Some stories ask to be told. This one invites you to lean closer… and listen.

Set in the fog-kissed coastal town of Marigold Bay, this richly atmospheric cozy mystery unfolds inside the flour-dusted heart of Petal & Crumb Bakery, where sea salt tangles with vanilla sugar and secrets are folded as carefully as pastry dough.

At the center is Jodi Ellison—talented cake artist, small-town business owner, and a woman who believes precision can fix almost anything. When she begins work on the most important wedding cake of her career, she expects stress, perfectionism, maybe a bridezilla meltdown. What she does not expect is a hidden note wired inside a fondant rose.

The wire isn’t hers. The message isn’t sweet. And the timing couldn’t be worse.

What begins as a quiet pre-dawn discovery spirals into a layere ...