Dough or Die

small-business, small-town, law-enforcement, television, murder, murder-investigation, attempted-murder, amateur-sleuth***** The good news is that you won't seem to miss a thing if you haven't read earlier books in the series. On other news, it made me want to hunt up and read others in the series. Ivy is a character I can relate to as she is pointedly curious, not perfect, and has a sense of humor. Olaya and her bakery Yeast of Eden are the other side of the Pacific and Equator of Corinna Chapman and her shop Earthly Delights. Olaya's other mission is to empower marginalized women through making and promoting the breads of their home peoples. The mystery is well done, too! I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!

I am loving this series so much! I'm obsessed. A new reality show featuring local bakeries is being filmed and they want to start with Yeast of Eden. When two of the people involved with the new show are hurt, can Ivy Culpepper find out what connects them and why they were hurt? I'm loving getting to know Ivy so much. I love all of her friends and family. While she did some things that made me a little uncomfortable in this book, I understood her decisions. I was completely caught off guard at the end. I had no idea the ending was coming! I also enjoy that the books in this series don't end immediately after the mystery is solved. The reader gets a little bit more to finish the whole story. I can't wait to read the next one!