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The Bakery at the End of Time
by Hiraya Fairbairn
FantasyMaya Chen is drowning in corporate burnout when she inherits a bakery from a grandmother she never knew existed. What she discovers will change everything she thought she knew about time, legacy, and the simple magic of breaking bread together. The bakery exists slightly outside normal time, nestled in a small Oregon town that somehow occupies 1955, 1987, 2025, and 2057 simultaneously. Behind its charming storefront, customers from different decades share tables and conversation, each perceiving the bakery as existing in their own present. There's the 1950s housewife hiding her engineering brilliance behind perfect lipstick, the 1980s punk rocker grappling with unexpected parenthood, a 2025 climate scientist on the verge of breakthrough and breakdown, and a gentle poet from 2057 who speaks in warnings wrapped in wonder. They're all connected by Maya's baking and the ancient magic that runs through her grandmother's legacy. But inheriting this temporal sanctuary comes with more than just recipe cards that change their instructions based on what customers truly need. There's the enchanted sourdough starter that remembers every baker who's ever fed it, a temperamental brick oven that only works when it feels appreciated, and a ghost cat who exists in all timelines simultaneously and is therefore perpetually exhausted. Maya must learn to navigate temporal baking while her grandmother's journal writes new entries from beyond, guiding her toward becoming the Keeper the bakery desperately needs. As Maya masters the art of Tuesday croissants delivered to someone's Wednesday morning in 1962, she begins to heal her own fractured relationship with time and purpose. Each customer's story interweaves with her own, creating ripples of small kindnesses that prevent larger catastrophes across the decades. The bakery doesn't just feed people - it connects crucial moments across time, offering refuge to those displaced, hurting, or lost. For Maya, it becomes the community she never knew she was missing and the purpose her corporate life could never provide. But when Meridian Development Corporation offers $2.4 million to demolish the bakery in every timeline, Maya faces her greatest challenge. With the help of charming historian Evan, loyal assistant Lila, and her temporal customers united across the decades, she must fight to save the one place where all their times can touch. The battle will require more than mastering sourdough starters and temperamental ovens - it will demand that Maya embrace her role as Keeper and prove that some places matter more than profit, that community can defeat corporate power, and that the sweetness found in life's smallest moments is worth protecting across all of time. Perfect for readers who loved the cozy magic of Legends & Lattes, the found family warmth of The House in the Cerulean Sea, and the gentle exploration of purpose in A Psalm for the Wild-Built. This is a story about healing from burnout, the power of intergenerational wisdom, and discovering that home can exist in the most unexpected places - especially when it smells like fresh-baked bread and exists in four different centuries at once.
The Last Obituary
by Calista Dorne
Cozy MysterySome secrets are worth killing for. Others are worth dying for. For ten years, Lorraine "Rainy" Blackwood has been the voice of the deceased in Maple Heights, Connecticut. As the town's obituary writer, she transforms final stories into elegant tributes, conducting detailed interviews with families to capture the essence of lives well-lived. But in one chilling October week in 1988, three elderly residents die within days of each other. Natural causes, says the doctor. Heart attacks in elderly men, says the coroner. Nothing unusual, says the police chief. Except for their final words. Harold Finch whispered, "Finally paid my debt from '52." Margaret Chen confessed, "The truth about '52 dies with me." Joseph Kowalski begged, "Forgive me for what we did in '52." All three were Korean War veterans. All served in the same supply unit. And all carried secrets that haunted them for 36 years. Rainy's journalistic instincts ignite. Using her unique position as the town's obituary writer, she launches an innocent-sounding "Living History Project"—conducting pre-obituary interviews with surviving veterans to "preserve their stories while they're still alive." It's the perfect cover for investigation. What she uncovers chills her to the bone: a conspiracy involving stolen gold meant for Korean refugees, a Korean translator framed and executed for theft, and three men who built their American dreams on blood money and lies. But the darkest secret of all? The killer is still at work. Susan Mills, the beloved town librarian who's been helping Rainy research, holds the final piece of the puzzle. She's the daughter of the framed translator, and she's spent 36 years methodically planning her revenge. Three men are dead. One remains: the mayor, who orchestrated the entire conspiracy. And Founder's Day celebration is tomorrow. As the truth emerges, Rainy faces an impossible moral dilemma. Call the police and let the justice system fail again? Or step aside and let a daughter's 36-year quest for vengeance reach its conclusion? In this gripping cozy mystery with an edge, justice and law aren't always the same thing. Perfect for readers who love complex moral questions wrapped in page-turning suspense. FANS OF THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB WILL DEVOUR THIS STORY If you love amateur sleuths with unique perspectives, small-town mysteries hiding dark secrets, and endings that make you question everything you believe about justice, this is your next favorite book. THE LAST OBITUARY marks the beginning of the Obituary Detective Mysteries series, introducing Rainy Blackwood—an unforgettable protagonist who interviews the dead to solve mysteries no one else sees. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "A brilliant twist on the cozy mystery genre. Rainy Blackwood is my new favorite detective." "I couldn't put it down. The moral complexity elevates this beyond typical cozies." "Murder, She Wrote meets moral philosophy. Absolutely gripping." Perfect for fans of: The Thursday Murder Club, Louise Penny's Three Pines series, Murder She Wrote, Agatha Raisin mysteries, and classic amateur sleuth fiction with modern sensibilities. SCROLL UP AND START READING TODAY. Your next mystery obsession awaits. A standalone novella with series potential—read them in any order, though this prequel introduces Rainy's origin story.
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