Author: Amanda Flower
Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book (Audiobook Available)
ISBN #: 9781496734631
Kensington Cozies
336 Pages
$8.99; $6.99 Amazon
May 23, 2023
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Bailey King, star of TV's Bailey's Amish Sweets, is building her dream candy factory in Harvest, Ohio. But no sooner is the frame of the new building up than she finds the dead body of a surly contractor who has a long list of enemies -- including people in the Amish community. To add to the drama, Bailey is being filmed by a crew for her upcoming show.
When Bailey's TV producer pitched a reality show about building the factory, Bailey was shocked the network picked it up. She's not shocked that many of the Amish working on the jobsite refuse to be on camera. However, local community organizer Margot Rawlings is ecstatic -- because the filming coincides with Harvest's First Annual Blueberry Bash. Margot believes the media attention will make Harvest the most popular destination in Holmes County. But now, the county may become known for all the wrong reasons...
Bailey will have to sift through a crowd of angry villagers and thousands of blueberries to solve the murder, save her new venture, and protect her Amish friends. At the same time, she and her longtime boyfriend, Aiden Brody, are making big decisions about their future together -- a future that may be in jeopardy if Bailey is the next pick on a killer's list...
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Bailey King moved to Harvest, Ohio, to help her grandmother run her candy store after her grandfather died. So far, things have been going well, and Bailey even has her own television show. Everything is going so well, in fact, that Bailey is now building a candy factory not too far away. The framing is up, and it's on to the next stage -- or it would be if her contractor wasn't trying to get more money out of her. When she refuses, he also refuses to work, leading to an altercation between the two. When he's found dead up on the scaffolding, Sheriff Marshall is looking at her as a suspect. She's not having any of it, and is determined to find the killer so she can get on with her life. Unfortunately, her life is already turned upside down: she's got a film crew following her who seem more interested in the murder than the factory, the Blueberry Bash that's in full swing, and her cousin Charlotte, who is preparing for her own wedding to Deputy Luke Little and meeting his parents for the first time. Who said life was boring? And let's not forget Jethro the pig, who gets into his own situations...
I have always loved this series. It's one of the most delightful ones out there, and the plots are interesting enough to keep you reading straight through. Of course, we have a murder early on, and of course, Bailey is once again trying to solve it. With her cousin Charlotte helping her along the way (to the natural displeasure of Charlotte's fiancé), they try and avoid the film crew while looking for clues -- and sometimes meeting with unpleasant people.
This time it goes into the heart of the Amish people, and there are those who would rather not talk to the duo, including Charlotte's parents (read the book to find out why). Bailey's boyfriend Aiden is back in town as a newly-minted PI and he's got a case of his own to figure out -- will it connect back to Bailey's, or not matter at all?
When the ending comes it leaves us with a warm feeling inside; the killer is caught (of course), and everything goes back to normal (as much as it can) with quite a surprise to give us. Again, I love this series and eagerly await the next book. Highly recommended.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.
More on Amanda Flower's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/amanda-flower/
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