Pies and Prejudice (Charmed Pie Shoppe Series #1)

by Ellery Adams

Overview

When the going gets tough, Ella Mae LaFaye bakes pies. So when she catches her husband cheating in New York, she heads back home to Havenwood, Georgia, where she can drown her sorrows in fresh fruit filling and flakey crust. But her pies aren't just delicious. They're having magical effects on the people who eat them--and the public is hungry for more.

Discovering her hidden talent for enchantment, Ella Mae makes her own wish come true by opening the Charmed Pie Shoppe. But with her old nemesis Loralyn Gaynor making trouble, and her old crush Hugh Dylan making nice, she has more than pie on her plate. and when Loralyn's fiancé is found dead--killed with Ella Mae's rolling pin--it'll take all her sweet magic to clear her name.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101581100
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/03/2012
Series:	Charmed Pie Shoppe Series , #1
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	90,633
File size:	793 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ellery Adams has had a lifelong love affair with both stories and food. As a child, she used to make mud pies and eat them. Over the years, she became more adept in the kitchen, and when she's not writing, she loves to don an apron and fill her home with the sweet, buttery scent of baking pies. Ms. Adams has held many jobs, including caterer, retail clerk, car salesperson, teacher, tutor, and tech writer, all while penning poems, children's books, and novels. She writes and creates culinary delights from her home in central Virginia.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“[A] savory blend of suspense, pies, and engaging characters. Foodie mystery fans will enjoy this.”—Booklist

"[A] delicious, delightful, and deadly new series...will leave readers longing for seconds."—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Cupcake Bakery mysteries

"Enchanting! As sweet and tangy as a warm Georgia peach pie."—Krista Davis, author of the Domestic Diva series

Editorial Reviews

[A] savory blend of suspense, pies, and engaging characters. Foodie mystery fans will enjoy this.”—Booklist

"[A] delicious, delightful, and deadly new series...will leave readers longing for seconds."—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Cupcake Bakery mysteries

"Enchanting! As sweet and tangy as a warm Georgia peach pie."—Krista Davis, author of the Domestic Diva series

From the Publisher

Ella Mae leaves her ailing marriage and lonely New York City life to seek comfort in her idyllic hometown of Havenwood, GA. A gifted baker, she decides that a pie shop is her destiny. There's magic in her culinary gifts: her freshly baked goods pick up on her moods (sad, happy, etc.), and then the eaters absorb the mood. Tragedy strikes when the local equine veterinarian is murdered, and Ella Mae's rolling pin is the weapon. Our sleuth scrambles to identify the murderer by working with the victim's son, renewing her friendship with a local firefighter, and baking pies that make people want to tell her secrets. VERDICT A little play on Jane Austen with a nod to Arthurian legend gets this new series from veteran author Adams (she also writes as J.B. Stanley and cowrites as Lucy Arlington) off to an enchanted start. A sensory delight for those who like a little magic with their culinary cozies; think Bailey Cates's recent Brownies and Broomsticks.

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