Cookie Dough or Die

April 1, 2011

Newly divorced Olivia (Livie) returns to her hometown from Baltimore and opens up a cookie-cutter shop. Livie is devastated when her mentor, legendary businesswoman Clarisse Chamberlain, is found dead of an apparent suicide. Or was it? Intrepid Livie follows her instincts in between cookie-baking marathons and asides about antique cookie cutters, and, oh, yes, bonding with the quietly hot sheriff. VERDICT Formulaic but easy to digest--with a flamboyant sidekick who's an Internet whiz, the sheriff, the hippy mother, and Spunky, the dog--this is a fun debut. Fans of Lisa Bork's "Broken Vows" series might enjoy.

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