Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back island of Coral Cay, Florida. As junior partner in a bakery renowned for luscious desserts—especially her cookies—life is pretty sweet. So when an old friend arrives and announces a spur-of-the-moment beach wedding, that’s just the icing on the wedding cake.
But the groom vanishes right as a television crew descends on the town to film a hot, new realty show. Is there a connection? Is her friend Desiree somehow involved? Or did groom Judson simply get cold feet? The bride and groom were paired better than warm cookies and cold milk, so Kate doesn’t buy it.
As the show’s cast runs amok on the island and the investigation into Judson’s disappearance heats up, Kate and her pal Maxi, along with town dog Oliver, will brave the rambunctious world of reality TV and a wedding weekend gone awry, in an all-out effort to find the missing groom.
Release Date: Apr 27, 2021
Series:Â A Cookie House Mystery
Book:Â 3
Publisher:Â Macmillan
Imprint:Â St. Martin’s Press
Price: $7.99
There’s nothing a sweet, freshly baked cookie from the Cookie House cannot solve, but when a destination wedding goes awry, sweet cookies will have to take on a mystery, because love must triumph overall. This is the third book in series in A Cookie House Mystery by Eve Calder.Â
The beautiful beach of the Florida island, Coral Cay (pronounced like key) is about to be the wedding destination of Kate McGuire’s friend, Desiree Goldsmith and her future husband Judson Cooper, a celebrity marine biologist. A couple over-the-moon in love, they cannot wait to get married among family and friends in their intimate beach wedding ceremony. But things don’t exactly go as planned and when the groom is a no-show and goes missing, all signs point to Desiree and foul play. Now, Kate must find a way to help her friend Desiree and prove to everyone that Desiree and Judson’s love was real. Now, it’s a race against time, but when everyone doubts you and when the odds are against you, it’ll take a village to solve this mystery.Â
This story had a bit of a rocky start. This is the first book for me in this series and I had bit of a difficult time getting to understand and know the characters and the setting. As the story progressed, it was really pleasant to visit with these characters at their wonderful island, where everyone seems to live contently and happy. There was a bit of editorial mishaps, but overall, the story was good and engaging. The mystery had excellent progression and just enough development to keep you on suspense.Â
The characters in this book were all wonderful. I really like the main character Kate McGuire, who is a new transplant to the island and thus still learning her way around and still getting to know the characters around her. Her tenacity to help her friend Desiree, shows her great character and her personality is positive and ensuring. The supportive characters had great chemistry with Kate, and they were essential in the resolution of the mystery. The antagonist in this story was cleverly written and there were plenty of unscrupulous characters throughout the mystery.Â
An enjoyable mystery with a happy resolution and a great example of perseverance.Â
~ Patricia
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