Welcome to Torte—a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the oven is heating up as high as the body count... Jules Capshaw is still chewing over her husband Carlos’s return to Ashland, Oregon. Could there be too many cooks in the kitchen? Whatever is stirring between those two will have to wait. Despite the Oregon Shakespeare Festival being dark for the winter, the bakeshop is bustling, the dough is rolling, and there’s no rest for the weary...especially when murder is thrown into the mix. When Mindy Nolan, the owner of a new restaurant in town, turns up dead, the batter at hand thickens. Jules knows that there was bad blood between Mindy and others in town, and tracking down the killer could prove to be an unwelcome treat. And to top it all off, there’s Carlos, who is pleading—with those delicious dark eyes and sexy Spanish accent—for Jules to take him back. Is home where the heart is or will she make a fresh start...and risk getting burned?

Scottie Ramone couldn’t be happier with the way things are going in her new bakery. She has an amazing assistant, and the town locals flock to her shop every morning for their breakfast treats. If only life outside the bakery was going as smoothly. Scottie is still confused about her friendship with Cade Rafferty. In the meantime, Dalton Braddock, the town’s ranger and Scottie’s lifelong crush, has been rethinking his marriage to Crystal Miramont. The discovery of a possibly rare, valuable coin throws the whole town into disarray, and when the owner of the coin is murdered, there are plenty of suspects to go around. Scottie puts her personal troubles aside and throws herself into the case. She soon learns that some pennies are lucky and some are most decidedly not. Book 4 of the Scottie Ramone Cozy Mystery series More in the series: Prequel: Banana Chiffon and Bad Deeds Book 1: Heads Will Cinnamon Roll Book 2: Better Off Shortbread Book 3: Dead Gingerbread Man Walking Book 4: Caught Bread Handed Book 5: A Pie For A Pie

A carnival of murder has arrived. But who will have the last laugh? Autumn is upon the cozy town of Clovedale Falls, and twins Rita and Rhonda Knight look forward to a beautiful season of pumpkins, bonfires, crisp evenings, and hot apple cider vinegar. But when a strange circus rolls into town, the peaceful atmosphere quickly turns sour. After a creepy old man turns up dead, Rita and Rhonda are catapulted into a chilling mystery that will land them in a whole heap of danger. Forced to step into a grisly fun house in pursuit of a deranged killer, the pair will have to battle through laughing clowns, strange mirrors, and the bustling crowds under the Big Top. But the killer isn’t working alone. Just when they’re about to unearth the truth, a new challenger steps into the ring... and if the sisters aren’t careful, they’ll meet their demise among the bright lights and colorful attractions of this carnival of death. Can Rita and Rhonda Knight untangle a confusing and deadly mystery that haunts this sinister circus? Or will they succumb to the atmosphere of chaos and fear that lurks around every corner? As a fun and wholesome cozy mystery novel that whisks readers away on an adventure into the delightful wonders of Autumn, Caught Bread-Handed is a memorable who-dun-it that serves up no shortage of head-scratching twists and turns.

Welcome to Torte-a small-town family bakeshop where the treats are killer good. It's the dead of winter in the sleepy town of Ashland, which means no tourists-and fewer customers-for Jules Capshaw and her bakery. But when she's asked to cater an off-season retreat for the directors of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, business starts heating up...until Jules finds a dead body in the freezer. "An intriguing new series."-Reader to Reader Someone at the retreat has apparently iced the bartender, a well-known flirt with a legendary temper-that is, before a killer beat him to the punch. Then, from out of nowhere, Jules's own ex-husband shows up at the shop-and soon becomes a suspect. With accusations piling up higher than the snow-and thicker than a chocolate mousse cake-Jules has to think outside the (recipe) box to find the real culprit...and make sure he gets his just desserts. "A delectable tale of murder and intrigue."-Portland Book Review on Meet Your Baker

The Shakespeare Festival returns to Ashland, Oregon, for the season and Torteis cast as the supplier of Elizabethan-era treats for the main event. Original.

Includes an excerpt from A crime of passion fruit by the author.

Includes excerpt from A batter of life and death (pages 309-316) and recipes.

The real-life Nickel and Dimed—the author of the wildly popular “Poverty Thoughts” essay tells what it’s like to be working poor in America. ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS OF THE YEAR--Esquire “DEVASTATINGLY SMART AND FUNNY. I am the author of Nickel and Dimed, which tells the story of my own brief attempt, as a semi-undercover journalist, to survive on low-wage retail and service jobs. TIRADO IS THE REAL THING.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, from the Foreword As the haves and have-nots grow more separate and unequal in America, the working poor don’t get heard from much. Now they have a voice—and it’s forthright, funny, and just a little bit furious. Here, Linda Tirado tells what it’s like, day after day, to work, eat, shop, raise kids, and keep a roof over your head without enough money. She also answers questions often asked about those who live on or near minimum wage: Why don’t they get better jobs? Why don’t they make better choices? Why do they smoke cigarettes and have ugly lawns? Why don’t they borrow from their parents? Enlightening and entertaining, Hand to Mouth opens up a new and much-needed dialogue between the people who just don’t have it and the people who just don’t get it.

When a barista competition comes to town, Torte's favorite pastry chef finds herself sleuthing once again—in the next installment of Ellie Alexander's beloved Bakeshop Mystery Series, Mocha, She Wrote! Summer has ushered in a new season in the charming hamlet of Ashland, Oregon. Torte is bustling with tourists taking in star-drenched shows at the Elizabethan, setting out to hike in the surrounding Siskiyou Mountains, and sampling the bakeshop’s summer lineup of raspberry lemon tarts and mint mojito cold brews. Jules and the team are buzzing with excitement when they learn that Andy, Torte’s head barista, has been selected to compete in the West Coast Barista Cup. The prestigious competition draws coffee aficionados from up and down the coast to Ashland. The winner will not only claim to be best-in-brew, but also be awarded a hefty cash prize. Andy’s nervous about his chances, but Jules is confident that her star barista will shine. However, things take a grim turn when head judge Benson Vargas spits out Andy’s first offering, claiming it to be the worst thing to ever touch his lips—and hours later, is found dead clutching Andy’s creamy latte. Suddenly Torte’s favorite barista becomes the number one suspect. There’s no roast for the weary. Jules will have to sleuth out whodunit to clear Andy’s name and catch a killer before she ends up with one foot in the grounds.

The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?