Marietta DePrima has narrated 11 audiobooks on Listento.it by 5 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 5 ratings. The most-rated is Fudge and Jury.
Fudge and Jury
Summary
Welcome to Torte - a friendly, small-town family bakery where the pastries are delicious...and now, suspicious. It’s almost spring in Ashland, Oregon, and the town is preparing for the Shakespeare and the annual Chocolate Festival. Business is cookin’ at Torte, and the store is expanding as Jules’ team whips up crèpes filled with mascarpone cheese and dark chocolate. Torte stands a chance of being this year’s confectionery belle of the ball! Life couldn’t be sweeter...unless murder taints the batter. Evan Rowe, of Confections Couture, makes a chocolate fountain that would put Willy Wonka to shame, and his truffles are to die for - literally? Yes, the world-renowned chocolatier has just turned up dead...right after sampling a slice of Jules’ decadent four-layer chocolate cake. Now, all eyes are on Jules as she tries to find the mysterious ingredient in her own recipe. Can she sift out the truth before another contestant bites the buttercream?
©2017 Kate Dyer-Seeley (P)2019 Journalstone
Live and Let Pie: A Bakeshop Mystery
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Ellie Alexander's Live and Let Pie is the most delicious installment yet in the fantastic Bakeshop Mysteries set in Ashland, OR! Life is sweet once you step into Torte, everybody’s favorite small-town bakeshop. But what happens when it becomes the scene of a crime? The heat is on for pastry chef, family business operator, and unlikely sleuth Jules Capshaw. Just when she thought she could enjoy some time away from the kitchen, Jules manages to discover a skull during a picnic by the lake. As if unearthing remains that may be connected to a missing-persons case from the 1960s isn’t enough on her plate, Jules must contend with the unsolved matter of her own marriage while her estranged husband Carlos sails the open seas, awaiting a verdict. Then there’s Jules’ bitter landlord Edgar, who is intent on making a sweet deal on a vacant lot down the block from Torte - until he turns up dead. If only Jules could find a recipe that would let her bake her cake and eat it, too....
©2019 Kate Dyer Seeley (P)2019 Journalstone
The Woman in Our House
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What happens when you open your home to the perfect stranger? Anna Klein is ready to return to work as a literary agent for the first time since having children. She and her husband, Josh, decide to hire a live-in nanny with some trepidation, but all their misgivings disappear as soon as they meet Oaklynn Durst. She has stellar references, a calm disposition, and a natural way with children. Not to mention their kids simply adore her. But not long after Oaklynn arrives, the children start to come down with the most puzzling illnesses and inexplicable injuries. When the maternal Oaklynn is there to comfort everyone, Anna can’t help feeling a little eclipsed. And suspicious. Her husband and friends assure her that her anxieties are getting the best of her - Oaklynn is perfect. But Anna’s not so sure.... As she delves into Oaklynn’s past, she discovers too late that the woman who has been living in her house is not at all who she claims to be. But Oaklynn’s not the only one who has been lying. And when everyone’s dark secrets are forced into the light, the consequences may just turn deadly.
©2019 Andrew James Hartley (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Caught Bread Handed
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Welcome to Torte - a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the oven is heating up as high as the body count.... Jules Capshaw is still chewing over her husband Carlos’s return to Ashland, Oregon. Could there be too many cooks in the kitchen? Whatever is stirring between those two will have to wait. Despite the Oregon Shakespeare Festival being dark for the winter, the bakeshop is bustling, the dough is rolling, and there’s no rest for the weary...especially when murder is thrown into the mix. When Mindy Nolan, the owner of a new restaurant in town, turns up dead, the batter at hand thickens. Jules knows that there was bad blood between Mindy and others in town, and tracking down the killer could prove to be an unwelcome treat. And to top it all off, there’s Carlos, who is pleading - with those delicious dark eyes and sexy Spanish accent - for Jules to take him back. Is home where the heart is or will she make a fresh start...and risk getting burned?
©2016 Kate Dyer-Seeley (P)2019 Journalstone
Rinkitink in Oz
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Rinkitink, a plump, jolly fellow, and his grouchy goat Bilbil assist Inga, the crown prince of Pingaree, in reclaiming his lost kingdom from invaders. Inga is helped in his efforts by three magic pearls: one, blue, giving him superhuman strength; one, pink, protecting him from harm; and one, white, providing him with words of wisdom. But when the pearls are lost, can Queen Ozma, watching events on her magic mirror, save the day? The 10th in the Oz books series, it was adapted from an original, non-Oz fantasy novel by L. Frank Baum.
