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The Bun Also Rises
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.99
Publisher: Scorpius Carta Press
Published: Feb 2 2026
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Vivianna Marston enrolls in culinary school after a heated family debate about her future, she never expected this could happen. Not only is she hexed--she's attracted three ghostly gourmet ancestors who pop into her food unannounced.
Uncle Floyd, Aunts Clara and Earlene may have been summoned from the ether to help Viv find the hexer and the remedy. But the task is proving more difficult than they thought. Whenever Viv applies heat, she sets the kitchen on fire. Stove, oven, Crock-Pot, or toaster. They are all off-limits.
A chef who can't cook. A chef with a hex. A chef who sets everything on fire. How could it get any worse?
How about a murder? And Viv is the A.1. Sauce Suspect!
When Viv moves to Crystal Bay, Florida, and the house she inherited from her namesake aunt, her kitchen fires become infamous. Enter volunteer firefighter Jake Palmer, a beach-loving dude who makes the best ceviche in the county. He seems concerned about her unusual mishaps in the kitchen, but when Viv becomes the prime murder suspect, she needs more than an alibi and three gourmet ghosts.
Banned from the kitchen by the hex, Viv becomes the Snooty Foodie columnist for the local newspaper, the perfect cover for a nosing about town. While the murder victim may have been an out-of-towner, his connections aren't. As Viv meets the characters of Crystal Bay, she discovers they all have history, secrets, and maybe something worth killing for.
Can she unscramble the mystery before the retiring detective makes Viv his last arrest? Will she find a de-hex recipe to save her career? Is Jake boyfriend material or a distraction? Viv braves the be-dazzling truth in this delightfully delicious Snooty Foodie mystery with a pinch of magic.
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