Kate McGuire is settling in in her new life in Coral Cay, Florida. As co-owner of The Cookie House, she is fulfilling her dream as a pastry chef in a less intense atmosphere than she had in New York. When her dear friend, Desiree, calls her and says she is planning a destination wedding in Coral Cay, Kate is thrilled to take on the job of helping her friend and baking the delicious treats for the wedding. This may be a little more than Kate can handle since a television crew has also descended upon the town to film a new reality show and has asked Kate to teach a cookie baking lesson. Undeterred, Kate steps up to the plate and enlists the help of friends and neighbors to make Desiree feel right at home. When the day of the wedding arrives, everything seems to have fallen perfectly in place for the happy couple. Until the groom doesn’t show up. Knowing something terrible must have happened to Judson, Desiree is determined to find him. Kate and Desiree, along with flower store owner Maxi, the local detective, and handsome new veterinarian, dig into what could have possibly happened to the groom. Was it intentional or was it foul play? With reality TV stars complicating island life, the groom’s spiteful children, and his famous ex-girlfriend all involved, will they be able to find him…dead or alive?

I absolutely adore this series! Not only is the setting picture-perfect, but the characters and their development throughout this series are perfectly paced. I loved the plot in A TALE OF TWO COOKIES. It was deliciously different than your average cozy mystery. Instead of stumbling upon a dead body, we’re on the hunt for a missing groom. The subplots of the marine aspect and the reality show were also interesting and flowed easily in connection with the main plot. This is book three in the Cookie House Mysteries, but it can be read as a standalone. I would highly recommend starting at book one, just because this series is so fun. A TALE OF TWO COOKIES is the perfect book to escape in, and having it set in sunny Florida is icing on the cookie.