Fondant Fumble
Fondant Fumble

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-06-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0593549147

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The Fairy Tale Cupcakes crew helps two professional football players in knead when the athletes are suspected of murder and their dream of opening a bakery is crushed, from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Professional football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews want to open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes franchise. They’re spending the off-season in Scottsdale working in Mel’s bakery, learning about the business and how to bake show-stopping cupcakes. The popular athletes bring a boom of customers to the store as football fans flock to see the friends mixing batter and piping icing. Everyone’s excited the athletes are pursuing their dream of owning a bakery—except for those who fear the players will ditch football for fondant and retire early from professional sports. The angry naysayers include their team owner and Keogh's sports agent, along with some very vocal fans. When the owner of their team, the Arizona Scorpions, is found dead on the floor of their new bakery following an argument with Keogh, the pros become prime suspects. As the investigation heats up, Mel and the rest of the cupcake bakery crew must step up and prove their franchise owners are innocent before it’s game-over for the new bakers.

Fondant Fumble
Fondant Fumble

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-06-04

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0593549155

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The Fairy Tale Cupcakes crew helps two professional football players in knead when the athletes are suspected of murder and their dream of opening a bakery is crushed, from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay. Professional football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews want to open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes franchise. They’re spending the off-season in Scottsdale working in Mel’s bakery, learning about the business and how to bake show-stopping cupcakes. The popular athletes bring a boom of customers to the store as football fans flock to see the friends mixing batter and piping icing. Everyone’s excited the athletes are pursuing their dream of owning a bakery—except for those who fear the players will ditch football for fondant and retire early from professional sports. The angry naysayers include their team owner and Keogh's sports agent, along with some very vocal fans. When the owner of their team, the Arizona Scorpions, is found dead on the floor of their new bakery following an argument with Keogh, the pros become prime suspects. As the investigation heats up, Mel and the rest of the cupcake bakery crew must step up and prove their franchise owners are innocent before it’s game-over for the new bakers.

A Merry Little Murder Plot
A Merry Little Murder Plot

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2024-10-08

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0593639367

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‘Tis the season in Briar Creek, and this year festivities become fatalities in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Fatal First Edition. During the most wonderful time of the year, famous author Helen Monroe arrives in Briar Creek to be the writer in residence, but her “bah humbug” attitude excludes her from the many holiday celebrations the town residents enjoy. To try to spread some Christmas cheer, library director Lindsey Norris invites the new writer in town to join her crafternoon club. Helen politely refuses and when an altercation happens between Helen and another patron, Lindsey begins to suspect the author has been keeping to herself for a reason. Another newcomer, Jackie Lewis, reveals she’s visiting Briar Creek to be near Helen because she believes they are destined to meet. Having dealt with a stalker in the past, Lindsey feels compelled to tell Helen about Jackie, as she suspects that Helen is unaware her “number one” fan is in town. When Jackie’s body is later discovered in the town park beneath the holiday-light display with a copy of Helen’s latest manuscript in her hand, the reclusive novelist becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her self-proclaimed mega-fan. Helen’s frosty demeanor melts when Lindsey offers her help, and now the librarian and her crafternoon pals must prove the author innocent before "The End" becomes Helen's final sentence.

Fatal First Edition
Fatal First Edition

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2024-08-27

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0593639340

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People are dying to get their hands on a rare, valuable book in the newest Library Lover’s Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Plot and the Pendulum. Briar Creek Library director Lindsey Norris and her husband, Sully, are at a popular library conference in Chicago to hear book restoration specialist Brooklyn Wainwright give a keynote address. After the lecture, Lindsey looks under her seat and finds a tote bag containing a first edition of Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, inscribed to Alfred Hitchcock. Brooklyn determines the novel is one of a kind and quite valuable, so Lindsey and Sully return the book to the conference director, not wanting to stir up any trouble. But just hours after the pair boards the train back to Connecticut, rumors that the Highsmith novel has gone missing buzz amongst the passengers, and they soon find the conference director murdered in his private compartment. And worse—the murderer planted the book in Lindsey and Sully’s room next door, making them prime suspects. Now, they must uncover the murderer and bring them to the end of their line, before they find themselves booked for a crime they didn’t commit. Featuring a cameo by a beloved character from the New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle's Bibliophile series!

Sprinkle with Murder
Sprinkle with Murder

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-03-02

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0425233421

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Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding. When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.

Going, Going, Ganache
Going, Going, Ganache

Author: Jenn McKinlay

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1101619740

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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

Holiday Cakes and Cupcakes
Holiday Cakes and Cupcakes

Author: Carol Deacon

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1462910149

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The magic of the holidays comes alive all year long with these delightful and delicious decorated cakes! In Holiday Cakes and Cupcakes, professional cake decorator Carol Deacon's incredible cake designs run the gamut of seasonal holidays to provide that special touch that only a personally baked and decorated cake brings to the table. Deacon shows you how to create 21 fabulous cakes, including Christmas cakes, Halloween cakes, Valentine's Day cakes, Easter cakes, and cakes to fit any other occasion. The step-by-step instructions ensure that all the cakes and cupcakes will be easy to make and become the frosted focus of your holiday celebration. Each cake has a matching cupcake design that can be made as an accompaniment to the cake or, if you wish, on their own as the stars of the occasion in their own right. Deacon also shares sugarcraft tips and tricks along with her winning cake baking recipes so that your holiday cakes will taste as wonderful as they look. So make the most of your next holiday by creating a cake that will impress and delight your family and friends. This fun and easy-to-use cake decorating book contains instructions for 45 projects that include cakes, cupcakes, sugarcraft, and fondant. Readers will quickly learn how to utilize the techniques in this cake cookbook and will be making edible works of art in no time at all.

Cake Decorating
Cake Decorating

Author: DK

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-11-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1465463860

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Cake Decorating shows you how to build, pipe, model, and airbrush birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and more, so you can create an edible masterpiece for any occasion. Photographic step-by-step tutorials showcase more than 70 techniques and 18 showstopping cake projects, complete with complementary cupcake and mini-cake designs. Plus, "idea" spreads adapt basic techniques to inspire hundreds of additional piping, stenciling, painting, and carving variations. The complete introduction to cake-decorating equipment ensures you have everything you need, and the selection of basic cake recipes and instructions for making buttercream, fondant, and more icings guide you from the start. Whether you are a beginner or an accomplished baking artist, Cake Decorating will help you find inspiration and perfect your technique. *Previously published as Step-by-Step Cake Decorating.

Celebration Cakes
Celebration Cakes

Author: Grace Stevens

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1432301462

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Add the personal touch to your cakes with edible fondant art. With Grace Steven’s easy-to-follow instructions you’ll soon find yourself creating amazing fondant decorations. Fondant cake decorating is usually an art form practiced only by a select few, but with Celebration Cakes you will learn how to model perfect flowers, animals and figures in no time, even if you’re a beginner. You will soon become a master of fillings, coverings and various other techniques. The step-by-step instructions include detailed photographs. The designs featured in Celebration Cakes can be mixed-and-matched to create a dazzling array of innovative cakes. Useful extras such as a conversion chart, supplier list and equipment list have been included. Grace Stevens has taken her love for baking beautiful cakes and compiled an easy-to-follow creative fondant adventure. Go on, give it a try!