Kathleen K. (katydid597) -
This is the 3rd book in the series, and this series only gets better with each book.
Sally Muccio is planning her wedding to her childhood sweetheart Michael Donovan and trying to establish her bakery Sally's Samples. The bakery is finally taking off since Sal's good friend Josie was the head baker and a magician in the kitchen. Seems like everything is finally working out, her sister Gianna has passed the bar and become a public defender, her mom is entering beauty contests (don't ask) and Grandma Rosa is still the rock in Sally's life.
At least, everything is good until Gianna is stuck defending a womanizer with ties to the mob, and he is found dead in the remains of Sally's arson destroyed bakery, with Gianna (who had the apartment above the bakery) missing and wanted for murder. Oh, and did I mention the damnable fortune cookies? Believe me, Sally never wants to see another one, even if it was her idea to hand out a free fortune cookie with every order. They seem to be too "spot on" when it comes to predictions.
Trying to locate Gianna and to convince the insurance company she wasn't involved in the arson would be bad enough, and when you add in relocating the bakery to her parents' house, and worrying about her fiance's affection, Sally has her plate full of more than yummy cookies.
If Sally were a little less headstrong she'd be safer, but believe me, she wouldn't be Sally. This girl can get into more trouble than an unsupervised room of kindergarteners, and the results kept me on the edge of my seat.
The murderer was a complete surprise, and I usually have that figured out in the first 100 pages, so I really loved this book. I was lucky enough to win it in a giveaway from Drusbookmusing and the author and I really appreciate that.
Give it a read, it would work as a stand-alone, but it really would be best to start from the beginning so you are familiar with the characters.
Sally Muccio is planning her wedding to her childhood sweetheart Michael Donovan and trying to establish her bakery Sally's Samples. The bakery is finally taking off since Sal's good friend Josie was the head baker and a magician in the kitchen. Seems like everything is finally working out, her sister Gianna has passed the bar and become a public defender, her mom is entering beauty contests (don't ask) and Grandma Rosa is still the rock in Sally's life.
At least, everything is good until Gianna is stuck defending a womanizer with ties to the mob, and he is found dead in the remains of Sally's arson destroyed bakery, with Gianna (who had the apartment above the bakery) missing and wanted for murder. Oh, and did I mention the damnable fortune cookies? Believe me, Sally never wants to see another one, even if it was her idea to hand out a free fortune cookie with every order. They seem to be too "spot on" when it comes to predictions.
Trying to locate Gianna and to convince the insurance company she wasn't involved in the arson would be bad enough, and when you add in relocating the bakery to her parents' house, and worrying about her fiance's affection, Sally has her plate full of more than yummy cookies.
If Sally were a little less headstrong she'd be safer, but believe me, she wouldn't be Sally. This girl can get into more trouble than an unsupervised room of kindergarteners, and the results kept me on the edge of my seat.
The murderer was a complete surprise, and I usually have that figured out in the first 100 pages, so I really loved this book. I was lucky enough to win it in a giveaway from Drusbookmusing and the author and I really appreciate that.
Give it a read, it would work as a stand-alone, but it really would be best to start from the beginning so you are familiar with the characters.
