Brenda H. (booksinvt) -
Finished Off in Fondant is the second installment in the A Courtney Archer Mystery series featuring reality cooking show host and celebrity chef, Courtney Archer. Courtney and the gang have returned to Coal Castle Resort in the Pocono Mountains to film another season of The American Baking Battle, this one with a wedding theme. In addition to hosting the competition, Courtney is also filming episodes for her own show, Cooking with the Farmer's Daughter.
Having decided to publicly admit to her fans that she is not a farmer's daughter but instead was born and raised in Chicago, Courtney is worried about the fallout - will the network cancel her show? will the knife company pull their offer to create a knife set bearing Courtney's name? With the help of her costars Shannon Collins, Skylar Daily and Harrison Canfield and her producer, Eric Iverson she's trying to keep positive thoughts.
Without warning Skylar suddenly becomes ill and the cause is a mystery. Too further complicate things, the body of a woman is found dead in Skylar's hotel room. When Skylar admits that he knows the woman, she had been arrested for stalking him in the past, the local police immediately finger his as the main suspect. Determined not to let her friend take the fall for a crime he didn't commit, Courtney sets out to track down a killer.
Two subplots will keep your interest. The dreaded love triangle continues unfortunately and Courtney's constant dithering about the two men does distract from the mystery. An announcement at the end of the book leaves no doubt that Courtney and her friends will be back for another round of cooking competition.
Having decided to publicly admit to her fans that she is not a farmer's daughter but instead was born and raised in Chicago, Courtney is worried about the fallout - will the network cancel her show? will the knife company pull their offer to create a knife set bearing Courtney's name? With the help of her costars Shannon Collins, Skylar Daily and Harrison Canfield and her producer, Eric Iverson she's trying to keep positive thoughts.
Without warning Skylar suddenly becomes ill and the cause is a mystery. Too further complicate things, the body of a woman is found dead in Skylar's hotel room. When Skylar admits that he knows the woman, she had been arrested for stalking him in the past, the local police immediately finger his as the main suspect. Determined not to let her friend take the fall for a crime he didn't commit, Courtney sets out to track down a killer.
Two subplots will keep your interest. The dreaded love triangle continues unfortunately and Courtney's constant dithering about the two men does distract from the mystery. An announcement at the end of the book leaves no doubt that Courtney and her friends will be back for another round of cooking competition.
