At a local parade in coastal California, a baker provides the pastryโand her sleuthing servicesย .ย .ย .
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Beloved Mexican bakery Yeast of Eden has scored the catering deal at the annual Santa Sofia, California, art car parade and ball. But when a contestant turns up dead, making bread will be the yeast of their problemsย .ย .ย .
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Apprentice baker Ivy Culpepper sees art cars everywhere she turns. Besides helping prepare the bread and pastry for Santa Sofiaโs annual spring event, sheโs the official photographer, documenting the elaborate cars, outspoken artists, and riotous celebrations. Even her familyโs in on the act: her brother Billy has been runner-up in the competition more times than she can countโbut this is going to be the year he celebrates his win in the victory lane.
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But after Billyโs rival, Max Litman, revs up his bombastic showmanship, Billy is once again set to cruise into second place. Until Max is found deadโpositioned as a prop in his own art car. The whole town knows thereโs no love lost between the two men, and Billy is the prime suspect. Now Ivy will have to sift through collusion, deception, gossip, and lies to find out what really happened. But with the help of her octogenarian Watson, her restaurateur beau, and her adopted aunts at Yeast of Eden, she knows she can take the heatย .ย .ย .