Stolen Gems

In the third book of the Friday Friends Dinner Club, Melody leaves her hometown of Stonybrooke to indulge in three days of creating, cooking and learning how to take her fledgling business to the next level at the Create Conference. The cherry on top of the event: acceptance into the Pitch It Session, a prestigious panel  awarding three women with book deals and television specials features.

Odd things start to happen as soon as baking blogger and amateur detective Melody Note steps up the stairs to attend the Create Conference.

Luggage goes missing, a theft occurs and a mysterious masked intruder interrupts a festive evening.  The mood of the conference takes a dark turn as the featured display of the conference: twelve one-of-a-kind necklaces, worth $25,000 each- are stolen and the founder comes under suspicion.

Founder of the event, Madge Poppins,  has spent her life training and empowering artisanal, entrepreneurial women to thrive and succeed. The Create Conference has gone strong for twenty years.  This is the final year and Madge is finishing her conference with a flourish. At least she was....until the necklaces are stolen out from under her nose (almost literally).

Soon Melody is on the trail of a thief while trying to learn how to master baking a soufflé and impress a panel of intimidating judges.  Then former flame, Brandon, shows up throwing Melody's cool demeanor off course. Does he really think their relationship can survive after their rocky last few months?  Will Melody find out who stole the jewelry before the conference is over? It's a lot to handle, but Melody is ready to take it on and whip out a delectable new blog post in the process.