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Meg Muldoon

Cinnamon Peters is one tough cookie.

Every year at Christmas River's annual Gingerbread Junction Competition, pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon aims to win, taking down any competitor who gets in her way. But when she finds a dead body in the woods behind her pie shop just days before the big competition, Cinnamon realizes that there's much more to worry about than cookies, frosting, and gumdrops.

Someone's out to bring Cinnamon down. And they're playing dirty.

Only Cinnamon and a mysterious stranger who walks into her life one snowy evening can figure out the mystery.
But can they solve it before Cinnamon's chances of gingerbread competition glory crumble?

Randye Kaye

Tantor Media, Inc.

Christmas River Series

Murder in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's July in Christmas River, and the temperature isn't the only thing flaring out of control.

After a fire destroys her best friend's ornament shop, pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters soon discovers that the blaze was no accident.

Just days before the annual Christmas River in July Parade and Play, it becomes clear that a maniac is roaming the tourist-packed streets of Christmas River. And he's got a flair for the dramatic.

Will Cinnamon and her sheriff's deputy boyfriend find out who's behind the blaze before the rest of the town goes up in flames?

Mayhem in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's Christmastime again in Christmas River. And all hell is breaking loose.

Pie baker Cinnamon Peters has plenty on her plate this season. Between running her popular pie shop, planning her upcoming wedding to the town's sheriff, and trying to lose weight to squeeze into her oh-so-perfect and oh-so-tight wedding dress, it's all Cinnamon can do to keep her head on straight.

But when Cinnamon's cousin goes missing, and strange acts of violent vandalism start plaguing Christmas River, Cinnamon is quickly pulled into a shady world of danger that threatens to send her careening over the edge of sanity.

Will Cinnamon make it to her wedding without losing her mind? Or will she get dragged down into madness?

Madness in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

Autumn has arrived in Christmas River, but frustration levels are at an all-time high for the small town's residents as an unseasonable heatwave plagues the central Oregon Cascades.

Somehow, pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters has managed to stay above it all. Recently married, Cinnamon's been happily working hard at her pie shop all summer to help pay for her and Sheriff Daniel Brightman's upcoming honeymoon to Hawaii. All that stands between them and paradise is the upcoming Christmas River Rodeo. Then it's nothing but blue skies, tropical waters, and Mai Tai cocktails.

But when a terrible accident occurs at the Rodeo, Cinnamon realizes that getting to the honeymoon won't be so easy.

Something sinister is going on in Christmas River. And Cinnamon soon discovers that it threatens to destroy everything she has.

Malice in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's the most wonderful time of the year in Christmas River, and pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters has everything to look forward to this holiday season. She's celebrating her one year wedding anniversary with Sheriff Daniel Brightman, her best friend's getting hitched, and she's making a triumphant return to the annual Gingerbread Junction Competition. Things are merry and bright everywhere Cinnamon looks.

But then, the cookie dough hits the fan.

A new pie shop moves in across the street, and Cinnamon starts losing customers faster than Santa can inhale a plate of cookies. In addition, strange things are starting to happen around town. And when these mischievous occurrences hit a little too close to home, Cinnamon finds herself in the center of a mystery that appears to have no answer.

Can Cinnamon and Daniel get to the bottom of the sinister deeds? Or will Christmas go to the dogs this year?

Mischief in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's the Fourth of July weekend in Christmas River, and this year's celebration promises to be more explosive than any other for pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters.

In addition to juggling massive crowds at her booming pie shop this July, Cinnamon is also helping her beloved grandfather Warren realize his dream of opening a brewpub in the heart of Christmas River.

But when a rival ends up dead on opening night, Cinnamon's life is thrown into turmoil as the murder investigation takes a grim turn. To save her family, Cinnamon and her husband, Sheriff Daniel Brightman, must put aside everything to get to the bottom of the heinous crime.

Because this July, a killer is walking the streets of Christmas River. And his maniacal plan has only just begun.

Manic in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's autumn in Christmas River, and things in the small Central Oregon town are getting downright spooky this season.

When Cinnamon Peters discovers an old class ring hidden behind the wall of her shop's kitchen, the pie baker extraordinaire becomes abruptly entangled in a decades-old unsolved mystery.

But shortly after finding the heirloom, Cinnamon is plagued by a series of inexplicable accidents. And soon, she begins to fear things she cannot see or understand.
Because someone wicked is after Cinnamon Peters this October.

And they'll stop at nothing to keep the past dead and buried.

Magic in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

It's Valentine's Day in Christmas River, but the holiday promises to be anything but sweet for Cinnamon Peters.

When asked to help judge the prestigious Chocolate Championship Showdown Competition at the last minute, the pie baker extraordinaire is hesitant about putting down her rolling pin in place of a clipboard. But when she discovers that one of her cojudges will be famous celebrity chef Cliff Copperstone, Cinnamon agrees to help.
It's a decision she'll live to regret.

When a freak blizzard hits Christmas River on the day of the competition, Cinnamon finds herself not only in the middle of a crisis, but also in a mystery as sinister and dark as a bar of bittersweet chocolate. Because somebody at the competition has murder in their heart this Valentine's Day. And things are about to take a very menacing turn . . .

Menace in Christmas River: A Christmas Cozy Mystery

What happened to Search & Rescue volunteer Wes Dulany?

That's the question on everyone's mind this fall in the small town of Christmas River, Oregon. And it's especially on the mind of pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters, who returns home after spending the summer working in Portland to find that one of the town's most beloved citizens has gone missing while looking for legendary treasure in the Christmas River National Forest.

But when Cinnamon and her husband Sheriff Daniel Brightman come across a small piece of the legendary treasure in town, and become a target of violence shortly after, it's clear that Wes Dulany's disappearance isn't nearly as cut and dry as it seems.

Because a dangerous game is afoot in Christmas River this autumn-and the stakes are higher than anybody ever imagined.