Author Description

Charlotte (Charlie) Walker is just about fed up with her job in Toledo as an assistant to Peter Derch, a low-life private eye. While sitting in her car on yet another boring stakeout she receives a frantic call from her cousin, Izzy, back home in Crabapple Creek. A sobbing Izzy begs her to come home immediately. Charlotte caught only a few incoherent phrases - big trouble, dead body, jail, lose the café - but they were more than enough to send her scrambling to pack up her few belongs, her hyper dachshund, Rascal, and rush home to Crabapple Creek.<br/><br/>Upon arrival, Charlie finds things are worse than she thought – not only is Izzy the prime suspect in a murder, but she might lose her café as well.<br/><br/>Things get more complicated when an old friend returns to Crabapple Creek. The once nervous and shy boy she knew in Junior High is now a total hunk. But coming off a catastrophic relationship in Toledo, Charlotte has no intention of starting a romance.<br/><br/>Will Charlotte’s amateur skills she’s picked from working for a private eye be enough to find the real culprit? Will her cooking skills be enough to save Izzy’s cafe? Will she be able to resist the charming Cole Aston?<br/><br/>Or will she fail miserably on all three counts?