and her only lead for gainful employment comes from the familiar voice of her late great grandma Jane, who tells Fio in a dream to seek a position at one of the country’s largest real estate agencies...

Murder Rocks the Sleepy Fishing Village of Granite Cove . . . Reporter Rose McNichols moonlights as a stand-up comic at Shady Nook Nursing Home. There she meets Mabel Smithwick, a former socialite with a secret: Mabel witnessed a drowning at her pool last summer. However, the elderly woman is not a credible witness. But when she turns up dead, Rose wishes she’d paid more attention. Before long, Rose herself becomes a target . . .

In the quaint town of Holiday Corner, Vermont, Christmas is in the air. The twinkling lights and aroma of freshly baked gingerbread create the perfect festive atmosphere. But beneath the surface of this holiday bliss, dangerous rumors swirl, like a poisonous ingredient hidden in a delectable dessert. Joy Holiday, Holiday Corner Events Planner, invites renowned chef Ava Merryweather to create a spectacular feast for the town's annual Santa's Workshop Dinner, a beloved charity event. However, the excitement turns to shock when Ava is discovered dead in the snow, a plum pudding by her side. As...

The Cookbook Nook is set to host the town’s upcoming Grill Fest, a tasty tradition which pits local amateur chefs against one another to concoct the most delicious dishes. This year’s challenge: grilled cheese. But with competing chefs bearing grudges from past years, more mouths are running off than savoring the fare. The expression “too many cooks” proves all too true when the eight-time champ is found murdered in the alley behind the café. Soon a local diner owner (and Jenna’s “second mother”) is suspected of bumping off the competition.

For weeks, the residents of Springside had witnessed sightings of strange lights in the summer sky. For Carrie Williams, the sightings were similar to something she and her brother Sean had experienced as children, but Sean’s memory of those events was surprisingly different than what Carrie recalled. When Sean comes to town to visit Carrie, he quickly begins to believe that events indicate that "something" had returned and appears to be looking for Carrie. They would need the help of her friends to help investigate and try to keep Carrie safe. Carrie knew her blocked memories of that ...

A brand new career…another dangerous ghosts after another, and spending Halloween in the land of a vampire! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! After a harrowing start to her new job with Quest Realty’s Haunted and Hexed Property Division, accidental witch Fio Valentine is less than eager to take on yet another daunting task. As if dealing with a woman-hating ghost wasn’t hard enough, now her boss Jack Adams wants her to uncover the mystery behind a series of incidents at Quest’s new development project. The sprawling construction site in San Bernardino will have parks, malls and theaters in ...

Sophia Alexandria Mason, known as “Sam” to her friends, was enjoying her life. On the plus side, her home based bookkeeping business was doing very well and she had just purchased the house of her dreams. Even better, things were starting to heat up with her boyfriend, Jason. She also found time to take in a new dog. On the minus side however, there were a few problems starting to pop up and they had the potential to blight her happiness. Sam has to deal with an obnoxious potential client as well as her problem brother’s unexpected return. His troubles being brought to her door was ...

There's cash missing from a local charity thrift shop—lots of it. And when it looks like her surrogate grandma might be accused, there's nothing for Charlie to do but take a job there and try to catch the thief from the inside and clear Elsa's name. As she and Elsa begin tracking the missing money, it becomes obvious that the shop is a little goldmine and there are a number of people who could easily be after the money. She's narrowing down the suspects, but when the person who is tops on her list suddenly and mysteriously dies, well it looks like there's a lot more going on.

Thirteen bitter sweets. Thirteen bitter suspects. One unhappy ending. World-famous Chandler's Chocolates has unveiled a new storybook-inspired chocolate collection, Once Upon a Truffle. It's up to Anna Clementine, the company's event coordinator, to promote the product by hosting a fairytale-themed beauty pageant. To set the scene, contestants are invited to an abandoned castle deep in the Smoky Mountains. After all, every little girl dreams of being a princess in a palace- unless that castle turns out to be haunted. Anna soon finds herself in a cursed castle, surrounded by spoiled ...