Cozy mysteries
baked fresh
from the French Riviera
A crumbling bakery. A suspicious death at the village festival. And a pastry chef who came to France for croissants, not crime.With authentic Provençal recipes in every book.
5 books available now · all free in Kindle Unlimited · reading order →
Perfect for fans of
A Tart Affair
"Some recipes are best left undiscovered."
Wren Harper came to the south of France for a fresh start — a crumbling bakery, a temperamental stone oven, and the recipe cards her late great-aunt left in the drawer that sticks. She didn't come to solve a murder.
But when a wealthy property developer is found dead at the Fête du Mimosa — poisoned in a glass of rosé — Wren finds herself pulled into a mystery that reaches back thirty years. The village has four suspects, a dozen secrets, and one very patient killer hiding in plain sight.
Reading Order— start here
A Tart Affair
Available now
Whisk and a Prayer
Available now
Dead Letters
Available now
A Candied Lie
Available now
Knead to Know
Available now
The Proof is in the Pudding
Expected June 2026
"The Last Service"
A Mimosa Bakery Prequel
Before Wren Harper inherited a bakery in the south of France, she had a secret — and a recipe that wasn't hers. The night she left San Francisco, she walked out of a Michelin-starred kitchen with the truth in her hands. This is that story.
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Real recipes, straight from the story
Every Mimosa Bakery Mystery comes with authentic Provençal recipes. Because a good mystery deserves a good snack.
From A Tart Affair
Béatrice's Lemon Cake
The first time Wren tasted this cake, Béatrice brought it to her door wrapped in linen with a sprig of lemon verbena tucked under the ribbon. Dense, bright, and honest in the way only a cake made with real lemons can be.
From A Tart Affair
Wren's Olive Fougasse
The bread that saved Wren. The day she pulled a decent fougasse from Marguerite's oven was the day the village started coming to the bakery for something other than gossip. The crust should crackle when you tear it. The olives should be salty and firm.
From A Tart Affair
Marguerite's Orange Blossom Navettes
Found in the drawer that sticks — Marguerite's recipe drawer, where fifty years of handwritten cards sat in no particular order. The navettes were on a card so worn the ink had nearly vanished. Boat-shaped cookies from Marseille, baked since 1781 at the Four des Navettes near the Old Port.
A finished series, a recipe in every book
5 books available now
Not a one-and-done. Wren’s village is a full series you can binge — and every book is a standalone mystery you can start cold.
Tested Provençal recipes
Each book ends with real, home-tested recipes from the story — Béatrice’s lemon cake, olive fougasse, orange-blossom navettes.
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Sophie Lavigne
Sophie Lavigne writes cozy mysteries set in the sun-drenched villages of the French Riviera — the kind of places where everybody knows your order and nobody talks about the body in the lavender field.
She is the author of the Mimosa Bakery Mysteries series. Like her heroine Wren Harper, she believes the best conversations happen over pastry.
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