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The Crime Brûlée Bake Off (Claire Walker #1)
The Crime Brûlée Bake Off (Claire Walker #1) | Rebecca Connolly
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An unexpected romance. A haunting mystery. Pastries to die for. The Great British Baking Show meets a cozy mystery with a contemporary romance and a Regency-era twist.
Amateur baker Claire Walker is thrilled to be a contestant on Britain’s Battle of the Bakers. She can almost smell the fresh pastries wafting through the air. If she can win the grand prize, she can ditch her teaching job and launch her baking career.
The Viscount of Colburn, Jonathan Ainsley, is the custodian of Blackfirth Park and an eligible bachelor. He reluctantly agrees to allow the cooking competition show to film on his estate, but when a contestant is found dead soon after filming begins, Jonathan is forced to get involved. To make matters worse, the baker’s death stirs up rumors of the legendary death of the tenth Viscountess of Colburn two hundred and fifty years earlier.
Even as suspicion falls on some of the bakers, a decidedly different kind of heat begins to simmer between Claire and Jonathan. If they are to have any hope of a future romance, they must first solve the mystery before the show gets canceled or someone else falls prey to what some believe is the Blackfirth Park ghost.
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Panpan

This was cute with so much potential but super slow (especially for a mystery) and dare I say…boring?
Johnny kept talking about how it was a drag to be a viscount but why? He strolled the grounds and fussed over people being there but not much else. I liked Claire, but she lacked depth. There were likable characters but it felt more plot driven and a slow plot at that. Good writing. I would try another by the author.

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Aims42
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Pickpick

This was a cute, fluffy romance book that involves a murder mystery. The cover led me to believe this would be more, “Thursday Murder Club” and it was more… what a Grandmother would read twenty years ago. It‘s a great palate cleanser, and if you can handle your MC saying “Oh Crumpets” instead of “Oh Crap”, well you‘ll love this. Soft pick from me since I did enjoy it but I don‘t need to read the next book in the series.

Aims42 Themes: Clean Romance, For Fans of ‘The Great British Baking Show‘, Extremely Cozy Mystery 1w
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#FridayHappyReadingHour ??? Enjoying my favorite Chardonnay and a new ebook - I‘m 13% into it AND LOVING IT! The Litsy database does not like the û or the é obviously ?

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mcctrish Looks delicious 😋 2w
Aims42 @mcctrish Thanks! It is 🥰😊 I finally found one that isn‘t super rich and buttery 2w
dabbe Looks lovely! Thanks for the tag, friend. 💜🧡💛 2w
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Aims42 @dabbe 💛🧡🩷😊 2w
Tamra Fantastic! 2w
Ruthiella Enjoy! 🥂 2w
BarbaraBB Enjoy 😘 2w
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