Only two things might ruin fudge maker Allie McMurphy’s wedding: murder—and her mother . . .June is always beautiful on Mackinac Island, which is why Allie chose this month for her wedding to police officer Rex Manning**—definitely Mackinac Island’s finest in more ways than one. But if her mother has her way, that’s the last choice Allie will get to make. Allie’s the furthest thing from a Bridezilla—**but it looks like she has a Momzilla on her han...

When her pregnant best friend’s doula is found with a smoking gun, fudge maker Allie McMurphy’s sleuthing becomes a labor of love . . .DID THE DOULA DO IT?April is not only the start of “fudgie” season on picturesque Mackinac Island, but it’s also when Allie’s BFF Jenn Carpenter is due. Jenn wants to have her baby on the island, so she’s lined up a midwife and a doula. But she’s two weeks overdue—and if one more person tells her she looks r...

FORECAST: FAIR WITH A CHANCE OF MURDER . . .The Mackinac County fair is in full swing, and the air is rich with the scent of funnel cakes and the sound of carnival rides. Allie is focused on the fudge competition—another win would really put her hotel and fudge shop on the map. But she’s willing to take a little break and walk through the haunted house attraction with her friend Jenn.When they come across a body, though, it turns out not to be a prop. Soon,...

Fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy never expected her maid of honor duties to include clearing the groom of murder . . .THE BODY OF A CRIMEIt’s late spring on picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan. Allie is prepping her Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop for the start of the tourist season and her best friend Jenn’s wedding. But when Jenn’s fiancé Shane, a crime scene investigator on the island, misses a dinner date, the two friends go loo...

Christmas on Mackinac Island brings a flurry of festive activity for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy—but also a body in a snowbank . . .SNOWED UNDERAll Allie wants for Christmas is for renovations to be finished on the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop so she can move back home for the holidays. But for now she's staying in her friend Frances's apartment, busily baking batches of holiday fudge. After someone leaves a mysterious note on...

Fans of Nancy Coco’s celebrated Candy-Coated Mystery series first met Rowan Giles as a murder suspect and owner of Finn, a stunning lavender Great Dane, in Some Like It Fudgy***. Now the pastry-chef-slash-pet-photographer shows she has what it takes to be a first-rate amateur crime solver as the star of a new series . . .***After honing her baking skills at a New York patisserie, Rowan is back in her hometown of Charlevoix, Michigan, not f...

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Welcome to the Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop--where life is sweet, revenge is sweeter, and murder is here to stay. . .You Can't Fudge An AlibiAllie McMurphy is up to her neck in renovations at the grand old hotel that's been in her family for generations. With its quaint Victorian charm--and world-famous fudge shop--the place is one of Mackinac Island's most beloved landmarks.Sure, every family has a skeleton or two in the ...

USA Today bestselling authorFirst in a new series! Includes tips and recipes!Welcome to a specialty shop in the Oregon tourist town of Oceanview, where it’s all things honey—from taffy to body scrub. But murder can make things sticky . . .A BALMY WAY TO GOWith her Let It Bee honey boutique buzzing along nicely, life is as sweet as nectar for Wren Johnson—until she takes a morning wa...

USA Today bestselling author“Memorable characters, a charming locale, and a satisfying mystery.”—Barbara AllanWhen a film crew comes to Mackinac Island, the last thing fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy expects to find is a murder victim . . .SHOT ON LOCATIONIt's Labor Day weekend, the official end of tourist season, and the beginning of a whole batch of trouble. First, the island is invaded by ...

**USA Today bestselling authorAfter a summer celebration on Michigan’s Mackinac Island ends in murder, hotel and fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy puts on her sleuthing hat . . .**THERE’S NO SUGARCOATING A KILLER’S SCHEMEDuring the Midsummer Night’s Festival, Allie decides to take her bichonpoo, Mal, home to spare her furry little ears from the sounds of fireworks. But on her way back, Allie spots a body in the lake. Just minutes ago, Winona ...

Fans of the perennially popular Candy-Coated Mystery series featuring Allie McMurphy are treated to a holiday e-novella in which Allie’s frequent sleuthing partner Carol Tunisian gets mixed up in a holiday homicide.’TIS THE SEASON FOR FUDGE—AND SLEUTHINGCarol is looking forward to finishing plans for the Mackinac Island Senior Center Christmas Ball. But when she arrives at the center, she finds the door jimmied open and a dead man inside. T...