It’s early summer in Weatherford, Texas, and retired teacher/amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom and fellow retiree Carolyn Wilbarger are taking British cooking classes at the local senior center in this suspenseful Fresh-Baked mystery.
In the latest from Livia J. Washburn, the nationally bestselling author of the Fresh Baked Mystery Series, Phyllis Newsom learns to make a trifle that’s to die for…
While Sam Fletcher is playing dominoes with the guys, Eve Turner is busy flirting with the English chef since she has a fascination for English accents and handsome men who can cook. This puts her in competition with a couple of other ladies from the senior center, who also have their caps set for Chef Alfred Dorrington.
The third and final class features desserts, and more than the stove heats up when the trifle is poisoned! Once again Phyllis finds herself involved in a murder case filled with hidden motives and colorful characters.
Includes recipes!
Trade Paperback contains the short story, "The Coconut Bunny Butt Caper".
The Coconut Bunny Butt Caper

Rancher Zachary “Buck” Williams asks Phyllis Newsom to help him throw a big Easter shindig with games and food and an egg hunt, inviting everybody from the whole county to join in the fun.
It’s a beautiful spring day in Weatherford, Texas, as kids are running and playing and parents are chatting and sampling wonderful home-cooked foods. It’s all fun and games . . . until someone plays a dangerous game of hide and seek with the prize egg, leaving Phyllis to find the culprit.
The Coconut Bunny Butt Caper is a short story that follows DEATH BAKES A PECAN PIE, the fourteenth novel in the critically acclaimed and best-selling Fresh Baked Mystery series. Phyllis and her friends tackle another intriguing case with all the humor, camaraderie, good-hearted warmth, and delicious recipes that have made readers around the world fall in love with this series.
Recipes included!
Death Bakes a Pecan Pie
Publication Date: October 30, 2018
It’s time for the Harvest Festival again, and Phyllis is determined to bake a killer pecan pie.
Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom’s friend Eve. But movie fantasy turns to deadly reality as a murder recreated for film turns out to be the genuine article, and once more Phyllis has to track down a cunning killer to see that justice is done.
DEATH BAKES A PECAN PIE is the fourteenth novel in the critically acclaimed and best-selling Fresh Baked Mystery series. Phyllis and her friends tackle another complex case with all the humor, camaraderie, good-hearted warmth, and delicious recipes that have made readers around the world fall in love with this series.
Recipes included!
Ebooks are available for pre-order. Trade paperback iscoming on October 30th.
BAKER'S DEADLY DOZEN
Publication Date: October 13, 2017
Going back to school can be a killer!
Phyllis Newsom and Sam Fletcher come out of retirement to take substitute teacher jobs as a favor for some friends, but they soon realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That means getting up early, dealing with students and other teachers, and helping out with extracurricular activities. The problem is, for Phyllis, stumbling over dead bodies is an extracurricular activity!
When murder strikes at the school’s Friday the Thirteenth dance, it’s unlucky not only for the victim but also for the student who’s the prime suspect. Sam’s granddaughter has a crush on the boy and can’t believe he’s a killer. Neither can Phyllis. The police are convinced, though, so the only way Phyllis can help him is to uncover the true identity of the killer stalking the halls of the high school before it’s too late!

Mail Order Brides for Sale: The Remington Sisters

For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls
The Fourth Delilah Dickinson Literary Tour Mystery
Delilah takes a tour group to Key West, Florida, to visit the house where Ernest Hemingway lived and wrote during the Thirties, along with all the tropical attractions that Key West has to offer. Key West is a funky but beautiful place, of course, but then death intrudes when one of the tourists appears to commit suicide by killing himself with a shotgun in what seems to be an attempt to recreate Hemingway’s suicide. Naturally, though, the “suicide” turns out to be murder, and once more Delilah finds herself trying to find a killer. Nazi spies? U-boats run aground on Caribbean islands? Buried treasure? Modern-day pirates and drug smugglers? Delilah will have her hands full sorting out this one.


How do you capture a cowboy's heart? HEARTS AND SPURS is a collection of nine stories by some of western romance’s best—just in time for Valentine's Day! Following up their Christmas collection WISHING FOR A COWBOY, these ladies have done it again with new stories of handsome cowboys and the women who captivate them in HEARTS AND SPURS. GUARDING HER HEART by Livia J. Washburn -- Outlaws threaten a Valentine's Day wedding!
Wishing For A Cowboy

Cowboys, kisses and love in the holiday air make for a special recipe in each of these wonderful new stories. Christmas miracles can happen when you're WISHING FOR A COWBOY! "A Christmas Miracle" by Phyliss Miranda Acceptance comes not through frosty eyes, but from the warmth of loving hearts. "Outlaw's Kiss" by Cheryl Pierson A long-ago schooldays crush is rekindled by an Outlaw*s Kiss that sparks true love, and a new future for Jake Morgan and Talia Delano. "A Husband for Christmas" by Sarah J. McNeal A haunting night of horror and a wish for a new life. "Peaches" by Kathleen Rice Adams When a strong-willed schoolteacher invades an irascible rancher*s Texas range, not even the spirit of Christmas may be able to prevent all-out war. "A Gift for Rhoda" by Jacquie Rogers A mail-order bride disaster! "Her Christmas Wish" by Tracy Garrett Her only wish for Christmas was the man who left her behind. "Covenant" by Tanya Hanson Can a Christmas blizzard ignite love gone cold? "Charlie's Pie" by Livia J. Washburn A wounded man, a desperate woman, a gang of ruthless outlaws...and the best pecan pie in Parker County! October 2013. Links can be found here.