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Dough or Die

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Known for its mouthwatering traditional breads, the Yeast of Eden bakery has gained fame across Northern California's coast. Now the shop is bound for Reality TV—but a murder may kill its reputation . . .

People come to the beach town of Santa Sofia as much for the healing properties of Yeast of Eden's breads as for a vacation getaway. And now a cable food channel has selected the bakery as a featured culinary delight for a new show. Baking apprentice Ivy Culpepper is excited as the crew arrives, ready to capture all the ins and outs of the renowned bread shop. But instead they capture something much harder to stomach: the attempted murdered of the show's cameraman just outside Yeast of Eden . . .

With no motive and no clues, and the town craving answers, it will be up to Ivy to sift through the evidence to find the truth. But she'll have to move quickly before someone else is targeted or the wrong person gets the heat—and the business collapses like a deflated soufflé, right before her eyes.
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      June 1, 2020
      A reality show turns deadly for an apprentice bread maker. Ivy Culpepper so worships Olaya Solis, the creative spirit behind Yeast of Eden, that she works in Olaya's shop, evidently without pay, just to learn the art of long-rise baking that creates artisanal loaves beloved by the citizens of Santa Sofia, on Southern California's sunny shore. When Santa Sofia alum Sandra Mays wants to shoot the pilot of America's Best Bakeries at Yeast of Eden, Ivy naturally urges her mentor to agree. What better way to bring attention to Olaya's Bread for Life program, a baking course for immigrant women? Of course, Ivy doesn't count on the series of challenges that threaten the production, from the bad blood evident between imperious Sandra and showrunner Mack Hebron to the hit-and-run that sends cameraman Ben Nader to the hospital, all culminating in the demise of Sandra, who's pushed over and hits her head. But rather than throwing cold water on the whole reality show enterprise, Sandra's murder only sharpens Ivy's appetite. Like a patron tearing into one of Olaya's olive-and-rosemary loaves, she shows nothing but enthusiasm for the hunt for Sandra's killer--even going so far as to volunteer her skills at Crosby House, a women's shelter where Nader also worked, in an attempt to ferret out who had a motive to harm Ben, Sandra, the production, or all three. Standard cozy fare in an artisanal wrapper.

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