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"Formally trained pastry chef Chloe Barnes is opening a cannabis bakery. That’s not at all what the twenty-eight-year-old envisioned while living the dream in Paris with a hot fiancé and a Michelin star restaurant gig around the corner. But the rising “it girl” of choux puffs rethinks everything after a scathing food review and humiliating breakup make her long for home in sunny California. When her beloved grandmother falls ill, Chloe returns...
44) Vanilla beaned
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura look to Las Vegas for their first franchise of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, but things blow up when they meet former showgirl Holly Hartzmark.
46) Grace
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Girl of the year. 2015: Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. 2015 Grace volume 1
Girl of the year. Grace volume 1
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American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Nine-year-old Grace likes having a plan but she must find a way to be flexible and open to new ideas. When she goes to Paris with her mother, she has trouble getting along with her cousin. While at home, her friends start the business she proposed without her.
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Magical baker Katie Lightfoot's hopes of getting married without a hitch are dashed when her fiancé's youngest sister is accused of murdering her ex-husband--a con man with many enemies--and calls on her witchy friends to help her solve this crime.
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Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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As seventeen-year-old Rubi secretly juggles participating in a baking competition, improving her grades for college admission, and a newfound romance, she soon realizes she must learn how to manage her family's expectations while finding her own path.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Two women from different generations of the same family fiercely fight for their futures while running a small bakery in Montmartre, in the new novel from the author of The School for German Brides."--
50) Salt and Sugar
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Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"To save her family's bakery, Salt, which as been at war with the Molinas' bakery, Sugar, across the street, Lari Ramires does the unthinkable by teaming up with Pedro Molinas to save both their bakeries, falling in love in the process"--
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When a unique - and priceless - collection of antique cookie cutters leads to murder, Olivia Greyson, the owner of a shop specializing in all things cookie, must stir up some clues to catch a killer with a sweet tooth.
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Publisher
Harlequin HQN
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
A 27-year-old widow and the owner of a bakery called Cake, Holly Jefferson gets an unexpected second chance at love when she meets Ciaran Argyll, a man who, surrounded by a superficial world of wealth and privilege, is battling his own ghosts.
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Hungry in more ways than one, Kit, while on a seventy-five day cleanse, falls into a passionate affair with a carpenter, and to suppress the guilt of betraying her husband, adheres more and more strictly to the Radiant Regimen, pushing the diet, and her infidelity, to greater extremes.
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Corinna Chapman mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, accepts an offer from a caterer friend to do the baking for the film set of a new soap called "Kiss the Bride." While on the other side of town, a young woman is being unmercifully bullied by her corporate employers -- employers who spend a lot of time cooking the books.
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Witch City mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"From Galway, Ireland to Salem, Massachusetts, all the way up to the North Pole, a trio of Halloween mysteries from USA Today bestselling author Carlene O'Connor, Liz Ireland, and Carol J. Perry prove that the spookiest season knows no international borders -- and neither do cupcakes!"--‡cProvided by publisher
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The Cookie Jar is abuzz with activity. Hannah's all set to make sweets for the upcoming fair, judge a bake-off and assist a friend in his magic act. But all is not well in the tiny town of Lake Eden. Student teacher Willa Sunquist is found murdered with a key lime pie toppled over at the scene. The list of suspects runs around the block, and Hannah must sift through this motley assortment before the devious villain strikes again.
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When the disgruntled owner of a rival bakery is murdered after getting a rise out of her, Lyndsay Murray, the owner of Spice Isle Bakery, falls under suspicion and most prove her innocence while dealing with her overprotective and meddlesome family"--
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Series
Charmed Pie Shoppe mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When a wedding guest becomes seriously ill after eating one of her desserts, Ella Mae, whose baked goods are literally magical, must whip up some clues to prove that her pies didn't contain the killer ingredient.
Author
Series
Charmed Pie Shoppe mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Providing magical desserts to the residents of the enchanted town of Havenwood, Georgia, Ella Mae LeFaye finds everything she loves in danger when a serious of mysterious deaths are linked to her, forcing her to whip up a recipe for catching a killer determined to settle an ancient score.
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