A chef who's hexed. Three ghostly gourmet ancestors. A murder with an A. 1. Sauce suspect.

When Vivianna Marston enrolls in culinary school after a heated family debate about her future, she never expected this could happen. A curse. A hex. A Chef Hex that burns up everything she cooks.  And now she’s attracted three ghostly gourmet ancestors who pop into her food unannounced.

Gourmet ancestors Uncle Floyd, Aunts Clara and Earlene may have been summoned to help Viv  get rid of it of the horrible hex. But the task is more difficult than they thought. Especially when Viv stumbles over a murder that gets her tangled up in the secrets of Crystal Bay.

Banned from the kitchen by , Viv becomes the Snooty Foodie columnist for the local newspaper, and it's the perfect cover for sleuthing. The victim was from out of town, but his connections aren’t. As Viv meets the characters of Crystal Bay, she discovers they all have history, secrets, and maybe something to kill for.