Laura, if you happen to be reading this, I want to apologize for taking so long to read the first in your Emergency Dessert Squad series. Book clubs, new books with enticing premises and a time limit for reading them, and life got in the way, but it was worth the wait! As someone who loves to bake (but could never make a living at it), I really enjoyed the premise, the dessert names (OK, I know I helped you a little with that, but they were all so clever!), and Winnie.
Winnie Johnson had fulfilled her lifelong dream of opening her own successful bakery, that is until her landlord decided that their small town was an up-and-coming tourist destination and raised her rent. Her only hope of keeping the bakery open is the inheritance that her neighbor has left her, but that turns out to be an old ambulance and a cat, Lovey, who seems to hate her, so her business is down the tubes, but a new one is born - the Emergency Dessert Squad. Winnie's new business focuses on delivering desserts designed (and named) to help people deal with those everyday accomplishments and disappointments that tend to pop up on a regular basis. Ordering up a "One Smart Cookie" or a "Can't Lose a Pound Cake" could just be the solution, and having it delivered by ambulance, complete with stretcher and an IV pole, makes it really special!
In addition to being a fantastic baker and entrepreneur, Winnie is also forced into the role of amateur sleuth when the body of her curmudgeonly neighbor, Bart, a recent widower is discovered. Could the killer it be their annoying neighbor, Bart's seemingly devoted step-son, or someone else? Winnie starts finding and discarding suspects with the help of a couple of elderly neighbors and her new love interest, a college professor.
The Emergency Dessert Squad series is imaginative and, may I say, mouth-watering, full of likable characters and enough of a mystery to keep the reader engaged. I'm looking forward to the next one!
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