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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2000
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Fudge Shop Mystery

1 - First Degree Fudge (Sep-2013)
2 - Hot Fudge Frame-Up (Jun-2014)
3 - Five-Alarm Fudge (Apr-2015)

Book List in Order: 16 titles



  • Secrets surround Spirit Lake... Their forbidden love is one of them. Danger collides with the peaceful beauty in Laurel Hasting's woodland hideaway when the man who jilted her fifteen years ago suddenly reappears--on the run from a killer. Cole Wesco...






  • Welcome to Moonstone, Wisconsin, a small town on the shore of Lake Superior, where you’ll find mystery and romance, good-hearted neighbors and hilarity, with a dash of intriguing food on the menu at the local restaurant, The Jingle Bell Inn. ...



  • Humorous romantic mysteries set in Moonstone, Wisconsin, a little town on the Lake Superior shoreline. They're tall as the oaks, bold as the bulls they've ridden in rodeos, and they don't talk about the past. They're three buddies who've seen the wor...



  • New candy store owner Ava Oosterling specializes in making heavenly homemade fudge and fresh starts. But she's just found out that her newest flavor is to die for.... Between getting her store up and running and uneasily settling back into her c...



  • Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling mixes it up with a fudge judge with a grudge -- who loses his life before he can pick a winner.... Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival -- a huge celebration that could draw national attention to he...



  • In the newest Fudge Shop Mystery from the national bestselling author of "Hot Fudge Frame-Up," Ava Oosterling is after a recipe to kill for... It’s autumn in Fishers’ Harbor, Wisconsin, and fudge shop owner Ava Oosterling is busy preparing for...



  • When her pet reindeer, Rudolph, is stolen from the live animal holiday display, first-grade teacher Crystal Hagan has a big problem on her hands. Her students fear that Christmas will be canceled. Ironically, the prime suspect is a man who lives in a...






  • When the men of Moonstone suddenly seem to be off fishing a lot in the evenings, thus cutting down on her new restaurant's business, chef Kirsten Peplinski becomes suspicious. She discovers a topless touring boat has set up business in Lake Superior,...



  • On her second day of duty, new county deputy Lily Schuster finds herself smack dab in the middle of Moonstone, Wisconsin, trouble. She arrests archeologist Marcus Linden for trespassing, then finds she needs his help in solving the murder of a pie co...



  • Three days before Halloween, Alyssa Swain finds a man dead in his car but, once she gets help, the body is gone. When scruffy, tall, dead man John Christopherson shows up alive on her doorstep, he insists she called him to help her get ready for a pa...



  • When grocery store owner Margie Mueller's fiancé--chef Tony Farina--sends her a fertility rug to stand on at their wedding, she panics. Margie's no spring chicken and she's not about to hatch a big brood for the Farinas. Before she can call off ...



  • A taste of trouble is in the air when a group of well-heeled, fudge-loving women descend on Ava Oosterling's newly acquired and lovingly refurbished bed & breakfast inn for a chocolate lovers' getaway.When one of the women turns up dead--and Ava's gr...



  • Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling has her hands full when her best friend Pauline Mertens takes a summer job as a wedding coordinator--with the nuptials and reception scheduled in mere days in the back yard of Ava's Blue Heron Inn.Then the sheriff info...



  • An early, deep snow has gifted Fishers' Harbor, Wisconsin, with a perfect setting for the holiday celebration. Unfortunately removing snow from Main Street for the parade reveals the dead tax assessor with a knife in him--containing Grandpa Gil's fin...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Christine DeSmet has published 16 books.

Christine DeSmet does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Holly Jolly Fudge Folly, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Christine DeSmet, Spirit Lake, was published in March 2000.

Yes. Christine DeSmet has 1 series.