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💼🔥 CODEX + OUTLINE FOR SALE! 🔥💼

Sourdough and Suspicion
Codex + Complete Story Outline

If you love cozy mysteries with a culinary twist and a sprinkle of slow-burn romance, this package is ready-made for you.

What you get:
✅ Complete Codex — detailed characters, locations, objects, lore, and subplots
✅ A structured 20-chapter outline with beats mapped for the amateur sleuth investigation and a grumpy/sunshine slow-burn romance
✅ Market-ready tropes: Baker Sleuth, Found Family, Cute Animal Sidekick, Small Town Festival, Bake-Off, Amateur Sleuth, Recipe Clues, Grumpy/Sunshine, Slow-Burn Romance, Small Town Charm
✅ Flexible voice and polish ready for your author brand

Premise:
During the Crumble Creek Founder’s Day Festival, baker Genna Parrish’s reputation is on the rise—until it all comes crashing down. When notoriously cruel food judge, Alistair Finch, collapses and dies moments after tasting her signature sourdough, all eyes are on her. The town’s handsome but bull-headed new detective, Theo Garrison, is convinced he’s found his culprit, leaving Genna with no choice but to start her own investigation to save her bakery and her freedom.

Her only clue is the victim’s cryptic final note: “Check the starter on his Marjolaine.” The cryptic message leads Genna to a shocking blackmail ledger, entangling her in a web of small-town secrets. To uncover the truth, she must form a reluctant alliance with the very detective who wants to lock her away. As they sift through a town full of suspects, the heat between them rises, but so does the danger. Genna must solve the recipe for murder before she’s the next one to get burned.

✨ Genre: Cozy Mystery / Culinary Romance
✨ Tone: Charming, witty, and lightly suspenseful
✨ Length Target: ~50,000 words / 20 Chapters

📦 Perfect for authors who want a market-ready project where a clever culinary mystery and a swoon-worthy, slow-burn romance come together in a charming small-town setting.

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