Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura run a cupcake bakery in
Scottsdale. Southwest Style magazine wants to do a
photospread with the owners and some of their cupcakes.
Someone dreamed up the idea of having them in a fifties
theme. When their arch enemy invades the shoot, it becomes
a free for all of flying cupcakes.
The new owner of the magazine arrives at the height of the
battle. He decides that his staff will work for Melanie to
produce cupcakes for the magazine's annual outreach gala.
Now, Melanie not only has to produce her stock for the store
but dozens of cupcakes for the gala. She also has to keep
the peace between the bickering magazine staff.
When Sam turns up dead outside the bakery, things go from
bad to worse. When Tate disappears and no one can reach
him, Melanie and Angie have to mysteries to solve.
With a lot of unique and differing characters, The
Cupcake
Bakery mysteries are always full of humorous and
sometimes,
deadly action. Melanie, Angie, and Tate are great friends
and it is always fun to watch them interact. Throw in the
mystery and some delectable desserts and you can't beat this
series.
A new Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay is icing on the cupcake! After a cupcake-flinging fiasco at a photo shoot for a local magazine, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura agree to make amends by hosting a weeklong corporate boot camp at Fairy Tale Cupcakes. The idea is the brainchild of billionaire Ian Hannigan, new owner of SWS (Southwest Style), a lifestyle magazine that chronicles the lives of Scottsdale’s rich and famous. He’s assigned his staff to a team-building week of making cupcakes for charity. It’s clear that the staff would rather be doing just about anything other than frosting baked goods. But when the magazine’s creative director is found murdered outside the bakery, Mel and Angie have a new team-building exercise— find the killer before their business goes AWOL. INCLUDES SCRUMPTIOUS RECIPES