Skye Denison is entered into a cooking contest by her mother, May. It seems that May has decided to submit four recipes to this contest in each of the categories, and because she can't use her name on all of them, she chooses to use the names of other members of her family. Which means that those other family members, if they accept, have to prepare the dish for the contest, not once, but three times.

So Skye plays along with Mom and decides to help her out with this contest. It's a contest that is unique. On day one, practice session, kitchens are being sabotaged. Day two practice round, they find one of the contestants dead in the chocolate fountain, and guess what her name is? Cherry! So now that you’ve got the name of the book out of the way, what else will happen during this contest?

A teenager goes missing. Or is she kidnapped? What does any of this have to do with the contest? Nothing, or everything?

What other contestants are hiding secrets that could ruin their chances of winning? Is the Fine Foods Company being sold? They are the sponsors of this yearly contest. What stipulation is part of that sale in order for it to go through? And who is trying to make sure that sale never happens?

As you can see, this book is not only about a cooking contest. Pick up the book, sit back in your favorite chair with your feet up and enjoy some chocolate covered bonbons as you read this great little Scumble River Mystery Book!