Revenge is a dish best served coldâespecially when it comes in the form of one of Grandmaâs âspecialâ pies. Get the best of family hijinks, girl power, and hilariously justifiable crime in the latest novel from award-winning author HelenKay Dimon.
Kasey Nottingham needs a splashy idea at her company where they find and develop the next big thing for investorsâher job depends on it. Impulsively, she pitches Magsâ Desserts, a beloved small-town business run by her grandma Mags and live-in âbest friendâ Celia, two women who overcame deadbeat husbands and financial ruin to build a word-of-mouth clientele. Kasey expects her boss to say no. Instead, he sends her home to North Carolina to land the dealâŚand now she has a problem.
Mags and Celia arenât interested, which isnât a surprise, but something else is going on in their kitchen. Locked cabinets. Cryptic conversations. Unexpected notations on business records. The ladies have secrets and whatever theyâre hiding is big. As reports of mysterious deaths of abusive men in the area surfaceâall in households that recently received a delivery from Magsâ DessertsâKasey worries Gram and Celia have gone into the poison pie business.
As investors start circling, Kasey enlists Jackson Quaid, Celiaâs nephew and Kaseyâs long-time crush, as her reluctant investigation assistant. Jackson is practical. Kasey has a wild imagination. Together, they dodge Kaseyâs boss and gather intel. And kiss. Lots of kissing, though probably not the best idea to start an unexpected romance. Doing it while keeping two feisty ladies from going to jail for knocking off bad husbandsâeven if those husbands deserve itâmight be impossibleâŚbut Kasey never shied away from a challenge.