Public Domain (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Christmas on Pointe
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It's Christmastime again in Silver Bell Falls, and the whole town is getting in the spirit to help ballet teacher Abby Foster achieve her dream of opening her own dance studio! Teaching ballet to children at the community center is fine, but she's hoping for so much more - her own studio, her own business...not to mention maybe meeting Mr. Right and having a family of her own. And for almost a year, she's been picturing reclusive Dean Hayes in that role.... Solitude and Dean Hayes have always gone hand-in-hand. It hasn't been by choice - circumstances beyond his control make it that way. Just in time for the holidays, he becomes the permanent guardian of his five-year-old niece. He'd always imagined he'd have a family of his own - just not quite like this. With the support of his hometown friends, he knows it's going to be okay. But it's Abby's help with his niece that makes the biggest difference.... This isn't the Christmas either Abby or Dean had planned, but maybe it's the chance for the most perfect one yet!
©2016 Samantha Chase (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Christmas in Silver Bell Falls
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Her attitude is less than merry and bright.... Melanie Harper and Christmas do not see eye to eye. While most people look forward to the holiday, it's something she's come to dread. So when she receives a house in the town of Silver Bell Falls as a gift, her immediate reaction is to reject it. After all, with a name like that, you're almost guaranteed to be surrounded by people who love Christmas! He sees it as the most wonderful time of the year.... Josiah Stone is all about peace on earth and goodwill toward man. Maybe it's because he's the sheriff of a town named after a Christmas song, but that doesn't make it any less true. Christmas is his favorite time of year and living in Silver Bell Falls where everyone feels the same only adds to his festive outlook on life. Can a white Christmas change everything? When Melanie is forced to stay in Silver Bell Falls over the holiday, she's less than thrilled. But after meeting the sexy sheriff, she finds that there is something to be said about the magic of Christmas.
©2015 Samantha Chase (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
A Very Married Christmas
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She's ready to deck the halls‚ but not with wedding decorations. For the most part, Melanie Harper has made her peace with her negative feelings toward Christmas. Thanks to her fiance, she's even learned to enjoy the holiday. But that doesn't mean she wants to share it with her wedding day! He's dreaming of a white Christmas‚ complete with a wedding! Ever since they first met, Josiah Stone has done his best to show Melanie how magical Christmas can be. He's gotten her to participate in parades, decorate trees, and even celebrate the holiday. But asking her to marry him on Christmas Eve just might be more than she's ready for. Will this be a very merry a very married Christmas?
©2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
A Christmas Rescue
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Bailey Walsh thought saving a litter of puppies right before Christmas was the perfect Christmas miracle. But when she gets snowed in with her veterinarian boss, who is somehow incredibly sexy and incredibly grinchy, she finds it miraculous in a whole other way.
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Christmas Inn Love
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Closing the doors to the Silver Bell Inn for the holiday season seems like the perfect plan to give the B&B some much-needed love and care - or at least it would be if the inn didn’t need a lot more work than Cassidy can handle on her own. She needs help. But asking for it is the last thing she wants to do. Getting stuck in Silver Bell Falls was not part of Beckham Allen’s plans. Neither was this cross-country road trip, for that matter. He was supposed to be focusing on himself and on healing after the loss of his father. But nothing, not even his rescue dog Mazie, seems to be able to break him out of his funk. Or so he thought until he met the sweet innkeeper who takes him in. After an awkward start, Cassidy and Beckham discover the perks of being snowed in together. And with Christmas drawing closer, they find they may have just been given the greatest gift of all.
©2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2019 Dreamscape Media, LLC
The Ingredients of You and Me
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After selling her successful bakery back in New York, Parker Powell decides to visit her best friend, Charlotte, in Hope Lake, Pennsylvania, to figure out her next steps. As she acquaints herself with the people in town, she begins to wonder why she ever loved city life in the first place. Between the Golden Girls (a.k.a. the senior citizen women who hold court), the response from the town to her sweet treats, and Nick Arthur, the ever-charming local owner of a landscaping business she spent time with during her last visit, Parker finds a community of cheerleaders who encourage her to get her baking mojo back. At first, everything is great - she collaborates with the Golden Girls to put new twists on traditional confections, and thanks to Nick's advice, she quickly learns the stark differences between big city and small-town business practices. Although Nick has become her friend and confidant, Parker's determined to keep things platonic - especially since his girlfriend isn't a fan of their friendship. But just when things fall into place so they can finally be together, Parker's dream bakery is threatened by a major corporation who wants to take her down using the very bit of advice that Nick gave her. With a recipe for disaster looming, Parker must cook up a new scheme, figuring out how to keep the bakery business - and man - she's come to love before she loses it all.
©2020 Nina Bocci (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC