Review: The beginning of an entertaining new series.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2013
It was pretty good.  There is not a lot of mystery, but it is and enjoyable introduction to the characters of Christmas River.  The story revolves around the annual gingerbread house decorating contest; the event is such a big deal that the prize is tickets to Hawaii.Cinnamon loves running her a pie shop in the small tourist town of Christmas River, but after two years of divorce she is still not satisfied with herself or the romantic portion of her life.  When a old romantic interest returns to town, and she thinks another guy is going to ask her out, things start getting complicated; I repeat, things just start to get complicated. Following a stray dog she is trying to befriend, she discovers a dead body in the woods behind her shop.  The body turns out to be the one  judge of the contest that she can not stand.  She is already seriously stressed when the old friend who broke up her marriage shows up flashing an engagement ring, signs up for the Gingerbread Junction contest, and talks of opening a bakery, she feels like she has reached the end of her rope and that is before she discovered the sheriff suspects her of murder.  All-round not a great week for Cinnamon, but an entertaining cozy read for us.This books is the first in a series, and I look forward to more of Cinnamon and Daniel and more mystery in the next one, Mayhem in Christmas River.