Corinna Chapman walked away from her banker's life and her pretentious, chauvinistic husband to do what she really loved. Baking. She opened a bakery with a little shop attached, where she bakes to her heart's delight and enjoys watching her customers smell the wonderful aromas of freshly baked goodies. Normally her only problem is she has to get out of bed at four am. In Earthly Delights, the first book in this series, Corinna saves a young drug addict's life, hires another as her assistant, (Jason has a flair for making muffins), receives hate mail calling her the whore of Babylon, and discovers a murderer. And while all this is going on she continues to bake and describe the luscious breads and pastries.
In the second book Heavenly Pleasures, Corinna saves a young woman from a kidnapping marriage, discovers who is ruining the chocolates in the store next door and saves a neighbor from some really bad guys. Again, she continues to bake and describe the foods so beautifully, I swear the baking aroma was coming right off the pages! Mmmm--mmmmm. The author Kerry Greenwood writes lovely descriptions of everything, the building where Corinna lives, her clothes, (in one of the books she dresses up as a dominatrix) and of course all the food. Each book has a couple of recipes in the back, but I think you could make some of the muffins from just reading the story. I hunger for the third book, Devil's Food to arrive (bad pun intended).
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