"Why would someone commit murder over a cupcake?"That is Detective Gordon's question. Eliza doesn't have an answer, and doesn't particularly want to find one. Gordy promises she doesn't have to get involved…just look at the cupcake and use her culinary knowledge to tell him why it would inspire murder.It's never that easy.Not for Eliza Carlisle.What should be a relaxing two week break between semesters of culinary school turns into a never ending string of embarrassing, injury-inducing, rat-filled situations Eliza can't escape. She hadn't wanted to meet Puck's parents to begin with. Meeting them in the middle of the murder investigation and running into Chef Harper, her least favorite instructor who is intent on making her life miserable, guarantees anything but a good time.Add it just keeps getting better. Baxter is getting impatient. His ex-wife, the Evil Queen of Darkness, is getting more vicious by the second. Cupcake bakers are dropping every time the cops turns around. Eliza quickly finds herself hating the Christmas holidays even more than usual. All she has to do to survive her least favorite time of the year is catch a killer, beat Megan at her own evil game, hold off Baxter a little longer, and face down Puck's unimpressed parents.Piece of…cupcake. DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. All Eliza wants to do is escape her past and get through culinary school, but trouble always seems to find her no matter how hard she tries to not get involved. Murder, drugs, sex trafficking...there's no telling what mystery she'll stumble into next.
