Death Takes the Cake

In the second installment of the Della Cooks series by Melinda Wells, Death Takes the Cake, Della Carmichael was off into a new adventure. When her boss Mickey Jordan wanted her to join a reality cooking contest show to help boost the ratings, she knew she'd gotten more into what she bargained for. The sponsor of the contest was her arch-rival from high school and the baking mix tasted terrible. Between her steaming love affair with Nicholas D'Martino and her cooking show, she discovered the dead body of her nemesis. It was up to Della to compete with tougher competition and uncovered who killed her and why, before she was the next on his list. This included yummy recipes to try at home.

This was another great culinary cozy mystery that dealt with reality show competitions being a cutthroat competition on live TV.  I loved how Della was in the spotlight, when she figured out who killed Regina.  The chemistry between Della and Nicholas was heated and intense and sizzling hot. I loved how we get to know more about Della, John, Eileen and Shannon. I didn't like Mickey's nephew Addison who was a bit of a hothead and too good to be true. The recipes are to die for as well. Another good read!

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Killer Mousse

This is a delightful new cozy culinary cozy series to read. In Killer Mousse, the first book in the Dela Cooks Mystery series, Della Carmichael, a widow, who had just gotten her own cooking show on TV, and was making recipes in front of a live audience. On the first day of the set, someone ended up murdered, and she was now the prime suspect. While the police investigated the crime, Della started her own investigation, and ran into a reporter, who she was attracted to, and butted heads with. As she'd gotten closer to the truth, more people ended up killed. Before she knew it, she wind up next on the list. This has yummy recipes, too. 

In this introduction to this culinary cozy series, we do get to know more about Della herself and how her TV career started. I did care for Della and her niece Eileen and for John and especially for Shannon. As for Nick, he was an interesting character to come across my page. They had interesting chemistry together for starters. We do get a feeling, that not all things happen live in front of the camera. Delicious dessert recipes to boot as well to do at home. This culinary cozy is to die for and make you want to devour the reading in one setting or two.

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