Former magazine editor Sugar Calloway's life has taken a delicious twist since she launched a community cookbook publishing business with blue-ribbon baker Dixie Spicer. Now these amateur sleuths must solve a small-town murder without getting burned.

Jessi Brand always gets what she wants. And what she wants is part-time ranch hand, part time deputy, and full time hunk, Lash Monroe. Unfortunately, her five big (really big) brothers have other ideas.

◆◆Secrets of the past will no longer stay silent.◆◆

The Mercenary Alexander Masterson is a mercenary trained in the art of war. Despite his twisted leg, he still fights just as well as a knight. With his father's dying breath, the man reveals a shocking secret that causes Alex to question his own identity. Just before Christmas, he starts out on a journey to discover the truth about his life.