Undercover Fudge

Ava Oosterling can coax magic out of a copper kettle of fairy-tale fudge. Staying out of trouble has never come as easily.

Three days before the Door County wedding everyone is talking about, the sheriff pulls Ava aside with a quiet, impossible request. Go undercover at the reception and help him watch for a gang of thieves who prey on weddings. The catch is who they are watching: the long-lost mother of Ava's best friend, the woman whose return finally gave Pauline a family again.

So Ava smiles through a celebration already cursed by an engagement ring lost in a vat of warm chocolate and a goat who will not behave, all while guarding a secret that could shatter her best friend's heart. Then the music stops, the guests go home, and a body turns up where no body belongs.

Someone planned this, in a town so trusting that nobody locks a door. And the longer Ava looks, the more it seems the trap was set for her.

She has fudge to make, a friendship to protect, and no idea who to trust. In Fishers' Harbor, the sweetest places keep the sharpest secrets.