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REBEL WITHOUT A CAKE

Rebel Without a Cake, September 2014
A Piece of Cake Mystery #5
by Jacklyn Brady

Berkley
Featuring: Bernice; Miss Frankie; Rita Lucero
304 pages
ISBN: 0425258270
EAN: 9780425258279
Kindle: B00IOE3PPQ
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"It's Halloween and Rita is being pulled in all directions."

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REBEL WITHOUT A CAKE
Jacklyn Brady

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted November 2, 2014

Mystery

Rita Lucero has enough on her plate without her mother- in-law pulling her into a catering opportunity. Her shop is focused on cakes, not catering meals. With her assistant ready to deliver a baby any time, and dissension among her staff, Rita doesn't need any more stress. Since Miss Frankie has backed Rita completely, Rita can't say no.

When Miss Frankie's neighbor, Bernice comes crashing in one night with tales of seeing the ghost of her uncle, who went missing 15 years ago, Rita and Miss Frankie will find themselves drawn into an investigation deep in the swamps. Bernice's cousin, who is the son of the missing man, is now missing.

A man is found dead in a ditch alongside the missing man's house during the search. Rita and Miss Frankie will be drawn into another investigation.

REBEL WITHOUT A CAKE continues the A Piece of Cake Mystery series. Rita is dealing with promises made to her family and promises my by Miss Frankie and temperamental employees all at once. This has been a fun series to read. I especially enjoyed REBEL WITHOUT A CAKE.

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SUMMARY

In the still of the night…

Halloween is approaching, and the co-owners of Zydeco
Cakes,
Rita Lucero and her former mother-in-law, Miss Frankie,
have
scored a sweet treatβ€”a fantastic catering opportunity that
could lead to a rich future for their bakery. But their
good
news is quickly rattled by a bump in the night when Miss
Frankie’s neighbor, Bernice, barrels into her kitchen
toting
a Bible and a gun, and serves up a story about a ghost at
her window.

Bernice swears she just saw the ghost of her moonshiner
uncle who disappeared in the swamp fifteen years ago. And
when her cousin soon goes missing in the same swamp,
Bernice
is certain someone’s playing a nasty trick, and convinces
Rita and Miss Frankie to help her investigate. They’ll
just
need to watch their steps, as these ladies are liable to
get
mired in a very swampy mystery…

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES

EXCERPT

No excerpt available.

BOOK SERIES

Piece of Cake

A Sheetcake Named Desire
A SHEETCAKE NAMED DESIRE
#1.0 β€’ August 2011
Cake On A Hot Tin Roof
CAKE ON A HOT TIN ROOF
#2.0 β€’ February 2012
Arsenic & Old Cake
ARSENIC & OLD CAKE
#3.0 β€’ November 2012
The Cakes Of Wrath
THE CAKES OF WRATH
#4.0 β€’ September 2013
Rebel Without a Cake
REBEL WITHOUT A CAKE
#5.0 β€’ September 2014
The Cakes of Monte Cristo
THE CAKES OF MONTE CRISTO
#6.0 β€’ January 2016

 

 

 

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