Sweet Masterpiece

Pastry baker Samantha Sweet finds an unmarked grave, then pairs up with Deputy Beau Cardwell to investigate. Shelton's storytelling is superb, her setting are vivid and her characters are likable, real and well-developed. An entertaining read.......more

At age fifty; Samantha Sweet’s dream was to own a bakery featuring cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Currently, she was doing her baking at home under less than ideal conditions. Until she saved enough money to accomplish that she worked part time for a government agency cleaning and maintaining homes......more

Sweet Masterpiece by Connie Shelton is the first Samantha Sweet mystery. Samantha Sweet cleans out repossessed houses but dreams of opening her own bakery. At one of her houses she finds a fresh grave with the body of a well known artist. A fun start to the series. Some paranormal elements with a bo......more

Sam (Samantha) works with the USDA. She cleans and maintains abandoned properties. But what she really wants to do is open up her sweet shop. And she knows she will call it Sweets Sweets. She already makes cakes for a bookstore that Ivan owns. And some other people that have heard about her. On her......more

I really enjoyed this book! The protagonist works for the USDA when houses are foreclosed upon. Samantha maintains the properties until sold. In her spare time, she bakes out of her own with a dream of owning her own shop. Things are going along well until she finds a grave at a house she has been a......more