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Spring is livening up Briar Creek after a long, cold winter, and newlyweds Lindsey and Sully could not be happier. Even though the upcoming mayoral election is getting heated, everything else in town is coming up daffodils...until a body is found. Ms. Cole, a librarian and current candidate for town mayor, is shocked when she opens her trunk to discover a murder victim who just so happens to be a guy she dated 40 years ago and the founder of the baking empire Nana's Cookies.

London's most refined canines and their humans are gearing up for the Pets and Wellness Society's annual dog show - and Betty Wentworth, favorite aunt to Scarlett's fiance Harrison and proud owner of corgi front-runner Freddy, knows that this could be their year with the right edge. Never one to turn away a corgi in need, Scarlett convinces her milliner cousin, Vivian, to design matching hats for dream team Betty and Freddy as they compete for Best in Show. It's a tail wagging good time until the dog-food sponsor of the event is found dead and Betty is the prime suspect.

This bundle includes books seven, eight, and nine of the Cupcake Bakery Mystery series.

London milliner Vivian Tremont and her American cousin and partner, Scarlett Parker, tip their caps to their beloved shop on Portobello Road in Notting Hill and set off for Paris, where Viv can't wait to teach a hat-making class. But she has another reason to travel to the City of Light: to find the man she impulsively eloped with years ago and have their marriage annulled. William Graham is not only handsome and charming, but he also has a glamorous job as an insurance investigator who works with priceless pieces of art.

For Scarlett Parker, part of the fun of living in London is celebrating the British holidays, and she's excited to share her first Bonfire Night with her cousin Vivian Tremont. Invited to a posh party by their friend Harrison Wentworth, Scarlett and Viv decide to promote their hat shop, Mim's Whims, by donning a few of their more outrageous creations. The hats prove to be quite the conversation starters as the girls mix and mingle with the guests - never suspecting that one of them is a killer.

Molly Graham doesn't believe in love at first sight or fairy tales. She's been burned too many times before. But when she stumbles across a very handsome British professor, Albert George, seeking refuge in her office during the Museum of Literature's Valentine's Day gala for the opening of their Austen exhibit, she can't help but be drawn to the fellow introverted academic. Together, they ghost out of the event and embark upon a monthlong love affair. Just as she’s rethinking her stance on happily ever afters, he disappears.

With Angie and Tate's wedding just around the corner, it's a happy time for Melanie Cooper and the bakery crew. Not only are they finessing the last-minute details of the big day, but their bakery, Fairy Tale Cupcakes, has just been hired to bake cupcakes for the blockbuster book signing of a controversial author who wrote a steamy best seller filled with juicy local gossip. But one by one, the people Angie has hired to work the wedding begin turning up dead. As the body count rises, the best-selling author is the next to bite the dust.

Love is in the air in Briar Creek as Library Director Lindsey Norris and Boat Captain Mike “Sully” Sullivan are finally tying the knot. The entire town is excited for the happy day, and Lindsey and Sully's plan for a small wedding evaporates as more and more people insist upon attending the event of the year. When Lindsey and her crafternoon pals head out to Bell Island to see if it can accommodate the ever-expanding guest list, they are horrified to discover a body washed up on the rocky shore.

Cousins Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont's fashionable London hat shop, Mim's Whims, is visited by a new customer bearing an old hat box. Ariana Jackson is getting married and wants to restore her mother's bridal hat and veil for the occasion. The elegant item was made by Scarlett and Vivian's grandmother over 30 years ago, so Viv is delighted to take the job. When Scarlett goes to Ariana's office to consult about the restoration cost, she finds her outside, standing over her boss's dead body.

Hip hip beret! Hatmakers Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont return and must collar a killer when a castle wedding goes awry in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new Hat Shop Mystery.

