Tessa should be back in London facing grey skies and deadlines. Instead, she’s still in Florida, drafted into judging Citrus Sands’ annual Orange Blossom Bake-Off. The competition is sweet, the rivalries are sharper than frosting knives, and the resort is determined to prove everything is “back to normal.” Then someone dies, and the bake-off becomes a crime scene. Contestants trade polite smiles and private threats. A resentful chef guards the kitchen like a fortress. The victim’s spouse has an alibi that doesn’t fit. And the deeper Tessa snoops, the more she realizes this murder wasn’t a random act of passion. It was precise, planned, and designed to look like a harmless accident. Between stolen keycards, suspicious ingredient swaps, and a ginger cat who keeps leading her to the wrong door at the right time, Tessa races to expose the killer. If she fails, Florida’s most famous flavors won’t be the only thing that’s deadly. If you love tropes like: culinary competition chaos, small-town style suspects in a resort setting, ingredient swaps, “accident” coverups, animal clue-makers, clean cozy twists, slow-burn romance tension… this is the book for you! This book follows US English spelling and usage. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Genre: culinary cozy mystery, beach mystery, cat cozy mystery, women sleuth, humorous cozy mystery.