Peach Pies and Alibis
by:
Ellery Adams (author)
Ella Mae LeFaye’s Charmed Pie Shoppe is wildly popular in Havenwood, Georgia—which is not surprising since Ella Mae can lace her baked goods with enchantments. The shop’s extraordinary success seems destined to continue when Ella Mae meets an engaged couple who hire her to handle the dessert...
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Ella Mae LeFaye’s Charmed Pie Shoppe is wildly popular in Havenwood, Georgia—which is not surprising since Ella Mae can lace her baked goods with enchantments. The shop’s extraordinary success seems destined to continue when Ella Mae meets an engaged couple who hire her to handle the dessert buffet at their wedding. But Ella Mae has a lot on her plate. She is also searching for the origin of her magical powers—and hoping to determine if the spark of attraction she feels for the handsome Hugh Dylan is authentic or just her new abilities gone awry. Then Ella Mae discovers a high-standing member of the community dead, and a wedding guest becomes seriously ill at the event she’s catering. Now she’ll have to use all her sleuthing skills and culinary talents to prove her pies don’t contain a killer ingredient . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425251997 (0425251993)
ASIN: 425251993
Publish date: 2013-03-05
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 294
Edition language: English
Series: A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery (#2)
This is actually more like a 2.5 star read for me, but am going the extra .5 star because I liked the first one so much. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for the absolute suspension of disbelief that this one required. I knew who the "bad guy" was from the minute that person first appeared. For me...
Well. Talk about your unexpected developments! Have tissues on hand! Cozies should NOT make me teary dammit!!! A good read. I love these characters - all of them. Even the "nemesis" seems somewhat realistic - although she needs to be slapped. The mystery in this book very much centers around Ella ...