In Willowbrook, some recipes kill. Some resurrect. And some—will change everything. Amelia Hawthorne thought she knew her grandmother's cafe, until the day a forbidden cookbook unveiled a darkness brewing beneath every perfectly frosted surface. One slice of cake. One moment of truth. An entire town's destiny hanging by a thread of midnight bloom and ancient secrets. The Syndicate has been watching. Waiting. Controlling minds through every carefully poisoned pastry, every calculated crumb that passes unsuspecting lips. They thought their recipe for manipulation was perfect. They were ...

Sweet Delights bakery owner Maggie Thompson never imagined she'd be serving up murder alongside her famous butter cookies and chocolate cakes. But when her young apprentice turns up dead in the kitchen and Maggie is pegged as the prime suspect, she's thrown into a real-life mystery that's far darker than anything she's ever whipped up. To clear her name and catch the real killer, Maggie must dig into the secrets buried in her once-idyllic hometown of Sugarville. With the help of her clever cat Detective Whiskers, charming baking buddy Tony and a sprinkle of sugar-fueled magic, Maggie ...

Opal Sterling never expected her Whimsy Café to be the center of a murder investigation. Now, her once quiet life is in chaos, and everyone’s looking at her for answers. Determined to clear her name, Opal teams up with the relentless Detective Grayson. But their search for the killer reveals a shocking truth—someone’s using mind control to turn Cloverfield into a town of puppets. And the deeper they dig, the more dangerous it becomes. Then, a startling discovery changes everything. Opal has a hidden power of her own. It’s the only thing that can stop the mind games… if she can ...

What Does a Harvest Festival and Zero Pumpkins have to do with a Dead Guy? It's time for the annual Harvest Festival in Goodsprings, Georgia as tourists and vendors pour into the small town. Everyone is excited until a vendor meets his reward....and not in a good way. He wasn't the most pleasant of fellows, but who or what wanted him dead? Does the Otter King have a clue? Tessa, fire witch, stood up Ethan, the new detective in town. But why? Tessa won't divulge much to Sam, and Ada, Ethan's twin, blames Tessa for her brother's somber mood. Black magic has sickened Mara and her mother steps ...

The rice is ripe in Provence… and so is a wicked murder plot. During a rice-themed culinary competition, head judge and top food critic Seraphin Rampal is found face down in the Rhône River. The gendarmes believe it was a drunken accident. But pastry chef Julie Cavallo disagrees. With the help of her misfit crew, she discovers that much more than rankings were at stake. Ruined careers, shortchanged colleagues, and scorned girlfriends all point to one thing: many in the region’s finest kitchens wanted Seraphin Rampal to pay. As their unsavory secrets come to light, danger closes in, ...

In Willowbrook, an ancient artifact has been uncovered—one that could reshape the world. When the town's seamstress, Agnes, is mysteriously killed, her apprentice, Clara, finds herself entangled in a web of lies, magic, and a centuries-old conflict threatening Willowbrook. Guided by Agnes's ghost and her loyal cat Whiskers, Clara must unravel Willowbrook's occult past and confront a ruthless order seeking the artifact's power. As Clara digs deeper, she realizes the true danger may come from her own allies, testing her trust. With time running short, Clara must draw on her family's ...

Named one of the Top 30 Mystery Novels of 2022 by The Strand Magazine! Winner of the Silver Falchion Award for Best Mystery What would you do if you found a bone record—a black-market Soviet recording made on an X-ray? What if you found it at the site of your father’s murder? "A wonderfully flawed protagonist and a complex mystery combine with current events in Zahradnik's best novel to date. The Bone Records had me hooked from page one." —Elena Taylor, award-winning author of All We Buried and the Eddie Shoes mystery series Grigg Orlov only has a few minutes reunited with his missing...

When Aunt Adeline goes missing, it is up to her niece, Charlotte, to uncover the clues of her deeply hidden family secrets and the town she calls home.

"Marvelous!" Amazon Customer Review What would you do with five billion dollars? Does it sound like a problem you’d love to have? Not if you’re Rosie and the money comes from one of the most despicable human beings who ever walked the earth. Sure, she’d like a new car and a few little luxuries but she doesn’t want to carry around her father’s sins for the rest of her life. The only answer is to give it away but how? Obviously, she can’t save the world but can she save the little Wyoming town where she grew up? It sure needs help, but money is the least of its problems and ...

A wedding planner for the rich and famous, Felicity Philips is aiming to land the biggest gig of her life–the next royal wedding. But there are a few obstacles in her way.... Between murderous bridezillas, psychotic mothers-in-law, vengeful dress designers, jealous ex-lovers, and more, Felicity has her work cut out just making it to the big day.