Crafts and Life

For once, Ivy Culpepper feels fulfilled. An apprenticeship at Yeast of Eden has opened her world to time-honored baking techniques under owner Olaya Solis's guidance–as well as the freshest small-town gossip, courtesy of chatty regulars known as the Blackbird Ladies. Ivy even begins accepting that she and restaurateur Miguel Baptista may never again rekindle their romance–despite the undeniable tension between them . . .

But she's tied to Miguel again when his trusted produce supplier goes missing. Old Hank Riviera's financial troubles would make anyone consider running away forever. And with his relationship woes, there are plenty of people who might want to see Hank disappear. As Ivy, with the help of her octogenarian sidekick, turns to the loose-lipped Blackbird Ladies for leads, she soon finds herself caught in a web of lies stickier than a batch of Olaya's popular pastries . . .

Ivy is settling in nicely, she has her photography (run from home rather than a studio) and she is being trained up in the art of bread making by Olaya, there is almost something happening between Ivy and Miguel but he keeps holding back and then he asks her to come over …. to the restaurant to take photographs for a new menu and flyers! Whilst she is there though Miguel gets a phone call from the son of his produce guy, Mustache Hank has gone missing and Ivy and Miguel (along with the Blackbird Ladies) are looking into it before you can blink.  Oh and the Winter Wonderland one day fair is also on the books!

Can Ivy find Hank and can she and Miguel sort out what is wrong between them?