Love is in the air at FairyTale Cupcakes as Angie prepares for her wedding, but, at the same time, her co-owner, Mel, is about to help with a breakup. Mel's old friend Diane has decided to dump her fiancé after discovering he's only marrying her for her money. She wants Mel to personally deliver a batch of caramel breakup cupcakes to the louse and give her a play-by-play of his reaction. But when Mel finally tracks the man down, the look on his face isn't what she expected: he's dead.

When a town newcomer who's gotten a bit too close to Lindsey ends up dead outside of the library, it's up to Lindsey to find the killer before it's too late.

This bundle edition includes three standalone romantic-comedy novellas in Jenn McKinlay's Museum of Literature series: Royal Valentine, The Attraction Distraction, and It Happened One Christmas Eve.

The second Joaquin Solis sees Savannah Wilson, he knows she’s destined to be his wife. Unfortunately, Savannah’s sights are set on a happily-ever-after of another kind: skewering the boss who got her fired. Until then, she won’t act on the scorching sexual chemistry that is brewing between them, leaving Joaquin scrambling to find a way to capture her heart. When the opportunity arises to use his ranch to boost Savannah's publicity career, Joaquin doesn’t hesitate to invite her into his world at Shadow Pines and woo her with all of his Christmas loving mojo.

Sam set out to spend the summer resurrecting her career as a chef but instead, has to chaperone her half-brother to a robotics competition at the local library. And naturally, because the universe hates her, the library's interim director, Ben, turns out to be the Hot Reader Guy whose book she accidentally destroyed on the ferry to the island. Sam doesn't do reading. Ben doesn't do romantic relationships. But when Ben inspires Sam to create the cookbook she's always dreamed about, they discover there might be more than just a creative spark between them.

Chelsea ist 29, Single, unglaublich erfolgreich in ihrem Job - und unglücklich. Als ihr Vater aus heiterem Himmel verkündet, dass er wieder heiraten möchte, realisiert Chelsea, dass sie seit dem Tod ihrer Mutter ein Leben auf Sparflamme geführt hat. Glücklich war sie das letzte Mal während ihrer Europareise nach dem College. Ein Jahr lang reiste Chelsea durch Irland, Frankreich und Italien und genoss das Leben in vollen Zügen. Kurzerhand beschließt Chelsea, sich auf die Suche nach ihrem verlorenen Glück zu machen, und fliegt zurück nach Europa.

Cupcakes können tödlich enden... Der Auftakt der charmanten Cosy Crime-Reihe für Fans von Rhys Bowen. Mel und Angie haben sich in ihrer Heimatstadt Scottsdale endlich den Traum einer eigenen Cupcake-Bäckerei erfüllt. Doch schon ihr erster großer Auftrag scheint eine Katastrophe zu werden: Ihr bester Freund bittet sie, seine Hochzeitstorte zu entwerfen, doch leider ist seine Zukünftige Brautzilla persönlich. Als berühmte Designerin ist für Christie Stevens das Beste gerade gut genug.

Emily Allen has always been an introvert - but never afraid of adventure. When her favourite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in her bookstore, she moves to Ireland without a second thought. Helping Siobhan overcome writer’s block and finish the final book in her acclaimed series is a dream come true for Em. If only she didn’t have to deal with Kieran – the grouchy manager of Siobhan’s bookstore who clearly doesn’t want her around.

Ein Valentinstagsdate, das nicht so süß endet wie erwartet... Der spannende Fall der charmanten Cosy Crime-Reihe von New York Times-Bestseller-Autorin Jenn McKinlay. Mel und Angie bereiten sich in ihrer Cupcake Bäckerei Fairy Tale mit einem Backkurs für Paare und jeder Menge Buttercreme auf den Valentinstag vor. Auch Mels Mutter hat große Pläne für den Valentinstag: Zum ersten Mal seit 30 Jahren hat sie ein Date! Das endet allerdings anders als erwartet, als sie den wohlhabenden Baxter Malloy mit dem Gesicht nach unten im Pool findet.