About Cupcake Crime at Maplewood Bakery by Valerie Loyer
Cupcake Crime at Maplewood Bakery is a lighthearted cozy mystery filled with small-town charm, quirky characters, and a dash of danger.
Mia Harper is just trying to run her bakery, wrangle her mischievous cat Pudding, and survive Maplewood’s Berry Festival when disaster strikes: a celebrity judge drops dead after tasting one of her cupcakes. Poisoned. In public. At her booth.
Now the whole town is whispering, and Mia finds herself at the center of the frosting-fueled scandal. With a local reporter stirring the pot and her own reputation on the line, Mia must trade her apron for amateur sleuthing if she wants to clear her name—and save her bakery.
If you love cozy mysteries with a strong female lead, laugh-out-loud moments, and a sprinkle of murder, you’ll devour this first-in-series whodunit.
🧁 Available for FREE on Kindle August 1 & 2, 2025!
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Author Bio:
Valérie Loyer is a Canadian author, business analyst, and lifelong overthinker. She writes like she talks—direct, curious, and occasionally fuelled by sarcasm and wine. She’s the creator of UnscatterMagic —a side project helping ADHD minds bring order to the mess (with humor, not judgment)s. When she’s not writing or solving someone else’s tech mess, you’ll find her with her dog Dixie, planning her next trip or trying to finish a thought before it disappears. This is her debut cozy mystery.