#NationalCaramelDay- Book Ideas - National Caramel Day

National Caramel Day is here! & It would have been my Nana's birthday.

Off-topic but we purchased Instant Apple Cider flavored Caramel. I don't know what I was expecting but it was not that. I had to pour it out and thankful that it doesn't cost that much.

Now on to books with a caramel theme that may interest you stopping by. In the process of digging up books that match these national theme books. I am finding a lot of cozy mystery series with weird themes or things I wouldn't normally associate with.... murder or anything related to such.

But on top of that I keep finding books to read.

 Cozy mystery with foodie twist names.

Caramel Pretzel Killer by Summer Prescott is the fourth book in the Cupcakes in Paradise series. Book number 1 is called Vanilla Bean Killer. A list for all books here on goodreads. This series can be read through Kindle Unlimited as well..if you have it.

Friends of an art gallery owner help when someone is murdered at the opening of it.

I've "checked out" the first book thru KU. My public library doesn't have these books.

Caramel Hearts by E.R. Murray follows Liv a fourteen year old who is struggling with her family life. She finds a recipe book written by her mom and uses it as a way to find her self.

Young adult, contemporary, Irish, and Realistic fiction.

Assaulted Caramel - Amish Candy Shop Mystery #1 - Amanda Flower.

Bailey King, is called home by her grandmother -- her grandfather's heart is doing so well.

She finds someone dead in her grandparents candy shop and works to prove the accused didn't do the killing.

Honestly, I think the author just really wanted to have a pun-worthy summary of a book to her name. 








A holiday murder book -- Christmas Caramel Murder written by Joanne Fluke (If you couldn't tell). A cozy Mystery set around Christmas time.

Lisa's husband's ex-girlfriend is found dead in the snow and  they are in need of solving who would have murdered her.

I like that the description also promotes that this has actual recipes -- 20 of them !! included.

This is book 20 of Hannah Swenson Books. 

Caramel Crush written by Jenn McKinlay is the 9th book in the Cupcake Bakery Mystery.

They make breakup caramel cupcakes to give to Mel's fiance because he's only in the relationship for her money. But surprise! He's dead! Now what?

For some reason my library does not have the first in this series?!

Do you have a favorite caramel recipe? food? purchase? Do you own a cupcake store or bakery where people randomly show up dead?

Caramel Recipes:

Salted Caramel Cupcakes Food Network
 
Makes: 24 reg or 38 mini
Time: 55 mins
Easy

Caramel Pretzel Bites Taste Of Home
Makes: 72 Servings
Time: 45 mins

Salted Caramel Vodka Recipe
1750 ml bottle of vodka

Vanilla Bean Killer - Book 1 - Summer Prescott - Review

Book: Vanilla Bean Killer

Author: Summer Prescott

Purchase: Fairly certain since this is a KU book it's only available through Amazon

Rating: 3/5

Summary: Missy and Chas start their new life after selling the Inn, but are plagued by scary situations from the very start. Chas and Spencer's first official case at the investigation agency hits far too close to home, and Missy begins to wonder if she might have made the biggest mistake of her adult life. County Coroner, Timothy Eckels, is haunted by the ghosts of his past, and his feisty assistant Fiona fears for her life in this first installment of the Cupcakes in Paradise series.

Review: I'm fairly certain this is a continuation of another series. Characters were established and there was only two new character introductions. But you don't really need the other books. It just feels like you're walking into things.

It looks like the characters started in a series Frosted Love Mysteries. Which doesn't seem like they have eBook version just a really pricey volume. It was written by Carol Durand & Summer Prescott. Prescott continues onward. 

There wasn't really a mystery. Just an inconvenience to moving into house that Chas & Missy purchased. There's not a whole lot happening in this one. This is a very starved book even for a cozy mystery.

Usually the lack of mystery/build up in the story is balanced by having fun character situations. Which didn't happen in this one. It's easy to forgive if you're entertained.

fI'm going to read the nextone in this series. She pulled a beautiful last chapter that I'm praying wasn't just a lure to get me to download the next book.

I started this book after finishing up with Heir Ascendant& taking a break from Room 119. Both serious stories that I needed to rest from.

On an unrelated note: It annoys me that the book covers for this series don't all match.

Recommend?:If you like cozy mysteries that don't have a lot going in regards to mystery or life happenings of the characters..then yeah.

There's currently 10 books in this series and15in the series that I think comes before it. I don't know how many were in Frost Love Mysteries because all I'm seeing are volumes and I don't wanna go through that mess. It's linked above in the review portion if you want to investigate yourself.

What is your favorite cozy mystery? Let me know so I can check it out. I love mysteries in almost all its forms.