Deadly Harvest Crown
(2026)(The first book in the Gilded Pumpkin Bakehouse Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
Deadly Harvest Crown
The Gilded Pumpkin Bakehouse Mysteries – Book 1
Diana Beckett
I came to Bramblewick Hollow to disappear.
After a very public career disaster, inheriting my aunt’s tiny bakehouse felt like a second chance. Flour, early mornings, and customers who only cared whether the cinnamon rolls were warm. That was the plan.
Then the Harvest Crown pageant asked me to cater their sponsor tasting.
Now the pageant chair is dead in the prep kitchen, a private mug of spiced cider sitting beside her, and half the town thinks the disgraced newcomer poisoned the queen of Bramblewick charm.
With the festival cameras still rolling and the tourism board desperate to protect its glossy image, I’m suddenly the easiest villain in the room. If I don’t find out who slipped poison into that cup—and why—they'''ll close my bakehouse, bury my reputation for good, and call it ‘community safety.’
Between rival bakers, tight-lipped sponsors, and a committee that cares more about headlines than truth, I’ll have to do what I do best: build a timeline, follow the money, and refuse to be managed.
Because in Bramblewick, the crown isn’t the only thing that’s gilded.
And someone is willing to kill to keep it that way.
Genre: Mystery
The Gilded Pumpkin Bakehouse Mysteries – Book 1
Diana Beckett
I came to Bramblewick Hollow to disappear.
After a very public career disaster, inheriting my aunt’s tiny bakehouse felt like a second chance. Flour, early mornings, and customers who only cared whether the cinnamon rolls were warm. That was the plan.
Then the Harvest Crown pageant asked me to cater their sponsor tasting.
Now the pageant chair is dead in the prep kitchen, a private mug of spiced cider sitting beside her, and half the town thinks the disgraced newcomer poisoned the queen of Bramblewick charm.
With the festival cameras still rolling and the tourism board desperate to protect its glossy image, I’m suddenly the easiest villain in the room. If I don’t find out who slipped poison into that cup—and why—they'''ll close my bakehouse, bury my reputation for good, and call it ‘community safety.’
Between rival bakers, tight-lipped sponsors, and a committee that cares more about headlines than truth, I’ll have to do what I do best: build a timeline, follow the money, and refuse to be managed.
Because in Bramblewick, the crown isn’t the only thing that’s gilded.
And someone is willing to kill to keep it that way.
Genre: Mystery
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