Very enjoyable mystery. Different setting...very interesting. The end was a bit confusing, but I think I got it sorted eventually. Really enjoyed this book.

This was a delightful sequel. It was extremely charming and had such a great atmosphere. I'm not sure how much I buy the love triangle - it seems just a little forced. But I love the main character and her spunk. The setting is just really fun and I think this is a must-read for any anglophile who loves cozy mysteries. I can't wait for book 3!

With a title like that, there was no way I was passing it up.

Glad I gave in to instinct, too.

This turned out to be the second in a series, in which an American chef has been hired by the Duke and Duchess of Kensington. She's trying to live down the sensational events early in her new position, a prospect made a lot more difficult because of the fishbowl nature of royal lives, and the relentless and insatiable craving for any sort of clue on which to hang a (usually preposterous) story by the paparazzi.

Cranky cooks abound--one who resent a Yankee interloper, another who is a married player--in and around a mystery that starts off with someone peering in the kitchen window at Carrie, and ends up with a couple of murders. The twists and turns lead the reader in a maze, accelerating gradually to a whole lot more action than I'd expected.

Between times we gets descriptions of luscious food, a chef contest for charity, notes on presentation, and a host of colorful characters as well as a couple of handsome chaps among the staff.

All in all it was a real page turner, thoroughly enjoyable.

A quintessential tale with beguiling scenes which entraps your whole attention, Carrie Anne had a time of it having to prove herself to her new English bosses and friends that an American can cut it cooking and baking the English way, and not only that she was a bit torn in her affections for two guys and to compound the whole situation, even more, she is the number one suspect in a murder case. What was a gal to do? but try to find the murderer and clear her name, while testing her feelings for the right guy. A worthy tea time read you won’t forget.

I cannot state enough how much I love this series! Carrie Ann is still the chef for the Duke and Duchess and is tapped to cater a bridal shower by the Duchess. With a new assistant and the murder of the past behind her, Carrie Ann is finally starting to feel like the palace is home. When a waiter turns up dead, seemingly poisoned by one of her pies, Carrier Ann is in a race to clear her name and solve the mystery before any one else bites the dust, or pie.
The details in this book, from the characters, to the story, to the setting are just perfection of words. Carrie Ann is so lovable and strong, anyone can relate to her. The author does a great job of showing the relationships of the main characters and the dialogue and story are never slow or boring. The mystery and murder are set up fantastically, never knowing why they took place until the very end. This is a book you can read again and again.