Cindy Ellis has plans for her life that do not include working in her stepmother’s spa. When she gets a scholarship to Manderley, Cindy thinks her dreams are finally coming true. Filled with visions of an Ivy League education and a fabulous new life, she can’t wait to leave Castle High behind and get started. If only she didn’t have to leave her two BFFs as well, it would be perfect. When the school’s drop-dead gorgeous transfer student and star soccer player, Marco, notices her on the first day of school, it almost is.But that’s where the fairy tale ends…because, once inside the hallowed halls with classes in full swing, Cindy sticks out like a generic brand among designer labels. Tormented by her snotty stepsisters and without her best friends for support, she begins to wonder if Manderley Prep is really all it’s cracked up to be. But when Cindy meets sweet-but-spoiled Victoria and Scott, who are itching to give her a makeover, she might jut find some new BFFs, too. And after a true fairy-tale moment with Marco, maybe even a BF…

Book two in the popular (and delicious!) Pie Shop Mystery seriesIt’s summertime in Crystal Cove, California, and sales are brisk at the outdoor Food Fair. There’s fresh bread, artisan cheese, gourmet cupcakes, plus Hanna’s delicious pies. When despised local food critic Heath Barr is found stabbed to death, no one is sorry to hear the news—except perhaps Hanna, the main suspect. It doesn’t help that Hanna’s high school crush is the police chief. Hanna must track down a killer while up to her elbows in pie dough.Featuring scrumptious recipes, including Double Chocolate Cream Pie and Butterscotch Pecan Pie

A Food Critic's Review to Die For Everyone's trying the food fair serrated knife, perfect for slicing, serving, and . . . murder? Hanna Denton has a lot to prove after taking over The Upper Crust, her grandmother's California pie shop. And the Crystal Cove Food Fair is the perfect place to entice new customers. When local food critic Heath Barr serves up detestable reviews of Hanna's pies—not to mention his burning comments about other vendors, too—she's outraged, but she never imagined he'd be murdered. Now Hanna is drawing the worst kind of attention from police chief Sam Genovese, her former high school flame. Can she work through the doughy mess and discover the true killer, or will Hanna do all her future baking behind bars?Includes scrumptious recipes you'll love, from Double Chocolate Cream Pie to Butterscotch Pecan Pie.Praise:"Foodies will eat up Culver's second Pie Shop mystery."—Publishers Weekly...

No one can die from a pie . . . or can they? Hanna Denton has returned home to Crystal Cove, California, to take over the pie shop her Grannie Louise owned for thirty years. Grannie has now moved to the ritzy retirement community on the hill and Hanna is working her hardest to live up to Grannie's reputation for baking the best pies in the state. However, between rolling dough, slicing rhubarb, and trying to find the magic ingredients that made Grannie's pies so popular, Hanna is suddenly faced with an even bigger challenge: convincing the handsome new police chief (her ex-high school crush Sam Genovese) that Grannie couldn't possibly have committed murder.Filled with simple pie baking tips, plus recipes for: Fuji Apple Southern Pecan Caramel Pie, Black-Bottom Raspberry Cream Pie, and Killer All-Butter Pie Crust.