As the residents of Lake Eden, Minnesota, prepare for their annual Fourth of July celebration, Hannah Swensen, owner of the local bake shop, spends her time perfecting her pie recipes and setting up house with her boyfriend, but when Hannah discovers a dead body at her new home, all the residents begin pointing fingers and hunting down the killer.

Amateur sleuth and bakery owner Hannah Swensen is thrilled when she is chosen to judge the local dessert bake-off, but when one of the other judges is murdered, Hannah takes it upon herself to investigate.

"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--

Twelve-year-old Rosemary Bliss must use her magical baking skills to escape when she is kidnapped by the owner of the Mostess Snack Cake Corporation.

Twelve-year-old Sophie is excited to have the opportunity to audition for a television commercial until she learns the company is Beatrice's Brownies, the biggest competitor to her best friend's family's cupcake shop. Includes recipes for chocolate treats.

'Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit ... "CANDY CANE MURDER" by JOANNE FLUKE When a trail of candy canes leads to a corpse outfitted in a Santa suit on a snowy bank, Hannah Swensen sets out to discover who killed Kris Kringle ... "THE DANGERS OF CANDY CANES" by LAURA...

In first century Rome, in the turmoil after a rumor circulates that mad Emperor "Littleboots" is dead, young Marcus brings home a horse that the emperor had proclaimed a consul and his family decides they must treat it as an honored guest.

By order of the Duke, Walter the Baker must invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times.

Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.

Casey is planning lots of fun things to do over spring break with her BFF Lindsay. But her parents ruin her plans when they tell her she has to join them on a family trip to look at colleges with her older sister, Gabby. Casey is devastated until things take a surprising turn for the better when she runs into her summer crush, Matt! Matt is not only as smart and cute as Casey remembered, but he gives her an idea to make Donut Dreams donuts even more...