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The Secret Ingredient

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Celebrity chef Katelyn Karr comes back to Secret, Montana, the small town she left at seventeen after a scandal with the powerful Juno family. Her goal is to stop a reporter from exposing the truth about her father, her late mother and the events that drove her away. The homecoming turns deadly when her father dies on live television during a cooking segment filmed at the Juno ranch. An autopsy shows he was poisoned, and suspicion lands on Kate. Nick Juno, the boy she once left behind, is now the town's mayor, and he may be the only person who can clear her name. Old secrets and family feuds must be untangled before the real culprit is found. Recipes are included at the end.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 302 pages

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