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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles β€” September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

A Cup of Holiday Fear by Ellie Alexander

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Also by Ellie Alexander:

The Pumpkin Vice Cafe, October 2026
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Meet Your Baker, July 2026
Trade Paperback (reprint)
The Whisking Hour, March 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Cozy Case Files, Volume 25, September 2025
e-Book
Laying Down The Latte, September 2025
Paperback / e-Book
Killing Me Souffle, March 2025
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Killing Me Souffl, March 2025
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Sticks and Scones, August 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A Smoking Bun, February 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Cozy Case Files, Volume 19, September 2023
e-Book
Catch Me If You Candy, September 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Cozy Case Files, August 2023
e-Book
Muffin But the Truth, January 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Cure for What Ales You, November 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Donut Disturb, July 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Bake, Borrow, and Steal, January 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The Cure for What Ales You, October 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Without a Brew, September 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Mocha, She Wrote, July 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12, May 2021
e-Book
Chilled to the Cone, January 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Beyond a Reasonable Stout, October 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Without a Brew, October 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Nothing Bundt Trouble, July 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A Cup of Holiday Fear, October 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Beyond a Reasonable Stout, October 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Pint of No Return, July 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Live and Let Pie, January 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Pint of No Return, October 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Till Death Do Us Tart, July 2018
e-Book
Another One Bites the Crust, January 2018
e-Book
Death on Tap, October 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
A Crime of Passion Fruit, July 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Fudge and Jury, January 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Caught Bread Handed, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book
On Thin Icing, January 2016
Paperback / e-Book
A Batter Of Life And Death, July 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Meet Your Baker, January 2015
Paperback / e-Book

A CUP OF HOLIDAY FEAR
By: Ellie Alexander

Bakeshop Mystery #10
St. Martin's Paperbacks
October 2019
On Sale: September 24, 2019
304 pages
ISBN: 1250214343
EAN: 9781250214348
Kindle: B07PCL3XS8
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Mystery

It’s Christmastime and everyone is heading to Torte, the most cheerful bakery in town. There’s no place like home for the homicide…

Ashland, Oregon, looks as pretty as a postcard this holiday season. The halls are decked, stockings hung, and eyes are all aglowβ€”mostly thanks to the buttered rum. Jules Capshaw and her staff at Torte are busier than ever. . . still, even the town’s most in-demand bakers need to take a break. So Jules invites everyone to celebrate at the local Winchester Inn’s Dickens Feast, a six-course extravaganza with Yorkshire Pudding, Christmas goose, and all the trimmings. But as the weather outside becomes frightful, things inside turn less delightful when one of the guests ends up as dead as Scrooge’s doornail. Now it’s up to Jules and her helpers to make a list of suspectsβ€”and check it twiceβ€”to try to find out who’s naughty, who’s nice, and who’s guilty of murder…

Bakeshop Mystery

Meet Your Baker
MEET YOUR BAKER
#1.0 β€’ January 2015
A Batter Of Life And Death
A BATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
#2.0 β€’ July 2015
On Thin Icing
ON THIN ICING
#3.0 β€’ January 2016
Caught Bread Handed
CAUGHT BREAD HANDED
#4.0 β€’ July 2016
Fudge and Jury
FUDGE AND JURY
#5.0 β€’ January 2017
A Crime of Passion Fruit
A CRIME OF PASSION FRUIT
#6.0 β€’ July 2017
Another One Bites the Crust
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE CRUST
#7.0 β€’ January 2018
Till Death Do Us Tart
TILL DEATH DO US TART
#8.0 β€’ July 2018
Live and Let Pie
LIVE AND LET PIE
#9.0 β€’ January 2019
A Cup of Holiday Fear
A CUP OF HOLIDAY FEAR
#10.0 β€’ October 2019
Nothing Bundt Trouble
NOTHING BUNDT TROUBLE
#11.0 β€’ July 2020
Chilled to the Cone
CHILLED TO THE CONE
#12.0 β€’ January 2021
Mocha, She Wrote
MOCHA, SHE WROTE
#13.0 β€’ July 2021
Bake, Borrow, and Steal
BAKE, BORROW, AND STEAL
#14.0 β€’ January 2022
Donut Disturb
DONUT DISTURB
#15.0 β€’ July 2022
Muffin But the Truth
MUFFIN BUT THE TRUTH
#16.0 β€’ January 2023
Catch Me If You Candy
CATCH ME IF YOU CANDY
#17.0 β€’ September 2023
A Smoking Bun
A SMOKING BUN
#18.0 β€’ February 2024
Sticks and Scones
STICKS AND SCONES
#19.0 β€’ August 2024
Laying Down The Latte
LAYING DOWN THE LATTE
#21.0 β€’ September 2025
The Whisking Hour
THE WHISKING HOUR
#22.0 β€’ March 2026
The Pumpkin Vice Cafe
THE PUMPKIN VICE CAFE
#23.0 β€’ October 2026

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