Magic and Macaroons
by:
Bailey Cates (author)
For magical baker Katie Lightfoot, the only way to beat the Savannah summer heat is to whip up some cool treats for the Honeybee Bakery’s patrons. But when a meeting of the spellbook club is interrupted by a stranger collapsing on the floor of her shop, mumbling something about a voodoo talisman,...
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For magical baker Katie Lightfoot, the only way to beat the Savannah summer heat is to whip up some cool treats for the Honeybee Bakery’s patrons. But when a meeting of the spellbook club is interrupted by a stranger collapsing on the floor of her shop, mumbling something about a voodoo talisman, Katie drops everything to begin investigating.
Her search for answers quickly leads her into a dangerous blend of Savannah’s infamous voodoo queens, a powerful missing charm—and a deadly witch who seems to be targeting the city’s magical community. And with the case getting hotter by the second, Katie will have to work fast to track down the talisman and the killer before the timer runs out…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451467423 (0451467426)
ASIN: 451467426
Publish date: 2015-07-07
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: A Magical Bakery Mystery (#4)
I'm generally a fan of Bailey Cates writing but this one left me feeling ambivalent. The characters remain charming, and I love the Savannah setting, but... meh. It didn't help that the murderer was achingly transparent from the first (although part of it was a surprise, at the very end). Really...
The cozy genre is seeing more and more paracozies on the market these days, and out of all those series on the list the Magical Bakery Mystery series is one of the most recognized. I’ll be honest, books with witches and magic aren’t my go to reads. I was sent this book from the publisher in exchan...