The Bun Also Rises

When Vivianna Marston finally enrolls in culinary school after a heated family debate about her future, she never anticipated this could happen. Not only has she been hexed ¿ but she's attracted three ghostly gourmet ancestors who pop into her food unannounced. Uncle Floyd, Aunts Clara and Earlene may have been summoned from the ethers to help Viv find the hexer and the remedy. But that task is proving more difficult than they thought. Any time Viv applies heat, she catches the kitchen on fire. Stove, oven, crockpot, or toaster. They are all off limits. A chef who can't cook. A chef with a hex. A chef who sets everything on fire. How could it get any worse? When Viv relocates to Crystal Bay, Florida and the house she inherited from her namesake aunt, her kitchen fires become infamous. Enter volunteer firefighter Jake Palmer, a beach-loving dude who makes the best ceviche in the county. He seems concerned about her unusual mishaps in the kitchen, but when Viv becomes the A.1. Sauce suspect for a murder, she needs more than an alibi and three gourmet ghosts. Banned from cheffing by the hex, Viv becomes the Snooty Foodie columnist for the local newspaper, the perfect cover for a nosing about town. While the victim may have been an out-of-towner, his connections aren't. As Viv meets the characters of Crystal Bay, she discovers they all have history, secrets, and maybe something worth killing for. Can she unscramble the mystery before the retiring detective makes Viv his final arrest? Will she find a de-hex recipe to save her career? Is Jake boyfriend material or a distraction? Viv braves the bedazzling truth in this delightfully delicious Snooty Foodie mystery with a pinch of magic.…