Annie Graceland’s a baker with a pinch of psychic ability—she can see and talk to ghosts. Much to her dismay, they also talk back—nagging her incessantly to solve their murders. Annie’s mom signs her up to be a judge at Wisconsin’s Hot Guys’ Contest. When the hometown Hot Guy is killed and doesn’t pass to the Afterlife, he begs her to investigate his murder. Now she’s meddling with a motley crew … motley crew of murder suspects. It doesn’t help that Detective Jamie Ryan, a boy from Annie’s past, is all grown up, sexy as sin, and determined to make her fall for him.
Annie’s about to discover that going back home can be sweet as frosting or worse than a cake wreck. The temperature’s rising at the Hot Guys’ Contest…
USA Today Bestselling author, PAMELA DuMOND, pitched the real life ERIN BROCKOVICH story to ‘Hollywood.’
Now she brings readers CUPCAKES, PIES, and HOT GUYS—a LOL cozy mystery.
PRAISE for the Annie Graceland Mysteries:
“One part Ghost Whisperer, two parts Stephanie Plum, shake and stir and you have Annie Graceland!” Dakota Cassidy – USA Today Bestselling author of The Accidentals.
“At the relentless urging of her mother, Annie Graceland… heads to her hometown of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, to help judge the first annual Hot Guys competition in this blithe and funny contemporary cozy mystery…” Publishers Weekly
“A funny mystery… That’s a double treat if you ask me!” Marcia Wallace – Emmy Award Winning Actress – The Simpsons.
Hot Guys can be read as a stand alone – but why would you want to? These confections are also available in Print and Audible.
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Cute and funny. An easy read
Reading it now
Good summer read but characters are somewhat irritating
I liked this book, but it a couple too many madcap disasters to be believable. Annie was a good sport, but at least in this book, didn’t bake anything. Do other adventures in the series also take place while she is “out” of her bakery? Otherwise, she might just as well be a law clerk or thrift store owner. She and her friends made a very entertaining group for an evening’s read.
Quick read – lame and unrealistic storyline
Funny, funny, funny
The book is fine for its genre, and worth the time if you have a lazy afternoon on your hands. I am seeing way too many main characters who can talk to ghosts though; I’d rather read something with a fresh approach.
This story keeps you in suspense and that’s what makes it interesting. I couldn’t stop reading once I started.
Cute relaxing read
It was okay, girly girl book.
Good thing it was free, because I couldn’t get through 25 pages of it. Poorly written.
Read a few pages and deleted. One star
Looking for the next episode!
It was a good book held interest entire read.
pathetic
Light, fun reads with quirky family and old friends. Dark, twisted people who would murder to make things fit their goals and ideas of “perfect.”.
I did not buy this book because I couldn’t connect to Amazon to purchase it
Annie moved to California after her divorce and didn’t miss Wisconsin one bit. But when her mother volunteered her to be a judge in the Wisconsin Hot Guy contest, she had no choice but to go back, telling her boyfriend it would just be a quick trip. It turned out to not be quick after all. Because one of the contestants was murdered. Since Annie could see and talk to ghosts, this one asked her to find his murderer. Annie just had to help, especially because she used to babysit the man when she was a teen.
Of course, the police are investigating the murder so Annie has to be careful that she doesn’t talk to the ghost when the detective is around. He is another one of the boys she used to babysit. Wow, has he grown up nicely. He tries to get her to see he’s not the boy she once knew and shares his feelings with her.
This was a fun story, even with a murder. The supernatural touch was a nice twist. I didn’t care for Annie much and found her a bit scattered. After seeing so many positive reviews, I expected to love this mystery. But, sadly, I didn’t like it as much as other readers appear to have. I was especially surprised by the ending. It wasn’t really a cliffhanger but definitely left things open for following books which I would understand if this was the first book in the series but this is book 3! My rating for Cupcakes, Pies, and Hot Guys is 2.5 stars.
Anne Graceland might make bad choices, but she means well. She tries to help out her mom in Oconomowoc WI and look where it gets her…. Judging a contest of Hot Guys. With a dead contestant haunting her and everything else going bad. So funny.