The Spy Wore Silk (Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies Book 1)

A year after Princess Esme was banished to Toronto to become more responsible, leaving her magical kingdom of Fairhaven below the storm drains, she happened to find love and save the world from an evil Senator who wanted to enslave humanity. Since then, she married the man of her dreams, something that twenty-three-year-old Gemma Solace wishes she could do too.

A food truck. A baking contest. A future on the line…

Single mom and bakery owner Maeve Carpenter wants to create a safe and secure childhood for her nine-year-old daughter. She’s grateful for all her mom’s help, but yearns for a place of her own—and a measure of privacy. What happened to the independent girl who once intended to bake in Paris?

A sports writing job would have been the perfect catch for Jordan McAllister, but in Ranchero, Texas, all she could reel in was the food column. Though she may not know her way around a kitchen, she has no trouble finding herself in a kettle of fish…Tempted by the offer of a free Caribbean cruise, Jordan accepts a spot as a judge in a week-long, big-time cooking competition aboard the Carnation Queen. She just better hope no one finds out that her famous palate is far from refined.But there are bigger fish to fry when arrogant chef Stefano Mancini falls face first into his signature halibut dish during the first event. While evidence suggests that the handsome Italian chef’s death was an accident, Jordan thinks otherwise. But she’ll have to keep her wits about her—and the sea sickness pills handy—if she’s going to solve this one…