Baker and entrepreneur Jules Capshaw doesn’t have time to feel ill–not when her best friend Lance’s new production company, the Fair Verona Players, is about to debut its very first performance in just a matter of days. Their updated take on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew will premiere on the grounds of Uva, the…
Jules Montague, proprietor of Torte bakery and several other small businesses in her hometown of Ashland, Oregon, is nervous. Her stepson, Ramiro, has been living with her and her husband, Carlos, for the better part of the school year so far, and his mother, Sophia, is about to travel over from Spain with the rest…
What goes best with a good cozy? A mug of coffee, sure. A cup of tea, absolutely. But nothing beats a good cocktail! Here are our hand-picked cocktail pairings for each book in the sampler. Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings Pimm’s Cup: A London staple created in the 1800s, the same city and century this…
Donut Disturb by Ellie Alexander Baked goods, a wedding, and a murder mystery—what more could you want for a cozy fall read? In the 15th installment of Ellie Alexander’s A Bakeshop Mystery series, the filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw as everyone in town gathers to celebrate Thomas and Kerry’s…
Ashland, Oregon is all aflutter with the upcoming debut of a long-lost Shakespeare manuscript, set to be unveiled at a gala held by the local Southern Oregon Museum of Art. Director Javier de la Garza has contacted our heroine, Juliet Montague Capshaw (Jules, for short) to see whether her bakery-cafe Torte will cater the festivities…
With the many challenges we have faced this year, I wanted to share something special this holiday season. After much thought and consideration as well as a fortuitous email from a reader requesting a recipe that never made it into a book, I came up with a plan to share 12 Days of Cozy Bakes.…
Chapter 1 A BITING JANUARY WIND BLEW into the taproom as the front door to Nitro opened and a group of skiers traipsed inside. They were loaded down with gear—expensive puffy parkas in an array of bright colors, ski goggles, boots, and poles. A slightly overweight guy with a pinched face and an entitled…
We teamed up with five cozy mystery writers to create a short story in real-time. The end result was “Sweet Voodoo Magic” which you can read in full below! A special thank you goes out to the participating authors (in order of appearance): Hannah Dennison, S.C. Perkins, Donna Andrews, Diane Kelly, and Ellie Alexander. The…
Start your spring reading with six cozy mysteries! Enter below for a chance to win: one ARC of Lineage Most Lethal by S.C. Perkins one mass market paperback copy of Hems & Homicide by Elizabeth Penny one mass market paperback copy of Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien one hardcover copy of The Stolen Letter…
I’m constantly on the hunt for interesting baking trends to work into my mystery series. I want readers to feel fully immersed in the sensory world of an artisan kitchen when they step into the pages of my books. I want you to be able to smell herbaceous rosemary flatbread charring in a wood-fired oven,…
