STICKS AND SCONES

Another delicious installment in the Bakeshop Series set in Ashland OR It s late spring in Juliet s charming hamlet of Ashland Spotted deer are nibbling on lush green grasses in Lithia Park the Japanese maples are blooming and Torte is baking a bevy of spring delights lemon curd cupcakes mini coconut cream pies grapefruit tartlets and chocolate dipped almond Tuiles Meanwhile Juliet s friend Lance the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is taking center stage with his new theater troupe the Fair Verona Players Their performance in Uva s vineyard promises to be a modern gender bending twist on The Taming of the Shrew but as the curtain rises so do the strange occurrences Stage mishaps and internal bickering threaten to derail the production But the real show begins when the leading actor Jimmy Paxton meets his final curtain call Now Jules is not only in the mix but she s going to need to craft the perfect recipe for solving this theatrical whodunit