Hot Fudge Frame-Up — Christine DeSmet

Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling mixes it up with a fudge judge with a grudge -- who loses his life before he can pick a winner....

Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival -- a huge celebration that could draw national attention to her old-fashioned fudge shop in Door County, Wisconsin. She's invited two celebrity chefs to go head-to-head with her in a fudge contest. Everyone is having a tasty time...until a judge for the festival is found dead.

To her shock, he'd been complaining around town that her Fairy Tale fudge flavors were...well, fudged. Now the sheriff is wondering if Ava fits the mold for a murder suspect. As Ava tries to square her reputation and find the real killer, she's in for a whole batch of trouble....