With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering
monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota.
But when a rival store opens, tensions begin to bubble...
As she sits in her nearly empty store on Groundhog Day,
Hannah can only hope that spring is just around the corner—
and that the popularity of the new Magnolia Blossom Bakery
is just a passing fad. The southern hospitality of Lake
Eden’s two Georgia transplants, Shawna Lee and Vanessa
Quinn, is grating on Hannah’s nerves—and cutting into her
profits.
At least Hannah has her business partner Lisa’s wedding to
look forward to. She’s turned one of Lisa’s favorite
childhood treats into a spectacular Wedding Cookie Cake.
And Lisa’s aunt will be bringing her famous Peach Cobbler
to the reception. But Hannah starts to steam when she finds
out that Shawna Lee has been invited—and is bringing her
own Peach Cobbler.
Hannah doesn’t like having the Georgia Peach in the mix,
especially when both Shawna Lee and Hannah’s sometime-
boyfriend, Detective Mike Kingston, are no-shows to the
wedding. Hannah has suspected that Mike is interested in
more than Shawna Lee’s baking abilities. So when she sees
lights on at the Magnolia Blossom Bakery after the
reception, she investigates—and finds Shawna Lee shot to
death.
Everyone in town knew the Cookie Jar was losing business to
the Magnolia Bakery—a fact that puts Hannah at the top of
the initial list of suspects. But with a little help from
her friends, Hannah’s determined to prove that she wasn’t
the only one who had an axe to grind with the Quinn
sisters. Somebody wasn’t fooled by the Georgia Peaches and
their sweet-as-pie act—and now it’s up to Hannah to track
down whoever had the right ingredients to whip up a murder…
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