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Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 5
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
While her sister-in-law prepares to deliver her baby, Minnesota bakery owner Hannah Swensen's brother-in-law runs for sheriff, but Hannah discovers the body of the local sheriff in a dumpster near her cooking class with some of her cupcake frosting on his shirt. Includes recipes.
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 17
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
Hannah Swensen thinks she killed a former high school football hero with her car, until an autopsy reveals the victim was dead before Hannah even hit him, his shirt covered in stains from a blackberry pie.
3) Late edition
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, this is "a page-turner... the perfect blend of mystery, adventure and romance" (The Charleston Mercury).
Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when she's not looking for it. But ever since her friend Sophie convinced her to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots's tastes. When their...
Teresa "Toots" Loudenberry has a knack for finding adventure, even when she's not looking for it. But ever since her friend Sophie convinced her to start holding regular séances, life in Los Angeles is getting a little too dramatic even for Toots's tastes. When their...
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 18
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
No amount of brownies can calm bakery owner Hannah Swensen's nerves as she prepares for a trial about her role in a disastrous accident. When someone bludgeons the judge to death, Hannah must catch the killer if she hopes to clear her name and savor the sweet taste of victory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In 1896, Abby is railroaded by the city council and needs a man's name on her bakery's deed, and a man she can control--not the stoic lumberman Zacharias who always exudes silent confidence. As trust grows between them, she finds she wants more than his rescue. She wants his heart.
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 26
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santa's waistline on Christmas Eve. Her sister Andrea wants to stave off the blues by helping out at The Cookie Jar, Michele's love life is becoming complicated, Lisa needs Hannah's advice, and Delores has a Christmas secret she's not willing to share. But nothing dampens the holiday mood more than the chilling mystery surrounding the man found near death in an abandoned...
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 8
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
When a movie company comes to her home town, a bakery owner solves a mystery.
Author
Series
Death by chocolate mystery volume 7
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate's treasure--and a dead body. Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It's...
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From the RITA Award-winning author of Five Days in Skye comes a sweet, romantic treat that will leave you hungry for more. Baker and pastry chef Melody Johansson has always believed in finding the positive in every situation, but seven years after she moved to Denver, she can't deny that she's stuck in a rut. One relationship after another has ended in disaster, and her classical French training is being wasted on her night job in a mediocre chain...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 14
Publisher
Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When someone shoots visiting Lutheran minister Matthew Walters, Hannah Swenson and cronies investigate Matthew's background, especially his relationship to his creepy, paroled convict cousin, Paul.
Author
Series
Death by chocolate mystery volume 6
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Summer in Eastport means lobsters and blueberries, though tourists and locals alike always leave a little room for baked goods from The Chocolate Moose. This year's arts festival, featuring food, games, and rollicking local musicians, means even more sweet-toothed customers. But it's also bringing competition from a new rival, Choco's, that's trying to slice into the action. Choco's owner, Brad Fairway, is pulling sneaky stunts to divert Moose patrons...
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 28
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Embracing a sweet escape from her usual routine at The Cookie Jar, Hannah gets asked for her help in baking pastries at the local inn for a flashy fishing competition with big prizes and even bigger names. But the fun stops when she spots a runaway boaton the water and, on board, the lifeless body of the event's renowned celebrity spokesperson...Famed TV show host Sonny Bowman wasn't humble about his ability to reel in winning catches, and no one...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When The Cookie Jar becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special about movies filmed in Minnesota, Hannah hopes to shine the spotlight on her bakery - not the unsavory scandal swirling around her personal life. But that's practically impossible with a disturbing visit from the shifty character she once believed was her one and only love, a group of bodyguards following her every move, and a murder victim in her bedroom. Now, swapping the crime...
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Lucys chocolate shop, How Sweet It Is, has been in her family for generationsalong with the secret recipe for Cupid chocolates. Rumor has it that if you eat one on February 14, youll meet your soulmate. Lucy herself isnt sure if its magic or just romantic optimism, but a family legend is at stake. Besides, with her grandmother to support and a rival bakery opening up across the street, it certainly doesnt...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself.
After graduation, everything Lila Reyes had planned for her life fell apart. Her worried parents make a new plan for her: Spend three months with family friends in Winchester, England, to relax and reset. But with the lack of sun, a grumpy inn cook,...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Thirty-six year-old Hope McKenna-Smith has lost her mother and husband, and is running a failing bakery on Cape Cod, when Hope's grandmother from France, Mamie, visits she wants to tell Hope her story before it is lost to Alzheimer's.
19) Classified
Author
Series
Godmothers volume 6
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels returns to the beloved Godmothers, as the irrepressible Toots and her dear friends Sophie, Ida, and Mavis face new triumphs and challenges the way they face everything-together....Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry is a wealthy woman by anyones standards. But the riches that mean most to her are the loving friends and family shes accumulated over the course of a life well lived. And now that her daughter,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After an extravagant honeymoon, Hannah's eager to settle down in Lake Eden and turn domestic daydreams into reality. But when her mother's neighbor is discovered murdered in the condo downstairs, reality becomes a nightmarish investigation. Victoria Bascomb, once a renowned stage actress, was active in the theater community during her brief appearance in town . . . and made throngs of enemies along the way. Did a random intruder murder the woman as...