Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble

Written by: Anna Meriano

Illustrated by: Mirelle Ortega

A touching, magical, and delicious story about family, tradition, and of course good food!

Leo, the youngest of five Logroño sisters, lives in Rose Hill, Texas. Día de Los Muertos is right around the corner and families near and far come to the family bakery, Amor y Azúcar Panadería, for their famous breads and sweets. Leo is feeling left out and tired of hearing go play and you're too young, while the family feverishly prepares for the festival. Leo wants to help out just like her sisters, she is eleven after all!  Leo's curiosity gets the better of her when she sneaks out and stumbles upon her family secret. The Logroño women are brujas! Leo can smell the spicy cinnamon scent of magic in the air and knows she can do anything her sisters can, but at what price? 

Read on with this lovely middle grade novel. Find out more about Leo, her sisters, and the Logroño ancestors. You will taste and smell each scene from this story: the beautiful clothes and intricate face paintings, the lively music and inviting aromas. Be sure to keep turning the pages at the end and you will find recipes mentioned throughout the story to be created in your own kitchens. Yum! 

Get Reading! The next chapter in this series, A Sprinkle of Spirits, will be out February 2019! 

More About This Author: Anna Meriano.

More About: Cake Literary.  stories from scratch

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