Picturesque Loch Mallaig, Michigan, is in the throes of summer love -- at least at the luxurious Castleglen resort, where a Scottish romance novel convention has attracted aspiring writers, renowned editors, and best-selling authors. Setting hearts especially aflutter is handsome cover model Gregory Gregg, and Bread on Arrival bakehouse owners Molly Ferris, Carol MacCallan, and Laura Donovan get the chance to swoon over Gregory in person when he stops by their bakery. However, their memorable interaction with the charming Scot makes it especially heartbreaking when, on the first day of the convention, Molly discovers Gregory dead in his resort suite. Local police suspect murderous intentions in Gregory's death, and their sights unfortunately fall on the Bakehouse Three's college friend, Patsy Mae Wallace, an unpublished novelist attending the conference. Molly, Carol, and Laura resolve to solve the case and clear their friend's name, but their labor of love is rife with roadblocks. As the convention continues, increasingly sinister events befall the attendees, casting an ominous cloud over the affair. The Bakehouse Three pursue lead after lead all over the Upper Peninsula, hoping their efforts have the desired effect of exonerating Patsy Mae and preventing more untimely deaths -- but they wind up with more questions than answers as they try to untangle a wicked web of deceit. Can the friends expose a heartless killer in time, or will they end up kissing their own well-being goodbye?