Fondant Fumble

Cupcake Bakery Mystery, Book 16

By: Jenn McKinlay

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

The Fairy Tale Cupcakes crew helps two professional football players in knead when the athletes are accused of murder and their dream of opening a bakery is crushed.

Professional football players Keogh Graham and Tyler Matthews want to open a Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery franchise. They're spending the off-season in Scottsdale working in Mel’s bakery, learning about the business and how to bake show-stopping cupcakes. The popular athletes bring a boom of customers to the store as football fans flock to see the brothers at work, mixing batter and piping icing.

Everyone's excited the athletes are pursuing their dream of owning a bakery—except for those who fear the players will ditch football for fondant and retire early from professional sports. The angry naysayers include their team owner, sports agent, and publicist, along with some very vocal fans.

When the owner of their team, the Arizona Scorpions, is found dead on the floor of their new bakery following an argument with Keogh, Keogh and Tyler become prime suspects. As the investigation heats up, Mel and the rest of the cupcake bakery crew must step up and prove their franchise owners are innocent before it's game-over for the new bakers.

©2024 Jenn McKinlay (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Where is Susan Boyce?

Hilary did a fantastic job, but Susan Boyce has been the voice of Mel and Angie for long it me a couple of chapters to adapt. I love this series and I can’t wait for the next one!

Missing my old friends

The story was good but I definitely missed the prior narrator. It wasn’t bad but this is my comfort series so the change made me sad and distracted me from the story.

New narrator not as good.

It’s not the same with a new narrator. The story was good but hard to listen to.

Absolutely LOVED this BOOK! Next PLEASE!!!

I absolutely cannot wait for the next book!!! Please write it quickly!! This book is wonderfully told in story format about Mel’s adventures both professionally and personally! This book endears the reader to Mel and Joe’s life and their terrific support they receive from their family and friends!! Keep up the great story telling!!

The football team

It's always a wonder to me. How Mel gets to be the one that always figures out who Was the killer. Kept me intrigued, had to hear the whole book .

Still one of my favorite series!

Jenn McKinlay never disappoints with this series and her latest is no exception. I was glued to my phone like a crazy person, trying to figure out who dun it! Always a bit of a twist at the end. Fabulous listen for sure!

Great cozy mystery

I’ve listened to the entire series (twice) & every time it’s like sitting down with an old friend. The books are so entertaining, the characters are engaging & the mystery is so, so, good!

Why was the narrator changed?

Overall, the story was okay, but I didn't know who was talking for the first half of the book. It was confusing until I got used to the new voices. Also, the 'never a "good time" subplot is so played out. As soon as she didn't get to tell Joe the first time, I knew that meant it wouldn't be revealed until the last chapter of the book. It was just so incredibly predictable. But I did enjoy the story overall.

The different narrator

I loved this series, but this one missed the mark. What happened to the previous narrator? What happened to the support characters such as Uncle Stan and the brothers? Why did they keep saying the same analysis over and over?

Another great listen

I really enjoy the cupcake bakery mystery series. Please keep up the great work. I can’t wait to hear about other other adventures, fairytale cupcake crew gets into.