Books - A Scottie Ramone Cozy Mystery (Yes and No)

 

Cute, is what can be said about this series.  The Prequel in the first book is really necessary to fill out the reasons for moving and how the bakery can be opened.  It isn't very deep at all and you can pretty much figure it out once a very minor character is introduced (they did it).  The interest in a old flame and new, sure that hasn't been done before is interesting at best. 

"For amateur sleuth Scottie Ramone, the only thing better than a hot, fresh cinnamon roll is an intriguing new mystery to solve!
Scottie recently made some life-changing decisions. (One might even call them rash.) She’s turned her whole world upside down and desperately wants to set it upright. After wallowing for a good month in her grandmother’s cottage in Ripple Creek, the small mountain town where she spent most of her childhood, Scottie sets off, determined to leave the past behind and fulfill her dream of starting a bakery.

In the midst of planning her new business, Scottie learns how to tamp down feelings for her childhood crush, meets new, interesting friends and stumbles upon a murder. It’s not the first time Scottie’s found herself at a murder scene and, once again, she’s intrigued. Now, the question is—was this a case of mistaken identity or did the killer know exactly what they were doing?"

I, of course, got this as a freebie through BookBub and after reading it would say that spending more than $1.99 or getting it free is the only way you should bother.  As a freebie it is a cute read but paying full price certainly not worth your money.  

Book 5 is out and book 6 is in the wings for later this year.  I only bother with them if they come out as a free bargain but not to buy.

At this point I am a bit curious about her new beau and her old one but that is about it.  

"It’s a crisp autumn in Ripple Creek, and Scottie Ramone is busy baking pumpkin pies for the town’s pie eating contest. Business is great, but her social life is still in tatters. She’s avoiding one man and the other has left town for a very prolonged book tour. She knows definitively which way her heart is leaning, but is it too late?

In the meantime, the pie contest ends in disaster when one of the contestants dies right after eating her pie. Scottie is desperate to find the killer and clear her name, but there are many directions to turn, and it seems everyone has a motive. Customers are canceling their holiday orders, and if Scottie doesn’t solve the case soon, her bakery will be ruined."

Oh yeah, and her old beau not liking her assistant (long story) gets tiresome real quick.  All in all, if you get it free it is about a cute hour read or so but do not waste your money on this series.