Gina Rae Mitchell

Truffle Me Not by M.K. Scott | Review

A book blog tour from Goddess Fish Promotions.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Marianne & Judy at Goddess Fish for providing me the information for this tour.

Truffle Me Not by M.K. Scott – Book Details

Truffle Me Not Series: Cupid's Catering Company #2
Published by Sleeping Dragon Press on May 30, 2021
Genres: Amateur Sleuth, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Humorous, General, Mystery & Detective
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 182

The future of Cupid’s Catering Company hangs in the balance. With a rival bakery, owned by the queen of all mean, rich girls, Della is at a distinct disadvantage. Della hinges her financial future on winning the local truffle contest.

As if there wasn’t enough on her mind, additional problems arise, including missing cats, jewel thieves, and her desperate attempt to find the incredibly kind man who’d lent her hand when she had tire trouble.

Can she solve all these problems and find time to whip up a cookbook at the same time?

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My thoughts on Truffle Me Not by M.K. Scott

This is my first exposure to cozy mysteries from M.K. Scott. What a delight this story was to read.

Truffle Me Not is book two of the Cupid’s Catering Company series. It reads well as a standalone. There were a couple of mentions of events from the first book, but nothing you couldn’t figure out without having read book 1, Wedding Cake Blues.

In this edition, Della and her team are up against the local mean girl, who decides to open a rival bakery. They also need to solve a mysterious cat-napping and stop a jewel-thief ring. And let’s not forget the mysterious do-a-good-deed hunk that shows up at opportune times.

The pace is calm when needed and picks up nicely to portray the sense of urgency when the situation calls for it. The characters are quirky and fun. I especially enjoyed the banter and relationship between Della and her mother. It’s nice to see them working together and the author shows how you can still have an excellent relationship with someone who occasionally drives you crazy.

This is a quick story to read, just what you need for an afternoon by the pool or snuggled under a blanket by a fire.

I recommend this book to all lovers of humorous, cozy mystery series. Pick up a copy today, while you are at it, grab book one, and pre-order book three! I know I can’t wait to read more.

I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.

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Truffle Me Not by M.K. Scott

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Excerpt from Truffle Me Not

Donning rubber gloves, Della tackled the dirty dishes, indulging in an impromptu trip down memory lane. Even though it was more than a decade ago, every now and then, the memories of not quite fitting in no matter what she did came back.

Her school broke down into cliques with the predominant ones being jocks, popular kids, and the hipsters, plus everyone else that didn’t merit a label. As for the jocks, their name said it all while the popular kids were a little harder to define. Sure, it was easy to know who they were, but what made them popular was difficult to pinpoint. Most came from powerful, affluent families that usually had a member on the school board. This often translated into starring roles in the school play or being on the first string in athletics.

Thanks to a cybersecurity assembly in middle school at which her father presented the other students knew her father as that cop. It resulted in Della getting the side-eye now and then, especially if other students happened to be talking about underage parties. Every party that was busted somehow got laid on Della’s doorstep. Never mind the fact her detective father didn’t take noise complaints associated with teen parties. They assumed she told. Not sure how they came to that conclusion when she’d never been invited. Not once did the partiers ever consider that deafening music, the abundance of cars, and raucous behavior might have resulted in irate neighbors calling the police.

Some kids might have let it go, but not Lacey. Just her name had Della gritting her teeth. Small town life had its share of mean girls who aged into entitled, mean women. Lacey had to be the queen of them all. For most, being beautiful, wealthy, and the topic of most conversations would be enough. Even with everyone treating the woman like royalty, Della could tolerate it if her royal meanness stayed far, far away.

That was why a woman’s condescending tone reaching into the kitchen and might as well pinched Della. “Oh, how quaint!”

Her head jerked up, and the pan slipped from her fingers. A shiver raced up her spine. No, it couldn’t be. Better check it to be sure. There had to more than one snotty female in town. Her athletic shoes allowed her to creep across the kitchen floor without making a sound. Whoever was out there would say something else, dispelling the possibility it was Lacey. Why would Lacey even visit her modest bakery?

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