Sugar and Iced
by Jenn McKinlay

Sugar and spice and murderous vice.
That’s what pageants are made of...

Normally Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura wouldn’t be caught dead at a beauty pageant, but when Mel’s mom asks them to provide cupcakes for the seventy-fifth annual Sweet Tiara contest as a favor for her best friend, they can’t say no. Plus, between cooking up a daily display for the three-day event and sponsoring a cupcake creation challenge for the participants, Fairy Tale Cupcakes will get great publicity.

But the world of pageants is even hotter than Mel’s kitchen. A high-strung judge and a pushy stage mom target Lupe, a young friend of Mel and Angie’s, at the competition and aim to take her out—by any means necessary. When the same judge shows up dead underneath Mel and Angie’s cupcake display, Lupe is crowned the lead suspect. Now Mel and Angie will have to find the real killer quickly or Lupe may be strutting the catwalk in prison pinstripes...

Other Books by Jenn McKinlay

Death in the Stacks
Library Lover's Mystery Book 8

Vanilla Beaned
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #8

Copy Cap Murder
A Hat Shop Mystery #4

A Likely Story
A Library Lover's Mystery #6

Dark Chocolate Demise
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #7

The Cozy Cookbook
More than 100 Recipes from Today's Bestselling Mystery Autho

At the Drop of a Hat
A Hat Shop Mystery #3

On Borrowed Time
A Library Lover's Mystery #5

Death of a Mad Hatter
A Hat Shop Mystery #2

Read It and Weep
A Library Lover's Mystery #4

Cloche and Dagger
A Hat Shop Mystery #1

Going, Going, Ganache
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #5

Book, Line, and Sinker
A Library Lover's Mystery #3

Red Velvet Revenge
A Cupcake Bakery Mystery #4

Jenn McKinlay's Bio

Jenn McKinlay is what is known as a dessert-freakosaurus. She has been known to eat leftover birthday cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the frozen top tier of her wedding cake didn’t stand a chance of seeing its first anniversary. Luckily, her husband is more of a salt guy. Since the arrival of the hooligans (her sons), she has honed her culinary skills to include cupcakes and has baked and frosted cupcakes into the shape of cats, mice and outerspace aliens to name just a few. Writing a mystery series based upon one of her favorite food groups (cupcakes) is as enjoyable as licking the beater and she can’t wait to whip up the next one. She is the author of another mystery series under the name Lucy Lawrence and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with her musician husband Chris, their two sons, two cats, one dog and one fish.