Santa Shortbread

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Series: Auntie Clem's Bakery #12
Genres: Cozy Mystery

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The Grinch has come to Bald Eagle Falls

+ About Santa Shortbread

Somebody is stealing Christmas gifts from the Bald Eagle Falls children. At the rate that presents are disappearing, there soon won’t be a gift left in Whoville. Err, Bald Eagle Falls.

Gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends are on the case to try to unmask the Grinch and bring him to justice, and toys to the children. But time is not on their side. Soon it will be Christmas Eve—will the winner be the Grinch or Santa?

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+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series

—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!

—It was very good! But made me hungry!

—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!

—I really enjoyed this book … Would make a great Hallmark movie.

—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.

+ Author's Note

Author’s notes may contain spoilers!

A number of the gluten-free shortbread cookies I see floating around the net use almond ingredients. But of course Erin will not use nuts in her cookies. I have linked to a rice-flour based cookie for you in the resources section below. I don’t like to share recipes without having tested them myself, but these have multiple ingredients in them that I can’t eat, so you’ll have to try them out and let me know how they were!

There are some pictures to inspire you in decorating your Grinch cookies as well. I look forward to seeing your final products!

Santa Shortbread was originally going to be titled Grinch Goodies, but after reviewing The Grinch trademarks, I decided it wouldn’t be a good idea. I might end up having to change it, so it was best to start out with a “safe” title instead.

I polled readers on my FaceBook page for kinds of cookies that start with the letter S as I was brainstorming titles for the book, and some of the suggestions were:

Sandies
Springerle
Stroopwaffel
Spritz-something-or-other
Snickerdoodles
Sugar Cookies
Shortbread
Sponge cookies
Sandwich cookies
Strawberry cookies
Samoas

Such great suggestions! The ones that really say “Christmas” to me are shortbread and sugar cookies, and I decided to go with the shortbread.

Christmas isn’t an easy time for Erin. This is her second Christmas in Bald Eagle Falls, and presents some challenges that her first one did not. I hope you’ll stick with her as she sorts things out!

I am looking forward to a “Christmas in July” release!

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+ Praise for P.D. Workman

“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”

“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”

“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”

“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”

“Every book by PD Workman that I’ve read has been a gripping one, however different the genres are, going from lighter mysteries to really dark ones… this is one of my favourite, most dependable authors.”

“P.D. Workman is an incredibly versatile writer. No matter which of her books I read I am drawn into a great story and honestly, I don’t think I’ve followed another author that could go from cozy mystery to YA to a PI series dealing with mental health issues. Really enjoy her books!”